Fri, March 30 – 10 Stories of The Day!
30 Mar, 2018 | 02:02h | UTC
1 – Duration of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage III Colon Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Duration of Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer (free)
Commentaries: Colon cancer chemo could be halved after surgery – Cancer Research UK, via MedicalXpress (free) AND Global cancer trial sets new standard for post-surgery chemotherapy – National Cancer Institute, via MedicalXpress (free)
2 – Long-term Thromboembolic Risk in Patients With Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Postoperative A-fib Not as Bad as Nonsurgical A-fib for Thromboembolism – TCTMD (free) AND Fib after CABG linked to minimal long-term stroke risk – Cardiovascular Business (free)
3 – Venous Thromboembolism Prevention in Emergency General Surgery: A Review – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Commentary: VTE Risk Up in Most Emergency General Surgery Patients – Physician’s Weekly (free)
4 – Behavioral interventions as a treatment for epilepsy: A multicenter randomized controlled trial – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Can Learning Stress-Reducing Techniques Help Reduce Seizures? – American Academy of Neurology, via NewsWise (free) AND Stress Reduction Techniques Cut Seizure Rate in Severe Epilepsy – Medscape (free registration required) AND Stress-Reducing Techniques Lead to Fewer Seizures – MedPage Today (free registration required)
6 – What We Know (and Don’t Know) About How to Lose Weight – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“One conclusion from a much-discussed study: The best diet is the one you can stick to”.
7 – High red and processed meat consumption is associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and insulin resistance – Journal of Hepatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text) (via @kamleshkhunti see Tweet)
Commentaries: High Consumption Of Red And Processed Meat Linked to Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease And Insulin Resistance – EASL (free) AND More People Can Afford Meat Now, And Hepatologists Claim That Is Causing Liver Disease – Science 2.0 (free)
“5-study EHJ meta analysis confirms value of PFO closure after cryptogenic stroke. “Number Needed to Close”: 178 pts to prevent one stroke over 1 year. Size matters (no effect for small shunts, “NNC” 96 for large shunts)” (via @Steph_Achenbach see Tweet)
9 – Report: Multi-drug resistant gonorrhoea in England: 2018 – Public Health England (free)
Commentaries: In world first, UK reports high-level gonorrhea resistance – CIDRAP (free) AND First case of super-resistant gonorrhea reported – CNN (free)
Related: Scientists warn that antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea is on the rise – World Health Organization (free) AND Untreatable Gonorrhea Is Rapidly Spreading. Here’s What You Need to Know – TIME Health (free)
Commentaries: Quicker Diuretics Not Associated With Better Outcomes in Acute Heart Failure – TCTMD (free) AND Door-to-Diuretic Time in Acute Heart Failure – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Door-to-diuretic time didn’t affect mortality from heart failure in Korean registry – ACP Hospitalist (free)
“Overall, there isn’t strong evidence of benefit from early use of diuretics and “the overriding consideration should remain ‘get it right’ rather than ‘do it fast,’” the editorial concluded”. (from ACP)