Thomas M Piasecki, Megan E Piper, Hasmeena Kathuria
{"title":"Nicotine Pouches.","authors":"Thomas M Piasecki, Megan E Piper, Hasmeena Kathuria","doi":"10.1001/jama.2026.11806","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2026.11806","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"1063-1064"},"PeriodicalIF":55.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148620603","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":"Foreign Letters: London.","authors":"","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.16050","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2025.16050","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"1074"},"PeriodicalIF":55.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148840663","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}
Shaman Jhanji, Katie Booth, Louise Hiller, John Braun, Janet Dunn, Lucy Eggleston, Llewellyn Fenton-May, Sam Frempong, Katie Gilchrist, Claire Jacques, Monica Jefford, Rebecca Kandiyali, Dalbir Kaur, James Mason, S Ramani Moonesinghe, Rupert Pearse, Ravishankar Rao Baikady, Toby Reynolds, Ben Shelley, Rhona C F Sinclair, Thomas Teare, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, Joyce Yeung
{"title":"Total Intravenous vs Volatile Inhalational Anesthesia for Major Noncardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Shaman Jhanji, Katie Booth, Louise Hiller, John Braun, Janet Dunn, Lucy Eggleston, Llewellyn Fenton-May, Sam Frempong, Katie Gilchrist, Claire Jacques, Monica Jefford, Rebecca Kandiyali, Dalbir Kaur, James Mason, S Ramani Moonesinghe, Rupert Pearse, Ravishankar Rao Baikady, Toby Reynolds, Ben Shelley, Rhona C F Sinclair, Thomas Teare, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, Joyce Yeung","doi":"10.1001/jama.2026.11065","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2026.11065","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Older adults undergoing major noncardiac surgery experience substantial postoperative morbidity and health care use. The comparative effectiveness of total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) vs volatile-based inhalational anesthesia on recovery and safety remains uncertain.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine whether TIVA improves days alive and at home at 30 days compared with inhalational anesthesia and to evaluate differences in patient-centered outcomes and recovery.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>Pragmatic, multicenter, open-label randomized clinical trial conducted in 49 UK National Health Service hospitals from January 2022 to April 2024 (final follow-up, October 2024) among patients aged 50 years or older scheduled for elective major noncardiac surgery.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Participants were randomized 1:1 to receive maintenance of general anesthesia with either TIVA (propofol infusion) (n = 1254) or volatile-based inhalational agents (n = 1254). All other perioperative care was at clinician discretion.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The primary outcome was days alive and at home at 30 days. Secondary outcomes included days alive and at home at 90 days; mortality at 30 days, 90 days, and 6 months; Quality of Recovery-15 score at day 3; patient satisfaction (Bauer Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire) at day 1; delirium (4 As Test [4AT]) at day 3; unintentional awareness under anesthesia; and major postoperative complications within 30 days.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 2508 randomized participants, the mean age was 67 (SD, 8.9) years, and 55% were male. Characteristics were balanced across randomized groups. Days alive and at home at 30 days were similar between groups (mean, 22.5 [SD, 6.8] days vs 22.4 [SD, 6.6] days for TIVA vs inhalational anesthesia, respectively; incidence rate ratio, 1.00; 95% CI, 0.99-1.02; adjusted P = .68). There were no differences in days alive and at home at 90 days; mortality at 30 days, 90 days, or 6 months; or Quality of Recovery-15 score at day 3. Lower rates of thirst, hoarseness, and nausea and vomiting were reported in the TIVA group. Levels of delirium were similar between groups, with the majority (87.6%) having no delirium at day 3. Major complications occurred in 12.4% of patients overall, with no significant between-group differences. Two cases of certain or probable unintentional awareness under anesthesia were reported, both in the TIVA group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>Among older adults undergoing major noncardiac surgery, TIVA did not improve days alive and at home at 30 days compared with inhalational anesthesia.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ISRCTN.org Identifier: ISRCTN62903453.</p>","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"1039-1049"},"PeriodicalIF":55.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13470435/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148721214","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":"What Are Nicotine Pouches?","authors":"Kristin L Walter","doi":"10.1001/jama.2026.12580","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2026.12580","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"1078"},"PeriodicalIF":55.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148620656","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":"Multidomain Intervention for Growth in Term Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants: Research Summary.","authors":"","doi":"10.1001/jama.2026.12150","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2026.12150","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"e2612150"},"PeriodicalIF":55.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148592118","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":"Total Intravenous vs Volatile Inhalational Anesthesia for Major Noncardiac Surgery: Research Summary.","authors":"","doi":"10.1001/jama.2026.11184","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2026.11184","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"e2611184"},"PeriodicalIF":55.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148721271","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":"Ulcerative Colitis Management in Adults.","authors":"Lauren P Loeb, Andrew M Davis, Jami A Kinnucan","doi":"10.1001/jama.2026.8803","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2026.8803","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"1061-1062"},"PeriodicalIF":55.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148549597","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":"Nurturing Care for Term Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants.","authors":"Aisha K Yousafzai","doi":"10.1001/jama.2026.13846","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2026.13846","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"1015-1016"},"PeriodicalIF":55.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148592305","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}
Ranadip Chowdhury, Rukman Manapurath, Ravi Prakash Upadhyay, Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy, Saijuddin Shaikh, Harish Chellani, Abhinav Jain, Neeta Dhabhai, Savita Sapra, Afreen Khan, Tarun Shankar Choudhary, Kiran Bhatia, Jose Martines, Nita Bhandari, Tor A Strand, Sunita Taneja
{"title":"Multidomain Intervention for Growth in Term Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Ranadip Chowdhury, Rukman Manapurath, Ravi Prakash Upadhyay, Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy, Saijuddin Shaikh, Harish Chellani, Abhinav Jain, Neeta Dhabhai, Savita Sapra, Afreen Khan, Tarun Shankar Choudhary, Kiran Bhatia, Jose Martines, Nita Bhandari, Tor A Strand, Sunita Taneja","doi":"10.1001/jama.2026.12117","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jama.2026.12117","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants face elevated risk of undernutrition and developmental delays. Multidomain interventions may be needed to promote growth and neurodevelopment.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the effect of an integrated intervention package on growth and neurodevelopment in term SGA infants.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>Individually randomized clinical trial conducted in low-resource neighborhoods of South Delhi, India. Term SGA infants were enrolled within 14 days of birth; 1300 infants were randomized and followed up to 12 months of age. Recruitment occurred from January 14, 2023, until July 31, 2024, with follow-up completed on August 6, 2025. Outcome assessors were blinded to participant allocation.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Infants were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive either an integrated intervention package including health, nutrition, early child stimulation, and psychosocial support (n = 647) or usual care through government programs (n = 653).</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The primary outcomes were weight and weight-for-age z score at 12 months. Secondary outcomes included linear growth, neurodevelopment (assessed using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition), anemia, and mortality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At 12 months, 1261 infants (97%) (mean age, 6 days; 48.1% male) had completed follow-up. The mean weight was 8.0 kg (SD, 0.9 kg) in the intervention group vs 7.8 kg (SD, 0.9 kg) in the usual care group (mean difference, 0.22 kg [95% CI, 0.11-0.32 kg]). The mean weight-for-age z score was -1.3 (SD, 0.9) vs -1.6 (SD, 1.0), respectively (mean difference, 0.24 [95% CI, 0.14-0.35]). The intervention group had a lower prevalence of underweight (23.9% vs 32.6%; risk difference, -8.75 [95% CI, -13.70 to -3.80] percentage points), stunting (20.1% vs 27.2%; risk difference, -7.17 [95% CI, -11.85 to -2.49] percentage points), wasting (13.9% vs 19.4%; risk difference, -5.52 [95% CI, -9.63 to -1.41] percentage points), and anemia (34.0% vs 72.5%; risk difference, -38.49 [95% CI, -44.36 to -32.61] percentage points) and higher cognitive scores (mean difference, 1.73 [95% CI, 0.32-3.14]), language scores (mean difference, 2.74 [95% CI, 1.51-3.98]), and motor composite scores (mean difference, 2.32 [95% CI, 1.25-3.38]). Nine children in the usual care group and 5 in the intervention group died.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>Among term SGA infants, an integrated intervention improved weight and weight-for-age z scores at 12 months.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>Clinical Trials Registry-India Identifier: CTRI/2021/11/037881.</p>","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":"1050-1060"},"PeriodicalIF":55.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13409123/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148592107","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":"Remission.","authors":"Nathaniel J Brown","doi":"10.1001/jama.2026.12871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2026.12871","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17196,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":55.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148983003","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}