Daily Archives: February 16, 2018
Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:33h | UTCCommentary: Fecal transplants move into the mainstream to treat difficult infection – STAT (free)
Research: Outcomes after Angiography with Sodium Bicarbonate and Acetylcysteine
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:32h | UTCOutcomes after Angiography with Sodium Bicarbonate and Acetylcysteine – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: No benefit of sodium bicarbonate or acetylcysteine for prevention of complications after angiography: The PRESERVE trial – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Outcomes after Angiography with Sodium Bicarbonate and Acetylcysteine – NEJM Resident 360 (free)
“Among patients at high risk for renal complications who were undergoing angiography, there was no benefit of intravenous sodium bicarbonate over intravenous sodium chloride or of oral acetylcysteine over placebo for the prevention of death, need for dialysis, or persistent decline in kidney function at 90 days or for the prevention of contrast-associated acute kidney injury”.
Guideline: Antiarrhythmic drugs–clinical use and clinical decision making
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:31h | UTCGuideline: Antiarrhythmic drugs–clinical use and clinical decision making: a consensus document from EHRA, ESC, HRS, APHRS and ISCP (free)
Source: Antiarrhythmics: multinational consensus recommendations – Univadis (free registration required)
In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:30h | UTCIn Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Systematic Reviews – Vaccines for Preventing Influenza and Its Complications
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:30h | UTCNew Cochrane Systematic Reviews – Vaccines for Preventing Influenza and Its Complications
In Healthy Children (free) / Summary (free)
In The Elderly (free) / Summary (free)
In Immunosuppressed Adults With Cancer (free) / Summary (free)
In Healthy Adults (free) / Summary (free)
Guideline: The Open Abdomen in Trauma and Non-Trauma Patients
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:28h | UTC
The Hypertension Guideline War Is Not A Fake War
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:25h | UTCThe 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)
Review: Environmental Noise and the Cardiovascular System
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:24h | UTCEnvironmental Noise and the Cardiovascular System – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Everyday noises may cause increased risk of heart disease, experts say – ABC News (free) AND How Loud Noise Exposure Is Linked to Heart Disease – TIME (free) AND Traffic Noise Linked to Increased CVD Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND Heart & hearing: Noise pollution tied to higher risk of stroke, MI – Cardiovascular Business (free)
10 threats to global health in 2018
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:23h | UTC10 threats to global health in 2018 – The World Health Organization (free)
Energy Drinks: A Contemporary Issues Paper
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:26h | UTCEnergy Drinks: A Contemporary Issues Paper – American College of Sports Medicine (free)
Commentary: ACSM Announces New Recommendations and Warnings Regarding Safety of Energy Drinks – NewsWise (free)
Related: Energy and sports drinks in children and adolescents – Canadian Paediatric Society (free) AND Health Effects and Public Health Concerns of Energy Drink Consumption in the United States: A Mini-Review – Frontiers in Public Health (free)
Overtesting and undertesting in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:22h | UTCOvertesting and undertesting in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis – BMJ Open (free) (via @JackOSullivan3 and @KariTikkinen)
Research: Association of Combined Patterns of Tobacco and Cannabis Use in Adolescence With Psychotic Experiences
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:21h | UTCCommentaries: Risk of Psychotic Experiences Up With Teen Cannabis Use – Physician’s Briefing (free) AND Teen Pot Use Linked to Increased Risk for Psychotic Episodes – MedPage Today (free registration required)
One Health Approach is Critical to De-risk Human, Animal and Environmental Health
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:22h | UTCOne Health Approach is Critical to De-risk Human, Animal and Environmental Health – The World Bank (free)
See report: Operational Framework for Strengthening Human, Animal And Environmental Public Health Systems At Their Interface – The World Bank (free PDF)
Related review: The science behind One Health: at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment – Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (free)
Guideline: Management of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:17h | UTCCommentary: New Guidelines for Treating Checkpoint Inhibitor Toxicities – Medscape (free registration required)
Relate guideline: Managing toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: consensus recommendations from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Toxicity Management Working Group (free) AND Review: New drugs, new toxicities: severe side effects of modern targeted and immunotherapy of cancer and their management – Critical Care (free)
WHO recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:20h | UTCNews release: Individualized, supportive care key to positive childbirth experience, says WHO (free)
Commentary: Give women more time to give birth, make choices – WHO – Reuters (free)
Screening for Ovarian Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:18h | UTCScreening for Ovarian Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)
Editorials: Screening for Ovarian Cancer in Asymptomatic Women (free) AND The Yet Unrealized Promise of Ovarian Cancer Screening (free) AND Is There a Future for Ovarian Cancer Screening? (free)
Author interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Ovarian Cancer (free audio)
“The USPSTF recommends against screening for ovarian cancer in asymptomatic women. (D recommendation) This recommendation applies to asymptomatic women who are not known to have a high-risk hereditary cancer syndrome”.
Family Planning – A global handbook for providers: 2018 edition
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:15h | UTCFamily Planning – A global handbook for providers: 2018 edition – World Health Organization (free)
News release: Updated and expanded guidance for family planning providers worldwide (free)
Review: Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:14h | UTCReview: Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease – Journal of the American Heart Association (free for a limited period)
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:13h | UTC
Do All Patients Need β-Blockers After a Heart Attack?
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:12h | UTCMedical News & Perspectives: Do All Patients Need β-Blockers After a Heart Attack? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
The state of OA: a large-scale analysis of the prevalence and impact of Open Access articles
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:12h | UTCThe state of OA: a large-scale analysis of the prevalence and impact of Open Access articles – PeerJ (free)
Research: Opioid Analgesic Use and Risk for Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:09h | UTCOpioid Analgesic Use and Risk for Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases: A Nested Case–Control Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Opioids may be associated with increased risk for serious invasive pneumococcal infections – ACP Internist (free) AND Opioids For Pain Can Exacerbate Pneumococcal Infections – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Prescription Opioid Use Tied to Higher Pneumonia Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Research: Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Cancer Risk
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:11h | UTCEditorial: Ultra-processed foods and cancer (free)
Commentaries: ‘Ultra-processed’ foods and cancer: Headlines show the right way, and the wrong way, to frame results from an observational study – HealthNewsReview (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at highly processed foods and cancer – Science Media Centre (free)
Research: Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:10h | UTCCommentaries: Surgical site infection—the next frontier in global surgery – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free) AND Poor nations have higher risk of surgical infections, including resistant ones – CIDRAP (free)
New Dutch Law to Make all Adults Organ Donors Unless they Opt Out
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:08h | UTCNew Dutch law to make all adults organ donors unless they opt out – CNN (free) AND Every Adult in This Country Is Now an Organ Donor Unless They Opt Out – TIME (free) AND Dutch law to make everyone organ donors unless they opt out – ABC News (free)