Daily Archives: February 28, 2018
Wed, February 28 – 10 Stories of The Day!
28 Feb, 2018 | 01:03h | UTC
1 – Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Critically Ill Adults – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Related article: Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Noncritically Ill Adults – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentary: Balanced Crystalloids May Be Better Than Saline for Critically Ill Patients – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)
“Balanced crystalloids may be superior to saline in critically ill patients — but not in patients hospitalized outside an ICU” (from Physician’s First Watch)
2 – Impact of Bystander Automated External Defibrillator Use on Survival and Functional Outcomes in Shockable Observed Public Cardiac Arrests – Circulation (free PDF for a limited period)
Commentary: Bystander defibrillator use tied to better cardiac arrest outcomes – Reuters (free)
Related articles: The Effects of Public Access Defibrillation on Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Bystander Efforts and 1-Year Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest – New England Journal of Medicine (Link to abstract – $ for full-text)
3 – Medical Education: Hidden Curricula, Ethics, and Professionalism: Optimizing Clinical Learning Environments in Becoming and Being a Physician: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
News Release: ACP calls on medicine to optimize learning environments by aligning positive ’hidden’ curriculum with formal curriculum of medical education (free)
Related guideline: Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, 2018 – American Diabetes Association (free)
News release: New Cochrane Review evidence suggests that nutritional labelling on menus in restaurants and cafes may reduce our calorie intake (free)
Video: Nutritional labelling for healthier food or non alcoholic purchasing and consumption (free)
Commentary: Expert reaction to Cochrane review on nutrition labelling and calorie intake – Science Media Centre (free)
“For a typical lunch with an intake of 600 calories, such as a slice of pizza and a soft drink, labelling may reduce the energy content of food purchased by about 8% (48 calories)”
7 – Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Rates of Continuation, Discontinuation, or Initiation of Antidiabetes Treatment 6 Years Later – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Bariatric Surgery Associated With Reduced Need For Diabetes Medications at Six Years – MedicalResearch (free) AND Roughly Half of Obese Patients Who Have Bariatric Surgery Are Off Type 2 Diabetes Meds at 6 Years – TCTMD (free)
See related studies on the long-term effects of Bariatric Surgery in our January 17th issue (see #1, #2 and #3)
8 – Pediatric Palliative Care for Children with Progressive Non-Malignant Diseases – Children (free)
9 – Plastic Additive BPA Not Much Of A Threat, Government Study Finds – NPR (free)
See original FDA statement on National Toxicology Program draft report on Bisphenol A (free) AND Endocrine Society Experts Express Concern with FDA Statement on BPA Safety – Endocrine Society, via NewsWise (free)
See also: Cardiac Arrest in the Operating Room: Part 2—Special Situations in the Perioperative Period (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter