Importance A comprehensive review of chest tube management was developed to help clinicians better understand the different types of chest tubes, their indications, and key management principles to optimize patient outcomes. With the increasing use of small-bore, “pigtail” catheters in…
Importance The terms neurodivergence and neurodiversity are increasingly used across mental health and broader clinical literature, as well as in clinical practice, clinical service commissioning, and policy contexts, despite their lack of clinical and diagnostic specificity. Objective To quantitively map…
Importance Smoking is the strongest modifiable risk factor for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), yet evidence on how postdiagnosis smoking behavior changes affect clinical outcomes remains limited. Objective To evaluate the association among smoking cessation, reduction, and continuation after PAD diagnosis…
Importance Black women are disproportionately susceptible to developing heart failure and display more severe morbidity and mortality compared with White women. Factors contributing to excess heart failure risk among Black women remain incompletely understood. Objective To characterize the associations of…
Importance Evidence on the association of excess adiposity with colorectal cancer (CRC) prognosis is conflicting, with some studies reporting better survival in patients with elevated body mass index (BMI)—often referred to as the obesity paradox. Objective To investigate to what…
A 54-year-old woman presents with subacute exertional dyspnea after heavy lifting and a history of chronic repetitive upper-limb strain from caregiving. What would you do next?
This JAMA Insights discusses various aspects of primary aldosteronism, such as its epidemiology, diagnosis and screening, and treatment, including effective medication management.
A woman in her 50s with type 2 diabetes presented with hyperpigmented plaques on her abdomen. Physical examination revealed symmetric, hyperkeratotic, verrucous plaques with thick, brownish, firmly adhered crusts. What is your diagnosis?
Importance Blood-based biomarkers (BBM) provide minimally invasive, scalable, lower-cost tools for identifying neurodegenerative diseases, but prospective data on their clinical validity in memory clinic settings are limited. Objective To evaluate how a tailored plasma BBM panel (phosphorylated tau 181 [pTau181],…
Importance The role of chemokine C-C motif ligand 5 (CCL5) in respiratory viral infections remains controversial; although essential for viral clearance, it is also implicated in pathogenic hyperinflammation. Objective To quantify associations between CCL5 levels and unfavorable disease progression and…
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