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Thu, June 21 – 10 Stories of The Day!

21 Jun, 2018 | 00:19h | UTC

 

1 – Bologna guidelines for diagnosis and management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO): 2017 update of the evidence-based guidelines from the world society of emergency surgery ASBO working group – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)

 

2 – NICE Guideline: Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

 

3 – The association of lifetime alcohol use with mortality and cancer risk in older adults: A cohort study – PLOS Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Risks of cancer and mortality by average lifetime alcohol intake – PLOS, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Drinking Alcohol Can Raise Cancer Risk. How Much Is Too Much? – NPR (free) AND Light drinkers at a lower combined risk of earlier death or developing cancer – The Conversation (free) AND Expert reaction to the association between lifetime drinking and mortality and cancer risk – Science Media Centre (free)

Related Meta-analysis: Risk Thresholds for Alcohol Consumption (free study, editorial and commentaries)

 

4 – Association of Stress-Related Disorders With Subsequent Autoimmune Disease – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Association of Stress-Related Disorders With Subsequent Autoimmune Disease – University of Iceland (free) AND Stress disorders tied to increased risk of autoimmune diseases – Reuters (free) AND Does Psychological Stress Trigger Autoimmune Disorders? – MedPage Today (free registration required)

 

5 – Pancreatic Cancer Following Incident Diabetes in African Americans and Latinos: The Multiethnic Cohort – Journal of the National Cancer Institute (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Diabetes may be an early manifestation of pancreatic cancer – eCancer News (free) AND Recent-onset diabetes linked to pancreatic cancer for some minorities – UPI (free) AND Diabetes after 50 could be early sign of pancreatic cancer, study says – CNN (free)

 

6 – Disease Outbreak News: Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)

Commentary: Ebola outbreak in Congo ‘largely contained’, says WHO – Reuters (free)

 

7 – The venous ulcer continues to be a clinical challenge: an update – Burns & Trauma (free)

Related Cochrane Review: Dressings and topical agents for treating venous leg ulcers (free) AND Summary (free)

 

8 – Long-term Patient-Reported Outcomes in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)

Invited Commentary: Autologous vs Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction: Where Do We Stand? (free for a limited period)

Author Interview: Long-term Patient-Reported Outcomes in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction (free audio)

Commentaries: Breast reconstruction more satisfying than implants after cancer, survey says – UPI (free) AND Flap vs Implant for Breast Reconstruction: How to Choose – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Study explores satisfaction, quality of life after breast reconstruction – Brigham and Women’s Hospital, via MedicalXpress (free)

 

9 – Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: consensus guidelines on management – Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (free) 

 

10 – Association of Antidepressant Use With Drug-Related Extrapyramidal Symptoms: A Pharmacoepidemiological Study – Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Incidence of Extrapyramidal Symptoms Higher With Certain Antidepressants – MPR (free) AND Antidepressants tied to Parkinson’s-like symptoms – Univadis (free registration required)

“Observational study: Incidence of EPSs with antidepressants. RRs: duloxetine, 5.68; mirtazapine, 3.78; citalopram, 3.47; escitalopram, 3.23; paroxetine, 3.07; sertraline, 2.57; venlafaxine, 2.37; bupropion, 2.31; and fluoxetine, 2.03 (all significant)” (via @psychopharmacol see Tweet)

 


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