February 27, 2024 Issue of JAMA

February 27, 2024, Vol 331, No. 8, Pages 627-716

In This Issue of JAMA

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):e2318212. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.18212

Audio Editors' Summary: Bariatric Surgery in Diabetes, New Pediatric Sepsis Criteria, Climate Change and Migrant Health, and more

Original Investigation

Long-Term Outcomes of Medical Management vs Bariatric Surgery in Type 2 Diabetes

Anita P. Courcoulas, MD; Mary Elizabeth Patti, MD; Bo Hu, PhD; et al.

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):654-664. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0318

This pooled analysis including 4 trials examines the long-term glycemic control and safety of bariatric surgery compared with medical/lifestyle management of type 2 diabetes.

Audio: Long-Term Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes

Editorial
Bariatric Surgery Produces Long-Term Benefits in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence Supporting Its Expanded Use and Coverage
Thomas A. Wadden, PhD; Robert F. Kushner, MD; Ariana M. Chao, PhD, CRNP

JAMA
Metabolic Surgery for Diabetes Management
Tammy Lyn Kindel, MD, PhD; Luke M. Funk, MD, MPH; Amir A. Ghaferi, MD, MSc, MBA

JAMA Surg

Caring for the Critically Ill Patient

International Consensus Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock

Luregn J. Schlapbach, MD, PhD; R. Scott Watson, MD, MPH; Lauren R. Sorce, PhD, RN; et al.

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):665-674. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0179

This article revises criteria to identify sepsis in children after an exhaustive process that involved surveying clinicians, reviewing health record databases, conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis, and undergoing a Delphi consensus process.

Editorial
Transitioning From SIRS to Phoenix With the Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria鈥擳he Difficult Task of Simplifying the Complex
Roberto Jabornisky, MD, PhD; Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH; Sebastián González-Dambrauskas, MD

JAMA
- Audio: Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria鈥擳ransitioning From SIRS to Phoenix
Context and Implications of the New Pediatric Sepsis Criteria
Erin F. Carlton, MD, MSc; Mallory A. Perry-Eaddy, PhD, RN; Hallie C. Prescott, MD, MSc

JAMA
- Audio: Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria鈥擳ransitioning From SIRS to Phoenix

Development and Validation of the Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock

L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, MD, MBI; Tellen D. Bennett, MD, MS; Peter E. DeWitt, PhD; et al.

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):675-686. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0196

This cohort study derives and validates novel criteria for diagnosis of pediatric sepsis and septic shock across high-resource and low-resource international settings.

Editorial
Transitioning From SIRS to Phoenix With the Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria鈥擳he Difficult Task of Simplifying the Complex
Roberto Jabornisky, MD, PhD; Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH; Sebastián González-Dambrauskas, MD

JAMA
- Audio: Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria鈥擳ransitioning From SIRS to Phoenix
Context and Implications of the New Pediatric Sepsis Criteria
Erin F. Carlton, MD, MSc; Mallory A. Perry-Eaddy, PhD, RN; Hallie C. Prescott, MD, MSc

JAMA
- Audio: Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria鈥擳ransitioning From SIRS to Phoenix

Changes in Health Care Workers鈥� Economic Outcomes Following Medicaid Expansion

Sasmira Matta, MHS; Paula Chatterjee, MD, MPH; Atheendar S. Venkataramani, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):687-695. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27014

This study examines the difference in health care worker compensation between states that expanded and those that did not expand Medicaid after the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

Editorial
Trickle-Down Medicaid: Do Health Care Workers See Expansion Dollars?
Laura A. Hatfield, PhD

JAMA

Research Letter

Trends in Out-of-Pocket Costs for and Characteristics of Pharmacy-Dispensed Naloxone by Payer Type

Xinyi Jiang, PhD, MS; Andrea E. Strahan, PhD, MPP; Kun Zhang, PhD; et al.

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):700-702. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.26969

This study examines mean yearly out-of-pocket cost for naloxone dispensed from retail pharmacies by payer between 2018 and 2022 and by prescription characteristics and payer in 2022.

Breastfeeding Initiation by WIC Receipt After Formula Shortages in 2022

Marie E. Thoma, PhD; Lindsay M. Mallick, MPH; Leslie Hodges, PhD; et al.

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):702-705. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27081

This study assesses differences in breastfeeding initiation trends between Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participants and WIC-eligible nonparticipants before, during, and after the 2022 infant formula disruption.

Viewpoint

AI in Medicine

AI-Generated Clinical Summaries Require More Than Accuracy

Katherine E. Goodman, JD, PhD; Paul H. Yi, MD; Daniel J. Morgan, MD, MS

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):637-638. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0555

This Viewpoint discusses AI-generated clinical summaries and the necessity of transparent development of standards for their safe rollout.

AI in Medicine

Regulate Artificial Intelligence in Health Care by Prioritizing Patient Outcomes

John W. Ayers, PhD, MA; Nimit Desai, BS; Davey M. Smith, MD, MAS

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):639-640. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0549

This Viewpoint argues for a shift in focus by the White House executive order on artificial intelligence from regulatory targets to patient outcomes.

A Piece of My Mind

On Death and Courtship

Pamela Haag, PhD

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):641-642. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0221

In this narrative medicine essay, a professional writer pens a letter to the surgeon who tried to repair her brother鈥檚 coronary artery dissection to share her regret that neither she nor the physician discussed his imminent death.

Editorial

Bariatric Surgery Produces Long-Term Benefits in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence Supporting Its Expanded Use and Coverage

Thomas A. Wadden, PhD; Robert F. Kushner, MD; Ariana M. Chao, PhD, CRNP

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):643-645. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.28141

Context and Implications of the New Pediatric Sepsis Criteria

Erin F. Carlton, MD, MSc; Mallory A. Perry-Eaddy, PhD, RN; Hallie C. Prescott, MD, MSc

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):646-649. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27979

Audio: Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria鈥擳ransitioning From SIRS to Phoenix

Editorial
Transitioning From SIRS to Phoenix With the Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria鈥擳he Difficult Task of Simplifying the Complex
Roberto Jabornisky, MD, PhD; Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH; Sebastián González-Dambrauskas, MD

JAMA
- Audio: Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria鈥擳ransitioning From SIRS to Phoenix

Transitioning From SIRS to Phoenix With the Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria鈥擳he Difficult Task of Simplifying the Complex

Roberto Jabornisky, MD, PhD; Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH; Sebastián González-Dambrauskas, MD

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):650-651. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27988

Audio: Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria鈥擳ransitioning From SIRS to Phoenix

Editorial
Context and Implications of the New Pediatric Sepsis Criteria
Erin F. Carlton, MD, MSc; Mallory A. Perry-Eaddy, PhD, RN; Hallie C. Prescott, MD, MSc

JAMA
- Audio: Updated Pediatric Sepsis Criteria鈥擳ransitioning From SIRS to Phoenix

Trickle-Down Medicaid: Do Health Care Workers See Expansion Dollars?

Laura A. Hatfield, PhD

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):652-653. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27155

JAMA Insights

Climate Change and Health

Climate Change, Migration, and Health Disparities at and Beyond the US-Mexico Border

Michael Méndez, PhD, MCP; Manuel Pastor, PhD; Angelu C. Lesaca

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):696-697. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0228

This JAMA Insights in the Climate Change and Health series discusses the increase in extreme weather events caused by climate change and how these events bring about increased migration due to effects on water availability, food access, and rates of endemic diseases.

JAMA Clinical Challenge

Fever, Rash, and Shortness of Breath in a 69-Year-Old

Vivekanand Tiwari, MD; Alexander T. Miller, MD

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):698-699. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.25521

A 69-year-old had fever, fatigue, rash, right periorbital swelling, and shortness of breath. Chest computed tomography revealed numerous small, bilateral pulmonary nodules; laboratory testing revealed mean corpuscular volume, 96.1 fL; hemoglobin level, 12.4 mg/dL; and leukopenia. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?

Editor's Note

Poetry in Motion

Rafael Campo, MD, MA

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):711. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.26035

Medical News & Perspectives

AI in Medicine

AI Developers Should Understand the Risks of Deploying Their Clinical Tools, MIT Expert Says

Samantha Anderer; Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):629-631. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.22981

This Medical News article is an interview with Marzyeh Ghassemi, a machine learning expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who focuses on health care applications, and JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo.

Video: AI and Clinical Practice鈥擜I and the Ethics of Developing and Deploying Clinical AI Models

Audio: AI and Clinical Practice鈥擜I and the Ethics of Developing and Deploying Clinical AI Models

Quick Uptakes

Study Finds Hundreds of Reddit Posts on 鈥淭rip-Killers鈥� for Psychedelic Drugs

Melissa Suran, PhD, MSJ

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):632-634. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.28257

This Medical News article discusses a recent study that examined the remedies most often recommended on Reddit for diluting psychedelic experiences.

Audio: January 31, 2024, Medical News Summary

Medical News in Brief

Africa鈥檚 First Routine Malaria Vaccination Campaign Begins

Emily Harris

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):635. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0170

Disabilities Linger Even After Mild Sports-Related Brain Injuries

Emily Harris

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):635. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0171

Including Cystatin C Levels May Be Better for Diagnosing CKD

Emily Harris

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):635. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0172

Self-Reported Walking Limitations Linked With Higher Risk of Fractures

Emily Harris

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):635. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0173

Large Study Ties OCD to Greater Risk of Death From Any Cause

Emily Harris

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):635. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0174

Commercial Blood Test May Identify Alzheimer Disease Brain Pathology

Emily Harris

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):636. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0175

Hospitals Receiving Drug Discounts Make Large Profits From Markups

Emily Harris

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):636. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0176

65鈥�000 Rape-Related Pregnancies Took Place in US States With Abortion Bans

Emily Harris

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):636. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0177

Poetry and Medicine

Safiri鈥檚 Dance

Nathan Cannon, BS

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):711. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.25778

Editor's Note
Poetry in Motion
Rafael Campo, MD, MA

JAMA

JAMA Revisited

Food and Satiety

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):712. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.18213

JAMA Patient Page

What Is Ulcerative Colitis?

Rebecca Voelker, MSJ

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):716. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.23814

This JAMA Patient Page describes the condition of ulcerative colitis and its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.

Comment & Response

Use of Landiolol for Patients With Septic Shock and Organ Failure

Konstantinos Mantzarlis, MD, PhD; Vassilios Vazgiourakis, MD, PhD; Demosthenes Makris, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):705. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27647

Use of Landiolol for Patients With Septic Shock and Organ Failure鈥擱eply

Tony Whitehouse, MD; Ranjit Lall, PhD; Daniel F. McAuley, MD; et al.

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):705-706. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27650

Review of Evaluation and Treatment of Knee Pain

Giovanni Misseri, MD; Cesare Gregoretti, MD; Giuliano Lo Bianco, MD

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):706-707. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27754

Review of Evaluation and Treatment of Knee Pain鈥擱eply

Leticia A. Deveza, MD, PhD; Adam G. Culvenor, PT, PhD; David J. Hunter, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):707. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27757

Cefepime vs Piperacillin-Tazobactam for Acute Infection in Hospitalized Adults

Rishi Chanderraj, MD, MSc; Robert P. Dickson, MD; Michael W. Sjoding, MD, MSc

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):707-708. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27897

Cefepime vs Piperacillin-Tazobactam for Acute Infection in Hospitalized Adults

Tanguy Dequidt, MD; Samuel Markowicz, MD; Julien Coussement, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):708. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27900

Cefepime vs Piperacillin-Tazobactam for Acute Infection in Hospitalized Adults

Dayu Chen, MD; Haozhen Ren, MD, PhD; Yuanjin Zhao, PhD

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):708-709. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27894

Cefepime vs Piperacillin-Tazobactam for Acute Infection in Hospitalized Adults鈥擱eply

Edward T. Qian, MD, MSc; Matthew W. Semler, MD, MSc; Todd W. Rice, MD, MSc

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):709-710. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27891

Correction

Error in Byline

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JAMA. 2024;331(8):710. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0828

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