Daily Archives: April 26, 2018

Thu, April 26 – 10 Stories of The Day!

26 Apr, 2018 | 00:14h | UTC

 

1 – World Malaria Day, 25 April 2018 – World Health Organization (free resources)

 

2 – Effect of generalised access to early diagnosis and treatment and targeted mass drug administration on Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Eastern Myanmar: an observational study of a regional elimination programme – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Can improving access to care help to eliminate malaria? – The Lancet (free) AND Dose entire population with anti-malaria drugs to eradicate disease – study – The Guardian (free) AND Malaria studies show benefit of mass treatment, methylene blue – CIDRAP (free)

Related: Seminar: Malaria (free registration required) AND Series: Malaria in Pregnancy (free registration required)

 

3 – Azithromycin to Reduce Childhood Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Quick Take Video Summary: Azithromycin to Reduce Childhood Mortality (free)

Commentaries: Giving Antibiotics To Healthy Kids In Poor Countries: Good Idea Or Bad Idea? – NPR (free) AND Infant Deaths Fall Sharply in Africa With Routine Antibiotics – The New York Times (free)

 

4 – Guideline: Pharmacologic Glycemic Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults – Canadian Journal of Diabetes (free)

Related Guidelines: ADA 2018 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free) AND ACP Guideline: Hemoglobin A1c Targets for Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes (free)

In this new guideline Hemoglobin A1c Targets are similar from ADA 2018 Standards.

 

5 – Polypharmacy Guidance, Realistic Prescribing 3 rd Edition, 2018 – Scottish Government Polypharmacy Model of Care Group (free PDF) (via @trishgreenhalgh)

Related Reviews: Current and future perspectives on the management of polypharmacy – BMC Family Medicine (free) AND Routine deprescribing of chronic medications to combat polypharmacy – Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety (free) AND Polypharmacy—an Upward Trend with Unpredictable Effects – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free) AND Clinical Consequences of Polypharmacy in Elderly – Expert Opinion on Drug Safety (free)

 

6 – Incorporating medication indications into the prescribing process – American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (free)

Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club (free)

 

7 – Guideline Update: Depression in adults: recognition and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

 

8 – Things We Do For No Reason: Periprocedural Bridging Anticoagulation – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free)

 

9 – A cancer drug tailored to your tumor? Experts trade barbs over ‘precision oncology’ – Science (free)

See also: Audio and slides on the meeting webcast (free) (via @barttels2 and @AACRPres see Tweet)

 

10 – Physicians’ Compassion, Communication Skills, and Professionalism With and Without Physicians’ Use of an Examination Room Computer: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Patients Prefer Doctors Who Engage in Face-to-Face Visits – Physician’s Briefing (free) AND Docs Behind Screen Seen as Less Compassionate – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Patients value eye contact from physicians: study – Univadis (free registration required)

 

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