Daily Archives: September 24, 2017

“For HIV-negative patients, corticosteroids may reduce death. For HIV-positive patients not on antiretroviral drugs, corticosteroids may reduce constriction. For HIV-positive patients with good antiretroviral drug viral suppression, clinicians may consider the results from HIV-negative patients more relevant”.

Randomized Controled Trial: Post–Cesarean Oral Cephalexin and Metronidazole on Surgical Site Infection Among Obese Women

24 Sep, 2017 | 21:33h | UTC

Effect of Post–Cesarean Delivery Oral Cephalexin and Metronidazole on Surgical Site Infection Among Obese Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Post-Cesarean Antibiotics Reduce Risk for Surgical Site Infections in Obese Women – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Antibiotics After C-Section Cut Infections in Obese Women – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Antibiotics cut infection risk in obese women after caesarean – OnMedica (free)

Guideline: interstitial lung disease

24 Sep, 2017 | 21:28h | UTC

The interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meeting: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Lung Foundation Australia (free)

Cancer patients need better care, not just more technology

24 Sep, 2017 | 21:29h | UTC

Cancer patients need better care, not just more technology – Nature News (free)

Association of Trial Registration With Reporting of Primary Outcomes in Protocols and Publications

24 Sep, 2017 | 21:27h | UTC

Association of Trial Registration With Reporting of Primary Outcomes in Protocols and Publications – JAMA (free)

Commentaries: Discrepancy between trial goals, results may mask treatment risks – Reuters (free) AND Clinical Trials Often Unregistered, Unpublished – The JAMA Network (free)

Lung Cancer Mortality Associated With Smoking and Smoking Cessation Among People Living With HIV

24 Sep, 2017 | 21:23h | UTC

Lung Cancer Mortality Associated With Smoking and Smoking Cessation Among People Living With HIV in the United States – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Editorial: If We Are Smart Enough to Stop HIV From Replicating, Why Can’t We Help People to Stop Smoking? (free)

Commentaries: People with HIV who smoke are more likely to die from lung cancer than from HIV itself – eCancer (free) AND Smoking cuts life expectancy in HIV more than AIDS does – OnMedica (free)

Do interventions that reduce the cost of smoking cessation treatment increase quit rates, quit attempts or use of treatments?

24 Sep, 2017 | 21:22h | UTC

Do interventions that reduce the cost of smoking cessation treatment increase quit rates, quit attempts or use of treatments? – Cochrane Library (free)

Original article: Healthcare financing systems for increasing the use of tobacco dependence treatment – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

“Full financial interventions directed at smokers when compared to no financial interventions increase the proportion of smokers who attempt to quit, use smoking cessation treatments, and succeed in quitting”.