Tue, January 23 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy in Ovarian Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy with surgery increases survival for epithelial ovarian cancer patients – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Add-On Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Assessed in Ovarian CA – MPR (free)

Patients treated with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy associated with surgery had increased median overall survival compared to patients treated with surgery alone (45,7 months vs 33,9 months).

2 – Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Synopsis of the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Hypertension Guideline – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Related: Redefining Hypertension: Assessing the New Blood-Pressure Guidelines – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND AAFP Decides to Not Endorse AHA/ACC Hypertension Guideline – American Academy of Family Physicians (free)

3 – Clinical guideline and recommendations on pre-operative exercise training in patients awaiting major non-cardiac surgery – Anaesthesia (free)

4 – Review: Treatment of anxiety disorders – Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience (free)

5 – Review: Update on the management of venous thromboembolism – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)

6 – Tracheal intubation in critically ill patients: a comprehensive systematic review of randomized trials – Critical Care (free) (via @fpereirapa)

7 – Non-Inferiority Trials in Medicine: Practice Changing or a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? – Journal of General Internal Medicine (free for a period)

Related: Challenges in the Design and Interpretation of Noninferiority Trials – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess a noninferiority trial – Canadian Journal of Surgery (free)

8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 22 January 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

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

9 – The Right Place at the Right Time: Medical Oncology Outpatients’ Perceptions of Location of End-of-Life Care – JNCCN (free)

Commentary: Let’s Talk About End-of-Life Care – National Comprehensive Cancer Network, via NewsWise (free)

“…majority of people with cancer would like their physicians to ask them where they would prefer to receive end-of-life care” (from NewsWise).

10 – Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services – Prehospital Emergency Care (free)

Commentaries in the same issue: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services: A Significant Step Forward and a Model for Other High-Risk Industries (free) AND What an Evidence-based Guideline for Fatigue Risk Management Means for Us: Statements From Stakeholders (free) AND Proposed Performance Measures and Strategies for Implementation of the Fatigue Risk Management Guidelines for Emergency Medical Services (free) AND Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services: A Step in the Right Direction Toward Better Sleep Health (free)