Original Investigation  July 11, 2022 Association of Sociodemographic Characteristics With US Medical Student Attrition Mytien Nguyen,Sarwat I. Chaudhry, Mayur M. Desai, et al JAMA Intern Med. 2022;182(9):917-924. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.2194 Key Points Question  How do the medical student attrition rates compare across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic identities? Findings  In this cohort study of 33 389 allopathic doc...

Original Investigation  July 18, 2022 Clinical Outcomes and Cost Associated With an Intravascular Microaxial Left Ventricular Assist Device vs Intra-aortic Balloon Pump in Patients Presenting With Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock P. Elliott Miller, MD, Samantha G. Bromfield, Qinli Ma, et al JAMA Intern Med. 2022;182(9):926-933. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.2735 Key Points Question  Is there a difference in sho...

Research Prevention of covid-19 and other acute respiratory infections with cod liver oil supplementation, a low dose vitamin D supplement: quadruple blinded, randomised placebo controlled trial Sonja H Brunvoll, Anders B Nygaard, Merete Ellingjord-Dale, et al BMJ 2022; 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-071245 (Published 07 September 2022)Cite this as: BMJ 2022;378:e071245 Abstract Objective To deter...

Original Investigation  September 8, 2022 Five-Year Outcomes in Patients With Fully Magnetically Levitated vs Axial-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices in the MOMENTUM 3 Randomized Trial Mandeep R. Mehra, Daniel J. Goldstein, Joseph C. Cleveland, et al JAMA. Published online September 8, 2022. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.16197 Key Points Question  In patients with advanced heart failure, what is the difference in the composite end poi...

Research Effect of a test-and-treat approach to vitamin D supplementation on risk of all cause acute respiratory tract infection and covid-19: phase 3 randomised controlled trial (CORONAVIT) David A Jolliffe, Hayley Holt, Matthew Greenig, et al BMJ 2022; 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-071230 (Published 07 September 2022)Cite this as: BMJ 2022;378:e071230 Abstract Objective To determine the effect of population level implementation of a test-...

Original Investigation  August 26, 2022 Concordance of SARS-CoV-2 Results in Self-collected Nasal Swabs vs Swabs Collected by Health Care Workers in Children and Adolescents Jesse J. Waggoner, Miriam B. Vos, Erika A. Tyburski, et al JAMA. Published online August 26, 2022. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.14877 Key Points Question  Are children and adolescents, aged 4 to 14 years, able to adequately self-collect nasal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 te...

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE Efficacy and Safety of an Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator Paul Friedman, Francis Murgatroyd, Lucas V.A. Boersma, et al N Engl J Med August 28, 2022DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2206485 Abstract BACKGROUND The extravascular implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) has a single lead implanted substernally to enable pause-prevention pacing, antitachycardia pacing, and defibrillation energy similar to that of transvenous ICDs. ...

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Fractional Flow Reserve or Intravascular Ultrasonography to Guide PCI Bon-Kwon Koo, Xinyang Hu, Jeehoon Kang, et al N Engl J Med 2022; 387:779-789DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2201546 Abstract BACKGROUND In patients with coronary artery disease who are being evaluated for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), procedures can be guided by fractional flow reserve (FFR) or intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS) for decision making regarding revascula...

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Routine Functional Testing or Standard Care in High-Risk Patients after PCI Duk-Woo Park, Do-Yoon Kang, Jung-Min Ahn, et al N Engl J Med August 28, 2022DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2208335 Abstract BACKGROUND There are limited data from randomized trials to guide a specific follow-up surveillance approach after myocardial revascularization. Whether a follow-up strategy that includes routine functional testing improves clinical outcomes among high-...