Daily Archives: November 5, 2017
Guideline: Familial hypercholesterolaemia
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:37h | UTCFamilial hypercholesterolaemia: identification and management – NICE Guideline (free)
News release: Inherited risk of high cholesterol should be identified and treated as early as possible, NICE says in updated guidance (free)
Research: Percutaneous coronary intervention in stable angina (ORBITA)
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:39h | UTCPercutaneous coronary intervention in stable angina (ORBITA): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Small Trial Raises Big Concerns That PCI In Stable Angina Is Just A Placebo – Cardiobrief (free) AND Diving Deep Into The ORBITA Trial – Cardiobrief (free) AND ‘Unbelievable’: Heart Stents Fail to Ease Chest Pain – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND ORBITA: PCI Offers No Symptom Improvement Over Sham Procedure – TCTMD (free)
Report: Cancer incidence and mortality among young adults aged 20–39 years worldwide in 2012
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:35h | UTCCommentaries: Reducing the global cancer burden among young adults – The Lancet Oncology (free) AND Global burden of cancer among young adults aged 20–39 years – eCancer News (free) AND Cancer in Young Adults Disproportionately Affects Women – Medical Research (free)
Research: Balanced Crystalloids vs Saline for Critically Ill Adults
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:38h | UTCBalanced Crystalloids vs Saline for Critically Ill Adults – American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting (free abstract)
Related Study: Balanced Crystalloids vs Saline for Noncritically Ill Adults in the Emergency Department – American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting (free abstract)
Commentaries: Landmark Trials Deliver Evidence to Rethink Saline Use – Medscape (free registration required) AND Saline on the Ropes? Studies find balanced crystalloid fluids safer – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Guideline: Treatment and Outcome of Hemorrhagic Transformation After Intravenous Alteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:36h | UTCCommentary: Intracranial Hemorrhage After Stroke Thrombolysis: More Questions Than Answers (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Treatment and Outcome of Hemorrhagic Transformation After Intravenous Alteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke (free PDF)
Slide Set: Treatment and Outcome of Hemorrhagic Transformation After Intravenous Alteplase in AIS (free PDF)
Related AHA/ASA Guidelines: Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke (free) AND Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (free)
A ‘smart’ approach to performance drugs
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:35h | UTCA ‘smart’ approach to performance drugs – ACP Internist (free)
Related: Growing use of smart drugs by students could be a recipe for disaster – The Conversation (free) AND Brain Hackers Seeking Peak Performance Use Risky Chemical Cocktails: “Smart drugs” are not clinically proven and could be dangerous – Scientific American (free) AND Universities must do more to tackle use of smart drugs, say experts – The Guardian (free) AND Tweaking brains with ‘smart drugs’ to get ahead in Silicon Valley – The Washington Post (free) AND Professors take same ‘smart drugs’ as students to keep up with workloads, claims academic – Independent (free)
Using Visual Abstracts to Disseminate Scientific Research
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:34h | UTC
Untreatable Gonorrhea Is Rapidly Spreading. Here’s What You Need to Know
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:31h | UTCUntreatable Gonorrhea Is Rapidly Spreading. Here’s What You Need to Know – TIME Health (free)
Australia ends insurance subsidies for naturopathy, homeopathy, and more
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:32h | UTCAustralia ends insurance subsidies for naturopathy, homeopathy, and more – Science-Based Medicine (free)
Opinion: Drug company sales reps should be banned from hospitals
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:33h | UTCDrug company sales reps should be banned from hospitals – STAT (free)
Guideline: The diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:29h | UTC
Research: Adolescent Childbirth Is Associated With Greater Framingham Risk Scores for Cardiovascular Disease
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:30h | UTCNews release: Teen childbirth linked to increased risk for heart disease (free)
Commentaries: Teen childbirth linked to increased cardiovascular risk decades later – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Study finds link between increased cardiovascular diseases and teen childbirth – News Medical (free)
Guideline – Glaucoma: diagnosis and management
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:12h | UTCGlaucoma: diagnosis and management – NICE Guideline (free)
News release: People at a low risk of developing glaucoma can avoid unnecessary referral, says NICE (free)
Guideline: The Care of Children With Congenital Heart Disease in Their Primary Medical Home
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:29h | UTCThe Care of Children With Congenital Heart Disease in Their Primary Medical Home – Pediatrics (free)
Research: Mortality lower with prolonged vs. short-term IV infusion of antipseudomonal beta-lactams
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:08h | UTCOriginal article: Prolonged versus short-term intravenous infusion of antipseudomonal β-lactams for patients with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Overdiagnosis and disease labels: the case of polycystic ovary syndrome
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:11h | UTCOverdiagnosis and disease labels: the case of polycystic ovary syndrome – STAT (free)
Related: Are expanding disease definitions unnecessarily labelling women with polycystic ovary syndrome? – The BMJ (link to summary – $ for full-text)
Bacteria Can Evolve Resistance to Drugs Before Those Drugs Are Used
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:10h | UTCBacteria Can Evolve Resistance to Drugs Before Those Drugs Are Used – The Atlantic (free)
Aspirin reduces a woman’s chance of developing pre-eclampsia in pregnancy
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:02h | UTCAspirin reduces a woman’s chance of developing pre-eclampsia in pregnancy – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Aspirin versus Placebo in Pregnancies at High Risk for Preterm Preeclampsia – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Updated WHO recommendation on intravenous tranexamic acid for the treatment of post-partum haemorrhage
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:08h | UTC
Research: Long-term proton pump inhibitors and risk of gastric cancer development after treatment for Helicobacter pylori
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:59h | UTCLong-term proton pump inhibitors and risk of gastric cancer development after treatment for Helicobacter pylori: a population-based study – Gut (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer – study – The Guardian (free) AND Gastric Cancer Risk Doubled With Long-term PPI Use – Medscape (free registration required) AND PPI Use After H. pylori Eradication Therapy Tied to Increased Risk for Gastric Cancer – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Vaginal cleansing before caesarean delivery reduces risk of infections
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:00h | UTCVaginal cleansing before caesarean delivery reduces risk of infections – NIHR signal (free)
Original article: Vaginal Cleansing Before Cesarean Delivery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Obstetrics & Gynecology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Lancet Countdown: Traking Progress on Health and Climate Change
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:00h | UTCLancet Countdown: Traking Progress on Health and Climate Change (free infographics, video and other resources)
Report: The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health (free registration required)
Commentaries: Health impacts of climate change already felt today – Imperial College London (free) AND How Climate Change Is Already Affecting Health, Spreading Disease – NPR Goats and Soda (free) AND Climate change already bringing disease, air pollution and heatwaves – The Guardian (free) AND Climate change isn’t just hurting the planet – it’s a public health emergency – The Guardian (free)
Research: Maintenance therapy with proton pump inhibitors and risk of gastric cancer
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:58h | UTC“Among 797 067 individuals on maintenance PPI therapy, the SIR of gastric cancer was over threefold increased (SIR=3.38, 95% CI 3.23 to 3.53)”.
Research: Long-term aspirin use reduces the incidence of digestive cancers by up to 47%
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:56h | UTC25th UEG (United European Gastroenterology) Week: Long-term aspirin use reduces the incidence of digestive cancers by up to 47% (free)
Commentaries: Long-Term Aspirin Use May Reduce Cancer Risk, Study Finds – Forbes (free) AND Aspirin slashes risk of gastrointestinal cancer – Medical News Today (free)
Review: Point of Care Ultrasound
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:57h | UTCPoint of Care Ultrasound: An Overview – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Related reviews: Ultrasonography in the emergency department – Critical Care (free) AND Clinically integrated multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound for undifferentiated respiratory difficulty, chest pain, or shock: a critical analytic review – Journal of Intensive Care (free) AND Common pitfalls in point-of-care ultrasound: a practical guide for emergency and critical care physicians – Critical Ultrasound Journal (free) AND Point-of-Care Ultrasonography by Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians – Pediatrics (free)