Daily Archives: September 25, 2018
Tue, September 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!
25 Sep, 2018 | 01:21h | UTC
1 – Noncommunicable Diseases Country Profiles 2018 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
See also: NCDs profile by country (free)
Commentary: COAPT: MitraClip Reduces Repeat Hospitalizations, Mortality in Functional MR Patients With Severe HF – TCTMD (free)
Related MITRA-FR trial: Percutaneous Repair or Medical Treatment for Secondary Mitral Regurgitation – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
“Physicians responded with shock and excitement to findings, but struggled to reconcile the results with the MITRA-FR trial.” (from TCTMD)
3 – Effect of Variation in Published Stroke Rates on the Net Clinical Benefit of Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Benefit of anticoagulation for stroke prevention may vary in patients with afib, study finds – ACP Internist (free)
4 – Review: Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in the intensive care unit – Annals of Intensive Care (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
6 – Podcast: #115 Geriatric Depression – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free)
Summary: #115 Geriatric Depression: Diagnosis, Antidepressants, and More (free)
7 – Ann Robinson’s research reviews, 24 September 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
8 – Congratulations. Your Study Went Nowhere – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) (via @kennylinafp)
“Researchers should embrace negative results instead of accentuating the positive, which is one of several biases that can lead to bad science.”
9 – Just Started! Free Online Course: Antibiotic Stewardship – Stanford University and Coursera (via @classcentral)
Related Study: Risk of Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus and Clostridium Difficile in Patients with a Documented Penicillin Allergy (free article and commentaries)