Daily Archives: August 8, 2018

Wed, August 8 – 10 Stories of The Day!

8 Aug, 2018 | 02:21h | UTC

 

1 – Screening for Atrial Fibrillation With Electrocardiography: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Editorials: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation Comes With Many Snags (free for a limited period) AND Electrocardiography Screening for Atrial Fibrillation: We Can Do Better (free for a limited period)

Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation With Electrocardiography (free audio)

“The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for atrial fibrillation with ECG. (I statement)”

 

2 – Mortality effects of timing alternatives for hip fracture surgery – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentaries: Lower death rate when senior hip fractures are repaired quickly – Reuters (free) AND Delayed surgery for hip fractures cause of preventable deaths, study finds – The Globe and Mail (free) AND The sun should not set twice before hip fracture repair – CMAJ, via ScienceDaily (free)

 

3 – Update: Interim Guidance for Preconception Counseling and Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus for Men with Possible Zika Virus Exposure — United States, August 2018 – CDC, MMWR (free)

Related: Vital Signs: Zika-Associated Birth Defects and Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities Possibly Associated with Congenital Zika Virus Infection — U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States, 2018 – CDC, MMWR (free)

Commentaries: 1 in 7 kids exposed to Zika in utero suffers defects, delays – CIDRAP (free) AND 1 in 7 babies exposed to Zika in the womb have health problems, CDC reports – STAT (free) AND One in 7 babies prenatally exposed to Zika has health problems, CDC says – CNN (free)

 

4 – Corticosteroid use and intensive care unit-acquired weakness: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Critical Care (free)

 

5 – The use of viscoelastic haemostatic assays in the management of major bleeding: A British Society for Haematology Guideline – British Journal of Haematology (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

6 – Perspective: Workplace Wellness Programs Don’t Work Well. Why Some Studies Show Otherwise. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

 

7 – Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: July 2018 – eCancer News (free)

 

8 – Cardiotoxicity and Cardiac Monitoring Among Chemotherapy-Treated Breast Cancer Patients – JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Prioritize cardiac monitoring for high-risk breast cancer patients, study suggests – ACP Internist (free) AND Cardiac monitoring may benefit high-risk breast cancer patients against heart failure – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND After Cardiotoxic Chemo, Less Than Half of Women With Breast Cancer Get Recommended Monitoring – TCTMD (free) AND Study Shows Importance of Cardiac Monitoring in High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients – American College of Cardiology (free)

 

9 – Special Issue: Roles of Physicians in Healthy Dying- AMA Journal of Ethics (free articles)

“What the roles of clinicians and patients should be in defining what constitutes a quality dying experience and good care of dying people has received less attention than issues like euthanasia and assisted death. Which parts of dying, if any, should be medicalized and why? What do patients and clinicians need to know about dying and why? The August 2018 issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics explores these and other questions.”

 

10 – Twelve-Month Outcomes After Transplant of Hepatitis C–Infected Kidneys Into Uninfected Recipients: A Single-Group Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Patients who accepted infected kidneys cured of hepatitis C – STAT (free) AND Good Outcomes for HCV-Negative Recipients of HCV Kidneys – Renal & Urology News (free)

 

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