Research Letter  May 15, 2024 Mortality in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 vs Influenza in Fall-Winter 2023-2024 Yan Xie, Taeyoung Choi, Ziyad Al-Aly JAMA. Published online May 15, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.7395 In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk of death in people hospitalized for COVID-19 was substantially higher than in people hospitalized for seasonal influenza.1,2 The risk of death du...

Research Letter  Health Policy May 16, 2024 Trends in Industry-Sponsored Research Payments to Physician Principal Investigators Zhuo T. Su, Zeyad Hammadeh, Joseph G. Cheaib, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(5):e2412432. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.12432 Introduction After passage of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (PPSA), the Open Payments program (OPP) was launched in 2013 to increase transpar...

Original Investigation  Oncology May 17, 2024 Travel-Time Disparities in Access to Proton Beam Therapy for Cancer Treatment Todd Burus, Alexander D. VanHelene, Michael K. Rooney, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(5):e2410670. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.10670 Key Points Question  Do certain US populations have inequitable drive-time access to proton beam therapy for cancer treatment? Findi...

Research Letter  Artificial Intelligence and Pediatric Care April 29, 2024 Identification of Human-Generated vs AI-Generated Research Abstracts by Health Care Professionals Dennis Ren, Andrew James Tagg, Helena Wilcox, et al JAMA Pediatr. Published online April 29, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0760 Health care professionals submit and review abstracts for academic conferences. As artificial intel...

Original Investigation  May 13, 2024 Prognostic Value of Cardiovascular Biomarkers in the Population Johannes Tobias Neumann, Raphael Twerenbold, Jessica Weimann, et al JAMA. Published online May 13, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.5596 Key Points Question  What is the value of cardiovascular biomarkers when added to established risk factors to predict incident cardiovascular events in the populatio...

Research Letter  May 6, 2024 Substances in Counterfeit Prescription Pills Seized by Law Enforcement, 2017-2022 Rachel S. Wightman, Thomas Chadronet, Bryan Volpe, et al JAMA. Published online May 6, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.6161 Counterfeit prescription pills are designed to replicate legitimate pharmaceutical pills in appearance and pharmacologic effects. However, the pharmacology of the active ingredient...

Original Investigation  Pediatrics May 6, 2024 Whole-Body Hypothermia vs Targeted Normothermia for Neonates With Mild Encephalopathy: A Multicenter Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial Paolo Montaldo, Mario Cirillo, Constance Burgod, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(5):e249119. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.9119 Key Points Question  Does whole-body hypothermia initiated within 6 hours of birth and ...

Original Investigation  Emergency Medicine May 7, 2024 Use of a Large Language Model to Assess Clinical Acuity of Adults in the Emergency Department Christopher Y. K. Williams, Travis Zack, Brenda Y. Miao, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(5):e248895. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.8895 Key Points Question  Can a large language model (LLM) accurately assess clinical acuity in the emergency depar...

Original Investigation  Pediatrics May 10, 2024 Respiratory Support Practices for Bronchiolitis in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Jonathan H. Pelletier, Danielle E, Maholtz, Claire M. Hanson, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(5):e2410746. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.10746 Key Points Question  Are changes in high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) and noninvasive ventilation (NIV) use associated wit...

Original Investigation  Cardiology May 10, 2024 Risk Assessment Models for Venous Thromboembolism in Medical Inpatients Emmanuel Häfliger, Basil Kopp; Pauline Darbellay Farhoumand, et al JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(5):e249980. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.9980 Key Points Question  What is the prognostic performance of the simplified Geneva score and other validated risk assessment models (RAMs...