Daily Archives: February 4, 2019
International Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of the Polymyxins
4 Feb, 2019 | 23:45h | UTCInternational Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of the Polymyxins – Pharmacotherapy (free)
Endorsed by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), International Society for Anti‐infective Pharmacology (ISAP), Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP).
JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis: Management of Blood Cholesterol
4 Feb, 2019 | 23:53h | UTCGuideline Synopsis: Management of Blood Cholesterol – JAMA (free)
Editorial: A New Personalized, Patient-Centric, and Cost-Conscious Guideline for Contemporary Cholesterol Management (free)
Original Guideline: New AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol (free guideline and resources)
Coronary Embolus: An Underappreciated Cause of Acute Coronary Syndromes
4 Feb, 2019 | 23:01h | UTCReview: Coronary Embolus: An Underappreciated Cause of Acute Coronary Syndromes – JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions (free for a limited period)
NYT Editorial: Why You Should Be Careful About 23andMe’s Health Test
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:08h | UTCEditorial: Why You Should Be Careful About 23andMe’s Health Test – The New York Times (free)
AMA Journal of Ethics Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:02h | UTCArtificial Intelligence in Health Care – AMA Journal of Ethics (free articles)
Related Commentary on Twitter
How do you know when #AI is starting to affect #healthcare?
When the @AmerMedicalAssn publishes a whole issue, open-access on ethics, reimagining #meded, policy, validation, implementation, and morehttps://t.co/SwAsjsGclZ via @ivanoransky pic.twitter.com/7JzzFBUsv1— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 3, 2019
“Lorcaserin in Obesity: Minimal Benefits and Ill-Defined Harms”
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:16h | UTCEBM Verdict: Lorcaserin in obesity: minimal benefits and ill-defined harms – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free)
Study: Long-term Effect of Thymectomy Plus Prednisone vs. Prednisone Alone in Non-thymomatous Myasthenia Gravis
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:29h | UTCLong-term effect of thymectomy plus prednisone versus prednisone alone in patients with non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis: 2-year extension of the MGTX randomised trial – The Lancet Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: In myasthenia gravis, surgery to remove the thymus gland provides clinical benefits even five years later – University at Buffalo (free) AND Clinical benefits persist 5 years after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis – MDedge Neurology (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
2y extension of the thymectomy in myasthenia gravis RCT: also at 5 years, thymectomy+prednisone > prednisone in patients with generalised non-thymomatous myasthenia gravishttps://t.co/nJZF4JRM5d@wolfegil @UBNewsSource @UBuffalo @TheLancetNeuro #neurology #neuromuscular pic.twitter.com/S62HWWlZ9Q
— Johan Lim (@doctorappletini) February 2, 2019
Worldwide Dyslipidemia Guidelines
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:32h | UTCWorldwide Dyslipidemia Guidelines – Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports (free)
Related: JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis: Management of Blood Cholesterol (free guideline and synopsis)
Maximizing the Impact of Patient Reported Outcome Assessment for Patients and Society
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:24h | UTCMaximising the impact of patient reported outcome assessment for patients and society – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
Measuring the Value of Health
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:36h | UTCMeasuring the value of health – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Global health organizations turned a $10 billion investment into $200 billion in benefits. You can’t beat that deal: https://t.co/abKrtagQo7 pic.twitter.com/aUiskZYxsn
— Bill Gates (@BillGates) January 29, 2019
Randomized Trial: Effect of Hydrocortisone on Mortality or Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Among Very Preterm Infants Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:02h | UTCEffect of Hydrocortisone Therapy Initiated 7 to 14 Days After Birth on Mortality or Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Among Very Preterm Infants Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Hydrocortisone in very preterm infants does not improve rates of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and mortality – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Hydrocortisone Does Not Reduce BPD in Preemies – Medscape (free registration required)
Cholesterol-Lowering Agents: PCSK9 Inhibitors Today and Tomorrow
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:19h | UTCCholesterol-Lowering Agents: PCSK9 Inhibitors Today and Tomorrow – Circulation Research (free for a limited period)
Key Concepts for Assessing Claims About Treatment Effects and Making Well-informed Treatment Choices
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:21h | UTC
Systematic Review: Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors for Pulmonary Hypertension
4 Feb, 2019 | 21:48h | UTCPhosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors for pulmonary hypertension – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: PDE5 inhibitors for pulmonary hypertension – Cochrane Library (free)
Systematic Review: Exercise‐based Cardiac Rehabilitation for Adults with Heart Failure
4 Feb, 2019 | 21:42h | UTCExercise‐based cardiac rehabilitation for adults with heart failure – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure – Cochrane Library (free)
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2019 Update
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:03h | UTCNews Release: Cardiovascular diseases affect nearly half of American adults, statistics show (free)
Evaluation and Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
4 Feb, 2019 | 21:41h | UTCEvaluation and Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
Review: Oral Appliances in the Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:00h | UTCOral Appliances in the Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Sleep Medicine Clinics (free)
Mon, February 4 – 10 Stories of The Day!
4 Feb, 2019 | 00:01h | UTC
News Release: For older people, medications are common; AGS Beers Criteria aims to make them appropriate, too (free)
Commentary: AGS: Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Med Use in Older Adults Updated – MPR (free)
2 – Guideline: Polypharmacy: Getting our medicines right – Royal Pharmaceutical Society (free)
Shorter Version: Polypharmacy (free)
Commentary: Pharmacists call for regular reviews of medicines – BBC (free)
Related: Reducing Inappropriate Medication Use & Polypharmacy (several articles and commentaries on the subject)
3 – Editorial: Humanizing the intensive care unit – Critical Care (free)
News Release: ATS Publishes New Clinical Guideline on Home Oxygen for Children (free)
Commentaries: Never too old for statin treatment? – The Lancet (free) AND Efficacy and safety of statin therapy in older people – expert comment – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND Expert reaction to meta-analysis looking at statins and cardiovascular events in all ages – Science Media Centre (free) AND Statin therapy reduces cardiovascular disease risk in older people – University of Oxford (free)
Related Guidelines: Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration: Application to Healthy Patients Undergoing Elective Procedures: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration (free) AND Perioperative fasting in adults and children: guidelines from the European Society of Anaesthesiology (free)
Related Systematic Review: Practice Guideline Recommendations on Perioperative Fasting – Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (free)
Related Narrative Review: Nothing by Mouth at Midnight: Saving or Starving? A Literature Review – Gastroenterology Nursing (free)
“‘It is safe and recommended for all children able to take clear fluids, to be allowed and encouraged to have them up to 1 h before elective general anaesthesia’.”
Related Guideline: Depression in adults: recognition and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
8 – When Is the Surgeon Too Old to Operate? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Perspective: Assessing the Performance of Aging Surgeons (free for a limited period) AND Observational Study: Age and Sex of Surgeons and Mortality of Older Surgical Patients (free study and commentary) AND The Elderly and Driving: When Is It Time to Hit the Brakes? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Commentary: Teens who use e-cigarettes are FOUR TIMES more likely to take up tobacco smoking than teens who don’t, study says – The Daily Mail (free)
Related: Report: Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes (free report and commentaries) AND Simulation model: quantifying the health benefits and harms of e-cigarettes (free study and commentary) AND E-cigarettes: A win or loss for public health? – Knowable Magazine (free) AND FDA Takes New Steps to Address Epidemic of Youth E-Cigarette Use (free statement and commentaries)
10 – Benefits of non‐invasive ventilation in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure – Respirology (free)
Related Guidelines: BTS/ICS guideline for the ventilatory management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in adults – Thorax (free) AND The Japanese Respiratory Society Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NPPV) Guidelines (free) AND Management of COPD exacerbations: a European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society guideline – European Respiratory Journal (free)
Related Reviews: Non‐invasive ventilation for the management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure due to exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – Cochrane Library (free) AND Noninvasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure: which recipe for success? – European Respiratory Review (free)
Dysphagia: Interprofessional Management, Impact, and Patient‐Centered Care
4 Feb, 2019 | 21:32h | UTC
Cardio-oncology: Principles and Organizational Issues
4 Feb, 2019 | 21:36h | UTCCardio-oncology: principles and organisational issues – European Society of Cardiology (free)
Related: SEOM Clinical Guidelines on Cardiovascular Toxicity (several guidelines and reviews on the subject)