Daily Archives: February 19, 2018

Mon, February 19 – 10 Stories of The Day!

19 Feb, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – Haemodynamic assessment and support in sepsis and septic shock in resource-limited settings – Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

2 – Simplified guideline for prescribing medical cannabinoids in primary care – Canadian Family Physician (free)

Commentary: New guideline warns pain benefits of medical cannabis overstated – University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, via ScienceDaily (free)

 

3 – Systolic Blood Pressure and Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction – JAMA Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Aggressive Systolic Blood Pressure Control In Older Patients With HFpEF Should Be Avoided – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Low blood pressure linked to worse outcomes in HFpEF patients – Cardiovascular Business (free)

“A systolic blood pressure level of less than 120 mm Hg identifies patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction at higher risk for short- and long-term mortality and emphasizes the need for future prospective studies to evaluate optimal systolic blood pressure treatment goals in this patient population”.

 

4 – Editorial: Vitamin D Screening and Supplementation in Primary Care: Time to Curb Our Enthusiasm – American Family Physician (free)

Related: Your vitamin D tests and supplements are probably a waste of money – VOX (free) AND Why Are So Many People Popping Vitamin D? – The New York Times (free)

 

5 – Interim Estimates of 2017–18 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness — United States, February 2018 – MMWR, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentaries: US study finds 36% flu vaccine protection, 25% against H3N2 – CIDRAP (free) AND Three-quarters of people who got flu shot this year weren’t protected against most common strain – STAT (free)

 

6 – Review: Delirium in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit – Journal of the American Heart Association (free for a limited period)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

7 – New Choosing Wisely Lists in Pediatrics: Four Things Physicians and Patients Should Question in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology – Choosing Wisely Canada (free) AND Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question in Pediatric Orthopedics – Choosing Wisely U.S. (free)

Related: The Choosing Wisely initiative was launched 5 years ago, and now has over 490 recommendations from 18 countries (free)

See complete lists from Choosing Wisely U.S., Choosing Wisely UK, Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada

 

8 – Expert opinion: ‘UTI’ an overused diagnosis in the era of the microbiome – ACP Hospitalist (free)

 

9- Technology: Wanted: a WhatsApp alternative for clinicians – The BMJ Opinion (free)

 

10 – Breast Biopsy Intensity and Findings Following Breast Cancer Screening in Women With and Without a Personal History of Breast Cancer – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Breast MRIs may lead to more biopsies that catch fewer cancers – Reuters (free) AND MRI-Based Breast Screening Leads to More Biopsies, Lower Cancer Yields – Physician’s First Watch (free)

 

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