JAMA: 2011-07-06, Vol. 306, No. 1, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Ross Zafonte, DO, author of Diagnosis and Management of Sports-Related Concussion: A 15-Year-Old Athlete With a Concussion. Summary Points: 1. Concussion does not require a loss of consciousness and is typically a transient and reversible neurologic dysfunction. 2. Those with sports-related concussion should not return to play the same day. 3. Initial treatment often begins with rest and subsequent gradual activation. (Source: JAMA Author in the Room)
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - August 19, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2011-05-11, Vol. 305, No. 18, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Gordon D. Schiff, MD, author of Medical Error: A 60-Year-Old Man With Delayed Care for a Renal Mass. Summary Points: The goals of this Author in the Room teleconference are to: 1. Appreciate the frequency, faces, and challenges of test result follow-up management errors. 2. Understand selected reliability science concepts and the ways they apply to the problem of test result management. 3. Learn about some specific change ideas that can help to ensure more fail-safe test follow-up. (Source: JAMA Author in the Room)
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - July 26, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2011-05-11, Vol. 305, No. 18, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Gordon D. Schiff, MD, author of Medical Error: A 60-Year-Old Man With Delayed Care for a Renal Mass. Summary Points: The goals of this Author in the Room teleconference are to: 1. Appreciate the frequency, faces, and challenges of test result follow-up management errors. 2. Understand selected reliability science concepts and the ways they apply to the problem of test result management. 3. Learn about some specific change ideas that can help to ensure more fail-safe test follow-up. (Source: JAMA Author in the Room)
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - July 26, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2011-02-16, Vol. 305, No. 7, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Eric Widera, MD, author of Finances in the Older Patient With Cognitive Impairment: 'He Didn't Want Me to Take Over'. Summary Points: 1. Individuals with Alzheimer disease will have increasing difficulty with finances over time, and the very first signs of this difficulty will occur prior to the diagnosis of dementia, when they have only mild cognitive impairment. 2. Health care professionals, including physicians, should educate older adult patients and families about the need for advance financial planning and encourage the use of Durable Power of Attorney for Financial Matters. 3. Using objective inform...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - June 17, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2011-02-16, Vol. 305, No. 7, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Eric Widera, MD, author of Finances in the Older Patient With Cognitive Impairment: 'He Didn't Want Me to Take Over'. Summary Points: 1. Individuals with Alzheimer disease will have increasing difficulty with finances over time, and the very first signs of this difficulty will occur prior to the diagnosis of dementia, when they have only mild cognitive impairment. 2. Health care professionals, including physicians, should educate older adult patients and families about the need for advance financial planning and encourage the use of Durable Power of Attorney for Financial Matters. 3. Using objective inform...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - June 17, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2011-03-02, Vol. 305, No. 9, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Lydia A. Bazzano, MD, PhD, and Angela M. Thompson, authors of Antihypertensive Treatment and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Events Among Persons Without Hypertension: A Meta-analysis. Summary Points: 1. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk increases beginning at systolic blood pressure levels of 115 mm Hg and the use of antihypertensive medications among patients with a history of CVD or diabetes and without hypertension have been debated. 2. Among patients with clinical history of CVD but with blood pressure lower than 140/90 mm Hg, antihypertensive treatment was associated with decreased risk...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - May 19, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2011-03-02, Vol. 305, No. 9, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Lydia A. Bazzano, MD, PhD, and Angela M. Thompson, authors of Antihypertensive Treatment and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Events Among Persons Without Hypertension: A Meta-analysis. Summary Points: 1. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk increases beginning at systolic blood pressure levels of 115 mm Hg and the use of antihypertensive medications among patients with a history of CVD or diabetes and without hypertension have been debated. 2. Among patients with clinical history of CVD but with blood pressure lower than 140/90 mm Hg, antihypertensive treatment was associated with decreased risk...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - May 19, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2011-02-09, Vol. 305, No. 6, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Monica Morrow, MD, author of Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection in Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis. Summary Points: 1. Axillary dissection is a major cause of morbidity after breast cancer surgery. 2. In women who have 3 or fewer sentinel nodes and are undergoing breast conserving surgery, removal of only the sentinel nodes produces local axillary control in 99% of cases. 3. Axillary dissection does not contribute to survival. 4. In women with T1 and T2 clinically node negative BRCA who are undergoing lumpectomy and whole breast radiation, removal of sentinel nodes o...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - April 21, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2011-02-09, Vol. 305, No. 6, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Monica Morrow, MD, author of Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection in Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis. Summary Points: 1. Axillary dissection is a major cause of morbidity after breast cancer surgery. 2. In women who have 3 or fewer sentinel nodes and are undergoing breast conserving surgery, removal of only the sentinel nodes produces local axillary control in 99% of cases. 3. Axillary dissection does not contribute to survival. 4. In women with T1 and T2 clinically node negative BRCA who are undergoing lumpectomy and whole breast radiation, removal of sentinel nodes o...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - April 21, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2011-02-02, Vol. 305, No. 5, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Gabriela Schmajuk, MD, author of Receipt of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in Medicare Managed Care Plans. Summary Points: 1. One third of Medicare managed care patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis are not receiving disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. 2. There is variation in disease-modifying antirheumatic drug receipt based on "accidental factors": sociodemographics, geographic location, and health plan. 3. Because disease-modifying antirheumatic drug use is the main way to affect outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis, these patient groups and the physi...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - March 18, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2011-02-02, Vol. 305, No. 5, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Gabriela Schmajuk, MD, author of Receipt of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in Medicare Managed Care Plans. Summary Points: 1. One third of Medicare managed care patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis are not receiving disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. 2. There is variation in disease-modifying antirheumatic drug receipt based on "accidental factors": sociodemographics, geographic location, and health plan. 3. Because disease-modifying antirheumatic drug use is the main way to affect outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis, these patient groups and the physi...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - March 18, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2011-01-12, Vol. 305, No. 2, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Steven J. Jacobsen, MD, PhD, author of Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Older Adults and the Risk of Subsequent Herpes Zoster Disease. Summary Points: 1. The findings suggest that the zoster vaccine is as effective in a community setting with its mixed population and routine clinical practices as was found in the controlled clinical trials. 2. To date, the uptake of the zoster vaccine has been modest due to a number of reasons, including weaknesses in the adult vaccine infrastructure, knowledge and beliefs of clinicians and patients, periodic supply shortfalls, as well as financial reasons. 3. Because zoster and its...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - February 22, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2011-01-12, Vol. 305, No. 2, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Steven J. Jacobsen, MD, PhD, author of Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Older Adults and the Risk of Subsequent Herpes Zoster Disease. Summary Points: 1. The findings suggest that the zoster vaccine is as effective in a community setting with its mixed population and routine clinical practices as was found in the controlled clinical trials. 2. To date, the uptake of the zoster vaccine has been modest due to a number of reasons, including weaknesses in the adult vaccine infrastructure, knowledge and beliefs of clinicians and patients, periodic supply shortfalls, as well as financial reasons. 3. Because zoster and its...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - February 22, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2010-12-21, Vol. 304, No. 21, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Julia Howell Hayes, MD, author of Active Surveillance Compared With Initial Treatment for Men With Low-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Decision Analysis. Summary Points: 1. Active surveillance is a reasonable approach to consider for carefully selected 65-year-old men with low-risk clinically localized prostate cancer, providing improved quality of life even if associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer–specific death. 2. The results depend on patient preferences. 3. It is crucial that individual patients make this decision in conjunction with their physicians. (Source: JAMA Author in the Room)
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - January 21, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2010-12-21, Vol. 304, No. 21, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Julia Howell Hayes, MD, author of Active Surveillance Compared With Initial Treatment for Men With Low-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Decision Analysis. Summary Points: 1. Active surveillance is a reasonable approach to consider for carefully selected 65-year-old men with low-risk clinically localized prostate cancer, providing improved quality of life even if associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer–specific death. 2. The results depend on patient preferences. 3. It is crucial that individual patients make this decision in conjunction with their physicians. (Source: JAMA Author in the Room)
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - January 21, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
