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Journals Podcasts Audio Highlights Hypertension and Kidney Function After Living Kidney Donation Associations of Internal Medicine Residency Milestone Ratings and Certification Examination Scores With Patient Outcomes A More Selective vs a Standard Risk-Stratified, Heparin-Based, Obstetric Thromboprophylaxis Protocol Kidney Function Biomarkers During Extreme Heat Exposure in Young and Older Adults Prostate-Specific Antigen Values in Transgender Women Receiving Estrogen Addressing Ableism in Physician Well-Being Planning LGBTQI+ Data Collection in Medicaid to Advance Health Equity The Unmet Health Care Needs of Indigenous People Incarcerated in Tribal Jails Misaligned Pharmacy Incentives in Value-Based Care Even Better Prospectively Examining Outcomes After Living Kidney Donation: Informing the Altruist Low-Dose Corticosteroids for Critically Ill Adults With Severe Pulmonary Infections: A Review A Patient With Proteinuria, Myalgias, and Decreased Pigmentation of Facial Skin Two-Stage Syphilis Testing Rhyme and Remembering As a Third Worker Tests Positive for Bird Flu in US Dairy Cattle Outbreak, Here’s What to Know A Neurologist Learned He Had Alzheimer Disease 8 Years Ago—Here’s What He Wants People to Know CDC Recommends Doxycycline Prophylaxis to Prevent STIs in US Service Dogs May Reduce Veterans’ PTSD Symptoms Heart Disease Prevalence, Medical Costs Will Soar in US by 2050 US Heat Waves Linked With Small Rise in Preterm Births NIH Introduces National Primary Care Research Network in US Extreme Heat Limited Oxygen Delivery in People With Heart Problems Women Continue to Be Underrepresented in Medical Device Trials Meta-Analysis: 1 in 7 People Have Symptoms After Stopping Antidepressants Antimalarial Drug Could Also Treat, Relieve PCOS Memorial Day Current Criticisms of Medical Education What Is Thyroid Cancer? Prognostic Value of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Prognostic Value of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer—Reply Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy—Reply Updated Guidelines JAMA New Online Latest from the USPSTF FAQs

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    Audio Highlights

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):e2318353. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.18353

    • Audio: BP and eGFR After Kidney Donation, Postpartum VTE Prophylaxis, Steroids for Severe Pulmonary Infections, and more

    Original Investigation

    Hypertension and Kidney Function After Living Kidney Donation

    Amit X.Garg,MD, PhD; Jennifer B.Arnold,BSc; Meaghan S.Cuerden,PhD; et al.

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):287-299. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.8523

    This cohort study aims to determine the risk of hypertension in normotensive adults who donated a kidney compared with nondonors of similar baseline health.

    • Audio Author Interview: Outcomes After Living Kidney Donation

    • Editorial

      Prospectively Examining Outcomes After Living Kidney Donation: Informing the Altruist

      Elizabeth C.Lorenz,MD; Wolfgang C.Winkelmayer,MD, MPH, ScD

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      • Audio Author Interview: Outcomes After Living Kidney Donation

    • Donation-Attributable Risk—A Call to Action

      Jayme E.Locke,MD, MPH

      JAMA Surg

    Associations of Internal Medicine Residency Milestone Ratings and Certification Examination Scores With Patient Outcomes

    Bradley M.Gray,PhD; Jonathan L.Vandergrift,MS; Jennifer P.Stevens,MD; et al.

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):300-309. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.5268

    This study examines the association between physicians’ milestone ratings and certification examination scores and hospital outcomes for their patients.

    A More Selective vs a Standard Risk-Stratified, Heparin-Based, Obstetric Thromboprophylaxis Protocol

    Macie L.Champion,MD; Christina T.Blanchard,MS; Michelle Y.Lu,MD; et al.

    Abstract Full Text

    JAMA. 2024;332(4):310-317. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.8684

    This observational study assesses incidence of wound hematoma diagnoses up to 6 weeks post partum among obstetric patients who received thromboprophylaxis according to less selective vs more selective hospital chemoprophylaxis protocols.

    Research Letter

    Kidney Function Biomarkers During Extreme Heat Exposure in Young and Older Adults

    Zachary J.McKenna,PhD; Whitley C.Atkins,PhD; JoshFoster,PhD; et al.

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):333-335. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.9845

    This study investigates the effects of extreme heat exposure on kidney function using plasma-based biomarkers in young and older adults.

    Prostate-Specific Antigen Values in Transgender Women Receiving Estrogen

    FarnooshNik-Ahd,MD; Amanda M.De Hoedt,MS; ChristiButler,MD; et al.

    Abstract Full Text

    JAMA. 2024;332(4):335-337. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.9997

    This study examines prostate-specific antigen values among transgender women in the Veterans Health Administration receiving estrogen.

    Viewpoint

    Addressing Ableism in Physician Well-Being Planning

    MichaelQuon,MD

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):275-276. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.7736

    This Viewpoint discusses the importance of physician well-being for optimizing patient care and current efforts to improve physician well-being, describes how structural ableism affects the well-being of physicians with disabilities, and calls for further efforts to address ableism in the health care workforce.

    LGBTQI+ Data Collection in Medicaid to Advance Health Equity

    Nathaniel M.Tran,PhD; Kevin H.Nguyen,PhD

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):277-278. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.7829

    This Viewpoint explores Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services guidance on the collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data and how these data could be used to advance health equity for LGBTQI+ people.

    The Unmet Health Care Needs of Indigenous People Incarcerated in Tribal Jails

    CarolynCamplain,PhD, JD; RickyCamplain,PhD

    Abstract Full Text

    JAMA. 2024;332(4):279-280. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.7392

    This Viewpoint investigates the poor quality of health care provided to Indigenous peoples incarcerated in US tribal jails and proposes solutions to address health disparities and strengthen tribal sovereignty.

    Misaligned Pharmacy Incentives in Value-Based Care

    NinaJain,MD, MBA; Benjamin N.Rome,MD, MPH; Mallika L.Mendu,MD, MBA

    Abstract Full Text

    JAMA. 2024;332(4):281-282. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.8140

    This Viewpoint explains some ways in which the alignment of incentives between payers and clinicians in value-based care (VBC) arrangements can be interrupted and proposes a multifaceted approach to realigning incentives for drug spending within VBC contracts to better provide value-based care and improve patient outcomes.

    A Piece of My Mind

    Even Better

    LydiaHenderson,MD

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):283-284. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.9817

    In this narrative medicine essay, a physical medicine and rehabilitation resident’s understanding of and empathy for patients reaches new heights following her diagnosis of and treatment for breast cancer during residency.

    Editorial

    Prospectively Examining Outcomes After Living Kidney Donation: Informing the Altruist

    Elizabeth C.Lorenz,MD; Wolfgang C.Winkelmayer,MD, MPH, ScD

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):285-286. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.8733

    • Audio Author Interview: Outcomes After Living Kidney Donation

    Review

    Caring for the Critically Ill Patient

    Low-Dose Corticosteroids for Critically Ill Adults With Severe Pulmonary Infections: A Review

    RomainPirracchio,MD, MPH, PhD; BalasubramanianVenkatesh,MD; MatthieuLegrand,MD, PhD

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):318-328. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.6096

    This Review discusses whether treatment with low-dose corticosteroids may benefit critically ill patients with respiratory infections who have septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, or both.

    • Audio: Low-Dose Corticosteroids for Critically Ill Adults With Severe Pulmonary Infections

    JAMA Clinical Challenge

    A Patient With Proteinuria, Myalgias, and Decreased Pigmentation of Facial Skin

    ShanWu,MD; BoHan,MD; XishanXiong,MD, PhD

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):329-330. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.6111

    A patient had bilateral leg edema, insomnia, myalgias, paresthesias in the fingertips, lighter pigmentation of the facial skin compared with other areas of the body, proteinuria, and an elevated creatinine level. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?

    JAMA Diagnostic Test Interpretation

    Two-Stage Syphilis Testing

    LaisLopes Almeida Gomes,MD; Caroline J.Stone,BA; Katharina S.Shaw,MD

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):331-332. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.10505

    A 54-year-old woman presented with erythematous annular and indurated plaques on her face, trunk, and extremities and had false-positive syphilis test results during 2 pregnancies 25 and 22 years prior. What would you do next?

    Editor's Note

    Rhyme and Remembering

    RafaelCampo,MD, MA

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):341. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.7705

    Medical News & Perspectives

    As a Third Worker Tests Positive for Bird Flu in US Dairy Cattle Outbreak, Here’s What to Know

    JenniferAbbasi

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):267-269. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11500

    This Medical News article discusses the latest developments in the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in the US.

    A Neurologist Learned He Had Alzheimer Disease 8 Years Ago—Here’s What He Wants People to Know

    RitaRubin,MA

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):270-272. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.10805

    This Medical News article is an interview with retired neurologist Daniel Gibbs, who is living with Alzheimer disease.

    • Audio: What a Neurologist With Alzheimer Disease Wants People to Know

    Medical News in Brief

    CDC Recommends Doxycycline Prophylaxis to Prevent STIs in US

    EmilyHarris

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):273. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11024

    Service Dogs May Reduce Veterans’ PTSD Symptoms

    EmilyHarris

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):273. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11025

    Heart Disease Prevalence, Medical Costs Will Soar in US by 2050

    EmilyHarris

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):273. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11026

    US Heat Waves Linked With Small Rise in Preterm Births

    EmilyHarris

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):273. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11027

    • Invited Commentary

      Preterm and Early-Term Birth, Heat Waves, and Our Changing Climate

      CalebDresser,MD, MPH; ShruthiMahalingaiah,MD, MS; Kari C.Nadeau,MD, PhD

      JAMA Netw Open

    NIH Introduces National Primary Care Research Network in US

    EmilyHarris

    Abstract Full Text

    JAMA. 2024;332(4):273-274. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11032

    Extreme Heat Limited Oxygen Delivery in People With Heart Problems

    EmilyHarris

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):274. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11036

    Women Continue to Be Underrepresented in Medical Device Trials

    EmilyHarris

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):274. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11037

    Meta-Analysis: 1 in 7 People Have Symptoms After Stopping Antidepressants

    EmilyHarris

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):274. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11038

    Antimalarial Drug Could Also Treat, Relieve PCOS

    EmilyHarris

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):274. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11039

    Poetry and Medicine

    Memorial Day

    Adrian M.Schnall,MD

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):341. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.7400

    • Editor's Note

      Rhyme and Remembering

      RafaelCampo,MD, MA

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    JAMA Revisited

    Current Criticisms of Medical Education

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):342. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.18354

    JAMA Patient Page

    What Is Thyroid Cancer?

    RebeccaVoelker,MSJ

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):346. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.5725

    This JAMA Patient Page describes the types of thyroid cancer and its risk factors, diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment.

    Comment & Response

    Prognostic Value of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

    HengjiaTu,MD; YuzhuoZhang,MD; ZhixuanYou,MD

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):337. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.10480

    Prognostic Value of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer—Reply

    Roberto A.Leon-Ferre,MD; RobertoSalgado,MD, PhD; Sarah FloraJonas,PhD

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):337-338. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.10483

    Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy

    Daniel W.Cramer,MD, ScD

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):338-339. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.10704

    Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy—Reply

    Viktor H.Ahlqvist,PhD; Renee M.Gardner,PhD; Brian K.Lee,PhD

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):339-340. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.10707

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):340. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.13268

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    JAMA. 2024;332(4):265-266. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.18352

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