Daily Archives: June 27, 2018
Wed, June 27 – 10 Stories of The Day!
27 Jun, 2018 | 00:02h | UTC
Editorials: Screening for Osteoporosis (free) AND Osteoporosis Screening—2 Steps May Be Too Much for Women Younger Than 65 Years (free)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (free)
See also: USPSTF Final Recommendation Statement (free)
3 – Recurrent Glioblastoma Treated with Recombinant Poliovirus – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Exploiting Viruses to Treat Diseases (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Doctors Try Genetically Modified Poliovirus As Experimental Brain Cancer Treatment – NPR (free) AND Poliovirus therapy shows early promise in patients with aggressive brain cancer but questions linger – STAT (free)
4 – Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery for Glycemic Control in Noncritical Care – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Improved Glycemic Control With Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery System – Endocrinology Advisor (free) AND Closed-Loop Diabetes Systems (Artificial Pancreas) Can Be Used For Inpatient Care – MedicalResearch.com (free)
5 – Different defibrillation strategies in survivors after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – Heart (free)
Commentary: Onsite defibrillators helping to increase cardiac arrest survival – Reuters (free)
Related Studies: Impact of Bystander Automated External Defibrillator Use on Outcomes (free study and commentaries) AND Use of public defibrillators linked to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Bystander Efforts and 1-Year Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (link to abstract and commentaries)
6 – Deprescribing Proton Pump Inhibitors – Therapeutics Initiative (free)
Related guidelines: Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Deprescribing antihyperglycemic agents in older persons: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Deprescribing antipsychotics for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and insomnia: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists – Canadian Family Physician (free)
Commentaries: Long-term weight loss of at least 20% helps improve outcomes in overweight, obese patients with knee osteoarthritis – ACP Internist (free) AND When it comes to weight loss in overweight and obese adults with knee osteoarthritis, more is better – Wiley, via ScienceDaily (free) AND More weight loss tied to less knee pain for obese people – Reuters (free) AND More Weight Loss Linked To Greater Decrease in Knee Arthritis Pain – MedicalResearch.com (free)
8 – The economic cost of inadequate sleep – Sleep (free)
Commentaries: Inadequate sleep could cost countries billions – Oxford University Press USA, via EurekAlert (free) AND Wake-up call: Sleepiness ‘epidemic’ costing global economies billions – The Sidney Morning Herald (free)
9 – Donepezil for dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Donepezil for people with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease – Cochrane Library (free)
10 – Percutaneous Ablation Versus Partial and Radical Nephrectomy for T1a Renal Cancer: A Population-Based Analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Percutaneous ablation may be preferred to nephrectomy for selected patients with early-stage renal cancer – ACP Internist (free) AND New Findings Support Ablation for Small Renal Tumors – Renal & Urology News (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Radiofrequency ablation versus partial nephrectomy for treatment of renal masses: A systematic review and meta-analysis – The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences (free) AND Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Partial Nephrectomy in Treating Small Renal Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Medicine (free)
“Percutaneous ablation for T1a renal cancer has similar 5-year survival rates to radical nephrectomy but with far fewer 30-day complications and less kidney failure (via @AnnalsofIM see Tweet)