Daily Archives: January 16, 2018
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:16h | UTCEuropean Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation: 2017 update (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Related guidelines: 2017 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations Summary – Resuscitation (free) 2017 American Heart Association Focused Update on Adult Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality (free PDF) AND 2017 American Heart Association Focused Update on Pediatric Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality (free PDF)
Research: Effect of Work Stressors on the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:14h | UTCEffect of Changing Work Stressors and Coping Resources on the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: The OHSPIW Cohort Study – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Increased stress at work linked to higher risk of diabetes – Reuters (free)
The Natural Environment and Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:15h | UTCEditorial: The natural environment and emergence of antibiotic resistance – The Lancet Planetary Health (free)
Related reports: Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: A One Health Approach to a Global Threat – The National Academies Press (free PDF) AND Antimicrobial Resistance: Investigating the Environmental Dimension (free PDF) AND Tackling Drug-Resistant Infections Globally: final report and recommendations (free PDF)
Research: Transfer of Fresh versus Frozen Embryos in Ovulatory Women
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:12h | UTCTransfer of Fresh versus Frozen Embryos in Ovulatory Women – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Frozen vs. fresh embryos for IVF? Study finds little impact on fertility – Yale News (free) AND Frozen just as good as fresh embryo when it comes to success in IVF, study shows – The Sydney Morning Herald (free) AND Live-birth rates similar among ovulating women undergoing fresh- or frozen-embryo transfer – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Fresh Embryos as Good as Frozen Ones for In Vitro Fertilization – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Can Your Hip Replacement Kill You?
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:09h | UTCCan Your Hip Replacement Kill You? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“Lawsuits are pulling back the curtain on what some doctors call the Wild West of medicine: the untested and largely unregulated medical device industry” (via @NYTHealth see Tweet)
Research: Teens Who Were Severely Bullied as Children at Higher Risk of Suicidal Thoughts, Mental Health Issue
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:12h | UTCCommentary: Teens who were severely bullied as children at higher risk of suicidal thoughts, mental health issue – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free)
Review: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:07h | UTCAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis – Nature Reviews, Disease Primers (free)
Research: Effect of the School-Based Telemedicine Enhanced Asthma Management (SB-TEAM) Program on Asthma Morbidity
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:10h | UTCCommentaries: School-based telemedicine enhances asthma management in children – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND For City Kids with Asthma, Telemedicine and In-School Care Cut ER Visits in Half – University of Rochester (free)
Guidelines for Groin Hernia Management
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:04h | UTCInternational guidelines for groin hernia management – HerniaSurge Group (free)
Guideline: Prophylaxis of Invasive Fungal Infections in Patients with Haematological Malignancies
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:05h | UTC
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 15 January 2018
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:06h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 15 January 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Guidelines for the Management of Diabetic Retinopathy
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:03h | UTCCommentary in: Clinical Practice Guidelines, December 2017 – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Breast Implants and the Risk of Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma in the Breast
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:01h | UTCBreast Implants and the Risk of Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma in the Breast – JAMA Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Breast Implants Associated With Increased Risk of Breast Anaplastic Large-cell Lymphoma – Oncology Nurse Advisor (free) AND Dutch Study Links Implants to Increased Breast-ALCL Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Research: Reversing the Cardiac Effects of Sedentary Aging in Middle Age
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:56h | UTCCommentaries: Exercise Study Hints at Volume, Intensity Levels Needed to Improve Cardiac Fitness in Middle Age – TCTMD (free) AND Exercise in middle age can reverse heart effects of sedentary lifestyle – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Exercise May Reverse Negative Cardiac Effects of Sedentary Life – Medscape (free registration required) AND Exercise is good for you, but did this study actually show it can ‘reverse damage from heart aging’? – HealthNewsReview (free)
Children and Social Media
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:00h | UTCEditorial: Children and social media – The Lancet (free)
Original report: Life in ‘likes’ – Children’s Commissioner (free)
See also a recent Pediatrics supplement: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (series of free articles) and related articles on Social Media and Mental Health
What I’ve Learned from My Tally of 757 Doctor Suicides
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:54h | UTCWhat I’ve learned from my tally of 757 doctor suicides – The Washington Post (free)
Related: Why are doctors killing themselves? – MJA InSight (free) AND Why are doctors plagued by depression and suicide? A crisis comes into focus – STAT (free) AND Protecting interns and other physicians from depression and suicide – STAT (free)
How to Counter the Circus of Pseudoscience
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:55h | UTCHow to Counter the Circus of Pseudoscience – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: In 2018 we need less nonsense and more science – The Globe and Mail (free)
Bioethics: 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:46h | UTCBioethics: 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (selected free texts)
‘Frankenstein’ Reflects The Hopes And Fears Of Every Scientific Era – The Atlantic (Free) AND The Horror Story That Haunts Science: Two Hundred Years Later, Frankenstein still Shocks And Inspires – Science (free) AND Infographic: Creating a modern monster – Science (free) AND Taming the Monsters of Tomorrow – Science (free) AND Dr Frankenstein’s Bioethical Experiment – The Lancet (Free Registration Required)
Supporting Patients Through Serious Illness and the End of Life
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:52h | UTC“By proactively managing care for the terminally ill, the Advanced Illness Management program has produced savings of $8,000–$9,000 per patient” (via @commonwealthfnd see Tweet)
Research: Antipsychotics and the Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia in Individuals Hospitalized for Nonpsychiatric Conditions
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:48h | UTCAntipsychotics and the Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia in Individuals Hospitalized for Nonpsychiatric Conditions – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, via Medscape (free registration required)
Commentary: Antipsychotics May Increase Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia in Older Adults – Psychiatric News Alert (free)
Related: Antipsychotic use in elderly patients and the risk of pneumonia – Expert Opinion on Drug Safety (free) AND Antipsychotic drug exposure and risk of pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies – Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety (free)
Supported Employment Helps People With Severe Mental Illness to Obtain Work
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:51h | UTCSupported employment helps people with severe mental illness to obtain work – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Interventions for obtaining and maintaining employment in adults with severe mental illness, a network meta-analysis – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Which Stent is Best for Heart Attacks?
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:28h | UTCWhich stent is best for heart attacks? – Evidently Cochrane (free)
Original article: Drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents for acute coronary syndrome – Cochrane Library (free)
“The current review suggests that using DES rather than BMS may reduce the need for future coronary procedures but there is no evidence that it saves lives or reduces major cardiovascular events”.
Meta-Analysis: Subclinical Device-Detected Atrial Fbrillation and Stroke Risk
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:29h | UTCSee related opinion and commentaries in Get Ready For A Tsunami Of ECGs
Meta-Analysis: Premature Infants and Risk of ADHD
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:27h | UTCCommentaries: Premature Infants Particularly Vulnerable to ADHD – Psychiatric Times (free) AND ADHD and Early Experience: Revisiting the Case of Low Birth Weight – Pediatrics (free)
Research: Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Children’s Language Development
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:24h | UTCPrenatal exposure to acetaminophen and children’s language development at 30 months – European Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Is acetaminophen really safe in pregnancy? – Medical News Today (free) AND Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Associated With Elevated Rate of Language Delay in Girls, Mount Sinai Researchers Find – Mount Sinai Health System, via NewsWise (free)