Daily Archives: September 1, 2017
Cohort Study: Association between sedentary time and mortality across levels of frailty
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:57h | UTCCommentary: Prolonged sitting and frailty a deadly combination – Medical News Today (free) AND Inactivity Toll Worst for Frailest Elders – Medscape (free registration required)
Head injuries in sport must be taken more seriously
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:50h | UTCHead injuries in sport must be taken more seriously – Nature News (free)
“Sports organizations are only starting to understand the harm that can be inflicted by high-contact activities. Science must play its part in highlighting the problem and in aiding diagnosis”.
Viewpoint: Diagnostic Errors and Diagnostic Calibration
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:54h | UTCDiagnostic Errors and Diagnostic Calibration – JAMA (free)
Review: Perioperative use of immunosuppressive medications in patients with Crohn’s disease in the new “biological era”
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:48h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: Angioedema: An Interdisciplinary Emergency
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:46h | UTCAngioedema: An Interdisciplinary Emergency – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Consensus paper: The role of open abdomen in non-trauma patient
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:43h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Study: Risk of being convicted of theft and other crimes in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
1 Sep, 2017 | 19:07h | UTCRisk of being convicted of theft and other crimes in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: A prospective cohort study in a Swedish female population – International Journal of Eating Disorders (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Eating disorders linked to history of theft – Reuters (free)
Review: Variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:38h | UTCVariceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients – Gastroenterology Report (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
In health push, Singapore gets soda makers to cut sugar content
1 Sep, 2017 | 19:02h | UTCIn health push, Singapore gets soda makers to cut sugar content – Reuters (free)
See related articles on fiscal policies to reduce sugar consumption in our June 8th issue (see #4) and in our April 20th issue (see #1)
Review: New-onset acute thrombocytopenia in hospitalized patients
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:40h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: Ileus in Adults: Pathogenesis, Investigation and Treatment
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:36h | UTCIleus in Adults: Pathogenesis, Investigation and Treatment – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guideline: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
1 Sep, 2017 | 18:54h | UTCSee also: National Guideline Clearinghouse Summary (free)
Study: Corticosteroid Premedication 5 Hours Before CT Compared with a 13-Hour Oral Regimen
1 Sep, 2017 | 17:57h | UTCIntravenous Corticosteroid Premedication Administered 5 Hours Before CT Compared with a Traditional 13-Hour Oral Regimen – Radiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Journal Watch ($)
“Accelerated intravenous premedication with corticosteroids beginning 5 hours before contrast-enhanced CT has a breakthrough reaction rate noninferior to that of a 13-hour oral premedication regimen”.
Study: Software-guided versus nurse-directed blood glucose control in critically ill patients
1 Sep, 2017 | 18:47h | UTCSource: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Review: Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease
1 Sep, 2017 | 17:35h | UTCSource: PracticeUpdate
Meta-analysis: fibrinolytic agents in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
1 Sep, 2017 | 17:44h | UTCComparative efficacy and safety of reperfusion therapy with fibrinolytic agents in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review and network meta-analysis – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Fibrinolytic Agents for STEMI: Meta-analysis Explores the Differences – TCTMD (free)
Fri, September 1 – 10 Stories of The Day!
1 Sep, 2017 | 00:42h | UTC
1 – Public Health Guideline: Vitamin D: supplement use in specific population groups – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)
“Only test vitamin D status if someone has symptoms of deficiency or is at very high risk”
Commentary: Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Treatments Compared – MPR (free)
Source: ACP Journal Wise ($)
This study suggests a reduction in all-cause mortality with beta-blocker therapy in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. The authors recommend further trials to confirm the benefits of beta-blockers in this patient group.
Commentaries: Acupuncture, Electrotherapy after Knee Replacement Associated with Reduced and Delayed Opioid Use – The JAMA Network (free) AND Electrotherapy, Acupuncture Tied to Less Opioid Use After Knee Arthroscopy – Medscape (free registration required) AND Meta-Analysis: Electrotherapy, Acupuncture May Help Reduce Opioid Use After Knee Arthroplasty – Physician’s First Watch (free)
4 – Original articles: Cost-Effectiveness of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Effect of Intensive Blood-Pressure Treatment on Patient-Reported Outcomes – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Analyses from SPRINT examine cost-effectiveness, patient-reported outcomes with intensive BP control – ACP Internist (free) AND Intensive BP Management Well Tolerated, Cost-effective: SPRINT – Medscape (free registration required) AND Can SPRINT Be Used To Inform Hypertension Treatment? – Cardiobrief (free)
Be sure to measure the patient’s blood pressure in the same way it was done in the SPRINT trial before adopting this study results in clinical practice (see Cardiobrief commentary)
5 – Natural History and Tumor Volume Kinetics of Papillary Thyroid Cancers During Active Surveillance – JAMA Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (free for a week)
Author interview: Natural History and Tumor Volume Kinetics of Papillary Thyroid Cancers (free audio)
Commentaries: Findings Support Use of Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer – The JAMA Network (free) AND Many People Can Delay Treatment For Thyroid Cancer, Study Finds – NPR (free)
Original article: Complete versus culprit-only revascularisation in ST elevation myocardial infarction with multi-vessel disease – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
7 – Preventing Teen Suicide: What Does the Evidence Shows – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related Guideline: Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free PDF)
8 – Low 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”.
9 – Pembrolizumab versus ipilimumab for advanced melanoma: final overall survival results of a multicentre, randomised, open-label phase 3 study (KEYNOTE-006) – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Pembrolizumab Prolongs Overall Survival Compared With Ipilimumab in Melanoma – Cancer Therapy Advisor (free)
Source: Richard Lehman’s journal review (free)
10 – Impact of Obesity on Intensive Care Unit Resource Utilization After Cardiac Operations – The Annals of Thoracic Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Obese cardiac patients a drain on ICU resources – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Obese Cardiac Surgery Patients a Burden on ICU Resources – TCTMD (free) AND Post–Cardiac Surgery ICU Usage Rises With Increasing Obesity – Medscape (free registration required)