{"title":"Associations of Internal Medicine Residency Ratings and Certification Examination Scores With Patient Outcomes.","authors":"Andrei Brateanu, Moises Auron, Richard Wardrop","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.19939","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2024.19939","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"1852-1853"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer.","authors":"Kathryn L Terry, Holly R Harris, Stacey A Missmer","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.21905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.21905","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142770084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paolo Vercellini, Paola Viganò, Edgardo Somigliana
{"title":"Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer.","authors":"Paolo Vercellini, Paola Viganò, Edgardo Somigliana","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.21908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.21908","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142770086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karen C Schliep, Mollie E Barnard, C Matthew Peterson
{"title":"Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer-Reply.","authors":"Karen C Schliep, Mollie E Barnard, C Matthew Peterson","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.21911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.21911","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142770088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overcoming Hepatitis B Vaccine Nonresponsiveness.","authors":"Ivan Hung, Anna S Lok","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.24028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.24028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142769997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Timothy J Hatlen, Rachel Bender Ignacio, Eric S Daar
{"title":"Advances in Treatment and Prevention of HIV.","authors":"Timothy J Hatlen, Rachel Bender Ignacio, Eric S Daar","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.24027","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2024.24027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142770081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristen M Marks, Minhee Kang, Triin Umbleja, Andrea Cox, Karen J Vigil, Ngan T Ta, Ayotunde Omoz-Oarhe, Hugo Perazzo, Josphat Kosgei, Timothy Hatlen, Jennifer Price, Leolin Katsidzira, Khuanchai Supparatpinyo, Kevin Knowles, Beverly L Alston-Smith, Parita Rathod, Kenneth E Sherman
{"title":"HepB-CpG vs HepB-Alum Vaccine in People With HIV and Prior Vaccine Nonresponse: The BEe-HIVe Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Kristen M Marks, Minhee Kang, Triin Umbleja, Andrea Cox, Karen J Vigil, Ngan T Ta, Ayotunde Omoz-Oarhe, Hugo Perazzo, Josphat Kosgei, Timothy Hatlen, Jennifer Price, Leolin Katsidzira, Khuanchai Supparatpinyo, Kevin Knowles, Beverly L Alston-Smith, Parita Rathod, Kenneth E Sherman","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.24490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.24490","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Nonresponse to hepatitis B vaccine is common among people with HIV, resulting in vulnerability to infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the seroprotection response achieved with a 2-dose (noninferiority, 10% margin) and a 3-dose hepatitis B vaccine with a cytosine phosphoguanine adjuvant (HepB-CpG vaccine) vs a conventional 3-dose hepatitis B vaccine with an aluminum hydroxide adjuvant (HepB-alum vaccine) in people with HIV and prior nonresponse to HepB-alum vaccine.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This phase 3, open-label, randomized clinical trial included people with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy (CD4 cell count ≥100 cells/μL and HIV RNA <1000 copies/mL) without past or present serological evidence of having HBV or a response to hepatitis B vaccine. From December 2020 to February 2023, 561 adults were enrolled in the study at 41 sites in 10 countries in Africa, Asia, North America, and South America with follow-up for the primary outcome analysis through September 4, 2023.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Participants were randomly assigned to receive 2 doses of HepB-CpG vaccine administered intramuscularly at weeks 0 and 4; 3 doses of HepB-CpG vaccine administered intramuscularly at weeks 0, 4, and 24; or 3 doses of HepB-alum vaccine administered intramuscularly at weeks 0, 4, and 24.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The primary outcome was a seroprotection response to hepatitis B vaccine (defined as level of antibody titer against hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] ≥10 mIU/mL) at week 12 for the 2-dose regimen (8 weeks after dose 2) and at week 28 for 3-dose regimens (4 weeks after dose 3). Key secondary outcomes included seroprotection response at additional time points, antibody titer against HBsAg, and adverse events within 4 weeks of hepatitis B vaccination.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 561 participants included in the analysis (median age, 46 years [IQR, 31-56 years]); 64% were male; 17% of participants were Asian, 42% were Black, and 35% were White), a seroprotection response was achieved in 93.1% who received 2 doses of HepB-CpG vaccine (n = 174), in 99.4% who received 3 doses of HepB-CpG vaccine (n = 169), and in 80.6% who received 3 doses of HepB-alum vaccine (n = 165). The stratified difference in seroprotection response between the 2-dose HepB-CpG vaccine group and the 3-dose HepB-alum vaccine group was 12.5% (97.5% CI, 4.1%-20.9%), achieving noninferiority and indicating superiority. The 3-dose HepB-CpG vaccine regimen was superior to the 3-dose HepB-alum vaccine regimen (stratified difference in seroprotection response, 18.4% [repeated 97.5% CI, 10.4%-26.2%]). By week 12, more than 90% of participants who received HepB-CpG vaccine achieved a seroprotection response. The 3-dose regimen of HepB-CpG vaccine achieved a higher proportion of participants with antibody titer against HBsAg greater","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610526/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142770093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrections for Conversion of Laboratory Values and Units of Activity Levels.","authors":"Zhongrong Miao","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.24658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.24658","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142739612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recommendations to Ensure Safety of AI in Real-World Clinical Care.","authors":"Dean F Sittig, Hardeep Singh","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.24598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.24598","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142739634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hugh Paterson, Thenmalar Vadiveloo, Karen Innes, Angie Balfour, Marek Atter, Andrew Stoddart, Seonaidh Cotton, Robert Arnott, Lorna Aucott, Zoe Batham, Irwin Foo, Graeme MacLennan, Susan Nimmo, Doug Speake, John Norrie
{"title":"Intravenous Lidocaine for Gut Function Recovery in Colonic Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Hugh Paterson, Thenmalar Vadiveloo, Karen Innes, Angie Balfour, Marek Atter, Andrew Stoddart, Seonaidh Cotton, Robert Arnott, Lorna Aucott, Zoe Batham, Irwin Foo, Graeme MacLennan, Susan Nimmo, Doug Speake, John Norrie","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.23898","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2024.23898","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Despite the recovery advantages of minimally invasive surgical techniques, delayed return of gut function after colectomy is a common barrier to timely discharge from hospital.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the effect of 2% perioperative intravenous lidocaine infusion on return of gut function after elective minimally invasive colon resection.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>The ALLEGRO trial was a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial conducted in 27 UK hospitals. A total of 590 adults scheduled for elective minimally invasive colon resection for benign or malignant disease were randomized 1:1 to 2% intravenous lidocaine or saline placebo. Enrollment occurred from August 13, 2018, to April 11, 2023, with a pause in recruitment from March 20, 2020, through July 6, 2020; final follow-up was on August 10, 2023.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>The intervention patients received 2% intravenous lidocaine administered as 1.5-mg/kg bolus at induction of anesthesia followed by 1.5 mg/kg/h for 6 or 12 hours. Control patients received 0.9% saline placebo for 6 or 12 hours.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The primary outcome was the proportion of patients with return of gut function at 72 hours after surgery, defined by the GI-3 composite end point of tolerating diet (ingestion of food and drink without significant nausea or vomiting for 3 consecutive meals) and passage of flatus or stool. There were 11 secondary outcomes, including time to GI-3 recovery, time to GI-2 recovery (tolerance of oral diet and passage of stool), prolonged postoperative ileus, postoperative nausea and vomiting score, Overall Benefit of Analgesia Score, postoperative opioid consumption, Quality of Recovery-15, quality of life (EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-Level), enhanced recovery protocol adherence, time to meeting medically defined criteria for discharge, and time to patient self-assessed readiness for discharge.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The trial enrolled 590 patients (295 intervention, 295 control); after 33 postrandomization exclusions, 557 patients were included (279 intervention, 278 control; 249 female patients [44.7%]; mean [SD] age, 66 [10.9] years); 532 (96%) received the randomized treatment. Return of gut function as defined by the GI-3 composite outcome was achieved at 72 hours by 160 patients (57.3%) in the intravenous lidocaine group vs 164 patients (59.0%) in the placebo group (adjusted absolute difference, -1.9% [95% CI, -8.0% to 4.2%]; relative risk, 0.97 [95% CI, 0.88 to 1.07]). There was no significant difference between the intervention and control groups in any of the 11 secondary end points.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>Among patients undergoing elective minimally invasive colon resection, perioperative administration of 2% intravenous lidocaine did not improve return of gut function at 72 hours.</p><p><strong>Trial registratio","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11603374/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142739567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}