Daily Archives: February 13, 2018
Tue, February 13 – 10 Stories of The Day!
13 Feb, 2018 | 00:59h | UTC
1 – Delayed umbilical cord clamping reduces hospital mortality for preterm infants – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Delayed vs early umbilical cord clamping for preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis – American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)
2 – Effect of early and systematic integration of palliative care in patients with advanced cancer: a randomised controlled trial – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Early Integration of Palliative Care Improves Quality of Life in Advanced Cancer – Oncology Nurse Advisor (free)
Related Guideline: Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (free) AND Commentary: Concurrent Palliative Care: Recommendations From the ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline – The ASCO Post (free)
3 – Infographic: ATLS Trauma Update 2018 (free) (via @CritCareReviews)
4 – The Hypertension Guideline War Is Not A Fake War – Cardiobrief (free)
Related: The Fake Hypertension War: Medical politics and mud fights – MedPage Today (free registration required)
5 – Overtesting and undertesting in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis – BMJ Open (free) (via @JackOSullivan3 and @KariTikkinen)
6 – Opinion: Heart Stents Are Useless for Most Stable Patients. They’re Still Widely Used – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
7 – State of The Art Review: The role of robotics in colorectal surgery – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
8 – Richard Lehman’s journal reviews, 12 February 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
“Trimethoprim is associated with a greater risk of acute kidney injury and hyperkalaemia compared with other antibiotics used to treat UTIs, but not a greater risk of death”
10 – FIGO consensus guidelines on placenta accreta spectrum disorders – International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
– Introduction (free)
– Epidemiology (free)
– Prenatal Diagnosis and Screening (free)
– Nonconservative surgical management (free)