Daily Archives: March 13, 2018

Tue, March 13 – 10 Stories of The Day!

13 Mar, 2018 | 00:03h | UTC

 

1 – Evaluation and Treatment of Hirsutism in Premenopausal Women: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (free)

Key Points: Evaluation and Treatment of Hirsutism in Premenopausal Women – JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis (free for a limited period)

 

2 – #ACC18 – Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Barbershop-Based Intervention Leads to Blood Pressure Reductions in African-American Men – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Mixing Haircuts and Hypertension Rx a ‘Home Run’ for Blood Pressure Control – TCTMD (free)

“Among black male barbershop patrons with uncontrolled hypertension, health promotion by barbers resulted in larger blood-pressure reduction when coupled with medication management in barbershops by specialty-trained pharmacists”.

 

3 – #ACC18 – 6-month versus 12-month or longer dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute coronary syndrome (SMART-DATE): a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: SMART-DATE: Myocardial Infarction Risk Higher with Six-Month Versus Twelve-Month DAPT – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Too Soon for 6-Month DAPT, Say SMART-DATE Investigators, Despite Positive Trial – TCTMD (free)

Related Guidelines: 2018 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology Focused Update of the Guidelines for the Use of Antiplatelet Therapy (free) AND 2017 European Society of Cardiology focused update on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease (free) AND 2016 ACC/AHA Guideline Focused Update on Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease (free)

 

4 – #ACC18 – Low-Dose ‘Triple Pill’ Lowers Blood Pressure More Than Usual Care – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Low-Dose, Three-Drug Polypill TRIUMPHs for Blood Pressure – TCTMD (free)

 

5 – Viewpoint: Big Data and Machine Learning in Health Care – JAMA (free for a limited period)

 

6 – Aromatherapy Versus Oral Ondansetron for Antiemetic Therapy Among Adult Emergency Department Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial – Annals of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Practice Changing: Inhaled Isopropyl Alcohol Superior to Oral Ondansetron as an Antiemetic – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Wake Up And Smell the Isopropyl – Emergency Medicine Literature of Note (free)

 

7 – Do Antidepressants Work? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

“The most comprehensive study on them has recently been published, showing mostly modest effects”.

See related meta-analysis and commentaries in our February 23^rd issue (see #3)

 

8 – Richard Lehman’s journal reviews, 12 March 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.

 

9 – Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and subsequent risk of total and site specific cancers in Japanese population: large case-cohort study within Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study cohort – The BMJ (free)

“Wake me up when there is a positive randomized trial of vitamin D pills for anything” (from Richard Lehman’s review, see above).

 

10 – Risk of stroke in patients with dengue fever: a population-based cohort study – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentary: Dengue fever linked to increased risk of stroke – CMAJ, via ScienceDaily (free)

 

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