Research Letter  Climate Change and Health August 26, 2024 Trends of Heat-Related Deaths in the US, 1999-2023 Jeffrey T. Howard, Nicole Androne, Karl C. Alcover, et al JAMA. Published online August 26, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.16386 The warmest average temperature recorded since 1850 occurred in 2023.1 Recent studies have found exposure to extreme heat to be associated with mortality, with variabi...

Research Letter  July 29, 2024 Midcareer Satisfaction and Likelihood of Leaving Current Position of Former Career Development Awardees Reshma Jagsi, Kent A. Griffith, Kelly C. Paradis, et al JAMA. 2024;332(8):666-667. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.12262 The National Institutes of Health K-award program invests in the career development of promising early-career faculty. Because retaining diverse faculty is necessary to achiev...

#LIVES2024 Begins: Welcoming Ceremony and Opening Remarks In ICU Mon, 7 Oct 2024 At the welcoming ceremony for #LIVES2024, Prof Elie Azoulay reflected on the extraordinary progress of ESICM over the past year, encapsulated in three keywords: Community, Innovation, and Research. He highlighted that 1 in 5 ESICM members are under 38, underscoring the society’s commitment to fostering diversity and growth. The NEXT group, aimed at cultivating young tal...

Research Letter  July 30, 2024 Hospital Assets Before and After Private Equity Acquisition Elizabeth Schrier, Hope E. M. Schwartz, David U. Himmelstein, et al JAMA. 2024;332(8):669-671. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.13555 Private equity firms spent $505 billion on health care acquisitions between 2018 and 2023.1Financial infusions may augment resources for care.2,3 However, firms have sometimes sold acquired hospitals’ l...

Original Investigation  August 21, 2024 Characterizing Long COVID in Children and Adolescents Rachel S. Gross, Tanayott Thaweethai, Lawrence C. Kleinman, et al JAMA. Published online August 21, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.12747 Key Points Question  What prolonged symptoms experienced by youth are most associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection? Findings  Among 5367 participants in the REC...

Research Suicide rates among physicians compared with the general population in studies from 20 countries: gender stratified systematic review and meta-analysis Claudia Zimmermann, Susanne Strohmaier, Harald Herkner, et al BMJ 2024; 386 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-078964 (Published 21 August 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;386:e078964 Abstract Objectives To estimate age standardised suicide rate ratios in male and female physicians compared with...

Original Investigation  Physician Work Environment and Well-Being August 26, 2024 Physician EHR Time and Visit Volume Following Adoption of Team-Based Documentation Support Nate C. Apathy, A. Jay Holmgren, Dori A. Cross JAMA Intern Med. Published online August 26, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4123 Key Points Question  How do physician visit volume, documentation time in the electronic heal...

Original Investigation  Orthopedics August 23, 2024 Tourniquet Use and Local Tissue Concentrations of Cefazolin During Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Clinical Trial Julien Montreuil, Michael Tanzer, Yu Ling Zhang, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(8):e2429702. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.29702 Key Points Question  What is the effect of tourniquet application on local tissue concentrati...

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Azithromycin to Reduce Mortality — An Adaptive Cluster-Randomized Trial Kieran S. O’Brien, Ahmed M. Arzika, Abdou Amza, et al N Engl J Med 2024;391:699-709 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2312093 Abstract BACKGROUND Twice-yearly mass distribution of azithromycin to children is a promising intervention to reduce childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. The World Health Organization recommended restricting distribution to infants 1 to 11 months of...

Original Investigation | Caring for the Critically Ill Patient October 9, 2024 Frequency of Screening and Spontaneous Breathing Trial Techniques: A Randomized Clinical Trial Karen E. A. Burns, Jessica Wong, Leena Rizvi, et al JAMA. Published online October 9, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.20631 Key Points Question  What are the effects of alternative screening frequencies and spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) techniques on the time to s...