Research Christmas 2024: Could We Start Again, Please? Age against the machine—susceptibility of large language models to cognitive impairment: cross sectional analysis Roy Dayan, Benjamin Uliel, Gal Koplewitz BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-081948 (Published 20 December 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:e081948 Abstract Objective To evaluate the cognitive abilities of the leading large language models and identify their suscepti...

COMMENT Success of the CLEEN study Dinah Gould, Nicolas Drey Lancet Infect Dis 2024 Online first August 13, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00454-7 Health-care-associated infections (HAIs) are the most frequently occurring adverse events in health care. These infections pose a major threat to patient safety and were regarded as an inevitable risk of health care for many years; however, contemporary opinion is that 50% of HAIs are avoidable.1 ...

Feature Christmas 2024: For Forever From plague to planetary crisis: climate fiction before cli-fi Lakshmi Krishnan BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2583 (Published 18 December 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:q2583 Literature has long sounded ecological alarms and imagined our planetary futures, finds Lakshmi Krishnan Our oldest stories begin in the soil or by the sea, myth being the original ecological narrative. The Mandé and Sume...

Analysis Christmas 2024: Death is Just Around the Corner Ethics of posthumous scholarly authorship in the sciences David Nunan, Jeffrey K Aronson BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-080830 (Published 16 December 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:e080830 David Nunan and Jeff Aronson suggest that formal criteria are needed to determine eligibility for posthumous authorship and for dealing with associated ethical problems Post...

Digital Twins of Acute Hypoxaemic Respiratory Failure and Noninvasive Ventilation In ICU Mon, 16 Sep 2024 Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is increasingly used to assist spontaneous breathing in patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure (AHRF) and can reduce the need for intubation, mortality, and ICU stay. However, if NIV fails, it can increase mortality if intubation is necessary, and high respiratory effort not controlled by NIV might cause ad...

Research Dexterity assessment of hospital workers: prospective comparative study Tobin Joseph, Oliver I Brown, Sara Khalid, et al BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-081814 (Published 20 December 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:e081814 Abstract Objectives To compare the manual dexterity and composure under pressure of people in different hospital staff roles using a buzz wire game.  Design Prospective, observational, comparativ...

COMMENT REVISITing treatment of metallo-β-lactamases Emily L Heil, Erin K McCreary Lancet Infect Dis 2024 Online first October 07, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00561-9 Metallo-β-lactamase enzymes, named because of the presence of one or two zinc ions at the catalytic site, are responsible for β-lactam antibiotic hydrolysis and are increasing in prevalence worldwide.1 Despite the increase in antibiotic development over the past decade, a β...

Feature Christmas 2024 How to transport a polar bear, and other idiosyncrasies in providing emergency medical services in the Arctic Astrid K V Harring, Siri Idland, Mari Mowe Martinsen, et al BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2417 (Published 18 December 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:q2417 Emergency helicopters in Norway’s northern Svalbard archipelago sometimes take unusual passengers, write Astrid K V Harring and colleagues Six h...

Editorials Just-in-time training could be just what the doctor ordered Justine M Naylor BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2747 (Published 16 December 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:q2747 A new approach for teaching clinical skills At the heart of the practice of medicine is the tenet “to do good or to do no harm.”1 Fundamental to achieving this objective is continuing professional development (CPD), which should be lifelong and learner-c...

Metabolomics and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine In ICU Mon, 23 Sep 2024 Over the past two decades, systems biology has made significant progress, with metabolomics emerging as the latest field. Metabolomics involves the systematic study of metabolites, which reflect the physiological state of a biological system. This field has been applied to various disciplines, including pulmonary and critical care medicine. Metabolomics provides insights i...