Original Investigation  October 23, 2023 Homelessness and Incidence and Causes of Sudden Death: Data From the POST SCD Study Leila Haghighat, Satvik Ramakrishna, James W. Salazar, et al JAMA Intern Med. 2023;183(12):1306-1314. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.5475 Key Points Question  How is housing status associated with rates and causes of sudden death by autopsy in San Francisco County? Findings  In this 8-year cohort study o...

Feature Christmas 2023: Workforce Crisis Workload and the mysterious law of karma Jakob Mejdahl Bentin, Frida Run Jonsdottir BMJ 2023; 383 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p2686 (Published 18 December 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;383:p2686 If good deeds beget good consequences, why do you always get the toughest shifts, ask Jakob Mejdahl Bentin and Frida Run Jonsdottir Why do some colleagues seem to always have easy shifts, while others f...

Original Investigation  November 6, 2023 Overnight Stay in the Emergency Department and Mortality in Older Patients Melanie Roussel, Dorian Teissandier, Youri Yordanov, et al JAMA Intern Med. 2023;183(12):1378-1385. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.5961 Key Points Question  Is spending a night in the emergency department (ED) associated with increased in-hospital mortality and morbidity among older patients? Findings  This Frenc...

Research Christmas 2023: Marginal Gains Projecting complete redaction of clinical trial protocols (RAPTURE): redacted cross sectional study Nir Balaban, Ghulam Rehman Mohyuddin, Adi Kashi, et al BMJ 2023; 383 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-077329 (Published 14 December 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;383:e077329 Abstract Objectives To characterise redactions in clinical trials and estimate a time when all protocols are fully removed (RAPTURE). ...

Original Investigation  Caring for the Critically Ill Patient December 1, 2023 Prone Positioning During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Patients With Severe ARDS: The PRONECMO Randomized Clinical Trial Matthieu Schmidt, David Hajage, Guillaume Lebreton, et al JAMA. Published online December 1, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.24491 Key Points Question  Prone positioning may improve the outcome of patients with severe acute r...

Using PMX-HA in Patients With Sepsis Endotoxin can trigger immune responses and organ failure in sepsis patients. Polymyxin B hemadsorption (PMX-HA) is an extracorporeal blood purification technique to remove circulating endotoxin and prevent organ failure. While some studies have suggested that PMX-HA improves outcomes in sepsis patients, conflicting results have been observed in randomised controlled trials (RCTs). The EUPHRATES trial, which enrolled septic sh...

Research Christmas 2023: Marginal Gains Effect of chair placement on physicians’ behavior and patients’ satisfaction: randomized deception trial Ruchita Iyer, Do Park, Jenny Kim, et al BMJ 2023; 383 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-076309 (Published 15 December 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;383:e076309 Abstract Objective To evaluate the effect of chair placement on length of time physicians sit during a bedside consultation and patients’ satisf...

Research Christmas 2023: Food and Drink Efficacy of cola ingestion for oesophageal food bolus impaction: open label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial E G Tiebie, E P Baerends, T Boeije, et al BMJ 2023; 383 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-077294 (Published 11 December 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;383:e077294 Abstract Objective To determine the efficacy and safety of cola in resolving complete oesophageal food bolus impaction. Design...

Feature Covid-19 Is convalescent plasma still useful as a covid treatment? Katharine Lang BMJ 2023; 383 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p2185 (Published 08 November 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;383:p2185 Enthusiasm for one of the earliest promising treatments for covid-19 has waned. Katharine Lang finds that convalescent plasma for covid may still have a place, particularly in immunocompromised people What is convalescent plasma? It’s a fo...

Human-Centred Visualisation Technologies for Patient Monitoring Information technology has become integral to perioperative and intensive care medicine, revolutionising patient care. Patient monitoring, crucial for ensuring safe anaesthesia practices and optimising patient ventilation, haemodynamics, and metabolism in critical care, is now widely recognised as a standard practice. Adopting monitoring technologies has greatly improved patient outcomes in these medic...