Daily Archives: October 19, 2017

Thu, October 19 – 10 Stories of The Day!

19 Oct, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on the Management of Mitral Regurgitation – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (free)

Commentaries: Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Management of Mitral Regurgitation – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND ACC Recommends ‘Structured Approach’ to Mitral Regurgitation – MedPage Today (free registration required)

 

2 – Update to Practice Standards for Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Hospital Settings: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

Commentaries: 12 key points to remember: Standards for Inpatient Electrocardiographic Monitoring – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND AHA updates practice standards for electrocardiographic monitoring – ACP Hospitalist (free)

 

3 – Dark chocolate is now a health food. Here’s how that happened – VOX (free)

Related: Chocolate health: advice by Thomas Lüscher and peer review by Jonas Malmstedt – For Better Science (by @schneiderleonid)

“Big Chocolate’s investment in health science was a marketing masterstroke…” Interesting tale by @juliaoftoronto (RT @hildabast see Tweet)

 

4 – Long-term antibiotics likely to reduce risk of recurrent cellulitis – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Interventions for the prevention of recurrent erysipelas and cellulitis – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

5 – Comparing the Outcomes of Adults With Enterobacteriaceae Bacteremia Receiving Short-Course Versus Prolonged-Course Antibiotic Therapy in a Multicenter, Propensity Score–Matched Cohort – Clinical Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Short course of antibiotics worked as well as long for Enterobacteriaceae bacteremia – ACP Hospitalist (free)

 

6 – Report: Opportunities for Organ Donor Intervention Research: Saving Lives by Improving the Quality and Quantity of Organs for Transplantation (2017) – National Academies Press (free PDF)

Related Viewpoint: Organ Donor Research: Overcoming Challenges, Increasing Opportunities – JAMA (free)

 

7 – Short and Long Term Complications of In Utero Exposure to Lamotrigine – British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (free PDF)

News release: Study Finds Epilepsy Drug to Be Safe During Pregnancy – Wiley (free)

Source: Study finds lamotrigine to be safe during pregnancy – The BMJ Research News ($)

 

8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 17 October 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.

 

9 – Association of Patient Frailty With Increased Morbidity After Common Ambulatory General Surgery Operations – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Frailty Associated With Increased Risk of Complications Following Common, Outpatient Operations – The JAMA Network (free) AND Frailty tied to higher risk of complications with common surgeries – Reuters (free) AND Frailty linked to higher rate of perioperative morbidity – OnMedica (free)

 

10 – 25-Year Physical Activity Trajectories and Development of Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease as Measured by Coronary Artery Calcium – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)

Commentaries: Excessive Exercise May Harm The Heart, Study Suggests – Forbes (free) AND Physically active white men at high risk for plaque buildup in arteries – ScienceDaily (free)

 

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