Daily Archives: March 8, 2019
Fri, March 8 – 10 Stories of The Day!
8 Mar, 2019 | 06:22h | UTC
1 – Patient Safety Outcomes under Flexible and Standard Resident Duty-Hour Rules – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Study: Sleep and Alertness in a Duty-Hour Flexibility Trial in Internal Medicine – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Longer shifts do not create chronic sleep loss in first-year doctors or reduce safety for patients, study finds – University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (free) AND Flexible Medical Resident Duty Hours Did Not Pose Risks To Patients – MedicalResearch.com (free)
2 – Opinion: The war on ‘prediabetes’ could be a boon for pharma—but is it good medicine? – Science (free)
3 – Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for acute pulmonary embolism – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for acute pulmonary embolism – Cochrane Library (free)
Related: British Thoracic Society Guideline for the initial outpatient management of pulmonary embolism (free)
4 – Once daily long‐acting beta2‐agonists and long‐acting muscarinic antagonists in a combined inhaler versus placebo for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Once daily long-acting beta2-agonists and long-acting muscarinic antagonists in a combined inhaler versus placebo for COPD – Cochrane Library (free)
6 – Medical-ethical guidelines: Management of dying and death – Swiss Medical Weekly (free)
Among other topics, this comprehensive guideline discusses assisted suicide in patients not facing imminent death. Under the Swiss Criminal Code, assisting suicide is not an offence.
Related: Research: Percutaneous coronary intervention in stable angina (ORBITA) (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Research: Physiology-Stratified Analysis of ORBITA (free study and commentaries)
9 – Control of blood pressure and risk of mortality in a cohort of older adults: the Berlin Initiative Study – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Blood Pressure Control and Mortality Risk in Older Adults – American College of Cardiology (free)
10 – Prospective associations between television in the preschool bedroom and later bio-psycho-social risks – Pediatric Research (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: A television in the bedroom? – University of Montreal (free)
Related Guidelines: Media devices in pre-school children: the recommendations of the Italian pediatric society – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Media and Young Minds – Recommendations from The American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
See also: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (Pediatrics Supplement with free articles)
Sleep, Alertness and Patient Safety Outcomes under Flexible vs. Standard Resident Duty-Hour Rules
8 Mar, 2019 | 06:18h | UTCPatient Safety Outcomes under Flexible and Standard Resident Duty-Hour Rules – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Study: Sleep and Alertness in a Duty-Hour Flexibility Trial in Internal Medicine – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Longer shifts do not create chronic sleep loss in first-year doctors or reduce safety for patients, study finds – University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (free) AND Flexible Medical Resident Duty Hours Did Not Pose Risks To Patients – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Systematic Review: Outpatient vs. Inpatient Treatment for Acute Pulmonary Embolism
8 Mar, 2019 | 04:52h | UTCOutpatient versus inpatient treatment for acute pulmonary embolism – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for acute pulmonary embolism – Cochrane Library (free)
Related: British Thoracic Society Guideline for the initial outpatient management of pulmonary embolism (free)
Opinion: The War on ‘Prediabetes’ Could be a Boon for Pharma—But is it Good Medicine?
8 Mar, 2019 | 06:16h | UTCThe war on ‘prediabetes’ could be a boon for pharma—but is it good medicine? – Science (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
The case that pre-#diabetes is a questionable diagnosis, no less its treatment https://t.co/aowaKzMa3b
by @cpiller @sciencemagazine pic.twitter.com/ZlzE3dbE0a— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) March 7, 2019
Swedish Guidelines for Investigation, Treatment, and Follow-up of Giant Cell Arteritis
8 Mar, 2019 | 03:13h | UTC
Systematic Review: Once Daily Long-acting Beta2-agonists + Long-acting Muscarinic Antagonists in a Combined Inhaler vs. Placebo for COPD
8 Mar, 2019 | 03:20h | UTCOnce daily long‐acting beta2‐agonists and long‐acting muscarinic antagonists in a combined inhaler versus placebo for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Once daily long-acting beta2-agonists and long-acting muscarinic antagonists in a combined inhaler versus placebo for COPD – Cochrane Library (free)
Medical-Ethical Guidelines: Management of Dying and Death
8 Mar, 2019 | 02:59h | UTCMedical-ethical guidelines: Management of dying and death – Swiss Medical Weekly (free)
Among other topics, this comprehensive guideline discusses assisted suicide in patients not facing imminent death. Under the Swiss Criminal Code, assisting suicide is not an offense.
Cohort Study: Control of Blood Pressure and Risk of Mortality in a Cohort of Older Adults
8 Mar, 2019 | 02:46h | UTCControl of blood pressure and risk of mortality in a cohort of older adults: the Berlin Initiative Study – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Blood Pressure Control and Mortality Risk in Older Adults – American College of Cardiology (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
#BloodPressure in older adults – How low is too low and how high is too high? https://t.co/iEfF568O7J @AnastasiaSMihai @ESC_Journals @escardio https://t.co/4tZdVfuiG0
— Dominik Linz (@dominik_linz) March 6, 2019
ORBITA Absorbed: Principal Investigator Reflects on How Results Have Changed Her Practice
8 Mar, 2019 | 02:49h | UTCORBITA Absorbed: Principal Investigator Reflects on How Results Have Changed Her Practice – TCTMD (free)
Related: Research: Percutaneous coronary intervention in stable angina (ORBITA) (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Research: Physiology-Stratified Analysis of ORBITA (free study and commentaries)
Meta-Analysis: Coronary Heart Disease and Dietary Carbohydrate, Glycemic Index, and Glycemic Load
8 Mar, 2019 | 02:47h | UTC
Cohort Study: A Television in the Bedroom may Harm Preschoolers’ Development
8 Mar, 2019 | 02:44h | UTCProspective associations between television in the preschool bedroom and later bio-psycho-social risks – Pediatric Research (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: A television in the bedroom? – University of Montreal (free)
Related Guidelines: Media devices in pre-school children: the recommendations of the Italian pediatric society – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Media and Young Minds – Recommendations from The American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
See also: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (Pediatrics Supplement with free articles)