Daily Archives: November 30, 2017
Guideline – Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management
30 Nov, 2017 | 18:18h | UTCGuideline: Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
News release: New ways to diagnose and manage asthma can improve care, says NICE (free)
Commentaries: NICE changes guidelines on asthma – PharmaTimes (free) AND NICE releases the latest asthma management standards – News Medical (free)
Research: The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities
30 Nov, 2017 | 18:17h | UTCThe potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities in the United States – BMC Medicine (free) (via @ArsenaultBenoit)
Related Guideline: Fiscal policies for diet and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases – World Health Organization (free)
Related articles: Reducing US cardiovascular disease burden and disparities through national and targeted dietary policies: A modelling study – PLOS Medicine (free) AND Taxes and Subsidies for Improving Diet and Population Health in Australia: A Cost-Effectiveness Modelling Study – PLOS Medicine (free) AND Policy lessons from health taxes: a systematic review of empirical studies – BMC Public Health (free)
Gene Therapy Shows Promise For A Growing List Of Diseases
30 Nov, 2017 | 18:16h | UTCGene Therapy Shows Promise For A Growing List Of Diseases – NPR (free)
Research: Association Between Wait Time and 30-Day Mortality in Adults Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery
30 Nov, 2017 | 18:17h | UTCAssociation Between Wait Time and 30-Day Mortality in Adults Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Delaying Surgery for Hip Fracture for More Than One Day Associated with Small Increased Risk of Death – The JAMA Network (free) AND Delaying Hip Fracture Surgery for 1 Day Tied to Higher Mortality Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Emergency Hip Surgery Best Done Within 24 Hours – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Treatment eligibility and retention in clinical HIV care:
30 Nov, 2017 | 18:15h | UTCCommentary: Immediate ART treatment improves retention rates – Boston University School of Medicine (free)
A three-talk model for shared decision making
30 Nov, 2017 | 18:15h | UTCA three-talk model for shared decision making: multistage consultation process – The BMJ (free)
Guideline: Platelet Transfusion for Patients With Cancer
30 Nov, 2017 | 18:14h | UTC
Report: Cardiovascular Disease Statistics 2017
30 Nov, 2017 | 18:13h | UTC“The European Atlas of Cardiology brings together data from 56 countries to demonstrate the prevalence and cost of cardiovascular disease, and the need to utilise resources more effectively” (RT @OUPMedicine see Tweet)
Computerised decision support can improve antibiotic prescribing in hospitals
30 Nov, 2017 | 18:13h | UTCComputerised decision support can improve antibiotic prescribing in hospitals – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: The effectiveness of computerised decision support on antibiotic use in hospitals: A systematic review – PLOS One (free)
Research: Palliative Care Eligibility, Symptom Burden, and Quality-of-Life Ratings in Nursing Home Residents
30 Nov, 2017 | 18:12h | UTCPalliative Care Eligibility, Symptom Burden, and Quality-of-Life Ratings in Nursing Home Residents – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Nursing home residents eligible for palliative care often don’t get it – Reuters (free) AND Most nursing home residents eligible for palliative care but lack access – MedicalXpress (free)
Review: Chikungunya Virus
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:59h | UTCChikungunya virus: clinical aspects and treatment – A Review – Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (free)
Review: Provoked Vestibulodynia
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:57h | UTCProvoked vestibulodynia: current perspectives – International Journal of Women’s Health (free)
Review: Role for Laparoscopy in The Management of Bile Duct Injuries
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:58h | UTCRole for laparoscopy in the management of bile duct injuries – Canadian Journal of Surgery (free)
Review: Laparoscopic splenectomy
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:56h | UTCLaparoscopic splenectomy: Current concepts – World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (free)
Review: Novel clinical features of nonconvulsive status epilepticus
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:57h | UTCNovel clinical features of nonconvulsive status epilepticus – F1000 Research (free)
Review: Heart Failure With Mid-Range Ejection Fraction
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:54h | UTCSummary With 10 Key Points to Remember: Heart Failure With Mid-Range Ejection Fraction – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Original Review: Heart Failure With Mid-Range (Borderline) Ejection Fraction: Clinical Implications and Future Directions – JACC: Heart Failure (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Evidence-based health practice: a fairytale or reality?
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:53h | UTCEvidence-based health practice: a fairytale or reality? – Students 4 Best Evidence (free)
Opinion: Many Academics Eager to Publish in Worthless Journals
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:53h | UTCMany Academics Eager to Publish in Worthless Journals – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Review: Pediatric Hospital Acquired Venous Thromboembolism
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:56h | UTCPediatric Hospital Acquired Venous Thromboembolism – Frontiers in Pediatrics (free)
Review – Primary sclerosing cholangitis: diagnostic and management challenges
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:47h | UTC
Review: Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:55h | UTC
Guidelines on serum eye drops for the treatment of severe ocular surface disease
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:52h | UTCSee also: Executive Summary (free)
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Review – Cancer of the Anal Canal: Diagnosis, Staging and Follow-Up with MRI
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:46h | UTCCancer of the Anal Canal: Diagnosis, Staging and Follow-Up with MRI – Korean Journal of Radiology (free)
Guidelines in gestational trophoblastic disease
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:48h | UTCSEOM clinical guidelines in gestational trophoblastic disease – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)
Review: E-cigarettes in patients with COPD
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:45h | UTC