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July 23/30, 2024, Vol 332, No. 4, Pages 265-346

This Week in JAMA

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

Hypertension and Kidney Function After Living Kidney Donation

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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.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Caring for the Critically Ill Patient

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

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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.

JAMA Clinical Challenge

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Medical News in Brief

CDC Recommends Doxycycline Prophylaxis to Prevent STIs in US

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

Service Dogs May Reduce Veterans’ PTSD Symptoms

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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

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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

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

NIH Introduces National Primary Care Research Network in US

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

Extreme Heat Limited Oxygen Delivery in People With Heart Problems

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

Women Continue to Be Underrepresented in Medical Device Trials

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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

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

Antimalarial Drug Could Also Treat, Relieve PCOS

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

Memorial Day

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

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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

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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

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

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy

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

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy—Reply

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

Updated Guidelines

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

JAMA

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