Daily Archives: June 20, 2018
Wed, June 20 – 10 Stories of The Day!
20 Jun, 2018 | 00:03h | UTC
1 – Clinical Review Podcast (28 min): A Goal Too Far: Rethinking HbA1c Targets for Diabetes Treatment – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Related: For Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, What’s the Best Target Hemoglobin A1C? (Free Commentary, ADA Position Statement and ACP Guideline)
Commentary: Prostatic artery embolisation: time to improve collaboration – The BMJ Opinion (free)
4 – Prevalence and outcomes of incidental imaging findings: umbrella review – The BMJ (free)
Related: Giles Maskell: Incidental anarchy – The BMJ Opinion (free)
“Incidentalomas. If you order imaging studies, you know they are a problem. This meta-analysis quantifies incidentaloma prevalence for specific types of imaging. For MRI of the brain, the prevalence was 22% (95%CI 14 to 31) (via @RasoiniR and @eloder, see Tweet)
Commentaries: HPV vaccine leads to steep drop in cancer-causing infections in England – CNN (free) AND HPV vaccine has almost wiped out infections in young women, figures show – The Telegraph (free)
Related Cochrane Review: Prophylactic Vaccination Against HPV to Prevent Cervical Cancer (link to review and commentaries)
6 – Commentary: IOTA – Liberal vs Conservative Oxygen Therapy in the Critically Ill – The Bottom Line (free)
Original Meta-Analysis: Liberal vs Conservative Oxygen Therapy in Acutely ill Adults (link to abstract and commentary)
“Hyperoxia is BAD –> Aim for lowest safest inspired O2 in critically ill pts & titrate FiO2 down if SpO2 >95%” (via @srrezaie see Tweet)
Commentaries: Diabetes and cardiovascular mortality: the impact of sex – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (free) AND Diabetes triples women’s risk of death from ischemic heart disease – Cardiovascular Business (free)
8 – Influence of Lifestyle on Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Healthy Lifestyle Lowers CVD Risk in Diabetes Patients – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Healthy lifestyle changes after diabetes diagnosis lower CVD risk – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Reduction in CVD Events, Even Mortality, in Patients With Diabetes Who Adopt a Healthier Lifestyle – TCTMD (free)
9 – Prognostic Implications of Single-Sample Confirmatory Testing for Undiagnosed Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Diagnosing Diabetes From a Single Blood Sample – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, via NewsWise (free) AND One Blood Test Might Be Enough to Diagnosis (free) AND Diabetes Dx Predicted Accurately with Single Blood Sample – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Diabetes Diagnoses Confirmable from Single-Sample Measurements – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)
“The standard practice of repeat blood tests may not always be necessary, a new study suggests” (from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
Commentaries: Marriage tied to lower risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes – Reuters (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at marital status and risk of heart disease, stroke and death – Science Media Centre (free)