Daily Archives: February 26, 2019
Tue, February 26 – 10 Stories of The Day!
26 Feb, 2019 | 04:38h | UTC
Related Guidelines: SEOM clinical practice guideline: management and prevention of febrile neutropenia in adults with solid tumors (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free) AND Outpatient Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Adults Treated for Malignancy: American Society of Clinical Oncology and Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free) AND Diagnosis and empirical treatment of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in adult neutropenic patients: guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO) (free) AND Management of febrile neutropaenia: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines (free) AND Guideline for the Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Children With Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients: 2017 Update (free)
3 – Distracted Driving, Visual Inattention, and Crash Risk Among Teenage Drivers – American Journal of Preventive Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Reaching for objects while driving may raise teen crash risk nearly sevenfold – NIH News Releases (free)
Commentary: Avoiding invasive treatment in dying patients may not shorten lifespan – Stanford Medicine (free)
5 – Limitation of Life-Sustaining Care in the Critically Ill: A Systematic Review of the Literature – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF for a limited period)
Related: Dying with Dignity in the Intensive Care Unit – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Palliative care in intensive care units: why, where, what, who, when, how – BMC Anesthesiology (free) AND Ten key points about ICU palliative care – Intensive Care Medicine (free) AND Guidelines for the withdrawal of life-sustaining measures – Intensive Care Medicine (free) AND End-of-life in the ICU: moving from ‘withdrawal of care’ to a palliative care, patient-centred approach – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free) AND New concepts in palliative care in the intensive care unit – Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva (free) AND The Changing Role of Palliative Care in the ICU – Critical Care Medicine (free)
6 – Clinical Guidelines on Chronic Rhinosinusitis in Children – Current Allergy and Asthma Reports (free for a limited period)
Note: if the above link is paywalled, try this one
Related Guideline: Clinical Consensus Statement: Pediatric Chronic Rhinosinusitis – Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (free)
7 – Stress Testing Versus CT Angiography in Patients With Diabetes and Suspected Coronary Artery Disease – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: CT Angiography Bests Functional Testing in Diabetic Patients With Chest Pain: PROMISE – TCTMD (free)
8 – Nuances to the Management of Febrile Patients: Non-Infectious Causes of Fever – emDocs (free)
Related: Pyrexia: aetiology in the ICU – Critical Care (free)
9 – Measuring Hospital-Acquired Complications Associated With Low-Value Care – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Low-value procedures harm patients, consume hospital resources – HealthExec (free)
10 – Performance Characteristics of Fecal Immunochemical Tests for Colorectal Cancer and Advanced Adenomatous Polyps: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Annual noninvasive stool test effective for colon cancer screening – Regenstrief Institute (free) AND Annual FIT home stool test effective for CRC screening rates – American College of Physicians (free) AND Meta-Analysis Adds Support for FIT for Colorectal Cancer Screening – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND One-Time FIT Adequately Detects CRC but Not Advanced Adenomas – MedPage Today (free registration required)
AGA Clinical Practice Update on Surgical Risk Assessment and Perioperative Management in Cirrhosis
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:31h | UTC
Guideline: Management of Sepsis in Neutropenic Cancer Patients
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:32h | UTCRelated Guidelines: SEOM clinical practice guideline: management and prevention of febrile neutropenia in adults with solid tumors (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free) AND Outpatient Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Adults Treated for Malignancy: American Society of Clinical Oncology and Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free) AND Diagnosis and empirical treatment of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in adult neutropenic patients: guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO) (free) AND Management of febrile neutropaenia: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines (free) AND Guideline for the Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Children With Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients: 2017 Update (free)
Withholding or Withdrawing Invasive Interventions May Not Accelerate Time to Death Among Dying ICU Patients
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:28h | UTCCommentary: Avoiding invasive treatment in dying patients may not shorten lifespan – Stanford Medicine (free)
Distracted Driving, Visual Inattention, and Crash Risk Among Teenage Drivers
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:29h | UTCDistracted Driving, Visual Inattention, and Crash Risk Among Teenage Drivers – American Journal of Preventive Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Reaching for objects while driving may raise teen crash risk nearly sevenfold – NIH News Releases (free)
Clinical Guidelines on Chronic Rhinosinusitis in Children
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:23h | UTCClinical Guidelines on Chronic Rhinosinusitis in Children – Current Allergy and Asthma Reports (free for a limited period)
Note: if the above link is paywalled, try this one
Related Guideline: Clinical Consensus Statement: Pediatric Chronic Rhinosinusitis – Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (free)
Systematic Review: Limitation of Life-Sustaining Care in the Critically Ill
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:25h | UTCLimitation of Life-Sustaining Care in the Critically Ill: A Systematic Review of the Literature – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF for a limited period)
Related: Dying with Dignity in the Intensive Care Unit – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Palliative care in intensive care units: why, where, what, who, when, how – BMC Anesthesiology (free) AND Ten key points about ICU palliative care – Intensive Care Medicine (free) AND Guidelines for the withdrawal of life-sustaining measures – Intensive Care Medicine (free) AND End-of-life in the ICU: moving from ‘withdrawal of care’ to a palliative care, patient-centred approach – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free) AND New concepts in palliative care in the intensive care unit – Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva (free) AND The Changing Role of Palliative Care in the ICU – Critical Care Medicine (free)
Study: Stress Testing Versus CT Angiography in Patients with Diabetes and Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:21h | UTCStress Testing Versus CT Angiography in Patients With Diabetes and Suspected Coronary Artery Disease – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: CT Angiography Bests Functional Testing in Diabetic Patients With Chest Pain: PROMISE – TCTMD (free)
Meta-analysis: Performance of Fecal Immunochemical Tests for Colorectal Cancer Screening
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:15h | UTCPerformance Characteristics of Fecal Immunochemical Tests for Colorectal Cancer and Advanced Adenomatous Polyps: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Annual noninvasive stool test effective for colon cancer screening – Regenstrief Institute (free) AND Annual FIT home stool test effective for CRC screening rates – American College of Physicians (free) AND Meta-Analysis Adds Support for FIT for Colorectal Cancer Screening – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND One-Time FIT Adequately Detects CRC but Not Advanced Adenomas – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Measuring Hospital-Acquired Complications Associated with Low-Value Care
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:17h | UTCMeasuring Hospital-Acquired Complications Associated With Low-Value Care – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Low-value procedures harm patients, consume hospital resources – HealthExec (free)
Nuances to the Management of Febrile Patients: Non-Infectious Causes of Fever
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:19h | UTCNuances to the Management of Febrile Patients: Non-Infectious Causes of Fever – emDocs (free)
Related: Pyrexia: aetiology in the ICU – Critical Care (free)