Tue, November 14 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – 2017 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults (free PDF)

See also: High Blood Pressure Guidelines Hub / Executive Summary / ACC/AHA Slide Set / ACC Key Points to Remember (free resources)

2 – Outcomes after Angiography with Sodium Bicarbonate and Acetylcysteine – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Neither Sodium Bicarbonate nor Oral Acetylcysteine Prevents Contrast-Induced Kidney Injury – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND PRESERVE: No Benefit from Sodium Bicarbonate, Acetylcysteine After Angiography – Medscape (free registration required)

3 – Restrictive or Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: TRICS III: Restrictive Red-Cell Transfusion Noninferior to Liberal Use in Cardiac Surgery – TCTMD (free) AHA: Restrictive Blood Transfusion OK for Select Patients – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Related article: Transfusion Requirements After Cardiac Surgery: The TRACS Randomized Controlled Trial – JAMA (free)

4 – Sexual Activity as a Trigger for Sudden Cardiac Arrest – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Sex poses little risk of triggering sudden cardiac arrest – Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, via EurekAlert (free) AND Instances of cardiac arrest after sex are low, but so are the survival rates – Cardiovascular Business (free)

5 – Comparison of Hospital Resource Use and Outcomes Among Hospitalists, Primary Care Physicians, and Other Generalists – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Editorial: The Costs and Benefits of Hospital Care by Primary Physicians: Continuity Counts (free)

Audio interview: Hospital Resource Use and Outcomes Among Generalist Physicians (free)

Commentaries: Study: For Inpatients, Primary Care Docs Outperform Hospitalists – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Mortality Lower When Inpatients See Their Own PCP in Hospital – Medscape (free registration required)

6 – Review: Eosinophilic esophagitis: update on management and controversies – The BMJ (free for 2 weeks)

7 – Risks for blood clot in a vein may rise with increased TV viewing – Presented at American Heart Association’s (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2017 (free)

Commentary: More TV viewing linked to higher risk of blood clots in veins – Medical News Today (free)

8 – Nut Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (free)

Commentary: Eating Regular Variety of Nuts Associated With Lower Risk of Heart Disease – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Variety of nuts tied to lower risk of heart disease – Reuters (free)

9 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 13 November 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

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

10 – 20-Year Risks of Breast-Cancer Recurrence after Stopping Endocrine Therapy at 5 Years – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: ‘Unrelenting’: 20-Year Recurrence Risks in Breast Cancer – Medscape (free registration required) AND Breast cancer recurrence risk lingers years after treatment ends – MedicalXpress (free) AND Risk of breast cancer’s return continues long after treatment ends – Medical News Today (free)