March 20, 2013, Vol 309, No. 11, Pages 1069-1185

This Week in JAMA

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1069. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.145307

Audio Editors' Summary: Effect of aliskerin on heart failure mortality, long-term mortality after stroke and TIA, effects of eritoran on sepsis mortality, and more.

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Health Services Innovation: The Time Is Now

Barry Zuckerman, MD; Peter A. Margolis, MD, PhD; Kedar S. Mate, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1113-1114. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.2007

Educating Physicians About Responsible Management of Finite Resources

Shantanu Agrawal, MD; Julie Taitsman, MD; Christine Cassel, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1115-1116. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1013

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Improving Cardiovascular Health: A Balance Between Discovery and Delivery

William A. Zoghbi , MD; David R. Holmes, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1117-1118. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.2416

Can Accountable Care Organizations Improve Population Health?Should They Try?

Douglas J. Noble, MD, MPH; Lawrence P. Casalino, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1119-1120. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.592

Bridging the Divide Between Health and Health Care

Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MPH, MBA

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1121-1122. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.887

A Piece of My Mind

278.00 Obesity, Not Otherwise Specified

Elizabeth Toll, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1123-1124. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1241

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Effect of Aliskiren on Postdischarge Mortality and Heart Failure Readmissions Among Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: The ASTRONAUT Randomized Trial

Mihai Gheorghiade, MD; Michael Böhm, MD; Stephen J. Greene, MD; et al.

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1125-1135. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1954

In the Aliskiren Trial on Acute Heart Failure Outcomes (ASTRONAUT), Gheorghiade and coauthors investigated whether aliskiren, a direct renin inhibitor, when added to the standard therapy, would reduce the rates of cardiovascular death and heart failure rehospitalization among patients who had been hospitalized for heart failure.

Long-term Mortality After Stroke Among Adults Aged 18 to 50 Years

Loes C. A. Rutten-Jacobs, MSc; Renate M. Arntz, MD; Noortje A. M. Maaijwee, MD; et al.

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1136-1144. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.842

To investigate long-term mortality and cause of death after acute stroke in younger adults, Rutten-Jacobs and coauthors conducted a prospective cohort study of survival status among 959 patients aged 18 through 50 years with first transient ischemic attack, ischemic stroke, or intracerebral hemorrhage. Hankey provides comment in the related Editorial.

Audio Author Interview: Long-term Mortality After Stroke Among Adults Aged 18 to 50 Years

Editorial
Stroke in Young Adults: Implications of the Long-term Prognosis
Graeme J. Hankey, MD, FRCP, FRCP Edin, FRACP
Emergency Department Overuse: Perceptions and Solutions
James G. Adams, MD

Comparison of Presenting Complaint vs Discharge Diagnosis for Identifying “ Nonemergency” Emergency Department Visits

Maria C. Raven, MD, MPH, MSc; Robert A. Lowe, MD, MPH; Judith Maselli, MSPH; et al.

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1145-1153. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1948

To determine whether emergency department use can be reduced by limiting payment for nonemergency visits, Raven and coauthors applied an adapted version of the New York University emergency department algorithm to a national database to assess whether patients' presenting complaints corresponded to the severity of their discharge diagnoses.

Audio Author Interview: Comparison of Presenting Complaint vs Discharge Diagnosis for Identifying "Nonemergency" Emergency Department Visits

Editorial
Emergency Department Overuse: Perceptions and Solutions
James G. Adams, MD

Editorial

Stroke in Young Adults: Implications of the Long-term Prognosis

Graeme J. Hankey, MD, FRCP, FRCP Edin, FRACP

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1171-1172. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.2319

Emergency Department Overuse: Perceptions and Solutions

James G. Adams, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1173-1174. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.2476

Clinical Crossroads

Clinician's Corner

Computed Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer

Phillip M. Boiselle, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1163-1170. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.216988

Using the case of Ms L, a 64-year-old woman with 30 previous pack-years of smoking, Boiselle discusses evidence for use of chest x-rays and low-dose computed tomography in screening for lung cancer.

Author in the Room: JAMA: 2013-03-20, Vol. 309, No. 11, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

Caring for the Critically Ill Patient

Effect of Eritoran, an Antagonist of MD2-TLR4, on Mortality in Patients With Severe Sepsis: The ACCESS Randomized Trial

Steven M. Opal, MD; Pierre-Francois Laterre, MD; Bruno Francois, MD; et al.

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1154-1162. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.2194

In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multinational phase 3 trial in 197 intensive care units (1961 patients), Opal and coauthors explored whether eritoran, a TLR4 antagonist, significantly reduced sepsis-induced mortality.

Medical News & Perspectives

South Africa Warns of Emergence of “Totally” Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Anita Slomski

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1097-1098. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1802

PET Imaging for Alzheimer Disease: Are Its Benefits Worth the Cost?

Mike Mitka, MSJ

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1099-1100. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.2101

FDA: No Codeine After Tonsillectomy for Children

Bridget M. Kuehn, MSJ

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1100. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.2403

News From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ciguatera Fish Poisoning—New York City, 2010-2011

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1102-1104. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1523

Serogroup A Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine Coverage After the First National Mass Immunization Campaign—Burkina Faso, 2011

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1104-1106. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.225

Global Health

Gut Microbes and Malnutrition

M. J. Friedrich

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1101. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1801

Epilepsy Risks in Africa

M. J. Friedrich

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1101. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1828

Control of River Blindness

M. J. Friedrich

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1101. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.2398

Killings in Nigeria

M. J. Friedrich

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1101. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.2400

From JAMA's Daily News Site

Selections From News@JAMA and JAMA Forum

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1100. doi:10.1001/jama.309.11.1100

Letters

Renin-Angiotensin System Antagonists and Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure

Gregg C. Fonarow, MD; Ali Ahmed, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1107-1108. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1969

Renin-Angiotensin System Antagonists and Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure—Reply

Lars H. Lund, MD, PhD; Lina Benson, MSc

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1107-1108. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1975

Medical School Admission Interview and Licensing Examination Scores

Daniel Lubelski, BA

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1108-1109. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1666

Medical School Admission Interview and Licensing Examination Scores—Reply

Kevin W. Eva, PhD; Geoffrey R. Norman, PhD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1108-1109. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1675

Overcoming Obstacles to Research in Residency

Peter M. Clarke, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1109-1110. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1334

Overcoming Obstacles to Research in Residency—Reply

Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1109-1110. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1340

Professionalism in Graduate Medical Education

Lavi Oud, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1110-1112. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1669

Professionalism in Graduate Medical Education

Sanjay V. Desai, MD; Aimee Zaas, MD; Joel T. Katz, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1110-1112. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1672

Professionalism in Graduate Medical Education—Reply

Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP; Jeanne M. Farnan, MD, MHPE; Holly J. Humphrey, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1110-1112. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1678

The Cover

Rites of Spring-Olympic Offerings (Recto)

Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1080. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.176761

Poetry and Medicine

Language Class

Richard Donze, DO, MPH

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1084. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.53296

JAMA Patient Page

Screening Tests

Denise M. Goodman, MD, MS; Edward H. Livingston, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1185. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.144651

Correction

Incorrect Table Row Heading in: Positioning During Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1112. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.833

JAMA 100 Years Ago

MEDICINE AND THE LAW

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JAMA. 2013;309(11):1088. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.145305

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