Tue July 16 – 10 Stories of The Day!
16 Jul, 2019 | 09:53h | UTC
1 – Healing the Professional Culture of Medicine – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
Related: Understanding organisational culture for healthcare quality improvement – The BMJ (free)
2 – State of The Art Review: Pre-eclampsia: pathophysiology and clinical implications – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Reduced work hours for trainee doctors not seen to compromise care – Reuters (free) AND Capping medical residency hours does not hamper new doctors’ quality of training – Harvard Medical School (free) AND Is an 80-Hour Workweek Enough to Train a Doctor? – Harvard Business Review (free)
Commentaries: New stillbirth risk figures help women’s decisions on timing delivery – Queen Mary University of London (free) AND Higher risk of stillbirth in longer pregnancies, study finds – PLOS (free) AND Expert reaction to study on longer pregnancies and risk of stillbirth – Science Media Centre (free)
Related Cochrane Review: Induction of Labor for Improving Birth Outcomes for Women at or Beyond Term (free)
Related Randomized Trials: Labor Induction vs. Expectant Management in Low-Risk Nulliparous Women (free) AND Induction of Labor at 41 Weeks vs. Expectant Management Until 42 Weeks (free)
Related WHO Recommendations: Induction of Labor at or Beyond Term (free)
5 – Hartmann’s procedure versus sigmoidectomy with primary anastomosis for perforated diverticulitis with purulent or faecal peritonitis (LADIES): a multicentre, parallel-group, randomised, open-label, superiority trial – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Farewell to Hartmann’s Procedure? – MedPage Today (free registration required)
6 – Benefits and Harms of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants appear superior to vitamin K antagonists in early-stage CKD – ACP Internist (free) AND Evidence Favors NOACs for Anticoagulation in Early Chronic Kidney Disease – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
7 – Association of Lifestyle and Genetic Risk With Incidence of Dementia – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Healthy lifestyle reduces dementia risk even in those with genetic risk factors – NHS Choices (free) AND Healthy lifestyle may offset genetic risk of dementia – University of Exeter (free) AND Genes vs. lifestyle: Study ‘undermines fatalistic view of dementia’ – Medical News Today (free) AND Healthy living may help offset genetic risk of dementia: study – Reuters (free) AND Healthy lifestyle may cut risk of dementia regardless of genes – The Guardian (free)
8 – Viewpoint: The Ketogenic Diet for Obesity and Diabetes—Enthusiasm Outpaces Evidence – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Related Consensus Statement: Very-low-calorie Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD) in the Management of Metabolic Diseases (free)
9 – Association of Screen Time and Depression in Adolescence – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Expert reaction to a study on screen time and depression in adolescents – Science Media Centre (free) AND Increasing social media use tied to rise in teens’ depressive symptoms, study says – CNN (free)
10 – Association of Silent Myocardial Infarction and Sudden Cardiac Death – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Frequency of Left Ventricular Scars at Autopsy in Persons Dying Suddenly of Coronary Artery Disease With or Without Earlier Myocardial Infarction – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period) AND Nearly half of sudden cardiac death victims had prior, undetected MI – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Silent MI Often Precedes Sudden Cardiac Death, Finnish Data Confirm – TCTMD (free)