Daily Archives: September 3, 2018
Mon, September 3 – 10 Stories of The Day!
3 Sep, 2018 | 01:33h | UTC
Related Video: Early Palliative Care: a video for health and care professionals – University of Edinburgh (free)
Related Systematic Review: Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer – Cochrane Library (free) AND Summary: Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer – Cochrane Library (free)
Related guideline: Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (free)
2 – Podcast: #111: Hotcakes – Complementary Medicine in Cancer, Dosing Aspirin by Body Weight, Marijuana & Respiratory Symptoms, Penicillin Allergies and More! – The Curbsiders (free audio and summary)
3 – Review: Cardiorenal Syndrome Revisited – Circulation (free) (via @Abraham_RMI)
4 – “So, Blood Cultures… or No?” – Use of Blood Cultures in the ED – emDocs (free)
Related Review: How to Optimize the Use of Blood Cultures for the Diagnosis of Bloodstream Infections? A State-of-the Art – Frontiers in Microbiology (free)
5 – Government proposes energy drinks ban for children – BBC (free)
Related: England Proposes Ban on Selling Energy Drinks to Children – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
6 – Abraar Karan: Changing the way we communicate about patients – The BMJ Opinion (free) (via @NUNESDOC)
“Father of 2, retired car salesman and keen on football NOT the colon cancer in Bed 4 – social history brings humanity back to the bedside” (via @hospicedoctor see Tweet)
7 – American Epilepsy Society: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – Choosing Wisely (free)
Commentary: Choosing Wisely: 5 Practices to Question When Treating Epilepsy – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)
See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
8 – Antidepressants for treating depression in dementia – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)
Summary: Antidepressants for treating depression in dementia – Cochrane Library (free)
“On the only measure of efficacy for which we had high-quality evidence (depression rating scale scores), antidepressants showed little or no effect.”
9 – The impact of exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance – Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Air pollution could be making us less intelligent – Science Magazine (free) AND Air Pollution Exposure Harms Cognitive Performance, Study Finds – NPR (free) AND Air pollution may harm cognitive intelligence, study says – BBC (free) AND Pollution May Dim Thinking Skills, Study in China Suggests – New York Times (10 articles per month are (free) AND Air pollution is making you less intelligent, according to a new study – World Economic Forum (free)
Part II: Treatment of resistant forms and cardiovascular complications, follow-up, lifestyle and prevention of cardiovascular risks (free)
Related guideline: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Scientific Statement for Health Professionals From the American Heart Association (free)
Related reviews: Dissecting Kawasaki disease: a state-of-the-art review – European Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Diagnosis and Management of Kawasaki Disease – American Family Physician (free) AND Controversies in diagnosis and management of Kawasaki disease – World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics (free)