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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

December 2, 2009, Vol 302, No. 21
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Inside the Ward
Meredith Resnick, LCSW
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2298-2298.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1646
Effectiveness of Public Report Cards for Improving the Quality of Cardiac Care: Title and subTitle BreakThe EFFECT Study: A Randomized Trial FREE
Jack V. Tu, MD, PhD; Linda R. Donovan, BScN, MBA; Douglas S. Lee, MD, PhD; Julie T. Wang, MSc; Peter C. Austin, PhD; David A. Alter, MD, PhD; Dennis T. Ko, MD, MSc
Includes: Supplemental Content
Topics: congestive heart failure, cardiac care facilities, feedback, quality indicators, ontario
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2330-2337.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1731
Association of Computed Tomography Morphologic Criteria With Pathologic Response and Survival in Patients Treated With Bevacizumab for Colorectal Liver Metastases FREE
Yun Shin Chun, MD; Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD; Piyaporn Boonsirikamchai, MD; Dipen M. Maru, MD; Scott Kopetz, MD; Martin Palavecino, MD; Steven A. Curley, MD; Eddie K. Abdalla, MD; Harmeet Kaur, MD; Chusilp Charnsangavej, MD; Evelyne M. Loyer, MD
Topics: computed tomography, chemotherapy regimen, neoplasm metastasis, surgical procedures, operative, neoplasms, liver metastases, bevacizumab
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2338-2344.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1755
International Study of the Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection in Intensive Care Units FREE
Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD; Jordi Rello, MD; John Marshall, MD; Eliezer Silva, MD, PhD; Antonio Anzueto, MD; Claude D. Martin, MD; Rui Moreno, MD, PhD; Jeffrey Lipman, MD; Charles Gomersall, MD; Yasser Sakr, MD, PhD; Konrad Reinhart, MD; for the EPIC II Group of Investigators
Includes: Supplemental Content
Topics: intensive care unit, infection
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2323-2329.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1754
Assessment of Claims of Improved Prediction Beyond the Framingham Risk Score FREE
Ioanna Tzoulaki, PhD; George Liberopoulos, MD; John P. A. Ioannidis, MD
Includes: Supplemental Content
Topics: calibration, framingham risk calculator
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2345-2352.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1757
Clinician's Corner
A 37-Year-Old Man Trying to Choose a High-Quality Hospital: Title and subTitle BreakReview of Hospital Quality Indicators
Michael D. Howell, MD, MPH
Includes: CME , Supplemental Content
Topics: primary care physicians, warfarin, cardiologist, quality of care, quality indicators, health care systems
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2353-2360.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1684
The Need for Large-Scale Randomized Evidence Without Undue Emphasis on Small Trials, Meta-analyses, or Subgroup Analyses
Charles H. Hennekens, MD, DrPH; David DeMets, PhD
Topics: myocardial infarction, acute, aspirin, myocardial infarction, valsartan, magnesium, bradycardia, electric countershock, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, metformin, rosiglitazone, thrombolytic therapy, left atrial hypertrophy, angiotensin receptor antagonists, angiotensin receptors, cardiogenic shock, heart failure, diabetes mellitus, type 2, antifungal agent, carcinoma in situ, cardiovascular system, infarction, sulfonylurea compounds, united states food and drug administration, surrogate endpoints
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2361-2362.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1756
Redesign of the Health Care Delivery System: Title and subTitle BreakA Bauhaus “Form Follows Function” Approach
Kevin Grumbach, MD
Topics: delivery of health care
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2363-2364.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1772
National Preparedness for a Catastrophic Emergency: Title and subTitle BreakCrisis Standards of Care
Lawrence O. Gostin, JD; Dan Hanfling, MD
Topics: standard of care
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2365-2366.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1780
Antibiotic Usage and Resistance: Title and subTitle BreakGaining or Losing Ground on Infections in Critically Ill Patients?
Steven M. Opal, MD; Thierry Calandra, MD, PhD
Topics: antibiotics, critical illness, infection
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2367-2368.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1774
Challenges to Improve Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment
Peter W. F. Wilson, MD
Topics: coronary heart disease risk
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2369-2370.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1765
Intraoperative Diagnosis and Management of Patent Foramen Ovale
Ravinay Bhindi, MBBS, PhD, FRACP; Oliver J. Ormerod, DM, FRCP
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2317-2318.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1744
Intraoperative Diagnosis and Management of Patent Foramen Ovale
Valbona Mirakaj, MD; Cyril A. Thix, MD; Peter Rosenberger, MD
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JAMA. 2009;302(21):2317-2318.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1743
Intraoperative Diagnosis and Management of Patent Foramen Ovale—Reply
Stephen A. Hart, BS; Richard A. Krasuski, MD; Eugene Blackstone, MD
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JAMA. 2009;302(21):2317-2318.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1745
Asthma Following the 2001 World Trade Center Attack
Albert Miller, MD
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JAMA. 2009;302(21):2319-2320.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1746
Asthma Following the 2001 World Trade Center Attack—Reply
James L. Hadler, MD; Robert M. Brackbill, PhD, MPH; Lorna E. Thorpe, PhD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2319-2320.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1747
Meaningful Explanations vs Scientific Causality
Daniel J. Luchins, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2320-2321.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1748
Meaningful Explanations vs Scientific Causality—Reply
Constantine G. Lyketsos, MD, MHS; Margaret S. Chisolm, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2320-2321.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1749
Susceptibility to Fluoroquinolones of Vibrio cholerae O1 Isolated From Diarrheal Patients in Zimbabwe FREE
M. Sirajul Islam, PhD; Stanley M. Midzi, MD; Lincoln Charimari, MD; Alejandro Cravioto, MD, PhD; Hubert P. Endtz, MD, PhD
Topics: cholera, diarrhea, fluoroquinolones, zimbabwe
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2321-2322.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1750
Teen Steroid, Supplement Use Targeted
Bridget M. Kuehn
Topics: steroids
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2301-2303.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1711
New Guidelines Suggest Ways to Optimize Treatment, Care of Patients With ALS
Mike Mitka
Topics: guidelines
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2303-2304.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1710
FDA Initiative Aims to Reduce Medication-Related Errors
Bridget M. Kuehn
Topics: united states food and drug administration
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2304-2304.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1759
Introduction and Transmission of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus—Kenya, June-July 2009 FREE
Topics: kenya, influenzavirus a, viruses, pandemic, swine-origin influenza virus
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2305-2312.  
Reduction in Rotavirus After Vaccine Introduction—United States, 2000-2009 FREE
Topics: rotavirus, vaccines
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2312-2313.  
Fatalities Caused by Cattle—Four States, 2003-2008 FREE
Topics: cattle
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2314-2315.  
Still Life: Tea Set
Janet M. Torpy, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2292-2292.  doi: 10.1001/jama.302.21.jcs90028
Sonnet, status post-mastectomy
Ronald Pies, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2293-2293.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1699
THE VALUE OF INDEXED CASE RECORDS
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2379-2379.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1652
Adolescent Emotional Development and the Emergence of Depressive Disorders
Mary G. Burke, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2371-2375.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1766
Cambridge Handbook of Psychology Health and Medicine
Astra P. Brantley, PsyD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2371-2375.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1769
Essential Atlas of Cardiovascular Disease
Ruth Falik, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2371-2375.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1767
The Best American Science Writing 2009
Tony Miksanek, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2371-2375.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1770
The Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics
John Collins Harvey, MD, PhD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2371-2375.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1768
Men in White: Title and subTitle BreakThe Operating Room's Debut Into Popular American Culture
Howard Markel, MD, PhD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2376-2378.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1771
Incomplete Sentence in: Cardiometabolic Risk of Second-Generation Antipsychotic Medications During First-Time Use in Children and Adolescents
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JAMA. 2009;302(21):2322-2322.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1751
Incorrect Funding Source in: Comparison of Liquid-Based Cytology With Conventional Cytology for Detection of Cervical Cancer Precursors: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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JAMA. 2009;302(21):2322-2322.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1656
Missing Byline Information in: Effects of Exercise Training on Health Status in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: HF-ACTION Randomized Controlled Trial
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JAMA. 2009;302(21):2322-2322.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1752
Table Column Heading Error in: Attitudes, Training Experiences, and Professional Expectations of US General Surgery Residents: A National Survey
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2322-2322.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1524
Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors FREE
Janet M. Torpy, MD; Alison E. Burke, MA; Richard M. Glass, MD
Topics: heart, coronary heart disease risk
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2388-2388.  doi: 10.1001/jama.302.21.2388
About This Journal
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(21):2287-2288.  doi: 10.1001/jama.302.21.2287

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