Daily Archives: April 11, 2019
Thu, April 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!
11 Apr, 2019 | 00:52h | UTC
Commentaries: Stillbirth threefold increase when sleeping on back in pregnancy – University of Huddersfield (free) AND Mega study confirms pregnant women can reduce risk of stillbirth by sleeping on their side – The Conversation (free)
5 – Proposal: Reforming disease definitions: a new primary care led, people-centred approach – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free)
Commentary: We need new rules for defining who is sick. Step 1: remove vested interests – The Conversation (free)
6 – Annals Graphic Medicine – Patient-Informed Consent – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Original Article: Medical Graphic Narratives to Improve Patient Comprehension and Periprocedural Anxiety Before Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Comic illustrations enhance informed consent before coronary angiography – Cardiovascular Business (free)
7 – Effect of an Incentive Spirometer Patient Reminder After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Invited Commentary: Benefits of Incentive Spirometry: Still More Work to Do – JAMA Surgery (free)
Simple intervention leading to improved outcomes, but confirmatory studies are required (see invited commentary).
Commentary: Reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia—old steroids, new tricks – The BMJ Opinion (free)
9 – Guideline Synopsis: 2018 American Heart Association / American College of Cardiology Multisociety Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol: Primary Prevention – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)
10 – Four Cases of Cholesterol Management Informed by the 2018 American Heart Association / American College of Cardiology Multisociety Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)
Guideline: Practical Management of Invasive Candidiasis in Critically Ill Patients
11 Apr, 2019 | 00:49h | UTC
Guidelines for Day‐Case Surgery 2019
11 Apr, 2019 | 00:46h | UTC
EAACI Position Paper: Investigation of Perioperative Immediate Hypersensitivity Reactions
11 Apr, 2019 | 00:48h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Stillbirth Threefold Increase When Sleeping on Back in Pregnancy
11 Apr, 2019 | 00:44h | UTCCommentaries: Stillbirth threefold increase when sleeping on back in pregnancy – University of Huddersfield (free) AND Mega study confirms pregnant women can reduce risk of stillbirth by sleeping on their side – The Conversation (free)
Reforming Disease Definitions: A New Primary Care Led, People-centered Approach
11 Apr, 2019 | 00:42h | UTCProposal: Reforming disease definitions: a new primary care led, people-centred approach – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free)
Commentary: We need new rules for defining who is sick. Step 1: remove vested interests – The Conversation (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Reforming disease definitions: 'Expanding disease definitions are causing more and more previously healthy people to be labelled as diseased, contributing to the problem of over-diagnosis and related overtreatment' https://t.co/nB4xPXo7rZ
— BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine (@BMJ_EBM) April 10, 2019
Cohort Study: 5α-reductase Inhibitors Linked to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
11 Apr, 2019 | 00:34h | UTCCommentary: Reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia—old steroids, new tricks – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Randomized Trial: Comic illustrations Improve Patient Comprehension and Periprocedural Anxiety Before Coronary Angiography
11 Apr, 2019 | 00:38h | UTCAnnals Graphic Medicine – Patient-Informed Consent – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Original Article: Medical Graphic Narratives to Improve Patient Comprehension and Periprocedural Anxiety Before Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Comic illustrations enhance informed consent before coronary angiography – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Did you know medical graphic narratives may improve patient #comprehension and relieve anxiety before coronary #angiography? Read more: https://t.co/njrHuokbLG. #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/gOU9OLFaAf
— Annals of Int Med (@AnnalsofIM) April 10, 2019
Randomized Trial: Effect of an Incentive Spirometer Patient Reminder After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
11 Apr, 2019 | 00:36h | UTCEffect of an Incentive Spirometer Patient Reminder After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Invited Commentary: Benefits of Incentive Spirometry: Still More Work to Do – JAMA Surgery (free)
Simple intervention leading to improved outcomes, but confirmatory studies are required (see invited commentary).
JAMA Guideline Synopsis: 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol: Primary Prevention
11 Apr, 2019 | 00:33h | UTCGuideline Synopsis: 2018 American Heart Association / American College of Cardiology Multisociety Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol: Primary Prevention – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)
Four Cases of Cholesterol Management Informed by the 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol
11 Apr, 2019 | 00:31h | UTCFour Cases of Cholesterol Management Informed by the 2018 American Heart Association / American College of Cardiology Multisociety Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)