This randomized clinical trial assesses whether prophylactic early high-dose recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) improves neurodevelopmental outcome for preterm infants at 2 years’ corrected age.
This study used survey and qualitative methods to characterize the frequency of and reasons for discordance in estimates of prognosis of critically ill patients made by physicians and surrogate decision makers.
This hospital epidemiology study used MEDPAR file data to compare surgical outcomes and Medicare expenditures at critical access vs non–critical access hosptials.
This study characterizes the histologic features of esophageal inflammation in patients with acute gastroesophageal reflux disease during and after discontinuation of proton pump inhibitor treatment.
This survey study of recent National Institutes of Health career development (K) award recipients assessed the proportion who reported gender bias and advantage and sexual harrassment in their professional careers.
This Viewpoint discusses the benefits of developing a patient-centered informed consent standard and the resources it would take to achieve it in practice.
This Viewpoint discusses the need to account for clinician and patient adherence to colorectal cancer screening recommendations and barriers to implementation of screening programs in the choice of which tests to recommend in screening guidelines
This Viewpoint examines differences in the funding, quality, and reporting standards for breast, colorectal, and cervical cancer screening.
This Viewpoint describes differences between various cancer value frameworks and provides recommendations for improving them for clinicians, patients, and payers.
In this essay, the author relays his personal experience with ethnicity-based discrimination and discusses the “microaggressions” that medical trainees from underrepresented groups based on race/ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation experience.
This commentary discusses a cohort study published in JAMA Surgery that investigated the association between inpatient surveillance for venous thromboembolism and risk of postdischarge venous thromboembolism.
This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s and European Society of Medical Oncology’s recent recommendations on follow-up imaging in patients in remission from Hodgkin and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
This Medical Letter review summarizes the newly available oral anticoagulants and compares them with commonly prescribed warfarin.
This Medical News & Perspectives story discusses Zika virus infection in pregnant women with Christine Curry, MD, PhD, of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.