ICU Management & Practice, Volume 23 - Issue 5, 2023 Bringing Back the Forgotten Piece: Family Empowerment in the Care of the Critically Ill Patient This article aims to address patient-family-centred care programmes, starting from their origins and discussing new protocols. Critically ill patients entail a great complexity of care. ICU staff has focused on their care, with family members and surrogates put aside for decades. In recent years, we are witn...

Viewpoint  January 5, 2024 Is Vaccination Approaching a Dangerous Tipping Point? Peter Marks, 、Robert Califf JAMA. Published online January 5, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27685 Vaccination is one of the most highly effective public health interventions, responsible for saving millions of lives each year. In the US, authorized or approved preventive vaccines must be manufactured with high quality, and the effectiveness and favorable safety pr...

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...

ICU Management & Practice, Volume 23 - Issue 5, 2023 The Internet & Rise of AI in CCM: Opportunities, Threats and the Practitioner-Patient Relationship This article explores how pervasive and persuasive the internet is in current critical care practice, offers insights into how healthcare professionals, patients and fami­lies can critically appraise where information comes from and its content producers and discusses the opportunities and threats posed ...

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 ...

Original Investigation  January 10, 2024 Faculty Entrustment and Resident Entrustability Jessica K. Millar, Niki Matusko, Julie Evans, et al JAMA Surg. Published online January 10, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2023.6915 Key Points Question  What factors are associated with resident entrustability behaviors in the operating room? Findings  In this cross-sectional study, resident and faculty intraoperative behaviors were...

Viewpoint  January 11, 2024 T-Cell Lymphoma From CAR T-Cell Therapy—A New Safety Notice Vinay Prasad JAMA. Published online January 11, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27885 On November 28, 2023, a concerning safety signal was announced by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. Several patients undergoing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for pediatric acute lymphocytic leukemia, non-H...

Guide to Statistics and Methods  Surgical Education Research January 3, 2024 Practical Guide to Common Flaws With Surgical Education Research Dimitrios Stefanidis, Laura Torbeck, Amy H. Kaji JAMA Surg. Published online January 3, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2023.6675 Introduction Over the past 2 decades, surgical education literature has seen tremendous growth driven by changes in graduate medical education,...

Prone Positioning During ECMO in Severe ARDS The effectiveness of prone positioning to improve outcomes in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) undergoing venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) compared to supine positioning is unknown.  The PRONECMO multicenter randomised clinical trial aimed to address the lack of robust evidence regarding prone positioning during  VV-ECMO in patients with severe ARDS. Previous...

Original Investigation  January 8, 2024 Population-Based Trends in Complexity of Hospital Inpatients Hiten Naik, Tyler M. Murray, Mayesha Khan, et al JAMA Intern Med. Published online January 8, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.7410 Key Points Question  Are hospital inpatients becoming more complex over time? Findings  In this cohort study of 3.4 million nonelective hospitalizations in British Columbia, Canada, m...