JAMAPub Date : 2025-10-09DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.15275
Gregory M Marcus
{"title":"Is There Really Something Different About Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery?","authors":"Gregory M Marcus","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.15275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.15275","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145246866","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2025-10-09DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.18709
Patricia Mae G. Santos, Kelsey Chalmers, Lilia Cervantes, Benjamin D. Sommers
{"title":"Emergency Medicaid Spending for Undocumented Immigrants in the US","authors":"Patricia Mae G. Santos, Kelsey Chalmers, Lilia Cervantes, Benjamin D. Sommers","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.18709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.18709","url":null,"abstract":"This cross-sectional analysis examines emergency Medicaid spending relative to total Medicaid expenditures and identifies state factors associated with variation in spending.","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145246937","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2025-10-09DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.14891
Florian E. M. Herrmann, Anders Jeppsson, Hristo Kirov, Efstratios I. Charitos, Dana Dacian, Jürgen Brömsen, Steffen Massberg, Sebastian Sadoni, Torsten Doenst, Gerd Juchem, Christian Hagl
{"title":"Long-Term Continuous Monitoring of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting","authors":"Florian E. M. Herrmann, Anders Jeppsson, Hristo Kirov, Efstratios I. Charitos, Dana Dacian, Jürgen Brömsen, Steffen Massberg, Sebastian Sadoni, Torsten Doenst, Gerd Juchem, Christian Hagl","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.14891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.14891","url":null,"abstract":"ImportanceThe incidence and burden of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are not known. Nevertheless, North American guidelines state that it is reasonable to administer 60 days of oral anticoagulation to patients with new-onset AF after CABG, a moderate-strength recommendation (class 2a) based on evidence derived from nonrandomized clinical studies.ObjectiveTo test the hypothesis that the incidence of new-onset AF within the first year after CABG is higher than suggested in the current literature and to assess AF burden.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsA prospective, multicenter cohort study in 2 academic cardiac surgery centers in Germany that involved 198 patients with 3-vessel coronary artery disease or left main disease and no history of arrhythmias who received an insertable cardiac monitor during CABG for long-term continuous electrocardiographic monitoring. Patients were enrolled from November 2019 through November 2023 and were followed up for 1 year.ExposuresAtrial fibrillation detected within a year of continuous monitoring using insertable cardiac monitors implanted during CABG.Main Outcomes and MeasuresCumulative incidence of new-onset AF within a year of surgery. Secondary outcomes were AF burden and clinical outcomes.ResultsA total of 1217 patients were assessed, and 1008 were excluded. Of the 198 patients enrolled (173 male [87.4%]; 25 female [12.6%]; mean age, 66 [SD, 9] years), 95 patients developed new-onset AF within the first year after CABG (cumulative incidence, 48%; 95% CI, 41%-55%). The median AF burden during the first year was 0.07% (IQR, 0.02%-0.23%) or 370 minutes. The median AF burden on days 1 through 7 was 3.65% (IQR, 0.95%-9.09%); on days 8 through 30, 0.04% (IQR, 0%-1.21%); and on days 31 through 365, 0% (IQR, 0%-0.0003%), corresponding to 368, 13, and 0 minutes, respectively. After discharge, 3 patients had an AF episode longer than 24 hours.Conclusions and RelevanceAlthough the incidence of new-onset AF after CABG in this study was higher than previously reported, the AF burden in these patients was very low, especially after 30 days. The very low AF burden questions the current guideline recommendations that long-term oral anticoagulation should be considered in patients with new-onset AF after CABG.","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145246936","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2025-10-09DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.18165
Janki Shah
{"title":"Through the Glass","authors":"Janki Shah","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.18165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.18165","url":null,"abstract":"In this narrative medicine essay, an otolaryngologist describes her enduring grief over the death of her father to COVID-19, a grief that doubles when hearing comments questioning whether the pandemic even occurred.","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145246935","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2025-10-09DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.18529
Roy Perlis
{"title":"What Will Next Year Bring for AI in Health?","authors":"Roy Perlis","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.18529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.18529","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145247042","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2025-10-08DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.14396
Daniel S Martin,Helen T McKenna
{"title":"A Breath of Fresh Air-Improving Survival After Avalanche Burial.","authors":"Daniel S Martin,Helen T McKenna","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.14396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.14396","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"84 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145246586","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2025-10-08DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.13908
Amy L Fleury
{"title":"Reading Emily Dickinson in the NICU.","authors":"Amy L Fleury","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.13908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.13908","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145246736","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}
JAMAPub Date : 2025-10-08DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.17274
Akash Kartik,Zhi Ven Fong,Chee-Chee Stucky,Patricia A Cronin,David Etzioni,Yu-Hui Chang,Richard Bold,Nabil Wasif
{"title":"Revisiting Minimum Case Volume Recommendations for Complex Surgery in Contemporary Practice.","authors":"Akash Kartik,Zhi Ven Fong,Chee-Chee Stucky,Patricia A Cronin,David Etzioni,Yu-Hui Chang,Richard Bold,Nabil Wasif","doi":"10.1001/jama.2025.17274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.17274","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"106 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145246585","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}