Mon, July 3 – 10 Stories of The Day!
3 Jul, 2017 | 00:08h | UTC
1 – Diagnosis and management of myocardial involvement in systemic immune-mediated diseases: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Disease – European Heart Journal (free) (RT @rafavidalperez see Tweet)
2 – Air pollution: outdoor air quality and health – NICE Guideline (free)
News release: ‘No idling’ zones can help to protect vulnerable people from air pollution, says NICE (free)
See related articles on Air Pollution and Health in our June 30th issue (see #4)
3 – Subclinical Hypothyroidism – NEJM Resident 360 (free)
Short and practical review with algorithm on the management of subclinical hypothyroidism.
4 – Medical News & Perspectives: Can a Diet That Mimics Fasting Turn Back the Clock? – JAMA (free)
“A Longer Life Through Fasting?” (RT @JAMA_current see Tweet)
5 – When Anxiety or Depression Masks a Medical Problem – New York Times (10 articles month are free)
Related: Managing Anxiety in the Medically Ill – Psychiatric Times (free)
“Very 1st differential before making a psych diagnosis should be – is this due to medical problem? 2nd question – medication/substance/alcohol? (RT @AllenFrancesMD see Tweet)
6 – Living Systematic Reviews are going live – Cochrane UK (free) (RT @CochraneUK see Tweet)
Related: Living Systematic Reviews – Cochrane Community (free)
“Living Systematic Review is a “systematic review which is continually updated, incorporating relevant new evidence as it becomes available”.
7 – Practice: I am your trans patient – The BMJ (free)
Related infographic: Managing disclosure of gender dysphoria – The BMJ (free PDF)
“Five transgender authors share their experiences of healthcare & the important messages they’d like doctors to know” (RT @bmj_latest see Tweet)
8 – Editorial: Judging the benefits and harms of medicines – The BMJ (free for 15 days)
“Please read/comment on our editorial @bmj_latest about @acmedsci report on judging benefits and harms of medicines” (RT @fgodlee see Tweet)
Source: PracticalReviews ($)
See related article on the effect of multicomponent nonpharmacologic interventions to prevent delirium in abdominal surgery in our May 25th issue (see #5)
Delirium-friendly preprinted postoperative orders executed by regular nursing staff resulted in a significant reduction in postoperative delirium.
10 – Complications of Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy – Gastroenterology (free)
Commentary: Complications of Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy – PracticeUpdate (free registration required)
Related: Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Proton Pump Inhibitors and Risk of Incident CKD and Progression to ESRD – Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (free) AND Association of Proton Pump Inhibitors With Risk of Dementia: A Pharmacoepidemiological Claims Data Analysis – Jama Neurology (free)
The authors of this review argue that the observational studies that brought up the safety issues associated with PPIs (above studies, for example) are insufficient to establish causation and suggest a more balanced approach to PPI prescribing.