February 19, 2014 Issue of JAMA

February 19, 2014, Vol 311, No. 7, Pages 647-767

This Week in JAMA

Highlights

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):647-649. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.279332

Podcast: Trials of citalopram for agitation in dementia, RFA for paroxysmal afib, home-based exercise after hip fracture rehab, and more.

Original Investigation

Effect of Citalopram on Agitation in Alzheimer Disease: The CitAD Randomized Clinical Trial

Anton P. Porsteinsson, MD; Lea T. Drye, PhD; Bruce G. Pollock, MD, PhD; et al.

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):682-691. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.93

Porsteinsson and colleagues evaluate the efficacy of citalopram for agitation in patients with Alzheimer disease in a randomized controlled trial comprising 186 patients with probable Alzheimer disease and clinically significant agitation from 8 US and Canadian centers, August 2009-January 2013.

Podcast: Effect of Citalopram on Agitation in Alzheimer Disease

Editorial
Treating Dementia and Agitation
Gary W. Small, MD

JAMA

Radiofrequency Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drugs as First-Line Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (RAAFT-2): A Randomized Trial

Carlos A. Morillo, MD, FRCPC; Atul Verma, MD, FRCPC; Stuart J. Connolly, MD, FRCPC; et al.

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):692-699. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.467

In a randomized trial, Morillo and colleagues compared radiofrequency ablation with antiarrhythmic drugs as a first-line therapy in 127 patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and found ablation was associated with a lower rate of recurrent tachyarrhythmias at 2 years, but recurrence was frequent in both groups.

Editorial
Has the Time Come to Recommend Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation as First-Line Therapy?
Hugh Calkins, MD

JAMA

Effect of a Home-Based Exercise Program on Functional Recovery Following Rehabilitation After Hip Fracture: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Nancy K. Latham, PhD, PT; Bette Ann Harris, DPT, MS; Jonathan F. Bean, MD, MPH; et al.

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):700-708. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.469

Latham and coauthors report the results from a randomized clinical trial of a home-based exercise program for functional recovery following traditional rehabilitation after hip fracture.

Surgical Site Infections Following Ambulatory Surgery Procedures

Pamela L. Owens, PhD; Marguerite L. Barrett, MS; Susan Raetzman, MSPH; et al.

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):709-716. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.4

To determine the incidence of clinically significant surgical site infections (CS-SSIs) requiring acute care following ambulatory surgery, Owens and coauthors performed a retrospective analysis of Healthcare Cost and Utilization Projectstate databases for 8 geographically dispersed states.

Podcast: Surgical Site Infections Following Ambulatory Surgery Procedures

Research Letter

Public Awareness, Perception, and Use of Online Physician Rating Sites

David A. Hanauer, MD, MS; Kai Zheng, PhD; Dianne C. Singer, MPH; et al.

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):734-735. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.283194

Viewpoint

Medicare Physician Payment Reform: Will 2014 Be the Fix for SGR?

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD; Kavita Patel, MD, MS; Darshak Sanghavi, MD

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):669-670. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.286100

This Viewpoint discusses Medicare physician payment rates and the SGR formula.

Podcast: JAMA: 2014-02-18, Vol. 311, No. 7, Author Reading

Future Oversight of Recombinant DNA Research: Recommendations of an Institute of Medicine Committee

Lawrence O. Gostin, JD; Bruce M. Altevogt, PhD; Andrew M. Pope, PhD

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):671-672. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.286312

Beyond ACOs and Bundled Payments: Medicare鈥檚 Shift Toward Accountability in Fee-for-Service

Christopher Chen, BA; D. Clay Ackerly, MD, MSc

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):673-674. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.11

A Piece of My Mind

On Vision and Perception

Daniel Gologorsky, MD, MBA

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):675-676. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.286180

Editorial

Treating Dementia and Agitation

Gary W. Small, MD

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):677-678. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.94

Has the Time Come to Recommend Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation as First-Line Therapy?

Hugh Calkins, MD

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):679-680. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.468

Thank You to JAMA Peer Reviewers, Authors, and Readers

Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA; Howard Bauchner, MD

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):681. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.598

Review

Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism

Philip S. Wells, MD, FRCP(C), MSc; Melissa A. Forgie, MD, FRCP(C), MSc; Marc A. Rodger, MD, FRCP(C), MSc

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):717-728. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.65

Wells and coauthors reviewed the literature to assess the etiology and treatment of the 3 phases of venous thromboembolism: acute, long-term, and extended.

JAMA Clinical Evidence Synopsis

Treatment of Lower Extremity Superficial Thrombophlebitis

Marcello Di Nisio, MD, PhD; Saskia Middeldorp, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):729-730. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.520

From The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics

New Oral Anticoagulants for Acute Venous Thromboembolism

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):731-732. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.202

Medical News & Perspectives

Groups Spar Over New Hypertension Guidelines

Mike Mitka, MSJ

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):663-664. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.440

Firearm-Related Hospitalizations: 20 US Children, Teens Daily

Mike Mitka, MSJ

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):664. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.993

IOM Outlines Framework for Clinical Data Sharing, Solicits Input

Bridget M. Kuehn, MSJ

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):665. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.884

News From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Global Health

For Malnourished Infants, Deficits Reversible After 2 Years of Age

M. J. Friedrich

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):666. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.1053

Mobile EHRs May Help Trauma Care in Low-Resource Settings

M. J. Friedrich

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):666. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.1054

Polio Eradicated in India

M. J. Friedrich

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):666. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.1055

Tax on Sugary Beverages in India Could Reduce Obesity and Diabetes

M. J. Friedrich

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):666. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.450

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From JAMA鈥檚 Daily News Site

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The Art of JAMA

Untitled: Lee Bontecou

Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):654-655. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.279334

Poetry and Medicine

The Projector

Woods Nash

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):740. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.8160

JAMA Revisited

Significance of Phlebography in Phlebothrombosis

Michael E DeBakey; George F Schroeder; Alton Ochsner

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):741. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.279341

Peer Reviewers List

JAMA Peer Reviewers in 2013

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):742-759. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.310

Editorial
Thank You to JAMA Peer Reviewers, Authors, and Readers
Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA; Howard Bauchner, MD

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JAMA Patient Page

Outpatient Surgery

Melinda Maggard-Gibbons, MD, MSHS; Claudia A. Steiner, MD, MPH

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):767. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.617

Comment & Response

Short-Acting 尾-Blocker Administration in Patients With Septic Shock

Diego Orbegozo Cortés, MD; Fabio Silvio Taccone, MD; Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):735-736. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.324

Short-Acting 尾-Blocker Administration in Patients With Septic Shock

Filippo Sanfilippo, MD, PhD; Cristina Santonocito, MD; Marc Oliver Maybauer, MD

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):736-737. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.315

Short-Acting 尾-Blocker Administration in Patients With Septic Shock

Adrien Bouglé, MD; Jean-Paul Mira, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):736-737. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.318

Short-Acting 尾-Blocker Administration in Patients With Septic Shock

Gen-Min Lin, MD, MPH

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):737. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.312

Short-Acting 尾-Blocker Administration in Patients With Septic Shock鈥擱eply

Andrea Morelli, MD; Christian Ertmer, MD; Mervyn Singer, MD, FRCP

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):737-738. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.327

Treating Patients With Learning Disabilities

Donna Lehr, PhD; Jennifer Greif Green, PhD; Nancy Harayama, EdD

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):738-739. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.284324

Treating Patients With Learning Disabilities鈥擱eply

Lisa N. Rossignol, MA; Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, MD, MPH, MA

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JAMA. 2014;311(7):739. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.284336

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