Guide to Statistics and Methods  Surgical Education Research January 3, 2024 Practical Guide to Qualitative Research in Surgical Education Gurjit Sandhu, Amy H. Kaji, Amalia Cochran JAMA Surg. Published online January 3, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2023.6681 Introduction How do residents perceive and experience processes of remediation? What are the vicarious effects of surgical training on family and friends who support residents? How d...

Guide to Statistics and Methods  Surgical Education Research January 3, 2024 Practical Guide to Survey Research in Surgical Education Adnan A. Alseidi, Jason S. Haukoos, Christian de Virgilio JAMA Surg. Published online January 3, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2023.6678 Introduction Survey research obtains information about attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, opinions, perceptions, or reasoning.1 Surveys are commonly used in many research ...

JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis  December 21, 2023 Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Diseases Marie M. Altenburg, Andrew M. Davis, Jeanne M. DeCara JAMA. Published online December 21, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.23668 Guideline title 2022 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Disease Release date December 13, 2022 Developer American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA)...

Original Investigation  Caring for the Critically Ill Patient January 21, 2024 International Consensus Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock Luregn J. Schlapbach, R. Scott Watson, Lauren R. Sorce, et al JAMA. Published online January 21, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0179 Key Points Question  How should children with suspected infection at higher risk of mortality, indicative of sepsis, be identified? Findings &...

An Update on Management of Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline Nida Qadir,  Sarina Sahetya,  Laveena Munshi, et al Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2024; 209: 24-36 Abstract Background: This document updates previously published Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), incorporating new evidence addressing the...

Original Investigation  May 25, 2023 Development of a Definition of Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Tanayott Thaweethai, Sarah E. Jolley, Elizabeth W. Karlson, et al JAMA. 2023;329(22):1934-1946. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.8823 Key Points Question  What symptoms are differentially present in SARS-CoV-2–infected individuals 6 months or more after infection compared with uninfected individuals, and what symptom-based criteria can be us...

Consensus Statement  Infectious Diseases July 31, 2023 Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis in Adults: A WikiGuidelines Group Consensus Statement Emily G. McDonald, Gloria Aggrey, Abdullah Tarık Aslan, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(7):e2326366. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.26366 Key Points Question  Using the WikiGuidelines approach to the construct of clinical...

Special Communication  October 12, 2023 Red Blood Cell Transfusion: 2023 AABB International Guidelines Jeffrey L. Carson, Simon J. Stanworth, Gordon Guyatt, et al JAMA. Published online October 12, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.12914 Abstract Importance  Red blood cell transfusion is a common medical intervention with benefits and harms. Objective  To provide recommendations for use of red blood cell transfusion in adu...

JAMA Insights  June 26, 2023 Prophylaxis Against Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Adults Shiwei Zhou, Samuel L. Aitken JAMA. Published online June 26, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.9844 Pneumocystis jirovecii is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes life-threatening pneumonia in immunocompromised patients. Patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) typically present with fever, nonproductive cough, dyspnea, an...

A New Global Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Michael A. Matthay, Yaseen Arabi, Alejandro C. Arroliga, et al Am J Respir Crit Care Med Published July 24, 2023 10.1164/rccm.202303-0558WS Abstract Background Since the 2012 Berlin Definition of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), several developments have supported the need for an expansion of the definition, including the use of high flow nasal oxygen (HFNO), expanding use of p...