Daily Archives: October 25, 2018
Thu, October 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!
25 Oct, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC
1 – Pantoprazole in Patients at Risk for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the ICU – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Proton-Pump Inhibitor Prophylaxis in the ICU — Benefits Worth the Risks? (free for a limited period)
“Proton pump inhibitors are minimally effective to reduce GI bleeding among the critically ill folks at high risk for stress ulcers. Takeaways: no role for routine PPI for any patients on the WARDS, and shouldn’t be considered ‘routine’ in the ICU” (via @AnilMakam see Tweet)
2 – Effect of Early Sustained Prophylactic Hypothermia on Neurologic Outcomes Among Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: The POLAR Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Hypothermia After Traumatic Brain Injury (free)
Commentary: Hypothermia for Severe TBI Called into Question – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
3 – Effect of a Low vs Intermediate Tidal Volume Strategy on Ventilator-Free Days in Intensive Care Unit Patients Without ARDS: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Lessons From ARDS for Non-ARDS Research: Remembrance of Trials Past (free)
“Among patients in the ICU receiving invasive ventilation, a strategy with low tidal volume was not more effective than a strategy using intermediate tidal volume.”
Commentaries: Your risk of a heart attack could increase as it gets colder, study says – CNN (free) AND Cold, cloudy weather ‘could increase your risk of having heart attack’ – The Guardian (free)
Editorial: The Ongoing Saga of Optimal Blood Pressure Level in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus and Coronary Artery Disease (free)
“A U‐shaped relationship between cardiovascular outcomes and BPs was observed.”
Editorial: New Curveball for Hypertension Guidelines? Blood Pressure Targets in Peripheral Artery Disease (free)
“we found a higher rate of lower extremity PAD events with higher and lower SBP and pulse pressure and with lower DBP.”
Commentaries: Score predicts 90-day readmission risk after myocardial infarction – ACP Hospitalist (free) AND Novel risk predictor identifies likelihood of readmission after AMI – Cardiovascular Business (free)
8 – Review: Pulmonary Embolism: Contemporary Medical Management and Future Perspectives – Annals of Vascular Disease (free PDF)
Related Guideline: Surgical Management of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms attributed to BPH (free guideline and commentary)
Original Article: Self-monitoring blood glucose improves glycemic control in type 2 diabetes without intensive treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis – Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (link to abstract – $ for full-text)