Tue, April 17 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Addressing Social Determinants to Improve Patient Care and Promote Health Equity: An American College of Physicians Position Paper – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

2 – Guidelines for the investigation of chronic diarrhoea in adults: British Society of Gastroenterology, 3rd edition – Gut (free)

Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club

3 – Atrial Fibrillation Burden: Moving Beyond Atrial Fibrillation as a Binary Entity: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

Commentary: Atrial Fibrillation beyond “All or None”: The Missing Piece in Understanding Atrial Fibrillation? (free)

Top Ten Things to Know: Atrial Fibrillation Burden—Moving Beyond AF as a Binary Entity (free PDF)

4 – Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy in Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: AACR 2018: Combination therapy doubles survival in metastatic lung cancer – eCancer News (free) AND Lung Cancer Patients Live Longer With Immune Therapy – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

5 – Associations between chronotype, morbidity and mortality in the UK Biobank cohort – Chronobiology International (free)

Commentaries: ‘Night owls’ slightly more likely to die sooner than ‘early birds’ – NHS Choices (free) AND Why being a night owl may lead to earlier death – VOX (free) AND Night Owls Could Face Higher Risk Of Premature Death, Study Suggests – Forbes (free)

6 – Acid‐suppressive drugs and risk of kidney disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis – Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club

Proton pump inhibitors were associated with higher risks of acute interstitial nephritis (HR, 2.78; 95% CI, 1.25‐6.17), acute kidney injury (HR, 1.85; 95% CI, 1.33‐2.59), chronic kidney disease (HR, 1.47; 95% CI, 1.03‐2.09), and end‐stage renal disease (HR, 1.61; 95% CI, 1.26‐2.04) than non‐PPI therapy. Similar risks were not identified for H₂RA therapy.

7 – Global burden of mental disorders among children aged 5–14 years – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (free)

Commentary: Mental disorders among leading causes of illness in children worldwide – BioMed Central, via ScienceDaily (free)

8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 16 April 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.

9 – New Series from The Lancet Journals: Preconception health (free registration required)

Commentaries: Obese couples could be risking health of future children, studies say – The Guardian (free) AND Parents’ Preconception Well-Being Affects Child’s Future Health – Medscape (free registration required)

10 – The Risk of Fatigue and Sleepiness in the Ridesharing Industry: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Position Statement – Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (free)

Commentary: AASM: Ridesharing Industry Needs to Do More to Promote Safety – MPR (free)