Daily Archives: July 30, 2018

Mon, July 30 – 10 Stories of The Day!

30 Jul, 2018 | 00:05h | UTC

 

1 – Guidelines for the care and treatment of persons diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C virus infection – World Health Organization (free)

See also: World Hepatitis Day (28 July 2018) – World Health Organization (free manuals, guidelines and campaign resources)

 

2 – Management of cancer pain in adult patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines – Annals of Oncology (free)

 

3 – Analysis of clinical benefit, harms, and cost-effectiveness of screening women for abdominal aortic aneurysm – The Lancet (free)

Invited Commentary: Should we screen women for abdominal aortic aneurysm? – The Lancet (free)

 

4 – Esomeprazole and aspirin in Barrett’s oesophagus (AspECT): a randomised factorial trial – The Lancet (free)

Invited Commentary: Should aspirin and PPIs be recommended for patients with Barrett’s oesophagus? – The Lancet (free)

 

5 – Effect of Escitalopram vs Placebo Treatment for Depression on Long-term Cardiac Outcomes in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Treating Depression May Improve Cardiac Outcomes, Research Finds – AJMC (free) AND Treating depression may prevent repeat heart attack, study says – UPI (free)

 

6 – Opinion: How Do You Want to Die? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

“Are we turning sudden cardiac death into a longer, winding path? Defibrillators can prevent sudden death but they also can take away the sudden-death option.” (via @RasoiniR see Tweet)

 

7 – Treatment for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Treatment for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis – Cochrane Library (free)

 

8 – Protease Inhibitors and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With HIV and Heart Failure – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Protease inhibitors may increase risk of death in people with HIV and heart failure – OnMedica (free) AND Protease inhibitors may increase risk of death in people with HIV and heart failure – Massachusetts General Hospital, via EurekAlert (free)

 

9 – Prevalence of Depression Among Fathers at the Pediatric Well-Child Care Visit – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: New dads need depression screening, too – Reuters (free) AND New Dads as Likely to Suffer From Depression as Moms, Study Suggests – Medscape (free registration required)

 

10 – Pharmacological Treatment of Arterial Hypertension in Children and Adolescents: A Network Meta-Analysis – Hypertension (free)

Commentary: Pediatric hypertension: ACEi/ARBs look like the best choice – Univadis (free)

“According to the present analysis, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers could represent the best choice as antihypertensive treatment for pediatric hypertension. However, because of the paucity of available data for the other classes of antihypertensive drugs, definitive conclusions are not allowed and further randomized controlled trials are warranted.”

 

---