NEJM Journal Watch - General Medicine

A systematic review shows that poor communication contributes to about one quarter of patient safety incidents.

A randomized trial provides a strong signal of benefit.

In a secondary analysis of the ASPREE trial, bleeding was associated with new functional dependency.

In patients with resistant hypertension, amiloride and spironolactone have similar — and impressive — effects on home blood pressure.

Patients with iron deficiency who took vitamin C with oral iron had no clinically relevant changes in hemoglobin or ferritin compared with those who took iron alone.

Integrase inhibitor–based regimens are recommended for 28 days after nonoccupational exposures.

Navigational bronchoscopy matched the diagnostic accuracy of transthoracic needle biopsy — with far fewer complications.

Dr. Paul Sax discusses the changes at ACIP in HIV and ID Observations.

Researchers easily created chatbots that generated false health information — and found existing ones on a public chatbot store.

A large British “natural experiment” provides intriguing data and raises important questions.