February 20, 2013, Vol 309, No. 7, Pages 631-733

Preliminary Communication

Association Between Telomere Length and Experimentally Induced Upper Respiratory Viral Infection in Healthy Adults

Sheldon Cohen, PhD; Denise Janicki-Deverts, PhD; Ronald B. Turner, MD; et al.

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):699-705. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.613

To determine whether shorter telomeres in leukocytes are associated with decreased resistance to upper respiratory infection and clinical illness, Cohen and coauthors assessed telomere length in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and T-cell subsets among 152 healthy participants subsequently administered rhinovirus 39 and monitored for 5 days.

Research Letter

Pharmaceutical Overdose Deaths, United States, 2010

Christopher M. Jones, PharmD; Karin A. Mack, PhD; Leonard J. Paulozzi, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):657-659. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.272

This Week in JAMA

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):631. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.174765

Audio Editors' Summary: Trial of ventilator weaning techniques, safety of hydroxyethylstarch for volume resuscitation, uptake of robotic hysterectomy for benign disease, and more.

Viewpoint

Reengineering US Health Care

Ari Hoffman, MD; Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):661-662. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.214571

Audio Author Interview: Reengineering US Health Care

Treatment of Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis: Time for a New Approach

Peter W. de Leeuw, MD, PhD; Cornelis T. Postma, MD, PhD; Abraham A. Kroon, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):663-664. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.194145

Policy Responses to Demand for Health Care Access: From the Individual to the Population

Katherine Diaz Vickery, MD; Kori Sauser, MD; Matthew M. Davis, MD, MAPP

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):665-666. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.96863

Realigning Reimbursement Policy and Financial Incentives to Support Patient-Centered Out-of-Hospital Care

Kevin Munjal, MD, MPH; Brendan Carr, MD, MS

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):667-668. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.211273

A Piece of My Mind

Remarkably Wise

Andrew P. J. Olson, MD; Lawrence M. Tierney, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):669-670. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.196

Original Contribution

Robotically Assisted vs Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Among Women With Benign Gynecologic Disease

Jason D. Wright, MD; Cande V. Ananth, PhD, MPH; Sharyn N. Lewin, MD; et al.

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):689-698. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.186

Wright and coauthors examined the use of robotically assisted hysterectomy, its complication profile, and its costs compared with other routes of hysterectomy by performing a cohort study of women who underwent hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disorders from 2007 to 2010. In an Editorial, Weissman and Zinner discuss comparative effectiveness research and robotic surgery.

Audio Author Interview: Robotically Assisted vs Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Among Women With Benign Gynecologic Disease

Editorial
Comparative Effectiveness Research on Robotic Surgery
Joel S. Weissman, PhD; Michael Zinner, MD

Editorial

Generating Evidence on Best Practice in Long-term Acute Care Hospitals

Jeremy M. Kahn, MD, MSc; Shannon S. Carson, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):719-720. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.848

Comparative Effectiveness Research on Robotic Surgery

Joel S. Weissman, PhD; Michael Zinner, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):721-722. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.1107

Hydroxyethyl Starch for Intravenous Volume Replacement: More Harm Than Benefit

Massimo Antonelli, MD; Claudio Sandroni, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):723-724. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.851

Clinical Crossroads

Clinician's Corner

Insomnia

Daniel J. Buysse, MD

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):706-716. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.193

Using the case of a 51-year-old woman with insomnia that began at age 35 years, Buysse reviews the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of insomnia in adults.

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Caring for the Critically Ill Patient

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Effect of Pressure Support vs Unassisted Breathing Through a Tracheostomy Collar on Weaning Duration in Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: A Randomized Trial

Amal Jubran, MD; Brydon J. B. Grant, MD; Lisa A. Duffner, BS; et al.

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):671-677. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.159

Tobin and colleagues report the effectiveness of weaning patients from prolonged mechanical ventilation in a study of 312 patients at a single, long-term, acute care hospital by comparing 152 patients using pressure support vs160 with unassisted breathing through a tracheostomy. See the related Editorial by Kahn and Carson.

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Generating Evidence on Best Practice in Long-term Acute Care Hospitals
Jeremy M. Kahn, MD, MSc; Shannon S. Carson, MD

Association of Hydroxyethyl Starch Administration With Mortality and Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients Requiring Volume Resuscitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Ryan Zarychanski, MD, MSc; Ahmed M. Abou-Setta, MD, PhD; Alexis F. Turgeon, MD, MSc; et al.

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JAMA. 2013;309(7):678-688. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.430

Zarychanski and coauthors reviewed 38 randomized controlled trials to evaluate the association of hydroxyethyl starch with mortality and renal injury in critically ill patients requiring acute volume resuscitation. In an Editorial, Antonelli and Sandroni discuss the significance of the findings in the context of conflicting studies.