Intraosseous or Intravenous Vascular Access for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Mikael F. Vallentin, Asger Granfeldt, Thomas L. Klitgaard, et al N Engl J Med Published October 31, 2024 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2407616 Abstract BACKGROUND Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death worldwide. Establishing vascular access is critical for administering guideline-recommended drugs during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Both the intraosseous route and ...

ORIGINAL ARTICLE A Randomized Trial of Drug Route in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Keith Couper, Chen Ji, Charles D. Deakin, et al N Engl J Med Published October 31, 2024 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2407780 Abstract BACKGROUND Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death worldwide. Establishing vascular access is critical for administering guideline-recommended drugs during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Both the intraosseous route and the intra...

Research Association of holidays and the day of the week with suicide risk: multicountry, two stage, time series study Whanhee Lee, Cinoo Kang, Chaerin Park, et al BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-077262 (Published 23 October 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:e077262 Abstract Objectives To assess the short term temporal variations in suicide risk related to the day of the week and national holidays in multiple countries. Design ...

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...