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LETTER TO READERS | GENERAL MEDICINE

December 29, 2016

General Medicine Year in Review 2016

Allan S. Brett, MD, Editor-in-Chief and NEJM JW General Medicine Associate Editors

The most important medical topics of 2016, as chosen by the editors of NEJM Journal Watch General Medicine

Each year, the editors of NEJM Journal Watch General Medicine choose the year's most important thematic areas in clinical research. We try to strike a balance among relevance to primary care, recognition of landmark studies, and acknowledgment of media publicity and public awareness. Some of our stories emerge from one important study, and others come from several studies on a single topic. The order of these stories is not intended to reflect their relative importance.

Our Year in Review Topics for 2016:

Zika Makes Headlines

Focus on Inappropriate Opioid Use Intensifies

New Sepsis-3 Definitions Await Confirmatory Data

With Oxygen, Could Less Be More?

Does CPAP Prevent Adverse CV Events in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

Pulmonary Embolism as a Cause of Syncope

Randomized Comparison of Surgery, Radiotherapy, and Surveillance for Prostate Cancer

Cardiovascular Outcomes with Newer Antidiabetes Drugs

Racial Differences Persist in End-of-Life Care

And Finally … Rounding Out General Medicine's 2016 Year in Review