Wed, October 17 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Macrovascular Disease Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Severe Obesity – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Video Summary: How Does Bariatric Surgery Compare With Medical Care for Reducing Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes? (free)

Commentary: Obesity surgery may lower heart attack danger in diabetics – Associated Press (free)

2 – Perspective: The New Age of Patient Autonomy: Implications for the Patient-Physician Relationship – JAMA (free for a limited period) (via @EricTopol)

3 – Perspective: What should we stop doing in the ICU? – ICU Management & Practice (free)

4 – Perspective: I hate guidelines (but they can improve and you can help) – First10Em (free) (via @srrezaie)

5 – Review: Treatments targeting inotropy – European Heart Journal (free)

6 – Review: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: An Update on Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Strategies – Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

7 – Researcher Requests for Inappropriate Analysis and Reporting: A U.S. Survey of Consulting Biostatisticians – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: When scientists want their data fudged and why you should care – CBC (free)

8 – Heart disease used to be an ailment of the rich. But it’s now striking the world’s poor. – VOX (free)

“In 2016, an estimated 1 million people died of HIV/AIDS, 445,000 people died of malaria, and 1.7 million died of tuberculosis. Nearly 18 million died of heart disease. And more than three-quarters of those deaths occurred in the developing world.”

9 – Calcium supplementation during pregnancy for preventing hypertensive disorders and related problems – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)

Summary: Calcium supplementation during pregnancy for preventing blood pressure disorders and related problems – Cochrane Library (free)

10 – Early clindamycin for bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy (PREMEVA): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Study: Antibiotics for bacterial vaginosis don’t cut preterm birth risk – CIDRAP (free)