Original Investigation  August 26, 2024 Long-Term Prognosis of Patients With Myocarditis Attributed to COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 Infection, or Conventional Etiologies Laura Semenzato, Stéphane Le Vu, Jérémie Botton, et al JAMA. 2024;332(16):1367-1377. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.16380 Key Points Question  What is the long-term prognosis of myocarditis after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination and do...

Research Letter  October 17, 2024 Effect of Electric Fans on Body Core Temperature in Older Adults Exposed to Extreme Indoor Heat Fergus K. O’Connor, Robert D. Meade, Katie E. Wagar, et al JAMA. Published online October 17, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.19457 With rising global temperatures, sustainable and affordable cooling interventions are urgently needed for preventing heat-related mortality.1 Bas...

Original Investigation  October 16, 2024 Failure to Rescue Female Patients Undergoing High-Risk Surgery Catherine M. Wagner, Karen E. Joynt Maddox, Gorav Ailawadi, et al JAMA Surg. Published online October 16, 2024 doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4574 Key Points Question  Although it is known that female patients die more often than male patients after high-risk surgery, is this because female pati...

Original Investigation  October 16, 2024 Comparison of Outcomes for Patients Treated by Allopathic vs Osteopathic Surgeons Tara A. Russell, Ryu Yoshida, Mauranda Men, et al JAMA Surg. Published online October 16, 2024 doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4580 Key Points Question  Is there is a difference in surgical outcomes for patients undergoing surgery with physicians trained in allopathic (MD) vs o...

Original Investigation  Critical Care Medicine October 15, 2024 Shared Decision-Making Communication and Prognostic Misunderstanding in the ICU Judith B. Vick, Benjamin T. Berger, Peter A. Ubel, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(10):e2439715. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.39715 Key Points Question  Are shared decision-making (SDM) behaviors in the intensive care unit (ICU) associated with re...

Original Investigation  Health Informatics October 15, 2024 Early Warning Scores With and Without Artificial Intelligence Dana P. Edelson, Matthew M. Churpek, Kyle A. Carey, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(10):e2438986. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38986 Key Points Question  How do hospital early warning scores compare with one another? Findings  In this cohort study that compar...

Original Investigation  September 18, 2024 An Update on the Survival of the First 50 Face Transplants Worldwide Pauliina Homsy, Lioba Huelsboemer, Juan P. Barret, et al JAMA Surg. 2024;159(12):1339-1345. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2024.3748 Key Points Question  What is the overall survival of the first 50 face transplants in the world? Findings  This cohort study on the first 50 face transplants, p...

Original Investigation  December 16, 2024 Mobile App-Facilitated Collaborative Palliative Care Intervention for Critically Ill Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial Christopher E. Cox, Deepshikha C. Ashana, Katelyn Dempsey, et al JAMA Intern Med. Published online December 16, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.6838 Key Points Question  Can an automated, mobile application–based, personaliz...

Research Strategies and tactics to reduce the impact of healthcare on climate change: systematic review Jeffrey Braithwaite, Carolynn L Smith, Elle Leask, et al BMJ 2024; 387: e081284 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-081284 (Published 08 October 2024) Abstract Objective To review the international literature and assess the ways healthcare systems are mitigating and can mitigate their carbon footprint, which is currently esti...

Research Rainfall events and daily mortality across 645 global locations: two stage time series analysis BMJ 2024; 387: e080944 Cheng He, Susanne Breitner-Busch, Veronika Huber, et al doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-080944 (Published 09 October 2024) Abstract Objective To examine the associations between characteristics of daily rainfall (intensity, duration, and frequency) and all cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality. Design&nb...