LAURA H. CYPHERS

This cross-sectional spatial analysis examines travel time from each census tract in the contiguous US to the nearest abortion facility before and after the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization US Supreme Court decision.
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A patient in his 40s presented to the emergency department with chest pain and diaphoresis, which had also occurred 2 days earlier. He had a 20 pack-year history of smoking but no family history of cardiovascular disease. The patient’s electrocardiogram showed biphasic T waves in leads V2 and V3. What would you do next?
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This study uses Open Payments data to characterize and compare payments to physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
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This Viewpoint discusses the settlement agreements reached against several major pharmaceutical distributors resulting from the US opioid epidemic and how those funds will be distributed amongst the states.
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This Medical News article discusses a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on maternal deaths during and up to a year after pregnancy, racial disparities, and new models of care aimed at reducing maternal mortality.
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The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is associated with better survival rates among select critically ill patients such as those with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 or cardiogenic shock. However, approximately one-half of patients who receive ECMO will die, and severe complications often arise during treatment, including bleeding, ischemia, and neurological problems. Consequently, the functional, cognitive, and mental outcomes after ECMO are extremely important, given that the overall goal of intensive care is survival with good or acceptable health. Yet, the short- and long-term physical and psychosocial outcomes of patients who survive after ECMO treatment are not well documented. Therefore, the study by Fernando and colleagues in this issue of JAMA is of utmost relevance.
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This study examines whether reducing oxygen fraction following resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest improves survival at hospital discharge.
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This cohort study investigates the association between extracorporeal membrane oxygenation survivorship and postdischarge mental health diagnoses among adult survivors of critical illness.
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This randomized clinical trial assesses the effect of selective decontamination of the digestive tract compared with standard care on in-hospital mortality among critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation.
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This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to determine whether selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD), vs standard care, is associated with reduced risk of death in adults receiving mechanical ventilation in intensive care units.
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