Dialysis Facility Performance and Social Risk in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model
Dialysis facilities in the US are financially rewarded for higher rates of home dialysis and kidney transplant, but facilities that serve patients with high social risk might have a harder time meeting these goals. JAMA Associate Editor Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, speaks with Amal N. Trivedi, MD, MPH, of Brown University, about how this plays out under the ESRD Treatment Choices Model. Related Content: Social Risk and Dialysis Facility Performance in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - January 9, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Alpha-Gal Syndrome
Alpha-gal syndrome is a food allergy to red meat products that develops after affected individuals are bitten by a tick. JAMA Deputy Editor Kristin Walter, MD, MS, discusses alpha-gal syndrome with author Mariel R. Benjamin, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Michigan Medicine. Related Content: What Is Alpha-Gal Syndrome? (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - January 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Private Equity Acquisition and Hospital-Acquired Adverse Events in the US
The effects of private equity acquisition of US hospitals on the quality of inpatient care and patient outcomes remain largely unknown. JAMA Associate Editor Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, spoke with author Zirui Song, MD, PHD, of Boston General Hospital, about a recent study showing that private equity acquisition was associated with increased hospital-acquired adverse events. Related Content: Changes in Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With Private Equity Acquisition (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - December 26, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Effect of Dietary Sodium on Blood Pressure
Does reducing dietary sodium benefit patients already taking antihypertensive medication? JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, speaks with author Norrina Allen, PhD, MPH, from Northwestern University, about the effect of dietary sodium on blood pressure. Related Content: Effect of Dietary Sodium on Blood Pressure (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - December 19, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Risks Associated With Cannabis Exposure During Pregnancy
Cannabis use is increasing among reproductive-age individuals. JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, discusses the associated risks of cannabis exposure during pregnancy with Torri D. Metz, MD, MS, University of Utah Health. Related Content: Cannabis Exposure and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Related to Placental Function (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - December 12, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Neonatal Outcomes Following Serial Amnioinfusions for Bilateral Renal Agenesis
Bilateral renal agenesis results in lethal neonatal pulmonary hypoplasia. New evidence from an amnioinfusion trial is available. JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, discusses the results from the Renal Anhydramnios Fetal Therapy Trial with Meredith A. Atkinson, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins University, and Johnathan M. Davis, MD, Tufts University. Related Content: Neonatal Survival After Serial Amnioinfusions for Bilateral Renal Agenesis (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - December 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening With Self-Sampling HPV Kits at Home
Cervical cancer screening is effective when done as recommended. JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, speaks with Rachel L. Winer, PhD, MPH, of the University of Washington, about a recent trial in JAMA that compared cervical cancer screening strategies, including direct-mail and opt-in approaches for human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling. Related Content: Strategies to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening With Mailed Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling Kits (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - November 28, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes May Reduce Transfusions in Intensive Care
Small-volume blood collection tubes may decrease red blood cell transfusions in intensive care units without affecting laboratory analysis. JAMA Associate Editor Christopher W. Seymour, MD, MSc, discusses the results and implications of the STRATUS trial with Deborah M. Siegal, MD, MSc, of Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Related Content: Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes to Reduce Transfusions in Intensive Care (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - November 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Fitness Trackers to Guide Advice on Activity Prescription
Fitness trackers are a group of devices including watches, phones, and rings that track physical activity. JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, speaks with I-Min Lee, MBBS, ScD, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, about using fitness trackers to guide advice on activity prescription. Related Content: Fitness Trackers to Guide Advice on Activity Prescription (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - November 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Medicare ’s Historic Prescription Drug Price Negotiations
JAMA Senior Editor Kristin Walter, MD, MS, and Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, JAMA Legal and Global Health Correspondent and Faculty Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, discuss the Inflation Reduction Act, which for the first time allows the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate prescription drug prices with drug manufacturers. Related Content: Medicare’s Historic Prescription Drug Price Negotiations (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - November 7, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Traditional Chinese Medicine Meets Evidence-Based Medicine in the Acutely Infarcted Heart
JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, speaks with Richard G. Bach, MD, professor of medicine and medical director of the cardiac intensive care unit at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, about the use of traditional Chinese medicine to treat patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Related Content: Traditional Chinese Medicine Meets Evidence-Based Medicine in the Acutely Infarcted Heart (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - October 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): Imaging Modalities in Clinical Practice
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a powerful imaging tool used across multiple clinical disciplines. JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, speaks with 2023 Lasker Award recipient James G. Fujimoto, PhD, professor of electrical engineering at MIT, about his role in developing OCT and OCT’s advancements in clinical practice. Related Content: Optical Coherence Tomography—History, Evolution, and Future Prospects (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - October 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Nasal Iodophor vs Nasal Mupirocin With Chlorhexidine Baths to Prevent Infections in Adult ICUs
Nasal mupirocin plus chlorhexidine baths in ICUs prevents methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections but raises concern about antibiotic resistance. JAMA Senior Editor Kristin Walter, MD, speaks with Susan Huang, MD, of University of California, Irvine, about a study comparing iodophor vs mupirocin with chlorhexidine bathing for ICU-attributable S aureus clinical cultures. Related Content: Nasal Iodophor Antiseptic vs Nasal Mupirocin Antibiotic in the Setting of Chlorhexidine Bathing to Prevent Infections in Adult ICUs (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - October 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Is Remote Ischemic Conditioning (RIC) an Effective Treatment for Acute Stroke?
It’s been unclear whether remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) with transient cycles of limb ischemia and reperfusion is an effective treatment for acute stroke. JAMA Deputy Editor Chris Muth, MD, speaks with author Rolf Blauenfeldt, MD, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, about the RESIST randomized clinical trial, which looks at the effect of RIC when initiated in the prehospital setting. Related Content: Remote Ischemic Conditioning for Acute Stroke (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - October 3, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
The Connection Between SARS-CoV-2 and Type 1 Diabetes Risk in Young Children
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the incidence of diabetes in childhood increased. JAMA Associate Editor Anne R. Cappola, MD, ScM, and Ezio Bonifacio, PhD, from the Center for Regenerative Therapies at the Dresden University of Technology, discuss SARS-CoV-2 infection and its association with islet autoimmunity in early childhood. Related Content: SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Development of Islet Autoimmunity in Early Childhood (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - September 26, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
