Guide to Statistics and Methods  Surgical Education Research January 3, 2024 Practical Guide to Pragmatic Clinical Trials in Surgical Education Research Karl Y. Bilimoria, Jason S. Haukoos, Gerard M. Doherty JAMA Surg. Published online January 3, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2023.6690 Introduction In 1967, Schwartz and Lellouch1 distinguished “explanatory” trials from “pragmatic” trials by the nature of study intent: clinical trials ...

Guide to Statistics and Methods  Surgical Education Research January 3, 2024 Practical Guide to Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Education Research Daniel A. Hashimoto, Julian Varas, Todd A. Schwartz JAMA Surg. Published online January 3, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2023.6687 Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) is the study of machine intelligence as it relates to perceiving and inferring data, typically wit...

Guide to Statistics and Methods  Surgical Education Research January 3, 2024 Practical Guide to Surgical Simulation Research Aimee K. Gardner, Amy H. Kaji, Marja Boermeester JAMA Surg. Published online January 3, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2023.6684 Introduction Simulation has become a crucial component of surgical education and practice. Not only has simulation been widely integrated into surgical training curricula,1,2 but the im...

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...