Thu, May 24 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – A Pragmatic Trial of E-Cigarettes, Incentives, and Drugs for Smoking Cessation – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Money a better motivator to stop smoking than free e-cigs or quit aids – Reuters (free) AND E-cigarettes aren’t better at helping smokers quit than other strategies – Journalist’s Resource (free) AND For Smoking Cessation, Money Whispers Louder than Nicotine Replacement – MedPage Today (free registration required)

“Trial finds financial incentives most effective – but nothing very effective” (from MedPage Today)

2 – A Randomized Trial of a Family-Support Intervention in Intensive Care Units – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Editorial: Nurse-Led Communication in the Intensive Care Unit (free)

Commentary: Team Approach to Support Families Improves ICU Patient-Centered Care and Lowers Costs – University of Pittsburg (free)

3 – Practical Assessment and Management of Vulnerabilities in Older Patients Receiving Chemotherapy: ASCO Guideline for Geriatric Oncology – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

4 – Advocating for Life Support Training of Children, Parents, Caregivers, School Personnel, and the Public – Pediatrics (free)

Summary: Advocating for Life Support Training of Children, Parents, Caregivers, School Personnel, and the Public (free)

News Release: AAP policy says more people need access to life support training, AEDs (free)

Commentary: AAP: Children can be educated in assisting those in cardiac arrest – Healio (free registration required)

5 – Estimating the Association of the 2017 and 2014 Hypertension Guidelines With Cardiovascular Events and Deaths in US Adults: An Analysis of National Data – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)

Author Interview: Association of the 2014 and 2017 Hypertension Guidelines With Cardiovascular Events and Deaths in US Adults (free)

Commentary: Under 2017 Guideline, More Than 105 Million Americans Have Hypertension – AJMC (free)

The researchers estimated risk reductions of CVD and all-cause mortality, as well as associated harms from therapy, assuming the entire US adult population achieved guideline-recommended systolic BP treatment goals.

6 – Perspective: Ten dubious beliefs in neurocritical care – PulmCrit (free)

7 – A state of the art review on optimal practices to prevent, recognize, and manage complications associated with intravascular devices in the critically ill – Critical Care Medicine (free for a limited period)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

8 – Endovascular ultrasound renal denervation to treat hypertension (RADIANCE-HTN SOLO): a multicentre, international, single-blind, randomised, sham-controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related Article: Effect of renal denervation on blood pressure in the presence of antihypertensive drugs: 6-month efficacy and safety results from the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED proof-of-concept randomised trial (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Two Sham-Controlled Renal Denervation Studies Offer Hope in Hypertension – TCTMD (free) AND Renal denervation linked to significant drops in blood pressure – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Novel Renal Denervation Catheters Showing Modest BP Reductions – MedPage Today (free registration required)

9 – Incidence and cost of medication harm in older adults following hospital discharge: A multicentre prospective study in the UK – British Journal of Clinical Pharmacy (free PDF)

Commentaries: Medication-related harm is common in older adults after hospital discharge – OnMedica (free) AND Medication-related harm found to be common among older adults, but preventable  – News Medical (free)

10 – Using alternatives to the car and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality – Heart (free)

Commentaries: Avoiding the car for travel could significantly lower risk of illness and death – BMJ, via EurekAlert (free) AND Ditching the car may reduce your risk of dying from heart disease and stroke by almost a third – The Conversation (free)