Daily Archives: March 15, 2018
Thu, March 15 – 10 Stories of The Day!
15 Mar, 2018 | 01:50h | UTC
Editorial: Recognizing the Global Impact of Zika Virus Infection during Pregnancy (free)
Quick Take Video Summary: Pregnancy Outcomes after Zika (free)
Commentaries: Study: 7% risk of birth defects in Zika pregnancies – CIDRAP (free) AND Birth defect rate pegged at 7 percent for babies born to Zika-infected women – Reuters (free)
Commentary: Combo Tx Offers New Hope for Cryptococcal Meningitis – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
4 – Grader Variability and the Importance of Reference Standards for Evaluating Machine Learning Models for Diabetic Retinopathy – Ophthalmology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Google’s AI program: Building better algorithms for detecting eye disease – ScienceDaily (free)
5 – Editorial: AI diagnostics need attention – Nature (free) (via @RasoiniR see Tweet)
Related systematic review (just published): Perioperative beta-blockers for preventing surgery-related mortality and morbidity – Cochrane Library (free)
Commentaries: Gout Drug Febuxostat Linked to More CV Deaths Without Uptick in CV Events: CARES Trial – TCTMD (free) AND CARES: Increased Risk of Death With Febuxostat in Patients With Gout and CV Disease – American College of Cardiology (free)
8 – Colonoscopy and Colorectal Cancer Mortality in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A Case–Control Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Colonoscopy significantly reduces mortality from colorectal cancer in Veterans Affairs study – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Colonoscopy Significantly Reduces CRC Deaths – Medscape (free registration required)
9 – N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Emergency Department – Journal of the Americana College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: NT-proBNP cutpoints validated for diagnosing and ruling out heart failure in the ED – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Related review: BNP in the emergency department: The evidence – First10EM (free)
“In acutely dyspneic patients seen in the ED setting, age-stratified NT-proBNP cutpoints may aid in the diagnosis of acute HF. An NT-proBNP <300 pg/ml strongly excludes the presence of acute HF”.
10 – Sustained Physical Activity, Not Weight Loss, Associated With Improved Survival in Coronary Heart Disease – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: For CHD Patients, Physical Activity More Meaningful Than Weight Changes Over Time – TCTMD (free)