Wed, November 15 – 10 Stories of The Day!
15 Nov, 2017 | 00:52h | UTC
1 – Association of Blood Pressure Lowering With Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease Across Blood Pressure Levels: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Treating modestly high blood pressure may not boost survival odds – Reuters (free) AND No cardiovascular disease reduction with intensive blood pressure lowering treatment – Umea University, via EurekAlert (free)
See also new AHA/ACC Hypertension Guidelines and related resources in our November 13th issue (see #1)
“”Primary preventive BP lowering is associated with reduced risk for death and CVD if baseline SBP is 140 mm Hg or higher.” published same day as @ACCinTouch guideline w/SBP goals <130 mm Hg. Cognitive dissonance?” (RT @kennylinafp see Tweet)
Editorial: Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Department (free)
Commentaries: Does Clinical Evaluation Plus Noninvasive Cardiac Testing Improve Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain? – The JAMA Network (free) AND Noninvasive Cardiac Testing No Better Than Clinical Eval for Low-Risk Acute Chest Pain – Physician’s First Watch (free)
“Non-invasive testing of chest pain patients in the ED – longer stay; more testing, radiation and cost; no benefit”. (RT @JAMA_current see Tweet)
3 – World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 13-19 November 2017: A round up of Cochrane evidence – Evidently Cochrane (free)
4 – Guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests – Gut (free)
Commentaries: Increased Hours Online Correlate With An Uptick In Teen Depression, Suicidal Thoughts – NPR (free) AND Smartphones a likely culprit in the recent decline in teen mental health – STAT (free)
6 – Tinder and Grindr don’t want to talk about their role in rising STDs – VOX (free)
7 – Review: The Diagnosis of Chronic Coronary Heart Disease – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Commentaries: Perioperative aspirin may improve short-term outcomes after noncardiac surgery in patients with prior PCI – ACP Internist (free) AND Aspirin can prevent heart attacks after noncardiac surgery in patients with prior PCI – University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Aspirin Protective Against Early Death/MI in Prior PCI Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery – TCTMD (free)
Commentaries: Labor induction at 40 weeks associated with lower risk of perinatal mortality – PLOS, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Induction at Term Cuts Rates of Infant Death in Older First-Time Moms – MedPage Today (free registration required) Inducing Older Moms at 40 Weeks May Lower Stillbirth Risk – Medscape (free registration required)
Commentary: Prolonged breastfeeding linked to halving of later eczema risk – OnMedica (free)