NEWS 01 August 2024 ‘Publish or Perish’ is now a card game — not just an academic’s life By Max Kozlov Nature 632, 483 (2024) doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02511-5 A player wins by racking up more citations than the competition, even if that means engaging in a little light plagiarism. Fabricating data, throwing academic shade at other scientists, publishing a mountain of papers that receive a towering heap of citations: cynics might desc...

DATASETS, BENCHMARKS, AND PROTOCOLS Assessment of Large Language Models in Clinical Reasoning: A Novel Benchmarking Study Liam G. McCoy, Rajiv Swamy, Nidhish Sagar, et al NEJM AI 2025;2(10) Published September 25, 2025 DOI: 10.1056/AIdbp2500120 Abstract BACKGROUND Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed for clinical decision support, yet standard evaluations such as medical licensing exams overloo...

Original Investigation  Pediatrics Adverse Events Following Short-Course Systemic Corticosteroids Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis João Pedro Lima, Saifur R. Chowdhury, Wimonchat Tangamornsuksan, et al JAMA Netw Open 2025;8;(9):e2534953. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.34953 Key Points Question  What adverse events are associated with the use of systemic corticosteroi...

Original Investigation  Medical Education Variation in Research Experiences and Publications During Medical School by Sex and Race and Ethnicity Mytien Nguyen, Sarwat I. Chaudhry, Emmanuella Asabor, et al JAMA Netw Open 2022;5;(10):e2238520. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.38520 Key Points Question  Are student sex and racial and ethnic identity associated with publication rate during medical school? ...

Original Investigation  Emergency Medicine In-Flight Medical Events on Commercial Airline Flights Paulo M. Alves, Karan R. Kumar, Justin Devlin, et al JAMA Netw Open 2025;8;(9):e2533934. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.33934 Key Points Question  What are the characteristics of in-flight medical events on commercial airline flights and the factors associated with aircraft diversion, hospital transport, an...

Research Letter  Pacific Coast Surgical Association Hospital Market Competition, Morbidity, and Resource Utilization Following Elective Cancer Resection Sara Sakowitz, Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar, Nicholas S. Siena, et al JAMA Surg Published Online: October 1, 2025 doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.3643 Over the past decade, health system mergers and expansions, along with evidence supporting the volume-outcome relat...

Original Investigation  Early Intratracheal Budesonide to Reduce Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Preterm Infants: The Budesonide in Babies (BiB) Randomized Clinical Trial Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Waldemar A. Carlo, Kayla J. Nowak, et al JAMA Published Online: September 30, 2025 doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.16450 Key Points Question  Does intratracheal administration of budesonide mixed with su...

Monocyte HLA-DR expression in septic shock patients: insights from a 20-year real-world cohort of 1023 cases Monneret G, Lafon T, Gossez M, et al. Intensive Care Med(2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-08110-w Abstract Purpose Septic patients simultaneously experience hyperinflammation and immunosuppression, the latter driving ICU-acquired infections, prolonged stays in ICU, and increased mortality. As immunostimulant therapies enter clinical trials, ...

ONLINE FIRST (FREE ACCESS) STANDARD OF CARE IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT What's New in Intensive Care Short piece: metabolic acidosisJung, B., Forni, L.G. & Jaber, S. Narrative Review Bedside thoracic echography in ICU: new insights for acute circulatory and respiratory failureMuller, L., Volpicelli, G., Mongodi, S. et al. Editorial Best practices in airway management in critically ill adultsDe Jong, A., Jaber, S. & Myatra, S.N. LATEST ARTICL...

Original Investigation  AI in Medicine An AI-Powered Lifestyle Intervention vs Human Coaching in the Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomized Clinical Trial Nestoras Mathioudakis, Benjamin Lalani, Mohammed S. Abusamaan, et al JAMA Published Online: October 27, 2025 doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.19563 Key Points Question  How does referral to a lifestyle intervention exclusively driven by artificial...