Hosted by AMA’s Firearm Injury Prevention Task Force Injuries and deaths from firearms are a public health crisis. In 2020, firearm injuries became the leading cause of death in children and adolescents in the United States. While this is a…
Importance Over the past 2 decades, systemic therapy for early-stage breast cancer has gradually moved from the adjuvant to the neoadjuvant setting. Administration of systemic therapy before surgery leads to potential improvements in surgical outcomes and allows for the assessment of…
A 13-year-old female individual presented with chronic facial pain and abnormal computed tomography findings and a history of developmental delay, atrial septal defect, cerebral palsy, and pulmonary artery sling. What is your diagnosis?
Importance Kidney disease is common in infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Despite the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in infants discharged from the NICU, neither evidence- nor expert-based recommendations exist to guide clinical care after discharge….
Importance While the typical onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) occurs in early adulthood, 2% to 10% of cases initially present prior to age 18 years, and approximately 5% after age 50 years. Guidance on approaches to differential diagnosis in suspected MS…
This case report describes a woman in her mid 30s with diabetes who had been treated with insulin therapy, no history of diabetic ketoacidosis, and normal levels of C-peptide.
This case report describes a patient in their mid 70s who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and was found to have irregular, narrow atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rhythm on electrocardiography imaging.
Importance Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) results in approximately 1.4 million emergency department visits, 740 000 hospitalizations, and 41 000 deaths in the US annually. Observations Community-acquired pneumonia can be diagnosed in a patient with 2 or more signs (eg, temperature >38 °C or ≤36 °C;…
This article discusses the Latinx Colorectal Surgery Clinic, which was created to provide linguistically and culturally tailored surgical care.
This JAMA Insights in the Communicating Medicine series explores how differences in word choice can affect both visit interactions and visit outcomes in patient encounters.
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