ARTICLESVolume 404, Issue 10464P1742-1749 November 02, 2024 Haemodiafiltration versus haemodialysis for kidney failure: an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials Robin W M Vernooij, Carinna Hockham, Giovanni Strippoli, et al Lancet 2024; 404: 1742-1749 Summary Background High-dose haemodiafiltration has been shown, in a randomised clinical trial, to result in a 23% lower risk of mortality for patients with kidney failure wh...

Original Investigation  October 25, 2024 Early, Individualized Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients With Acute Kidney Injury: A Randomized Clinical Trial Abinet M. Aklilu, Steven Menez, Megan L. Baker, et al JAMA. Published online October 25, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.22718 Key Points Question  Among hospitalized patients with acute kidney injury, do diagnostic and therapeutic recommendat...

Original Investigation  Health Policy October 22, 2024 Clinician Staffing and Quality of Care in US Health Centers Q. Wilton Sun, Howard P. Forman, Logan Stern, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(10):e2440140. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.40140 Key Points Question  Is there an association between clinician staffing (physicians and advanced practice practitioners) and quality-of-care metrics in ...

Original Investigation  October 23, 2024 Long-Term Trajectories of Postoperative Recovery in Younger and Older Veterans Michael A. Jacobs, Carly A. Jacobs, Orna Intrator, et al JAMA Surg. Published online October 23, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4691 Key Points Question  What do long-term postoperative recovery trajectories look like? Findings  This cohort study (378 682 cases) i...

Original Investigation  October 25, 2024 Early, Individualized Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients With Acute Kidney Injury: A Randomized Clinical Trial Abinet M. Aklilu, Steven Menez, Megan L. Baker, et al JAMA. 2024;332(24):2081-2090. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.22718 Key Points Question  Among hospitalized patients with acute kidney injury, do diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations sent by a kidney action team through the ...

Research Christmas 2024: Could We Start Again, Please? Age against the machine—susceptibility of large language models to cognitive impairment: cross sectional analysis Roy Dayan, Benjamin Uliel, Gal Koplewitz BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-081948 (Published 20 December 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:e081948 Abstract Objective To evaluate the cognitive abilities of the leading large language models and identify their suscepti...

Feature Christmas 2024: For Forever From plague to planetary crisis: climate fiction before cli-fi Lakshmi Krishnan BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2583 (Published 18 December 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:q2583 Literature has long sounded ecological alarms and imagined our planetary futures, finds Lakshmi Krishnan Our oldest stories begin in the soil or by the sea, myth being the original ecological narrative. The Mandé and Sume...

Analysis Christmas 2024: Death is Just Around the Corner Ethics of posthumous scholarly authorship in the sciences David Nunan, Jeffrey K Aronson BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-080830 (Published 16 December 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:e080830 David Nunan and Jeff Aronson suggest that formal criteria are needed to determine eligibility for posthumous authorship and for dealing with associated ethical problems Post...

Research Dexterity assessment of hospital workers: prospective comparative study Tobin Joseph, Oliver I Brown, Sara Khalid, et al BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-081814 (Published 20 December 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:e081814 Abstract Objectives To compare the manual dexterity and composure under pressure of people in different hospital staff roles using a buzz wire game.  Design Prospective, observational, comparativ...

Feature Christmas 2024 How to transport a polar bear, and other idiosyncrasies in providing emergency medical services in the Arctic Astrid K V Harring, Siri Idland, Mari Mowe Martinsen, et al BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2417 (Published 18 December 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:q2417 Emergency helicopters in Norway’s northern Svalbard archipelago sometimes take unusual passengers, write Astrid K V Harring and colleagues Six h...