Daily Archives: October 21, 2016

Fri, Oct 21 – Top 10 Medical News Newsletter

21 Oct, 2016 | 01:00h | UTC

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1 – Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism among Patients Hospitalized for Syncope – New England Journal of Medicine

 

2 – Pulmonary Embolus and Syncope – New England Journal of Medicine Quick Take Video Summary

 

3 – Pulmonary Embolism Surprisingly Common in Patients with Syncope – Physician’s First Watch

 

4 – Aortic stenosis: diagnosis and management – British Medical Journal (Free registration required)

 

5 – Comparative Effectiveness of 12 Treatment Strategies for Preventing Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (Link to abstract – $$$ required for full text)

Source: this article was first identified in EvidenceUpdates from BMJ (Free resource to find new evidence and articles of interest)

 

6 – Reports of ‘three-parent babies’ multiply – Nature News

 

7 – Signal – Flushing your nose with salt water may be moderately useful for symptoms of sinusitis – NHS NIHR Signal

 

8 – Casting and Surgery of Similar Functional Benefit in Older Adults with Ankle Fracture – Physician’s First Watch

 

9 – Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Common Complications and Emergency Medicine Pearls – EmDocs

 

10 – Intensive Blood Pressure Control Doesn’t Benefit Patients with Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage (ATACH-2) – R.E.B.E.L. EM – Emergency Medicine Blog

 

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