Tammy C. Hoffmann, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(2):274-286.
The majority of participants overestimated intervention benefit and underestimated harm. Clinicians should discuss accurate and balanced information about intervention benefits and harms with patients, providing the opportunity to develop realistic expectations and make informed decisions.
Prachi Sanghavi, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(2):196-204.
Patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who received Basic Life Support had higher survival at hospital discharge and at 90 days compared with those who received Advanced Life Support and were less likely to experience poor neurological functioning.
Giuseppe Colloca, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(2):315.
The quality of prescribing in Nursing Home residentes with advanced dementia is far from optimal and that implementation of criteria specifically designed to identify medications of questionable benefit in this sample, as the Holmes criteria, might be helpful to improve quality of prescribing and reduce polypharmacy and may ultimately lead to improve patient outcomes at a lower cost.
" Inappropriate Drug Use in Advanced Dementia—Reply"
Jennifer Tjia et al. JAMA Intern Med. ...