Daily Archives: April 4, 2018

Wed, April 4 – 10 Stories of The Day!

4 Apr, 2018 | 00:07h | UTC

 

1 – Association of a Negative Wealth Shock With All-Cause Mortality in Middle-aged and Older Adults in the United States – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Financial Ruin Can Be Hazardous To Your Health – NPR (free) AND Losing your nest egg can kill you – Northwestern University, via ScienceDaily (free)

“People have a 50 percent higher risk of death if they suffer a shocking financial loss” (via ScienceDaily)

 

2 – Characteristics of Infant Deaths during Sleep While Under Nonparental Supervision – The Journal of Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: Babies At Risk Of Being Put In Unsafe Sleep Positions By Babysitters And Relatives, Study Suggests – HuffPost (free) AND Infant death study reveals dangerous sleep practices among babysitters, relatives, others – University of Virginia Health System, via ScienceDaily (free)

Related Guideline: SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2016 Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment – Task Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

 

3 – Hospitals are germy, noisy places. Some acutely ill patients are getting treated at home instead – The Washington Post (a few articles per month are free)

Source: STAT Newsletter

 

4 – Paying Hospitals To Keep People Out Of Hospitals? It Works In Maryland – Kaiser Health News (free)

 

5 – Serum n–6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and risk of death: the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study – American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: High omega-6 levels can protect against premature death – University of Eastern Finland, via EurekAlert (free) AND Could omega-6 fatty acids help us live longer? – MedicalNewsToday (free) AND Omega-6s in Nuts, Seeds and Vegetable Oils May Aid the Heart – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

 

6 – ‘Faith Healing’ And Chest Pain: Heart Controversy Points Up Confounding Power Of Reassurance – CommonHealth (free)

Related: More Controversy Over Major Cardiology Clinical Trial – Cardiobrief (free) AND Cardiology World Erupts Into Controversy Over Change In Major Clinical Trial – Cardiobrief (free) AND Moving the Goalposts Into Unblinded Territory – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free)

 

7 – Richard Lehman’s journal reviews, 3 April 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

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

 

8 – Acute chest pain evaluation using coronary computed tomography angiography compared with standard of care: a meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials – Heart (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

See commentary in: Articles of the month (March 2018) – First10EM (free)

Se related meta-analysis with similar results: Outcomes of non-invasive diagnostic modalities for the detection of coronary artery disease: network meta-analysis of diagnostic randomised controlled trials – The BMJ (free)

“Bottom line: In the RCTs we have to date, CCTA demonstrate no benefit, but leads to an increase in unnecessary invasive procedures” (from First10EM).

 

9 – Migraine and the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events: a meta-analysis of 16 cohort studies including 1 152 407 subjects – BMJ Open (free)

Commentary: Migraines tied to higher risk for stroke, MI in large meta-analysis – Univadis (free registration required)

 

10 – Effects of supplemental oxygen therapy in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials – Heart (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related guideline: BTS Guideline for oxygen use in healthcare and emergency settings – British Thoracic Society (free)

“These findings from eight RCTs support departing from the usual practice of administering oxygen in normoxaemic patients”.

 

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