Thu January 16 – 10 Stories of The Day!
16 Jan, 2020 | 09:13h | UTC
1 – Four major results to be presented at #CCR20 – PEPTIC, 65, & VITAMINS trials, plus the IHME Sepsis Study – More Info on the Critical Care Reviews Website
Commentary: Clinical trial results in critical care medicine to be unveiled at leading UK conference – EurekAlert (free)
– Thursday January 16th (09:00 to 10:30) – 65 Results Presentation Session – https://vimeo.com/383967830
See Study Protocol: Evaluating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of permissive hypotension in critically ill patients aged 65 years or over with vasodilatory hypotension: Protocol for the 65 randomised clinical trial – Journal of the Intensive Care Society (free)
– Thursday January 16th (16:35 to 17:40 – IHME Sepsis Study Results – https://vimeo.com/383968757
– Friday January 17th (09:00 to 10:30) – PEPTIC Trial Results Session – https://vimeo.com/383968980
See Study Protocol: A cluster randomised, crossover, registry-embedded clinical trial of proton pump inhibitors versus histamine-2 receptor blockers for ulcer prophylaxis therapy in the intensive care unit (PEPTIC study): study protocol. – Critical Care and Resuscitation (free PDF)
– Friday January 17th (11:00 to 12:30) – VITAMINS Trial Results – https://vimeo.com/383969217
See Study Protocol: Vitamin C, Hydrocortisone and Thiamine in Patients with Septic Shock (VITAMINS) trial: study protocol and statistical analysis plan – Critical Care and Resuscitation (free PDF)
2 – Report Summary: What researchers think about the culture they work in – Wellcome Trust (free)
Full Report: What researchers think about the culture they work in – Wellcome Trust (free PDF)
Commentary: Researchers facing ‘shocking’ levels of stress, survey reveals – The Guardian (free)
3 – A Randomized Trial of Erythropoietin for Neuroprotection in Preterm Infants – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
4 – Effect of a Behavioral Intervention to Increase Vegetable Consumption on Cancer Progression Among Men With Early-Stage Prostate Cancer: The MEAL Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Eating more vegetables provides no extra protection for men with prostate cancer – News Medical (free) AND Does Increased Vegetable Consumption Affect Prostate Cancer Progression? – MedicalResearch.com (free)
5 – Patient-Reported Outcomes Through 5 Years for Active Surveillance, Surgery, Brachytherapy, or External Beam Radiation With or Without Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related Study: Ten-year Outcomes in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer from the ProtecT Randomized Controlled Trial According to Treatment Received (free)
Commentaries: Prostatectomy-associated urinary incontinence disparities persist at 5 years – MedwireNews (free) AND Prostate Cancer Treatment Side Effects Worse With Prostatectomy – Renals & Urology News (free)
Author Interview: Interventions and Operations 5 Years After Bariatric Surgery (free)
Commentaries: Bariatric Surgery Is Safe and It Works – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period) AND Procedures And Hospitalizations Common After Bariatric Procedures – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND More Interventions Follow Gastric Bypass than Gastric Sleeve, Large Study Shows – Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh (free)
Related Study: Cohort Study: Risk of Operative and Nonoperative Interventions After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass vs. Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (free)
7 – An integrated perfusion machine preserves injured human livers for 1 week – Nature Biotechnology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Machine keeps human livers alive for one week outside of the body – University of Zurich (free) AND Machine Could Expand Pool of Livers for Donation – HealthDay News (free)
Commentary: Strong Case for Outpatient Fracture Surgery – Orthobuzz (free)