Daily Archives: May 18, 2017
Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth
18 May, 2017 | 17:47h | UTCSystematic Review: Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth – Cochrane Library(link to summary)
Source: A dose of corticosteroids benefit most women anticipating a preterm delivery – NIHR Dissemination Centre Discover Portal (free)
Long-term oxygen therapy shows no benefit for moderate lung disease
18 May, 2017 | 17:51h | UTCLong-term oxygen therapy shows no benefit for moderate lung disease – NIHR Signal: Dissemination Centre Discover Portal (free)
Original article: A Randomized Trial of Long-Term Oxygen for COPD with Moderate Desaturation – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Patients with stable COPD and moderate resting desaturation (Spo2, 89 to 93%) or moderate exercise-induced desaturation (during the 6-minute walk test, Spo2 ≥80% for ≥5 minutes and <90% for ≥10 seconds) don’t seem to benefit from supplemental oxygen therapy.
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases
18 May, 2017 | 17:49h | UTCCommentaries: Cardiovascular disease causes one-third of deaths worldwide – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (free) AND CVD Causes One-Third of Deaths Worldwide: Study Examines Global Burden of CVD From 1990 to 2015 – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
“New Study: Cardiovascular disease causes one-third of deaths worldwide” (RT @IHME_UW see Tweet)
The science behind One Health
18 May, 2017 | 17:46h | UTCThe science behind One Health: at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment – Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)
Related: One Health – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Resources (free) AND Advancing One Health Policy and Implementation Through the Concept of One Medicine One Science – Global Advances in Health and Medicine (free) AND One Medicine One Science: a framework for exploring challenges at the intersection of animals, humans, and the environment – Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (free)
Thu, May 18 – 10 Medical Stories of The Day!
18 May, 2017 | 00:20h | UTC
1 – Report: World Health Statistics 2017: Monitoring health for the SDGs – World Health Organization (free)
News release: Almost half of all deaths now have a recorded cause, WHO data show (free)
See also: World Health Statistics data visualizations dashboard – Monitoring health for the SDGs (free)
Commentaries: More Than Half of World’s Deaths Still Have No Recorded Cause – Scientific American (free) Reporting of Global Vital Death Statistics Improving: WHO – Medscape (free registration required)
Commentaries: Cardiovascular disease causes one-third of deaths worldwide – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (free) AND CVD Causes One-Third of Deaths Worldwide: Study Examines Global Burden of CVD From 1990 to 2015 – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
“New Study: Cardiovascular disease causes one-third of deaths worldwide” (RT @IHME_UW see Tweet)
3 – Systematic Review: Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth – Cochrane Library (link to summary)
Source: A dose of corticosteroids benefit most women anticipating a preterm delivery – NIHR Dissemination Centre Discover Portal (free)
Editorial: Physician age and patient outcomes (free)
Commentaries: Patients fare worse with older doctors, study finds – STAT News (free) AND Mortality Higher Among Inpatients Treated by Older Physicians – Medscape (free registration required) AND Study links physician age to patient mortality risk – EurekAlert (free)
5 – FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA confirms increased risk of leg and foot amputations with the diabetes medicine canagliflozin (Invokana, Invokamet, Invokamet XR) (free)
Commentaries: FDA warns of foot, leg amputations with J&J diabetes drug – Reuters Health News (free) (RT @davidludwigmd) AND FDA Adds Boxed Warning to Canagliflozin for Increased Amputation Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
See also our May 11th issue with commentaries on a recent study showing that nearly 1 In 3 recent FDA drug approvals are followed by major safety concerns in the following years, see #10.
“Chile’s advertising policies stop high sugar, salt, fat products marketing to kids using cartoon characters” (RT @OPCAustralia see Tweet)
7 – The science behind One Health: at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment – Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)
Related: One Health – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Resources (free) AND Advancing One Health Policy and Implementation Through the Concept of One Medicine One Science – Global Advances in Health and Medicine (free) AND One Medicine One Science: a framework for exploring challenges at the intersection of animals, humans, and the environment – Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (free)
8 – Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals – The BMJ Blogs (free)
9 – Caffeine overdose is extremely rare — but here’s how it can happen – VOX (free) (RT @juliaoftoronto see Tweet)
10 – Review: Nutrition and metabolism in burn patients – Burns & Trauma (free)
Nutrition and metabolism in burn patients
18 May, 2017 | 17:45h | UTCReview: Nutrition and metabolism in burn patients – Burns & Trauma (free)
World Health Statistics 2017
18 May, 2017 | 17:49h | UTCReport: World Health Statistics 2017: Monitoring health for the SDGs – World Health Organization (free)
News release: Almost half of all deaths now have a recorded cause, WHO data show (free)
See also: World Health Statistics data visualizations dashboard – Monitoring health for the SDGs (free)
Commentaries: More Than Half of World’s Deaths Still Have No Recorded Cause – Scientific American (free) Reporting of Global Vital Death Statistics Improving: WHO – Medscape (free registration required)