Daily Archives: March 22, 2017
Wed, Mar 22 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
22 Mar, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC
Editorial: Optimizing the Settings on the Ventilator Settings: High PEEP for All? (free)
In patients with hypoxemia after cardiac surgery, a more intensive alveolar recruitment strategy applied postoperatively was associated with reduced severity of pulmonary complications.
2 – Association of Suicidality and Depression With 5α-Reductase Inhibitors – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Invited Commentary: The Risk of Suicidality and Depression From 5-α Reductase Inhibitors (free)
“5-alpha reductase inhibitors in older men are associated with increased risk of self-harm and depression”
Source: Medscape Week in Review Newsletter (free registration required)
Contradicting earlier studies and guidelines, “Early, Goal-Directed Therapy” did not improve results in septic shock and was associated with higher hospitalization costs.
5 – Oral Direct-Acting Agent Therapy for Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free) (RT @greg_folkers)
See also: Hepatitis C drugs remain unaffordable in many countries, says WHO study – STAT News (free)
6 – The Power of Conferences in a Social-Media Age: A guide to using technology to make face-to-face gatherings even more valuable – The Wall Street Journal (a few articles per month are free)
This new trend is here to stay. In the past few days we could all follow #ACC17 very closely through twitter. The numbers of the meeting: 237,217,427 Impressions; 43,678 tweets; and 15,970 participants (RT @CMichaelGibson see Tweet)
7 – Can science rob snakes of their deadliest weapon? – STAT News (free)
“Snakebites claim so many more victims than such high-profile threats as Ebola and many other tropical diseases” (RT @ininteraction see Tweet)
Original article abstract ($ required for full-text): Intradiscal Glucocorticoid Injection for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain Associated With Active Discopathy: A Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine
Watch teaser: https://youtu.be/rkiJTwBud2o
10 – Peer Into the Post-Apocalyptic Future of Antimicrobial Resistance – WIRED (free) (RT @PreetiNMalani)
See also: LinksMedicus Selection of news and education resources on #AntibioticResistance (Published Sep 21, 2016)
“if left unchecked, in the next 35 years antimicrobial resistance could kill 300,000,000 people worldwide and stunt global economic output by $100 trillion”