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IN THIS ISSUE

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

February 13, 2008, Vol 299, No. 6
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In the Here and Now
Hedy S. Wald, PhD
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):613-614.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.613
Expenditures and Health Status Among Adults With Back and Neck Problems FREE
Brook I. Martin, MPH; Richard A. Deyo, MD, MPH; Sohail K. Mirza, MD, MPH; Judith A. Turner, PhD; Bryan A. Comstock, MS; William Hollingworth, PhD; Sean D. Sullivan, PhD
Topics: health status, spine, neck problem
JAMA. 2008;299(6):656-664.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.656
Responses of Medical Schools to Institutional Conflicts of Interest FREE
Susan H. Ehringhaus, JD; Joel S. Weissman, PhD; Jacqueline L. Sears, MPH; Susan Dorr Goold, MD, MHSA, MA; Sandra Feibelmann, MPH; Eric G. Campbell, PhD
Topics: conflict of interest, institutional review board, schools, medical
JAMA. 2008;299(6):665-671.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.665
Ventilation Strategy Using Low Tidal Volumes, Recruitment Maneuvers, and High Positive End-Expiratory Pressure for Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Title and subTitle BreakA Randomized Controlled Trial FREE
Maureen O. Meade, MD, MSc; Deborah J. Cook, MD, MSc; Gordon H. Guyatt, MD, MSc; Arthur S. Slutsky, MD; Yaseen M. Arabi, MD; D. James Cooper, MD; Andrew R. Davies, MD; Lori E. Hand, RRT, CCRA; Qi Zhou, PhD; Lehana Thabane, PhD; Peggy Austin, CCRA; Stephen Lapinsky, MD; Alan Baxter, MD; James Russell, MD; Yoanna Skrobik, MD; Juan J. Ronco, MD; Thomas E. Stewart, MD; for the Lung Open Ventilation Study Investigators
Topics: acute lung injury, lung, positive end-expiratory pressure, respiratory distress syndrome, adult, tidal volume
JAMA. 2008;299(6):637-645.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.637
Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Setting in Adults With Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Title and subTitle BreakA Randomized Controlled Trial FREE
Alain Mercat, MD; Jean-Christophe M. Richard, MD; Bruno Vielle, MD; Samir Jaber, MD; David Osman, MD; Jean-Luc Diehl, MD; Jean-Yves Lefrant, MD; Gwenaël Prat, MD; Jack Richecoeur, MD; Ania Nieszkowska, MD; Claude Gervais, MD; Jérôme Baudot, MD; Lila Bouadma, MD; Laurent Brochard, MD; for the Expiratory Pressure (Express) Study Group
Topics: acute lung injury, dilatation, pathologic, positive end-expiratory pressure, respiratory distress syndrome, adult, tidal volume
JAMA. 2008;299(6):646-655.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.646
Clinician's Corner
Medical Treatment of Advanced Testicular Cancer FREE
Darren R. Feldman, MD; George J. Bosl, MD; Joel Sheinfeld, MD; Robert J. Motzer, MD
Includes: CME
Topics: chemotherapy regimen, cisplatin, neoplasm metastasis, testicular malignant germ cell tumor
JAMA. 2008;299(6):672-684.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.672
Effectiveness and Efficiency of Root Cause Analysis in Medicine
Albert W. Wu, MD, MPH; Angela K. M. Lipshutz, MPH; Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD
Topics: root cause analysis
JAMA. 2008;299(6):685-687.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.685
Medical Challenges of Improving the Quality of a Longer Life
Jean-Pierre Michel, MD; Julia L. Newton, MD; Thomas B. L. Kirkwood, PhD
Topics: frailty, disability, elderly
JAMA. 2008;299(6):688-690.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.688
Refining Ventilatory Treatment for Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Luciano Gattinoni, MD, FRCP; Pietro Caironi, MD
Topics: acute lung injury, positive end-expiratory pressure, respiratory distress syndrome, adult
JAMA. 2008;299(6):691-693.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.691
Testing Protocols in the Intensive Care Unit: Title and subTitle BreakComplex Trials of Complex Interventions for Complex Patients
Jean-Daniel Chiche, MD; Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH
Topics: intensive care unit
JAMA. 2008;299(6):693-695.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.693
Academic Medical Centers and Financial Conflicts of Interest
David J. Rothman, PhD
Topics: conflict of interest, academic medical centers
JAMA. 2008;299(6):695-697.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.695
Determining Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease Using Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate
Pierre Delanaye, MD; Etienne Cavalier, MD; Jean Marie Krzesinski, MD, PhD
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):631-632.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.631-a
Determining Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease Using Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate—Reply
Josef Coresh, MD, PhD; Lesley A. Stevens, MD, MS; Andrew S. Levey, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):631-632.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.631-b
Treatment for Lymphatic Filariasis and Elephantiasis
LeAnne Fox, MD, MPH, DTM&H; Michael J. Beach, PhD; Patrick J. Lammie, PhD
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):632-633.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.632
Treatment for Lymphatic Filariasis and Elephantiasis—Reply
Madhuri Reddy, MD, MSc; Sudeep S. Gill, MD, MSc; Sunila R. Kalkar, MBBS, MD; Wei Wu, MSc; Peter J. Anderson, BA; Paula A. Rochon, MD, MPH
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):632-633.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.633-a
Health Consequences of Declining Incomes
Peter Muennig, MD, MPH
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):633-634.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.633-b
Health Consequences of Declining Incomes—Reply
Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):633-634.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.633-c
Scientists Probe Immune System’s Role in Brain Function and Neurological Disease
Bridget M. Kuehn
Topics: nervous system disorder, brain, brain function
JAMA. 2008;299(6):619-620.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.619
Report Assesses Effects of Early Nutrition Options on Atopic Diseases
Tracy Hampton, PhD
Topics: atopy, science of nutrition
JAMA. 2008;299(6):621-621.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.621
Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Still Fall Far Short of Recommended Levels
Mike Mitka
Topics: colorectal cancer screening
JAMA. 2008;299(6):622-622.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.622
Trends in Childhood Cancer Mortality—United States, 1990-2004 FREE
Topics: cancer, mortality, childhood cancer
JAMA. 2008;299(6):626-627.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.626
Norovirus Outbreak in an Elementary School—District of Columbia, February 2007 FREE
Topics: computers, disease outbreaks, district of columbia, norovirus, school, elementary
JAMA. 2008;299(6):627-630.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.627
Notice to Readers: Potential Exposure to Attenuated Vaccine Strain Brucella abortus RB51 During a Laboratory Proficiency Test—United States, 2007 FREE
Topics: vaccines, brucella abortus, attenuation
JAMA. 2008;299(6):630-630.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.630
Celebrity Endorsements
Mike Mitka
Topics: famous persons
JAMA. 2008;299(6):625-625.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.625-a
e-Prescribing Barrier
Mike Mitka
Topics: electronic prescribing
JAMA. 2008;299(6):625-625.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.625-c
Focus on Specialty Hospitals
Mike Mitka
Topics: special hospital
JAMA. 2008;299(6):625-625.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.625-b
SCHIP, Medicare Compromise
Mike Mitka
Topics: medicare, state children's health insurance program (schip)
JAMA. 2008;299(6):625-625.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.625-d
The Kiss
M. Therese Southgate, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):611-611.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.611
Belly
David Harris Ebenbach
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):612-612.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.612
SUBCONSCIOUS IDEAS IN THERAPEUTICS.
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):705-705.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.705-a
THE AUTOMOBILE NUMBER.
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):705-705.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.705-b
About This Journal FREE
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):609-610.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.609
Heart Failure: A Practical Approach to Treatment
Ruth Falik, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):699-700.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.699
Cardiovascular Regeneration and Stem Cell Therapy
Bernd K. Fleischmann, MD; Armin Welz, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):700-701.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.700
The Science of Orgasm
Kay Eddie Gabry, MD, MS
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):701-702.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.701
Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor
Susan Arjmand, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):702-703.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.702
The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution
John Henry, PhD
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):703-703.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.703
Incorrect NIH Grant Amounts in: In Era of Tight Funds, NIH Seeks to Nurture New Scientists and Novel Ideas
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):634-634.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.634-a
Incorrect Wording in the Comment Section in: Effect of Testosterone Supplementation on Functional Mobility, Cognition, and Other Parameters in Older Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):634-634.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.634-b
Name Correction in: Dementia Screening in Primary Care: Is It Time?
Topics:
JAMA. 2008;299(6):634-634.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.634
Testicular Cancer FREE
Janet M. Torpy, MD; Cassio Lynm, MA; Richard M. Glass, MD
Topics: testicular cancer, testicular malignant germ cell tumor
JAMA. 2008;299(6):718-718.  doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.718

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