Tue, April 24 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – World Immunization Week, 24-30 April 2018 – World Health Organization (free resources)

2 – The vaccine dilemma: how experts weigh benefits for many against risks for a few – STAT (free)

3 – Why do we need vaccines? – Welcome Trust (free) (via @greg_folkers)

4 – Exercise after a heart attack — it could save your life, research suggests – European Society of Cardiology, via ScienceDaily (free)

Other commentaries: Regular exercise after heart attack might halve risk of death over next few years – OnMedica (free) AND It’s not too late: Exercise after heart attack cuts mortality risk – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Remaining Active After MI May Help Stave Off Mortality – TCTMD (free)

“Becoming more physically active after a myocardial infarction halves the risk of dying within 4 years, study finds”

5 – Safety and efficacy of dual vs. triple antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation following percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials – European Heart Journal (free)

“Compared with triple antithrombotic therapy, dual antithrombotic therapy shows a reduction in major or minor bleeding by 47% with comparable outcomes of major adverse cardiac events”.

6 – Practice guideline recommendations summary: Disease-modifying therapies for adults with multiple sclerosis – Neurology (free)

See also: Related Physician Tools and Materials (free clinician summary, slides and more)

Commentaries: New guideline: Start taking MS drugs early on – American Academy of Neurology, via EurekAlert (free) AND New MS Guideline Addresses Starting, Switching, and Stopping Disease-modifying Therapy – MD Magazine (free) AND Start MS Drugs Early, New Guideline Says – MedPage Today (free registration required)

7 – Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents Living with HIV – AIDSInfo (free)

8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 23 April 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

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

9 – State of the Art Review: Increased cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis: mechanisms and implications – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

10 – Proton‐Pump Inhibitors and Long‐Term Risk of Community‐Acquired Pneumonia in Older Adults – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (free)

Commentary: Commonly prescribed heartburn drug linked to Pneumonia in Older Adults – University of Exeter (free)

Related: Proton Pump Inhibitors: Review of Emerging Concerns – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free) AND Complications of Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy – Gastroenterology (free) AND Adverse effects of proton-pump inhibitor use in older adults: a review of the evidence – Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety (free) AND Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free)

Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club