Daily Archives: August 26, 2017
Review: Malignant Otitis Externa: Diagnosis and Treatment
26 Aug, 2017 | 20:30h | UTCMalignant Otitis Externa: Diagnosis and Treatment – emDocs (free)
Study: Is Parkinson’s Care Via Telemedicine as Effective as Going to the Clinic?
26 Aug, 2017 | 20:24h | UTCNational randomized controlled trial of virtual house calls for Parkinson disease – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Press release: Is Parkinson’s Care Via Telemedicine as Effective as Going to the Clinic? – American Academy of Neurology (free)
Commentaries: How Telemedicine Helps Those With Parkinson’s – Huffington Post (free) AND Telemedicine Equals Office Visits in Parkinson’s – MedPage Today (free registration required)
China’s embrace of embryo selection raises thorny questions
26 Aug, 2017 | 20:08h | UTCChina’s embrace of embryo selection raises thorny questions – Nature News (free)
“Fertility centres are making a massive push to increase preimplantation genetic diagnosis in a bid to eradicate certain diseases”.
Using mesh does not improve results in vaginal prolapse surgery
26 Aug, 2017 | 19:58h | UTCUsing mesh does not improve results in vaginal prolapse surgery – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Mesh, graft, or standard repair for women having primary transvaginal anterior or posterior compartment prolapse surgery: two parallel-group, multicentre, randomised, controlled trials (PROSPECT) – The Lancet (free) AND Commentary: Mesh, graft, or standard repair for prolapse surgery? – The Lancet (free)
“About 12% of vaginal prolapse patients had complications from surgery using mesh” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Review: Candida auris: A rapidly emerging cause of hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant fungal infections globally
26 Aug, 2017 | 20:03h | UTCRelated: A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention – STAT (free) CDC keeping a watchful eye on Candida auris – CIDRAP (free) AND CDC reports uptick in Candida auris cases – CIDRAP (free)
Viewpoint: Management of Parkinson Disease in 2017
26 Aug, 2017 | 20:17h | UTCViewpoint: Management of Parkinson Disease in 2017: Personalized Approaches for Patient-Specific Needs – JAMA (free)
Study: Is late-life dependency increasing or not?
26 Aug, 2017 | 17:03h | UTCCommentaries: The burden of triumph: meeting health and social care needs – The Lancet (free) AND Do we really need 200,000 more care home beds? – The Guardian (free) AND Time spent frail in old age ‘doubles’ – BBC (free)
“The amount of time spent needing daily care in late life has doubled in England over the past two decades, a study suggests”. (from BBC)
Review: Predicting Volume Responsiveness in the Emergency Department
26 Aug, 2017 | 19:38h | UTCPredicting Volume Responsiveness in the Emergency Department – emDocs (free)
Systematic review: The typically developing paediatric foot: how flat should it be?
26 Aug, 2017 | 19:42h | UTC
Study: Local Anesthetic With or Without Corticosteroid for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:22h | UTCSource: ACP Journal Wise ($)
“Epidural injections of corticosteroid plus lidocaine offered no benefits from 6 weeks to 12 months beyond that of injections of lidocaine alone”
Systematic Review: Low molecular weight heparin for prevention of venous thromboembolism in patients with lower-limb immobilization
26 Aug, 2017 | 19:37h | UTCLow molecular weight heparin for prevention of venous thromboembolism in patients with lower-limb immobilization – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Moderate-quality evidence showed that the use of LMWH in outpatients reduced DVT when immobilization of the lower limb was required, when compared with no prophylaxis or placebo”.
Meta-analysis: visual inspection using acetic acid or lugol iodine to detect cervical precancer
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:28h | UTCAccuracy of combinations of visual inspection using acetic acid or lugol iodine to detect cervical precancer: a meta-analysis – BJOG (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: ACP Journal Wise ($)
“Although imperfect, VILI (Lugol’s iodine) alone appeared to be the most useful visual screening strategy”.
Review: The underactive bladder: diagnosis and surgical treatment options
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:08h | UTC
Systematic Review: Medical Treatment of Nocturia in Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:52h | UTCSource: ACP Journal Wise ($)
Study: Gastrointestinal Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:46h | UTCCommentary: Which NOACS are riskiest for gastrointestinal bleeding? – Pharmacy News (free)
Source: ACP Journal Club ($)
Observational study suggests Apixaban may be associated with a more favorable gastrointestinal safety profile. Further randomized trials are needed to confirm these findings.
Guideline: Japanese workplace health management in pneumoconiosis prevention
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:09h | UTCJapanese workplace health management in pneumoconiosis prevention – Journal of Occupational Health (free)
Review: Light-chain cardiac amyloidosis
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:08h | UTCLight-chain cardiac amyloidosis: strategies to promote early diagnosis and cardiac response – Heart (free)
Systematic Review: First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:04h | UTC
Systematic review: Interventions to Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:07h | UTC
Systematic Review: Preventing Complications and Treating Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:05h | UTCSystematic Review: Preventing Complications and Treating Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) (free)
Review: Multiple primary tumours
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:03h | UTCMultiple primary tumours: challenges and approaches, a review – ESMO Open (free)
Review: New treatment options for metastatic renal cell carcinoma
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:02h | UTCNew treatment options for metastatic renal cell carcinoma – ESMO Open (free)
Review: Nutrition for the ageing brain
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:03h | UTCNutrition for the ageing brain: Towards evidence for an optimal diet – Ageing Research Reviews (free)
Review: Checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of urological malignancies
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:58h | UTCCheckpoint inhibitors in the treatment of urological malignancies – ESMO Open (free)
Review: Changing Definitions of Sepsis
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:01h | UTCChanging Definitions of Sepsis – Turkish Journal of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (free)