Daily Archives: June 24, 2018
ESMO Guideline: Diarrhea in Adult Cancer Patients
24 Jun, 2018 | 19:34h | UTCDiarrhoea in adult cancer patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines – Annals of Oncology (free)
Consensus Statement: Core Competencies in Evidence-Based Practice for Health Professionals
24 Jun, 2018 | 19:29h | UTCEditorial: Interprofessional Evidence-Based Practice Competencies: Equalizing the Playing Field (free)
“68 core competencies for evidence-based practice for health professionals, developed using systematic review & Delphi consensus process” (via @hildabast see Tweet)
Systematic Reviews: Neonatal Interventions for Preventing Cerebral Palsy
24 Jun, 2018 | 19:33h | UTCSummary: Interventions for babies from birth to one month of life for preventing cerebral palsy: an overview of Cochrane Systematic Reviews (free)
Scientific Statement: Educational Strategies to Improve Outcomes From Cardiac Arrest
24 Jun, 2018 | 19:31h | UTCSee also: Highlights (free PDF) AND FAQs (free PDF) AND Infographic (free PDF)
Systematic Review: Prophylactic Abdominal Drainage for Pancreatic Surgery
24 Jun, 2018 | 19:32h | UTCProphylactic abdominal drainage for pancreatic surgery – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Drain use after pancreatic surgery – Cochrane Library (free)
Perspective: Breathing Tubes Fail to Save Many Older Patients
24 Jun, 2018 | 19:30h | UTCBreathing Tubes Fail to Save Many Older Patients – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“One-third of patients over age 65 die in the hospital after they are put on ventilators. Doctors are beginning to wonder if the procedure should be used so often”.
Retrospective Observational Study: Basal Insulin Analogs vs NPH Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes
24 Jun, 2018 | 19:27h | UTCAssociation of Initiation of Basal Insulin Analogs vs Neutral Protamine Hagedorn Insulin With Hypoglycemia-Related Emergency Department Visits or Hospital Admissions and With Glycemic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Revisiting NPH Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes: Is a Step Back the Path Forward? (free for a limited period)
Clinical Review Audio: Health Care Spending Gone Wild: Using Expensive Insulin Analogs With Few Clinical Advantages (free)
“Long-acting insulin analogs not associated with reduced hypoglycemia-related ED visits or hospital admissions when compared with NPH insulin, despite costing 5-10x as much” (via @jsross119 see Tweet)
Randomized Trial: Sodium Bicarbonate for Patients with Severe Metabolic Acidemia in the ICU
24 Jun, 2018 | 19:26h | UTCSodium bicarbonate therapy for patients with severe metabolic acidaemia in the intensive care unit (BICAR-ICU): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled, phase 3 trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: BICAR-ICU – The Bottom Line (free)
“This study will reassure clinicians that already use sodium bicarbonate for correcting metabolic acidaemia, that this may delay and/or reduce the requirement for RRT. Equally, for those that opt to avoid sodium bicarbonate, there is no compelling evidence to change practice”
Meta-Analysis: Determinants of Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Angina but Without Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease
24 Jun, 2018 | 19:23h | UTCCommentaries: Outcomes in Patients With Angina but Without Obstructive CAD – American College of Cardiology (free)