Daily Archives: November 15, 2017

Wed, November 15 – 10 Stories of The Day!

15 Nov, 2017 | 00:52h | UTC

 

1 – Association of Blood Pressure Lowering With Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease Across Blood Pressure Levels: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Treating modestly high blood pressure may not boost survival odds – Reuters (free) AND No cardiovascular disease reduction with intensive blood pressure lowering treatment – Umea University, via EurekAlert (free)

See also new AHA/ACC Hypertension Guidelines and related resources in our November 13^th issue (see #1)

“”Primary preventive BP lowering is associated with reduced risk for death and CVD if baseline SBP is 140 mm Hg or higher.” published same day as @ACCinTouch guideline w/SBP goals <130 mm Hg. Cognitive dissonance?” (RT @kennylinafp see Tweet)

 

2 – Noninvasive Cardiac Testing vs Clinical Evaluation Alone in Acute Chest Pain: A Secondary Analysis of the ROMICAT-II Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Editorial: Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Department (free)

Commentaries: Does Clinical Evaluation Plus Noninvasive Cardiac Testing Improve Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain? – The JAMA Network (free) AND Noninvasive Cardiac Testing No Better Than Clinical Eval for Low-Risk Acute Chest Pain – Physician’s First Watch (free)

“Non-invasive testing of chest pain patients in the ED – longer stay; more testing, radiation and cost; no benefit”. (RT @JAMA_current see Tweet)

 

3 – World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 13-19 November 2017: A round up of Cochrane evidence – Evidently Cochrane (free)

 

4 – Guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests – Gut (free)

 

5 – Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents After 2010 and Links to Increased New Media Screen Time – Clinical Psychological Science (free)

Commentaries: Increased Hours Online Correlate With An Uptick In Teen Depression, Suicidal Thoughts – NPR (free) AND Smartphones a likely culprit in the recent decline in teen mental health – STAT (free)

 

6 – Tinder and Grindr don’t want to talk about their role in rising STDs – VOX (free)

 

7 – Review: The Diagnosis of Chronic Coronary Heart Disease – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)

 

8 – Aspirin in Patients With Previous Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Perioperative aspirin may improve short-term outcomes after noncardiac surgery in patients with prior PCI – ACP Internist (free) AND Aspirin can prevent heart attacks after noncardiac surgery in patients with prior PCI – University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Aspirin Protective Against Early Death/MI in Prior PCI Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery – TCTMD (free)

 

9 – Perinatal mortality associated with induction of labour versus expectant management in nulliparous women aged 35 years or over: An English national cohort study – PLOS Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Labor induction at 40 weeks associated with lower risk of perinatal mortality – PLOS, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Induction at Term Cuts Rates of Infant Death in Older First-Time Moms – MedPage Today (free registration required) Inducing Older Moms at 40 Weeks May Lower Stillbirth Risk – Medscape (free registration required)

 

10 – Effect of an Intervention to Promote Breastfeeding on Asthma, Lung Function, and Atopic Eczema at Age 16 Years: Follow-up of the PROBIT Randomized Trial – JAMA Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: Prolonged breastfeeding linked to halving of later eczema risk – OnMedica (free)

 

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