Daily Archives: June 23, 2017
ACG and CAG Clinical Guideline: Management of Dyspepsia
23 Jun, 2017 | 18:40h | UTCACG and CAG Clinical Guideline: Management of Dyspepsia – American College of Gastroenterology and Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (free PDF)
Trans-catheter aortic valve implantation
23 Jun, 2017 | 20:38h | UTCReview: Trans-catheter aortic valve implantation: Contemporary practice and the future – Cardiology Journal (free)
Effectiveness of conservative interventions in adults with shoulder impingement
23 Jun, 2017 | 20:41h | UTC
Personalized radiotherapy for invasive breast cancer in 2017
23 Jun, 2017 | 18:46h | UTC
Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Scaffolds Versus Everolimus-Eluting Metallic Stents
23 Jun, 2017 | 21:10h | UTCEverolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Scaffolds Versus Everolimus-Eluting Metallic Stents – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free) (RT @JACCJournals see Tweet)
In this meta-analysis including 7 randomized trials bioresorbable vascular scaffolds were associated with both lower efficacy and higher thrombotic risk over time.
Targeted temperature management in the ICU
23 Jun, 2017 | 20:36h | UTC
Spasticity Drug Cuts Alcohol Consumption in High-Risk Drinkers
23 Jun, 2017 | 14:41h | UTCSpasticity Drug Cuts Alcohol Consumption in High-Risk Drinkers – Medscape (free registration required)
Unpublished results, presented at the 13th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, suggesting baclofen is an effective alternative for high-risk alcohol consumption.
Guidelines for the Management of Cancer of the Colon, Rectum and Anus
23 Jun, 2017 | 18:32h | UTCSpecial Issue – Homepage: Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland (ACPGBI): Guidelines for the Management of Cancer of the Colon, Rectum and Anus (2017)
1 – Introduction (free)
2 – Diagnosis, Investigations and Screening (free)
3 – Surgical Management (free)
4 – Multidisciplinary Management (free)
5 – Follow Up, Lifestyle and Survivorship (free)
6 – Audit and Outcome Reporting (free)
7 – Pathology Standards and Datasets (free)
8 – Anal Cancer (free)
Guided graded exercise self-help as a treatment of fatigue in chronic fatigue syndrome
23 Jun, 2017 | 18:33h | UTCInvited commentary: Guided graded exercise self-help as a treatment of fatigue in chronic fatigue syndrome (free)
Commentary: Self-help graded exercise programme may curb CFS fatigue – OnMedica (free)
What’s the best way for children to lose weight?
23 Jun, 2017 | 13:46h | UTCNews release: Latest health evidence shows that making changes to diet, physical activity and behaviour may reduce obesity in children and adolescents – Cochrane Library (free)
Review 1: Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese children from the age of 6 to 11 years (link to summary – $ for full-text)
Review 2: Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese adolescents aged 12 to 17 years (link to summary – $ for full-text)
Commentary: What’s the best way for children to lose weight? Here’s what the research says – The Conversation (free)
Women and Heart Disease: New Data Reaffirm Lack of Awareness By Women and Physicians
23 Jun, 2017 | 14:37h | UTCKnowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Cardiovascular Disease in Women: The Women’s Heart Alliance – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Women and Heart Disease: New Data Reaffirm Lack of Awareness By Women and Physicians – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Women’s CV Risk Underestimated, Underassessed – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Greater emphasis on preventing, treating heart disease in women needed – American College of Cardiology, via EurekAlert (free)
Related guidelines: Preventing and Experiencing Ischemic Heart Disease as a Woman: State of the Science: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (free) AND Acute Myocardial Infarction in Women: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (free)
Women continue to underestimate their risk of cardiovascular disease.
Better Medicine – Shared decisions, best evidence
23 Jun, 2017 | 13:34h | UTCBetter Medicine – Shared decisions, best evidence
Related article: Overdiagnosis and overtreatment: generalists — it’s time for a grassroots revolution (free)
“This Better Medicine resource page builds on the work of The BMJ’s Too Much Medicine initiative and the overdiagnosis group of the RCGP in helping health professionals worldwide to share knowledge with patients and jointly make better informed choices about their care.
Clinical effects of antivirals for hepatitis C: context is critical
23 Jun, 2017 | 13:56h | UTCEditorial: Clinical effects of antivirals for hepatitis C: context is critical – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (free)
Original Cochrane review: Direct-acting antivirals for chronic hepatitis C – Cochrane Library (link to summary – $ for full-text)
Commentary in The Guardian: ‘Miracle’ hepatitis C drugs costing £30k per patient ‘may have no clinical effect’ (free)
Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Screening in Average-Risk Women
23 Jun, 2017 | 01:44h | UTCCommentary: OB/GYN Group Revises Breast Screening Recommendations for Average-Risk Women Physician’s First Watch (free)
Related guideline with a more conservative approach: Breast Cancer: Screening – U.S.Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Time-to-Furosemide Treatment and Mortality in Acute Heart Failure
23 Jun, 2017 | 01:51h | UTCTime-to-Furosemide Treatment and Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Door-to-Furosemide Time in Acute Heart Failure – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
“God help us if this sort of observational data leads to “door to furosemide time” being adopted as a quality measure” (RT @adamcifu see Tweet)
Humanitarian Aid Is ‘Broken’
23 Jun, 2017 | 13:36h | UTCHumanitarian Aid Is ‘Broken,’ Says Former U.N. Official – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
Management of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations
23 Jun, 2017 | 01:31h | UTCCommentary: Update on the Statement on Brain AVMs: Despite New Data, Questions Still Unanswered (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Management of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations (free PDF)
Slide Set: Management of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations (free PDF)
Improving Awareness of and Screening for Health Risks Among Sex Workers
23 Jun, 2017 | 01:39h | UTCNews release: Ob-Gyn Awareness of Sex Workers’ Health Risks During Routine Visits is Essential
Commentary: Group Offers Guidance on Screening for Female Sex Workers – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Update on anti-TNF agents and other new drugs for IBD
23 Jun, 2017 | 13:27h | UTCClinical Review: Update on anti-tumor necrosis factor agents and other new drugs for inflammatory bowel disease – The BMJ (free)
Head Positioning in Acute Stroke
23 Jun, 2017 | 01:04h | UTCCluster-Randomized, Crossover Trial of Head Positioning in Acute Stroke – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: The Head Position in Stroke Trial (free)
Commentary: Head Positioning During Early Stroke Treatment Apparently Doesn’t Affect Outcome – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Guideline summary: Consensus on Surgical Treatment of Infective Endocarditis
23 Jun, 2017 | 01:35h | UTCOriginal article: 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) consensus guidelines: Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis: Executive summary (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
What is people-centered care? And why does it matter?
23 Jun, 2017 | 01:05h | UTCWHO Framework on integrated people-centered health services (free resources)
Video: WHO – What is people-centered care? And why does it matter? Our new video explains! (free) (RT @WHO see Tweet)
“Integrated people-centered health services means putting the comprehensive needs of people and communities, not only diseases, at the center of health systems, and empowering people to have a more active role in their own health”.
Why We Overrate the Lifesaving Power of Cancer Tests
23 Jun, 2017 | 01:01h | UTCWhy We Overrate the Lifesaving Power of Cancer Tests – Scientific American (free) (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)
Breastfeeding and the Risk of Maternal Cardiovascular Disease
23 Jun, 2017 | 00:59h | UTCCommentaries: Mother’s heart health tied to breastfeeding – Reuters Health (free) Does breastfeeding prevent heart disease and strokes? – STAT News (free) AND Breastfeeding could help a mother’s heart – in more ways than you think – American Heart Association News (free)
Observational data suggests there may be a protective effect.
Concierge Medicine For $10 A Month? Yes, It’s Possible
23 Jun, 2017 | 00:58h | UTCConcierge Medicine For $10 A Month? Yes, It’s Possible – Forbes (free)