Daily Archives: April 27, 2017
Effect of early tranexamic acid administration on mortality, hysterectomy, and other morbidities in women with post-partum haemorrhage
27 Apr, 2017 | 16:33h | UTCEditorial: WOMAN: reducing maternal deaths with tranexamic acid (free)
Commentary: Overlooked Drug Could Save Thousands Of Moms After Childbirth – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
“Tranexamic acid reduced deaths of mothers caused by bleeding after childbirth by 1/3” (RT @LSHTMpress see Tweet)
Guidelines For Management Of Dyslipidemia And Prevention Of Cardiovascular Disease
27 Apr, 2017 | 16:29h | UTCGuidelines For Management Of Dyslipidemia And Prevention Of Cardiovascular Disease – American Association Of Clinical Endocrinologists And American College Of Endocrinology (free PDF) (RT @greg_folkers)
Thu, Apr 27 – 10 Medical Stories of The Day!
27 Apr, 2017 | 01:45h | UTC
Editorial: WOMAN: reducing maternal deaths with tranexamic acid (free)
Commentary: Overlooked Drug Could Save Thousands Of Moms After Childbirth – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
“Tranexamic acid reduced deaths of mothers caused by bleeding after childbirth by 1/3” (RT @LSHTMpress see Tweet)
2 – Guideline: Role of Biomarkers for the Prevention, Assessment, and Management of Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (free PDF)
News release: New guidance on heart failure tests can improve care – American Heart Association News (free)
Commentaries on the editorial: Does saturated fats clog your arteries? Controversial paper says ‘no’ – CNN (free) AND The Battle Over the Causes of Cardiovascular Disease Heats Up! – By George Henderson and Grant Schofield (free) AND Backlash after report claims saturated fats do not increase heart risk – The Guardian (free) AND Expert reaction to editorial on saturated fat and heart disease – Science Media Centre (free)
Fat wars continue. New interesting but controversial editorial heats up the debate.
4 – Guidelines For Management Of Dyslipidemia And Prevention Of Cardiovascular Disease – American Association Of Clinical Endocrinologists And American College Of Endocrinology (free PDF) (RT @greg_folkers)
5 – Adherence to High-Intensity Statins Following a Myocardial Infarction Hospitalization Among Medicare Beneficiaries – JAMA Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Heart Attack Survivors Often Fail to Take Statins – The New York Times (free)
In this cohort only 41.6% of patients aged 66 to 75 years continued taking statins as prescribed at 2 years.
6 – Five years wisely: A look at Choosing Wisely’s effort to reduce unnecessary medical care – HealthNewsReview (free) (RT @pash22 and @glassmanamanda see Tweet)
See also: Choosing Wisely initiative was launched 5 years ago in our April 5 issue.
7 – How to Fight Cancer (When Cancer Fights Back) – The Atlantic (free)
“Understanding how the disease evolves is the key to stopping it”.
8 – How hype can mislead cancer patients, families – CNN (free)
Related: Financial toxicity: 1 in 3 cancer patients have to turn to friends or family to pay for care – STAT News (free) AND Not Just Nausea And Vomiting: Cancer Docs Now Worry About ‘Financial Toxicity’ – WBUR (free)
“Cancer cost crisis forces tough choices”.
Sources: Alcohol binge can upset heart’s rhythm, say researchers – BBC Health News (free) AND Binge Drinkers Beware: Study Finds Link Between Alcohol And Heart Arrhythmias – NPR (free) AND Oktoberfest: Downing Beers, Raising Heart Rates – Acute measurement in beer tents shows high rate of sinus tachycardia – MedPage Today (free registration required)
10 – After Knee or Hip Replacement, No Place Like Home – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
See also: Time to Rethink Inpatient Rehab After Knee Replacement? – The Rheumatologist (free)
Original article abstract ($ for full-text): Effect of Inpatient Rehabilitation vs a Monitored Home-Based Program on Mobility in Patients With Total Knee Arthroplasty: The HIHO Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free)
The NYT commentary talks about the futility of some interventions currently used to postpone surgery and about the benefits of outpatient rehabilitation.
Role of Biomarkers for the Prevention, Assessment, and Management of Heart Failure
27 Apr, 2017 | 16:32h | UTCGuideline: Role of Biomarkers for the Prevention, Assessment, and Management of Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (free PDF)
News release: New guidance on heart failure tests can improve care – American Heart Association News (free)
After Knee or Hip Replacement, No Place Like Home
27 Apr, 2017 | 16:28h | UTCAfter Knee or Hip Replacement, No Place Like Home – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
See also: Time to Rethink Inpatient Rehab After Knee Replacement? – The Rheumatologist (free)
Original article abstract ($ for full-text): Effect of Inpatient Rehabilitation vs a Monitored Home-Based Program on Mobility in Patients With Total Knee Arthroplasty: The HIHO Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free)
The NYT commentary talks about the futility of some interventions currently used to postpone surgery and about the benefits of outpatient rehabilitation.