Research Letter  September 29, 2023 Randomized Clinical Trial Visual Abstract Display and Social Media–Driven Website Traffic N. Seth Trueger, Eman Aly, Sebastien Haneuse, et al JAMA. Published online September 29, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.16839 Since 2016, medical journals have been using visual abstracts (VAs) to promote research on social media.1 VAs use images and text to efficiently convey a study’s methods and findings. Prior sm...

Research Letter  November 2, 2023 Changes in Employment in the US Health Care Workforce, 2016-2022 Thuy Nguyen, Christopher Whaley, Kosali I. Simon, et al JAMA. Published online November 2, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.18932 The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a variety of disruptions to the health care workforce.1 Data on select health care workforce sectors chronicle patterns in employment through 2021.1-3 Lack of national studies on ...

Editorial  October 25, 2023 Vitamin C for Patients With COVID-19: More Evidence of Lack of Efficacy in Patients With Sepsis Craig S. Jabaley, Craig M. Coopersmith JAMA. Published online October 25, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.18592 Vitamin C is an essential nutrient, functioning as an antioxidant, immunomodulator, and cofactor for numerous enzymes. Vitamin C represents the definitive treatment for scurvy, which results from vitamin C deficien...

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Ceftobiprole for Treatment of Complicated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Thomas L. Holland, Sara E. Cosgrove, Sarah B. Doernberg, et al N Engl J Med September 27, 2023DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2300220 Abstract BACKGROUND Ceftobiprole is a cephalosporin that may be effective for treating complicated Staphylococcus aureusbacteremia, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus. METHODS In this phase 3, double-blind, doubl...

Editorial  October 25, 2023 Sigh Breaths for Trauma Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: Take a Deep Breath Giacomo Bellani, Antonio Pesenti JAMA. Published online October 25, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.21744 Occasionally, newspapers report positive stories of animal species believed to be extinct, only to be discovered alive and repopulating their habitats.1 In this issue of JAMA, Albert and colleagues2 assessed the rol...

The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Critical Care Computer-based technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) applications like ChatGPT and DALL-E, are being increasingly used and can mimic human capabilities, even passing medical board examinations. Retrospective studies have shown that machine learning (ML) applications are especially valuable in the ICU due to their diagnostic and prognostic capabilities, leveraging the vast amount of available dat...

ARTICLES|ONLINE FIRST Multiorgan MRI findings after hospitalisation with COVID-19 in the UK (C-MORE): a prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study The C-MORE/PHOSP-COVID Collaborative Group Lancet Respir Med Published:September 22, 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(23)00262-X Summary Introduction The multiorgan impact of moderate to severe coronavirus infections in the post-acute phase is still poorly understood. We aimed to evalua...

Viewpoint  September 29, 2023 COVID-19 Therapeutics for Nonhospitalized Patients—Updates and Future Directions Kara W. Chew, Preeti N. Malani, Rajesh T. Gandhi JAMA. Published online September 29, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.19542 Antiviral therapeutics for COVID-19 in nonhospitalized patients prevent progression to severe illness, hospitalization, and death. Despite their proven benefit, utilization of these therapies remains low. This Viewp...

Editorial  October 25, 2023 β-Blockers in Patients With Sepsis: Putting the Puzzle Together, Piece by Piece Steven M. Hollenberg JAMA. Published online October 25, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.20455 Challenging conventional wisdom is important and frequently useful. Septic shock is a form of distributive shock in which hypotension results from vasodilation.1 Although myocardial performance may not always be entirely normal, a phenomenon t...

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Inhaled Amikacin to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Stephan Ehrmann, François Barbier, Julien Demiselle, et al N Engl J Med October 25, 2023DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2310307 Abstract BACKGROUND Whether preventive inhaled antibiotics may reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia is unclear. METHODS In this investigator-initiated, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled, superiority trial, we assigned critica...