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Daily Archives: April 17, 2018

Review: Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death in Cardiovascular Intensive Care

17 Apr, 2018 | 20:06h | UTC

How to manage various arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in the cardiovascular intensive care – Journal of Intensive Care (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 


Meta-Analysis: Lung Ultrasound vs Chest Radiograph in Critically Ill Patients With Respiratory Symptoms

17 Apr, 2018 | 20:04h | UTC

Diagnostic Accuracy of Chest Radiograph, and When Concomitantly Studied Lung Ultrasound, in Critically Ill Patients With Respiratory Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Lung ultrasound accuracy beats X-ray in critically ill patients with respiratory symptoms – Univadis (free registration required)

 


Perspective: Digital Addiction is a Recipe For Isolation, Depression And Anxiety

17 Apr, 2018 | 20:03h | UTC

Perspective: Digital Addiction: A Recipe For Isolation, Depression And Anxiety – Forbes (free)

Original article: Digital Addiction: Increased Loneliness, Anxiety, and Depression – NeuroRegulation (free PDF)

 


Of lamp posts, keys, and fabled drunkards: A perspectival tale of 4 guidelines

17 Apr, 2018 | 20:05h | UTC

Of lamp posts, keys, and fabled drunkards: A perspectival tale of 4 guidelines – Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice (free)

 


Position Statement: Pain Management at the End of Life

17 Apr, 2018 | 20:01h | UTC

Pain Management at the End of Life – American Society for Pain Management Nursing and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Position Statement (free)

Source: Medscape (free registration required)

 


Systematic Review: Use of Smartphones for Early Detection of Melanoma

17 Apr, 2018 | 20:02h | UTC

Use of Smartphones for Early Detection of Melanoma: Systematic Review – Journal of Medical Internet Research (free)

Commentary: Teledermatology improves course of melanoma care from 80 to 10 days – Clinical Innovation + Technology (free)

 


USPSTF Statement: Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

17 Apr, 2018 | 15:19h | UTC

Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Editorials: Preventing Fractures and Falls: A Limited Role for Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements? (free) AND New Prevention Guidelines for Falls and Fractures—Looking Beyond the Letters (free)

 


Cohort Study: Antibody Responses to Ebola Vaccine are Sustained for at Least 2 Years

17 Apr, 2018 | 20:00h | UTC

Determinants of antibody persistence across doses and continents after single-dose rVSV-ZEBOV vaccination for Ebola virus disease: an observational cohort study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: In encouraging sign, Ebola vaccine appears to provide long-lasting protection – STAT (free)

 


Cohort Study: Transplantation Outcomes with Overdose-Death Donor Organs

17 Apr, 2018 | 01:20h | UTC

The Drug Overdose Epidemic and Deceased-Donor Transplantation in the United States: A National Registry Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Organs from drug overdoses could help transplant shortage – Associated Press (free) AND Transplant Docs Too Picky About Organs from Overdose Deaths? – MedPage Today (free)

 


Tue, April 17 – 10 Stories of The Day!

17 Apr, 2018 | 01:23h | UTC

 

1 – Addressing Social Determinants to Improve Patient Care and Promote Health Equity: An American College of Physicians Position Paper – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

 

2 – Guidelines for the investigation of chronic diarrhoea in adults: British Society of Gastroenterology, 3rd edition – Gut (free)

Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club

 

3 – Atrial Fibrillation Burden: Moving Beyond Atrial Fibrillation as a Binary Entity: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

Commentary: Atrial Fibrillation beyond “All or None”: The Missing Piece in Understanding Atrial Fibrillation? (free)

Top Ten Things to Know: Atrial Fibrillation Burden—Moving Beyond AF as a Binary Entity (free PDF)

 

4 – Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy in Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: AACR 2018: Combination therapy doubles survival in metastatic lung cancer – eCancer News (free) AND Lung Cancer Patients Live Longer With Immune Therapy – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

 

5 – Associations between chronotype, morbidity and mortality in the UK Biobank cohort – Chronobiology International (free)

Commentaries: ‘Night owls’ slightly more likely to die sooner than ‘early birds’ – NHS Choices (free) AND Why being a night owl may lead to earlier death – VOX (free) AND Night Owls Could Face Higher Risk Of Premature Death, Study Suggests – Forbes (free)

 

6 – Acid‐suppressive drugs and risk of kidney disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis – Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club

Proton pump inhibitors were associated with higher risks of acute interstitial nephritis (HR, 2.78; 95% CI, 1.25‐6.17), acute kidney injury (HR, 1.85; 95% CI, 1.33‐2.59), chronic kidney disease (HR, 1.47; 95% CI, 1.03‐2.09), and end‐stage renal disease (HR, 1.61; 95% CI, 1.26‐2.04) than non‐PPI therapy. Similar risks were not identified for H2RA therapy.

 

7 – Global burden of mental disorders among children aged 5–14 years – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (free)

Commentary: Mental disorders among leading causes of illness in children worldwide – BioMed Central, via ScienceDaily (free)

 

8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 16 April 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

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

 

9 – New Series from The Lancet Journals: Preconception health (free registration required)

Commentaries: Obese couples could be risking health of future children, studies say – The Guardian (free) AND Parents’ Preconception Well-Being Affects Child’s Future Health – Medscape (free registration required)

 

10 – The Risk of Fatigue and Sleepiness in the Ridesharing Industry: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Position Statement – Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (free)

Commentary: AASM: Ridesharing Industry Needs to Do More to Promote Safety – MPR (free)

 


Preconception Health – New Series from The Lancet Journals

17 Apr, 2018 | 01:13h | UTC

New Series from The Lancet Journals: Preconception health (free registration required)

Commentaries: Obese couples could be risking health of future children, studies say – The Guardian (free) AND Parents’ Preconception Well-Being Affects Child’s Future Health – Medscape (free registration required)

 


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