Original Investigation  Infectious Diseases January 15, 2025 Blood Culture Use in Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units and Wards Valeria Fabre, Yea-Jen Hsu, Karen C. Carroll, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(1):e2454738. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.54738 Key Points Question  What is the blood culture use rate of medical and medical-surgical intensive care units (ICUs) and wards in the U...

Original Investigation  January 15, 2025 Palliative Care Initiated in the Emergency Department: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial Corita R. Grudzen, Nina Siman, Allison M. Cuthel, et al JAMA. Published online January 15, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.23696 Key Points Question  What is the effect of a multicomponent intervention to initiate palliative care in the emergency department on hospital ...

Original Investigation  January 13, 2025 Antiviral Medications for Treatment of Nonsevere Influenza: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis Ya Gao, Yunli Zhao, Ming Liu, et al JAMA Intern Med. Published online January 13, 2025. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.7193 Key Points Question  What is the optimal antiviral drug in the treatment of patients with nonsevere influenza virus infection? ...

Original Investigation  Public Health January 8, 2025 Irritability and Social Media Use in US Adults Roy H. Perlis, Ata Uslu, Jonathan Schulman, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(1):e2452807. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.52807 Key Points Question  Is social media use by adults associated with irritability, or being prone to anger? Findings  In this survey study of 42 597 US adults...

Original Investigation  November 27, 2024 Intravenous Lidocaine for Gut Function Recovery in Colonic Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial Hugh Paterson, Thenmalar Vadiveloo, Karen Innes, et al JAMA. 2025;333(1):39-48. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.23898 Key Points Question  Does perioperative administration of 2% intravenous (IV) lidocaine affect postoperative return of gut function in adult patients un...

Original Investigation  January 9, 2025 Changes in Patient Care Experience After Private Equity Acquisition of US Hospitals Anjali Bhatla, Victoria L. Bartlett, Michael Liu, et al JAMA. Published online January 9, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.23450 Key Points Question  How did measures of patient care experience change after private equity acquisition of US hospitals? Findings  In th...

Original Investigation  January 2, 2025 Esophagectomy Trends and Postoperative Outcomes at Private Equity–Acquired Health Centers Jonathan E. Williams, Sara L. Schaefer, Ryan C. Jacobs, et al JAMA Surg. Published online January 2, 2025. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5920 Key Points Question  How do postoperative outcomes following esophagectomy at private equity–acquired health centers compare with outco...

Original Investigation  Surgery January 8, 2025 Surgical Deescalation Within Gynecologic Oncology Alexa Kanbergs, Alexander Melamed, David Viveros-Carreño, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(1):e2453604. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.53604 Key Points Question  How has surgical deescalation evolved in gynecologic oncology? Findings  In this cohort study of 1 218 490 patients with cer...

Original Investigation  Medical Education January 9, 2025 Program Directors’ Assessments of US Medical Graduates’ Transition to Residency Douglas Grbic, Dorothy A. Andriole, Lindsay Roskovensky, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(1):e2454048. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.54048 Key Points Question  Do program director assessments of postgraduate year 1 (PGY-1) trainees’ performance during the tr...

Traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip from Oct 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024: a capture–recapture analysis Zeina Jamaluddine, Hanan Abukmail, Sarah Aly DO, et al Lancet Available online 9 January 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02678-3 Summary Background Accurate mortality estimates help quantify and memorialise the impact of war. We used multiple data sources to estimate deaths due to traumatic injury in the Gaza Strip between Oct 7, 2023,...