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Daily Archives: March 4, 2019

Mon, March 4 – 10 Stories of The Day!

4 Mar, 2019 | 00:54h | UTC

 

1 – Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines (free)

Commentary: Traumatic brain injury and kids: New treatment guidelines issued – Oregon Health & Science University (free)

 

2 – Preoperative evaluation of adult patients before elective, noncardiothoracic surgery – Der Anaesthesist (free for a limited period)

Related guidelines: 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 2014 ESC/ESA Guidelines on non-cardiac surgery: cardiovascular assessment and management (free) AND Routine preoperative tests for elective surgery – NICE Guideline (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management for Patients Who Undergo Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 3rd Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (free)

 

3 – Google launches India program to screen diabetics for eye conditions that can cause blindness – CNBC (free)

See also: Launching a powerful new screening tool for diabetic eye disease in India – Verily (free) AND Google, Verily develop AI algorithm to detect diabetic eye disease from imaging exams – HealthImaging (free)

Related Studies: Clinically Applicable Deep Learning for Diagnosis and Referral in Retinal Disease (free study and commentaries) AND Development and Validation of a Deep Learning System for Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Eye Diseases Using Retinal Images From Multiethnic Populations With Diabetes – JAMA (free) AND Prediction of cardiovascular risk factors from retinal fundus photographs via deep learning (link to abstract and commentaries)

 

4 – Preoperative Frailty Correlates with Surgical Outcomes across Diverse Surgical Subspecialties in a Large Health Care System – Journal of the American College of Surgeons (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Frailty may be a new screening criterion for fitness for an operation – American College of Surgeons (free)

 

5 – Alarming global surge of measles cases a growing threat to children – UNICEF (free)

Commentary: Measles cases at ‘alarmingly’ high levels around the world, UNICEF says – CNN (free)

 

6 – UC terminates subscriptions with world’s largest scientific publisher in push for open access to publicly funded research – University of California (free)

Commentaries: The costs of academic publishing are absurd. The University of California is fighting back – VOX (free) AND University of California breaks up with major publisher over research access dispute – STAT (free)

Related: Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? – Science (free) AND The world debates open-access mandates (free) AND China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls (free) AND Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free) Groundbreaking deal makes large number of German studies free to public – Science (free) AND Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand – Absolutely Maybe Blog (free)

 

7 – Comparative Accuracy of Diagnosis by Collective Intelligence of Multiple Physicians vs Individual Physicians – JAMA Network Open (free)

Editorial: Collective Intelligence for Clinical Diagnosis—Are 2 (or 3) Heads Better Than 1? (free)

 

8 – Association of adverse perinatal outcomes of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy with biochemical markers: results of aggregate and individual patient data meta-analyses – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Management of intrahepatic cholestasis in pregnancy – The Lancet (free) AND Simple bile acid blood test could tell risk of stillbirth – NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College London (free)

 

9 – Is interval training the magic bullet for fat loss? A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing moderate-intensity continuous training with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) – British Journal of Sports Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: The Best Type of Exercise to Burn Fat – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Short bursts of intense exercise ‘better for weight loss’ – BBC (free) AND Short intense exercise regimes may aid weight loss – OnMedica (free)

 

10 – Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption 3 Years After the Berkeley, California, Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax – American Journal of Public Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Sugary drink tax tied to drop in soda consumption – Reuters (free) AND Three years into soda tax, sugary drink consumption down more than 50 percent in Berkeley – University of California – Berkeley (free) AND U.S. Soda Taxes Work, Studies Suggest — But Maybe Not As Well As Hoped – NPR (free)

Related: Fiscal policies for diet and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases – World Health Organization (free) AND  Policy lessons from health taxes (free research and commentaries) AND The Lancet taskforce on NCDs and economics (free series and commentaries) AND W.H.O. Urges Tax on Sugary Drinks to Fight Obesity – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Mexico’s sugar tax leads to fall in consumption for second year running – The Guardian (free) AND To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us – Financial Times (free policies, articles and commentaries) AND Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies (free study and commentaries) AND Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases (free study and commentary) AND The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities (free) AND Sugar Tax: Why Health Experts Want it But Politicians and Industry are Resisting (free)

 

New Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

4 Mar, 2019 | 00:49h | UTC

Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines (free)

Commentary: Traumatic brain injury and kids: New treatment guidelines issued – Oregon Health & Science University (free)

 

Google Launches Program in India to Screen Diabetics for Eye Conditions

4 Mar, 2019 | 00:34h | UTC

Google launches India program to screen diabetics for eye conditions that can cause blindness – CNBC (free)

See also: Launching a powerful new screening tool for diabetic eye disease in India – Verily (free) AND Google, Verily develop AI algorithm to detect diabetic eye disease from imaging exams – HealthImaging (free)

Related Studies: Clinically Applicable Deep Learning for Diagnosis and Referral in Retinal Disease (free study and commentaries) AND Development and Validation of a Deep Learning System for Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Eye Diseases Using Retinal Images From Multiethnic Populations With Diabetes – JAMA (free) AND Prediction of cardiovascular risk factors from retinal fundus photographs via deep learning (link to abstract and commentaries)

 

Guideline: Preoperative Evaluation of Adult Patients Before Elective, Noncardiothoracic Surgery

4 Mar, 2019 | 00:43h | UTC

Preoperative evaluation of adult patients before elective, noncardiothoracic surgery – Der Anaesthesist (free for a limited period)

Related guidelines: 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 2014 ESC/ESA Guidelines on non-cardiac surgery: cardiovascular assessment and management (free) AND Routine preoperative tests for elective surgery – NICE Guideline (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management for Patients Who Undergo Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 3rd Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (free)

 

Study: Frailty May Be a New Screening Criterion for Fitness for an Operation

4 Mar, 2019 | 00:29h | UTC

Preoperative Frailty Correlates with Surgical Outcomes across Diverse Surgical Subspecialties in a Large Health Care System – Journal of the American College of Surgeons (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Frailty may be a new screening criterion for fitness for an operation – American College of Surgeons (free)

 

UNICEF: Alarming Global Surge of Measles Cases a Growing Threat to Children

4 Mar, 2019 | 00:27h | UTC

Alarming global surge of measles cases a growing threat to children – UNICEF (free)

Commentary: Measles cases at ‘alarmingly’ high levels around the world, UNICEF says – CNN (free)

 

UC Terminates Subscriptions with World’s Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access

4 Mar, 2019 | 00:23h | UTC

UC terminates subscriptions with world’s largest scientific publisher in push for open access to publicly funded research – University of California (free)

Commentaries: The costs of academic publishing are absurd. The University of California is fighting back – VOX (free) AND University of California breaks up with major publisher over research access dispute – STAT (free)

Related: Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? – Science (free) AND The world debates open-access mandates (free) AND China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls (free) AND Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free) Groundbreaking deal makes large number of German studies free to public – Science (free) AND Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand – Absolutely Maybe Blog (free)

 

Meta-Analysis: Association of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes of Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy with Biochemical Markers

4 Mar, 2019 | 00:15h | UTC

Association of adverse perinatal outcomes of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy with biochemical markers: results of aggregate and individual patient data meta-analyses – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Management of intrahepatic cholestasis in pregnancy – The Lancet (free) AND Simple bile acid blood test could tell risk of stillbirth – NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College London (free)

 

Study: Comparative Accuracy of Diagnosis by Collective Intelligence of Multiple Physicians vs Individual Physicians

4 Mar, 2019 | 00:18h | UTC

Comparative Accuracy of Diagnosis by Collective Intelligence of Multiple Physicians vs Individual Physicians – JAMA Network Open (free)

Editorial: Collective Intelligence for Clinical Diagnosis—Are 2 (or 3) Heads Better Than 1? (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

Meta-Analysis: High-intensity Interval Training (HIIT) vs. Moderate-intensity Continuous Training for Weight Loss

4 Mar, 2019 | 00:13h | UTC

Is interval training the magic bullet for fat loss? A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing moderate-intensity continuous training with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) – British Journal of Sports Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: The Best Type of Exercise to Burn Fat – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Short bursts of intense exercise ‘better for weight loss’ – BBC (free) AND Short intense exercise regimes may aid weight loss – OnMedica (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

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