Daily Archives: October 18, 2017
Wed, October 18 – 10 Stories of The Day!
18 Oct, 2017 | 00:15h | UTC
1 – Guideline: 2017 Appropriate Use Criteria for the Treatment of Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis (free)
Commentaries: 2017 AUC for Management of Severe Aortic Stenosis – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND First Appropriate Use Criteria Issued for Severe Aortic Stenosis – Medpage Today (free registration required)
2 – Association of Blood Transfusion From Female Donors With and Without a History of Pregnancy With Mortality Among Male and Female Transfusion Recipients – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Blood Boundaries: Should Transfusions Be Matched by Sex? – Scientific American (free) AND Are transfusions harmful to men if the blood comes from women who have been pregnant? – STAT (free) AND Receipt of Blood Transfusion From Previously Pregnant Donor Associated with Increased Risk of Death Among Male Recipients – The JAMA Network (free)
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea ocurred in 8.0% of the probiotic group compared to 17.7% in the control group. The number needed to treat (NNT) to prevent one case of diarrhea was 11 (95% CI 6 to 13).
4 – Approach to recurrent fever in childhood – Canadian medical Association Journal (free)
Commentary: New Anticoagulants Not Linked To Excess Bleeding Rates – Cardiobrief (free)
Summary with 12 key points to remember: Glucose, Cholesterol, BP Targets for CVD Risk Factors – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
7 – Omega-6 fatty acid biomarkers and incident type 2 diabetes: pooled analysis of individual-level data for 39 740 adults from 20 prospective cohort studies – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Omega-6 fats may help prevent type 2 diabetes – George Institute for Global Health (free) AND Eating More Nuts Could Protect Against Type 2 Diabetes – Medscape (free registration required) AND Omega-6 could lower type 2 diabetes risk by 35 percent – Medical News Today (free)
Commentary: 2017-2018 recommendations for pediatric influenza vaccination – Clinical Advisor (free) AND Fall Weather Headed Your Way? Time For Flu Shots – NPR (free)
10 – Individual support of nurses using electronic medicine monitors can improve HIV treatment – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a nurse-delivered intervention to improve adherence to treatment for HIV: a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, randomised clinical trial – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)