Daily Archives: August 11, 2018
Study: Opioid Prescribing Decreases After Learning of a Patient’s Fatal Overdose
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:25h | UTCOpioid prescribing decreases after learning of a patient’s fatal overdose – Science (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Notification of patient overdose deaths reduces clinician opioid prescriptions – NIH News Releases (free) AND Clinicians were told their patient had died of an overdose. Then opioid prescribing dropped – STAT (free)
Meta-Analysis: Treatment Choices for ADHD
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:23h | UTCCommentaries: Refining treatment choices for ADHD – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND ADHD medications: Of all available drugs, methylphenidate should be first option for short-term treatment in children – ScienceDaily (free) AND Analysis of ADHD Drugs: Use Methylphenidate in Kids, Amphetamines in Adults – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Related: Cochrane Review: Adverse Events of Methylphenidate for ADHD in Children and Adolescents (link to abstract and free summary) AND Short Review: Stimulants for ADHD in children (free) AND Opinion: Drug treatment of ADHD – tenuous scientific basis (free)
Clinical Practice Guidelines: What’s Next?
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:22h | UTCClinical Practice Guidelines: What’s Next? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
AHA Scientific Advisory: A Diverse Diet May Not Be the Healthiest One
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:26h | UTCNews Release: A diverse diet may not be the healthiest one (free)
Commentary: Diet Recommendations for Obesity Prevention: Time to Ditch Diversity (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Dietary Diversity: Implications for Obesity Prevention in Adult Populations (free PDF)
Cohort Study: Urinary Sodium Excretion, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:21h | UTCUrinary sodium excretion, blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: a community-level prospective epidemiological cohort study – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Lancet Paper Adds To Evidence That Reducing Salt To Very Low Levels May Be Dangerous – CardioBrief (free)
Related Report: Salt intake and Cardiovascular Disease (free report and commentaries)
Study: Comparative Cost-Effectiveness of Alcohol Control Strategies at the Global Level
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:20h | UTCCommentary: Higher alcohol taxes are cost-effective in reducing alcohol harms – ScienceDaily (free)
Related: To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us – Financial Times (free policies, articles and commentaries) AND Policy lessons from health taxes (free research and commentaries)
Study: Modified Mosquitoes to Reduce Dengue Rates
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:18h | UTCCommentary: Dengue rates plummet in Australian city after release of modified mosquitoes – Nature News (free)
WHO: Update on Ebola Outbreak
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:16h | UTCDisease Outbreak News: Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)
Related: DRC probes more suspected Ebola cases, rules out 3 – CIDRAP (free) AND War zone complicates roll-out of Ebola vaccine in latest outbreak – Nature News (free)
Systematic Review: Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:19h | UTCSee also: Full Report (free PDF)
Meta-Analysis: Postmenopausal Bleeding and Endometrial Cancer Risk
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:15h | UTCAssociation of Endometrial Cancer Risk With Postmenopausal Bleeding in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: How common is endometrial cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding? – eCancer News (free) AND Postmenopausal Bleeding: Reliable Sign of Endometrial Cancer – Medscape (free registration required)
AAN Guideline: Disorders of Consciousness
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:14h | UTCRelated: Ethical, palliative, and policy considerations in disorders of consciousness – Neurology (free PDF) AND Comprehensive systematic review update summary: Disorders of consciousness – Neurology (free PDF)
Commentaries: New Guideline Released for Managing Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States – American Academy of Neurology, via NewsWise (free) AND Groups Issue New Disorders of Consciousness Guidelines – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Study: Outcomes of Cardiac Screening in Adolescent Soccer Players
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:06h | UTCOutcomes of Cardiac Screening in Adolescent Soccer Players – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Footballer heart death risk ‘underestimated’ – BBC (free) AND No Easy Answers on Best Heart Check-Up for Young Athletes – Associated Press, via NYT (free)
Randomized Trial: Vitamin D Supplementation in Pregnancy and Lactation and Infant Growth
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:08h | UTCCommentary: Maternal Vitamin D Supplementation Doesn’t Improve Infant Growth – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Randomized Trial: Labor Induction vs. Expectant Management in Low-Risk Nulliparous Women
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:10h | UTCLabor Induction versus Expectant Management in Low-Risk Nulliparous Women – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Labor Induction versus Expectant Management in Low-Risk Women (free)
Commentaries: Induced labor at 39 weeks may reduce likelihood of C-section, NIH study suggests – NIH News Releases (free) AND Pregnancy Debate Revisited: To Induce Labor, Or Not? – NPR (free)
Systematic Review: Treatment for Bipolar Disorder in Adults
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:04h | UTCSee also: Full Report (free PDF) AND Evidence Summary (free PDF)
Perspective: Would Technology Enabled Remote Consulting Save Time and Add Value in Primary Care?
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:05h | UTC“Would remote consulting save time and add value in primary care? Rising multimorbidity makes the evaluation of potentially time saving technologies ever more necessary” (via @bmj_latest see Tweet)
WHO: MERS Global Summary and Assessment of Risk
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:03h | UTCWHO MERS Global Summary and Assessment of Risk – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Commentary: WHO highlights ongoing hospital MERS outbreak threat – CIDRAP (free)
Perspective: Addressing Barriers to Inclusion of Pregnant Women in Clinical Trials
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:02h | UTCAddressing Barriers to Inclusion of Pregnant Women in Clinical Trials – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Study: Association Between Physical Exercise and Mental Health
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:41h | UTCAssociation between physical exercise and mental health in 1·2 million individuals in the USA between 2011 and 2015: a cross-sectional study – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Expert reaction to physical activity linked to improved mental health – Science Media Centre (free) AND Regular exercise ‘best for mental health’ – BBC (free) AND Exercise is good for your body and your mind, study says – CNN (free)
Publication Bias: The Answer to Your Research Question May be Sitting in Somebody’s File Drawer
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:02h | UTCRelated: Bias in medical research: A glossary of common research biases – First10Em (free) Catalogue of Bias – Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford (free)
USPSTF: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation with Electrocardiography Not Recommended
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:40h | UTCEditorials: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation Comes With Many Snags (free for a limited period) AND Electrocardiography Screening for Atrial Fibrillation: We Can Do Better (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation With Electrocardiography (free audio)
“The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for atrial fibrillation with ECG. (I statement)”
CDC: Guidance for Preconception Counseling and Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus for Men with Possible Zika Virus Exposure
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:37h | UTCCommentaries: 1 in 7 kids exposed to Zika in utero suffers defects, delays – CIDRAP (free) AND 1 in 7 babies exposed to Zika in the womb have health problems, CDC reports – STAT (free) AND One in 7 babies prenatally exposed to Zika has health problems, CDC says – CNN (free)
Study: Mortality Effects of Timing Alternatives for Hip Fracture Surgery
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:38h | UTCCommentaries: Lower death rate when senior hip fractures are repaired quickly – Reuters (free) AND Delayed surgery for hip fractures cause of preventable deaths, study finds – The Globe and Mail (free) AND The sun should not set twice before hip fracture repair – CMAJ, via ScienceDaily (free)
Guideline: Viscoelastic Hemostatic Assays in the Management of Major Bleeding
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:35h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroid use and Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:36h | UTC