Daily Archives: July 27, 2017

New insulin pumps offer continuous monitoring

27 Jul, 2017 | 23:50h | UTC

New insulin pumps offer continuous monitoring – ACP Internist (free)

Related article: Home use of a bihormonal bionic pancreas versus insulin pump therapy in adults with type 1 diabetes: a multicentre randomised crossover trial – The Lancet (free PDF)

“Next-generation insulin pumps will feature sophisticated computer algorithms that automatically calculate and administer precise doses of insulin…”

Association of Statin Use With Risk of Back Disorder Diagnoses

27 Jul, 2017 | 22:52h | UTC

Association of Statin Use With Risk of Back Disorder Diagnoses – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Statin Use Could Be Associated With Higher Risk of Back Disorders – American Journal of Managed Care (free) AND Are Statins Behind Some Back Problems? – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Observational analysis suggests a possible association, data from randomized trials needed.

Nutrition Advice Aimed at Children May Improve Parents’ Diets

27 Jul, 2017 | 23:42h | UTC

Longitudinal child-oriented dietary intervention: Association with parental diet and cardio-metabolic risk factors. The Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (free)

Press release: Nutrition Advice Aimed at Children Also Improves Parents’ Diets – European Society of Cardiology (free)

Sophisticated Digital Aids Could Help Determine What Ails You

27 Jul, 2017 | 23:33h | UTC

Sophisticated Digital Aids Could Help Determine What Ails You – Scientific American (free)

“Software to help make diagnoses, reduce medical errors but resistance of doctors to use” (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)

Long-Term Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of Complications in Takayasu’s Arteritis

27 Jul, 2017 | 17:53h | UTC

Long-Term Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of Complications in Takayasu’s Arteritis: A Multicenter Study of 318 Patients – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Prognostic Factors in Takayasu’s Arteritis – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

Comparison of Stenting Versus Bypass Surgery According to the Completeness of Revascularization in Severe Coronary Artery Disease

27 Jul, 2017 | 23:05h | UTC

Comparison of Stenting Versus Bypass Surgery According to the Completeness of Revascularization in Severe Coronary Artery Disease: Patient-Level Pooled Analysis of the SYNTAX, PRECOMBAT, and BEST Trials – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (free)

Commentaries: Surgery vs. Stents With Complete Revascularization – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND PCI Matches Surgery for Multivessel Disease: But technical success with percutaneous procedure is critical – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Results are comparable as long as complete revascularization has been achieved, additional randomized trials testing this hypothesis needed.

Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

27 Jul, 2017 | 23:21h | UTC

Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement – Circulation (free)

Commentary: Fewer infections in mechanical heart valves – Karolinska Institutet (free)

In this large cohort with follow-up time of up to 18 years, the risk of endocarditis was about 50 per cent higher with a biological prosthesis than with a mechanical prosthesis.

Commentary: Antipsychotic Response Rates Through the Prism of 60 Years – Psychiatric Times (free)

Source: EvidenceAlerts (free resource to find articles of interest)

Twice as many patients improved with antipsychotics as with placebo, confirming the benefits of antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia.

Commentaries: Pushing Hospitals To Reduce Readmissions Hasn’t Increased Deaths – NPR (free) AND Reduction in Hospital Readmission Rate Not Associated With Increased Risk of Death Following Discharge – The JAMA Network (free) AND Lower Readmissions Not Linked to Post-Discharge Mortality Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Study: Reducing readmissions does not harm patients – Becker’s Hospital Review (free)

Commentary: WHO: Hospital outbreaks underscore MERS challenges – CIDRAP (free)

New insulin pumps offer continuous monitoring

Association of Statin Use With Risk of Back Disorder Diagnoses

Nutrition Advice Aimed at Children May Improve Parents’ Diets

Sophisticated Digital Aids Could Help Determine What Ails You

Long-Term Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of Complications in Takayasu’s Arteritis

Comparison of Stenting Versus Bypass Surgery According to the Completeness of Revascularization in Severe Coronary Artery Disease

Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

Social Interaction Improves Quality Of Life For People With Dementia

Diabetes-Related Cardiac Dysfunction

Approach to Patient with Sarcoidosis in the ED setting

Advancing the Science to Improve Population Health

Update on Modern Management of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

Antipsychotics in Acute Schizophrenia

Update in the assessment and management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas

Building Sustainable Financing Structures for Population Health: Insights from Non-Health Sectors

Recent Progress in the Medical Therapy of Pituitary Tumors

Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Colonic Dysplasia in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Recent Advances in the Neoadjuvant Treatment of Breast Cancer

An Update on Zika Virus in Asia

One year in review 2017: fibromyalgia

Ivermectin – Old Drug, New Tricks?

Pushing Hospitals To Reduce Readmissions Hasn’t Increased Deaths

Human Genome Editing: Science, Ethics, and Governance

How to advise a friend frightened by a medical headline?

WHO MERS-CoV Global Summary and Assessment of Risk

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