Daily Archives: June 5, 2018

Tue, June 5 – 10 Stories of The Day!

5 Jun, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – More active people for a healthier world: The global action plan on physical activity 2018 – 2030 – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: More active people for a healthier world: The global action plan on physical activity 2018 – 2030 (free resources)

 

2 – Time to deliver: report of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on Noncommunicable Diseases – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: Commission calls for urgent action against chronic diseases (free)

 

3 – #ASCO18 – PREOPANC-1 Trial Compares Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy vs Immediate Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer – The ASCO Post (free)

Related Video: Pre-operative chemotherapy with radiation may help people with pancreatic cancer live longer – eCancer News (free)

 

4 – #ASCO18 – Adjuvant mFOLFIRINOX vs Gemcitabine in Resected Pancreatic Cancer – The ASCO Post (free)

Related: Pancreatic Cancer Survival Jumps With Postsurgical Chemo Combo – OncLive (free) AND Study Finds Rare Gain for Tough-To-Treat Pancreatic Cancer – Associated Press (free)

 

5 – Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment of Functional Neurological Disorders – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)

 

6 – Cardiac and Vascular Surgery–Associated Acute Kidney Injury: The 20th International Consensus Conference of the ADQI (Acute Disease Quality Initiative) Group – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

 

7 – The management of chronic hepatitis C: 2018 guideline update from the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentaries: Hepatitis C guideline recommends screening for all people born 1945-1975 – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free) AND Canadian Group Offers New Guidelines on Hepatitis C Screening, Management – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)

Related Guidelines: HCV Guidance: Recommendations for Testing, Managing, and Treating Hepatitis C – American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) (free) AND EASL Recommendations on Treatment of Hepatitis C 2018 – Journal of Hepatology (free)

 

8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 4 June 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

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

 

9 – Optimal pharmacological therapy in ST-elevation myocardial infarction—a review – Netherlands Heart Journal (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

10 – Eliminating Inappropriate Telemetry Monitoring: An Evidence-Based Implementation Guide – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Invited Commentary: Continuing to Improve Appropriateness of Continuous Electrocardiographic Monitoring (Telemetry) (free for a limited period)

 

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