Fri, July 20 – 10 Stories of The Day!
20 Jul, 2018 | 01:07h | UTC
1 – Expert reaction to trial looking at adrenaline for cardiac arrests – Science Media Centre (free)
See original article in yesterday’s issue: A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (see #1)
Related Review: The role of adrenaline in cardiopulmonary resuscitation – Critical Care (free)
2 – A Phase 3 Trial of l-Glutamine in Sickle Cell Disease – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Glutamine to Treat Sickle Cell Disease (free)
Commentary: Drug may ease pain, lessen hospitalization from sickle cell disease – UPI (free)
Commentary: Most common shoulder operation is no more beneficial than placebo surgery – University of Helsinki, via EurekAlert (free)
Related research with similar results: Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for subacromial shoulder pain (free article, editorial and commentaries)
Commentaries: A Spike In Liver Disease Deaths Among Young Adults Fueled By Alcohol – NPR (free) AND Alcohol-related liver failure deaths rising among U.S. young adults – Reuters (free) AND More Americans Are Dying of Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
5 – Complementary Medicine, Refusal of Conventional Cancer Therapy, and Survival Among Patients With Curable Cancers – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Association of complementary medicine, cancer treatment, survival – eCancer News (free)
6 – Clinical Evidence Synopsis: Probiotics to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients Receiving Antibiotics – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Original Article: Probiotics for the prevention of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in adults and children – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Summary: The use of probiotics to prevent Clostridium difficile diarrhea associated with antibiotic use (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Timely Use of Probiotics in Hospitalized Adults Prevents Clostridium difficile Infection (free) AND Probiotics for the Prevention of Clostridium difficile (link to abstract and commentaries)
7 – To continue taking or to stop taking antiplatelet drugs for a few days before non-cardiac surgery in adults – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: To continue taking or to stop taking antiplatelet drugs for a few days before non-cardiac surgery in adults – Cochrane Library (free)
“We found low-certainty evidence that either continuation or discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy before non-cardiac surgery may make little or no difference to mortality, bleeding requiring surgical intervention, or ischaemic events”.
Commentaries: Poor air quality does not offset exercise’s heart benefits – AHA/ASA Newsroom (free) AND Why smog should not be your excuse to skip workouts – Reuters (free)
“A reduced risk of hypertension is observed in metformin users in a dose‐response pattern”.
Editorial: Sulfonylureas as second line treatment for type 2 diabetes – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Diabetes: Switching to Sulfonylureas from Metformin Linked to Increased Side Effects – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Switching diabetes patients to sulfonylurea linked with complications – Pulse (free) AND Raised risk of MI and mortality when starting sulfonylurea – OnMedica (free)