Daily Archives: March 15, 2018

Thu, March 15 – 10 Stories of The Day!

15 Mar, 2018 | 01:50h | UTC

 

1 – Pregnancy Outcomes after ZIKV Infection in French Territories in the Americas – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Editorial: Recognizing the Global Impact of Zika Virus Infection during Pregnancy (free)

Quick Take Video Summary: Pregnancy Outcomes after Zika (free)

Commentaries: Study: 7% risk of birth defects in Zika pregnancies – CIDRAP (free) AND Birth defect rate pegged at 7 percent for babies born to Zika-infected women – Reuters (free)

 

2 – Antifungal Combinations for Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentary: Combo Tx Offers New Hope for Cryptococcal Meningitis – MedPage Today (free registration required)

 

3 – Management of Multi-Casualty Incidents in Mountain Rescue: Evidence-Based Guidelines of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM) (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

4 – Grader Variability and the Importance of Reference Standards for Evaluating Machine Learning Models for Diabetic Retinopathy – Ophthalmology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Google’s AI program: Building better algorithms for detecting eye disease – ScienceDaily (free)

 

5 – Editorial: AI diagnostics need attention – Nature (free) (via @RasoiniR see Tweet)

 

6 – #ACC18 – More Deaths, Strokes Seen with Perioperative Beta Blocker One Year After Surgery – American College of Cardiology (free)

Related systematic review (just published): Perioperative beta-blockers for preventing surgery-related mortality and morbidity – Cochrane Library (free)

 

7 – #ACC18 – Cardiovascular Safety of Febuxostat or Allopurinol in Patients with Gout – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Gout Drug Febuxostat Linked to More CV Deaths Without Uptick in CV Events: CARES Trial – TCTMD (free) AND CARES: Increased Risk of Death With Febuxostat in Patients With Gout and CV Disease – American College of Cardiology (free)

 

8 – Colonoscopy and Colorectal Cancer Mortality in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A Case–Control Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Colonoscopy significantly reduces mortality from colorectal cancer in Veterans Affairs study – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Colonoscopy Significantly Reduces CRC Deaths – Medscape (free registration required)

 

9 – N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Emergency Department – Journal of the Americana College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: NT-proBNP cutpoints validated for diagnosing and ruling out heart failure in the ED – ACP Hospitalist (free)

Related review: BNP in the emergency department: The evidence – First10EM (free)

“In acutely dyspneic patients seen in the ED setting, age-stratified NT-proBNP cutpoints may aid in the diagnosis of acute HF. An NT-proBNP <300 pg/ml strongly excludes the presence of acute HF”.

 

10 – Sustained Physical Activity, Not Weight Loss, Associated With Improved Survival in Coronary Heart Disease – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: For CHD Patients, Physical Activity More Meaningful Than Weight Changes Over Time – TCTMD (free)

 

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