Less Is More
Rachel D. Savage, PhD; Jessica D. Visentin, PharmD; Susan E. Bronskill, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):643-651. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.7087
This population-based cohort study evaluates the association between being newly dispensed a calcium channel blocker and subsequent dispensing of a loop diuretic in older adults with hypertension.
Physician Work Environment and Well-Being
Katherine A. Hill, BA, BS; Elizabeth A. Samuels, MD, MPH, MHS; Cary P. Gross, MD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):653-665. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0030
This cohort study examines the association between reported mistreatment and medical student sex, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
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Editor's Note
Addressing Mistreatment in Medical Education
Anjali B. Thakkar, MD, MBA; Colette Dejong, MD, MS; Mitchell H. Katz, MD
JAMA Intern Med
Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD; Philip Chu, MS; Yifei Wang, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):666-675. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0064
This randomized clinical trial assesses the effectiveness of 2 interventions to reduce radiation doses in patients undergoing computed tomography (CT).
Pallavi P. Balte, MBBS, PhD; Paulo H.M. Chaves, MD, PhD; David J. Couper, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):676-686. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0104
This cohort study assesses the association of chronic bronchitis with adverse respiratory health outcomes in adult ever smokers and never smokers.
Olivier J. Wouters, PhD
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):688-697. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0146
This observational study uses publicly available data to analyze how much the pharmaceutical and health product industry spent on campaign contributions and lobbying in the US from 1999 to 2018.
Timothy F. Simpson, MD, PharmD; James W. Salazar, MD, MAS; Eric Vittinghoff, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):698-706. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0148
This case-control study evaluates the association between QT-prolonging medications and autopsy-defined sudden arrhythmic death vs nonarrhythmic sudden death in an autopsy cohort.
Jonathan D. Baghdadi, MD, PhD; Robert H. Brook, MD, ScD; Daniel Z. Uslan, MD, MBA; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):707-716. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0183
This cohort study examines the association of a care bundle for early sepsis management with mortality and organ dysfunction in adult hospitalized patients with community-onset or hospital-onset sepsis.
Yao Qiao, MPH; Jung-Im Shin, MD, PhD; Teresa K. Chen, MD, MHS; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):718-726. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0193
This cohort study investigates the association of renin-angiotensin system blockade therapy discontinuation after estimated glomerular filtration rate decreases with the risk of mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events, and end-stage kidney disease.
Raymond F. Anton, MD; Patricia Latham, PhD; Konstantin Voronin, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):728-736. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0249
This randomized clinical trial examines the efficacy of gabapentin as pharmacotherapy for alchohol use disorder in adults with a history of alcohol withdrawal.
Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy, MBBS, MSc; Marco L. A. Sivilotti, MD, MSc; Natalie Le Sage, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):737-744. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0288
This cohort study evaluates the Canadian Syncope Risk Score to validate its ability to predict 30-day serious outcomes during emergency department evaluation.
Jason A. Trubiano, MBBS, PhD; Sara Vogrin, MBBS, MBiostat; Kyra Y. L. Chua, MBBS, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):745-752. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0403
This diagnostic study develops and validates a penicillin allergy clinical decision rule that enables point-of-care risk assessment of patient-reported penicillin allergies.
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Podcast:
A Clinical Pharmacologist's Perspective on Penicillin Allergy
Hefei Wen, PhD; Aparna Soni, PhD; Alex Hollingsworth, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):753-759. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0473
This observational differences-in differences study examines the rates of opioid-related emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations before and after state Medicaid expansions.
Solja T. Nyberg, PhD; Archana Singh-Manoux, PhD; Jaana Pentti, MSc; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):760-768. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0618
This cohort study examines disease-free life-years in participants with varying combinations of lifestyle risk factors.