Daily Archives: August 16, 2018
Perspective: How Disruptive Innovation by Business and Technology Firms Could Improve Population Health
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:25h | UTCHow Disruptive Innovation by Business and Technology Firms Could Improve Population Health – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Review: Clinical Applications of Machine Learning in Cardiovascular Disease and its Relevance to Cardiac Imaging
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:21h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Reducing the Burden of Dizziness in Middle-aged and Older People
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:24h | UTCSource: EvidenceAlerts
Cohort Study: Temporal Associations of Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption With Cancer Mortality
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:23h | UTCTemporal Associations of Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption With Cancer Mortality – JAMA Network Open (free)
Commentary: Policies That Lower Drinking and Smoking Reduce Cancer Deaths – Medscape (free registration required)
Guideline: Medical Management of Perianal Fistulizing Crohn’s Disease
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:17h | UTC
Cardio-Oncology Services: Rationale, Organization, and Implementation
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:14h | UTC
Review: Clinical Applications of Machine Learning in Cardiovascular Disease and its Relevance to Cardiac Imaging
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:21h | UTCGrand Rounds: Alcoholic Hepatitis – Journal of Hepatology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Position Paper: Imaging the Adult with Congenital Heart Disease
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:15h | UTC
Study: Immediate Hypersensitivity to Contrast Agents
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:13h | UTCImmediate Hypersensitivity to Contrast Agents: The French 5-year CIRTACI Study – EclinicalMedicine (free)
Guideline: Pediatric CAR T-Cell Therapy
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:16h | UTCCommentary: Guidelines for Pediatric CAR T-Cell Therapy Developed – The ASCO Post (free)
Perspective: Managing De-implementation in General Practice
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:11h | UTCManaging de-implementation in general practice – Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (free)
Study: Nuts as a Replacement for Carbohydrates in the Diabetic Diet
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:10h | UTC
Study: Factors in Men’s Choice of Active Surveillance for Low-risk Prostate Cancer
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:12h | UTCFactors in men’s choice of active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: Factors Influencing Men’s Choice of and Adherence to Active Surveillance for Low-risk Prostate Cancer: A Mixed-method Systematic Review – European Urology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Study: Sex and BMI Alter the Benefits and Risks of Sulfonylureas and Thiazolidinediones in Type 2 Diabetes
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:09h | UTCSex and BMI Alter the Benefits and Risks of Sulfonylureas and Thiazolidinediones in Type 2 Diabetes: A Framework for Evaluating Stratification Using Routine Clinical and Individual Trial Data – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Doctors should use gender and body mass to personalise diabetes care, study says – The Irish News (free)
Source: The BMJ Research News ($)
Study: Use of Oximetry to Determine Need for Adenotonsillectomy for Sleep-Disordered Breathing
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:11h | UTCUse of Oximetry to Determine Need for Adenotonsillectomy for Sleep-Disordered Breathing – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Oximetry Results Help Determine Need for Adenotonsillectomy – Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Genetic Testing and Counseling After Sudden Cardiac Death
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:06h | UTC
Things We Do for No Reason: Blood Cultures for Uncomplicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Children
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:08h | UTC
Guideline: Management of Adrenocortical Carcinoma in Adults
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:08h | UTCEuropean Society of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Adrenocortical Carcinoma in Adults, in collaboration with the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors – European Journal of Endocrinology (free PDF)
Thu, August 16 – 10 Stories of The Day!
16 Aug, 2018 | 00:15h | UTC
1 – Risk Factors, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: In Type 2 Diabetes, Five Risk Factor Targets Keep MI, Stroke, and Death in Check – TCTMD (free) AND How People With Type 2 Diabetes Can Lower Their Risk of Health Problems – TIME (free) AND T2D, Without Other Risks, Not Tied to Excess Mortality – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Commentary: Brain scan checklist set to boost care for stroke survivors – University of Edinburgh, via EurekAlert (free)
Commentaries: Daily Chest X-Rays Still Overused in Mechanically Ventilated Patients – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Routine daily CXRs for ventilated patients: de-adoption is lagging – Univadis (free registration required) AND Chest x-rays overused on ventilation patients despite ACR guideline – HealthImaging (free)
4 – Editorial: Making diagnostic tests as essential as medicines – BMJ Global Health (free)
Related: Report: First-ever WHO List of Essential Diagnostic Tests (free report and news release) AND The WHO Essential Diagnostic List: A Tool for the Future (free commentaries)
5 – How Unpaywall is transforming open science – Nature News (free)
Related: Unlocking paywalled research papers (legally) (free commentaries) AND Half of papers searched for online are free to read (free)
We have been using the Unpaywall Extension for a while, and it is indeed a handy tool to find free versions (entirely legal) of paywalled articles.
6 – Long-Term Prognosis of Patients With Takotsubo Syndrome – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Long-Term Prognosis of Takotsubo Syndrome – American College of Cardiology (free) AND How deadly is Takotsubo syndrome? It depends on the trigger – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Related: International Expert Consensus Document on Takotsubo Syndrome (free)
7 – Perspective: Medical students are skipping class in droves — and making lectures increasingly obsolete – STAT (free)
Related: WHO chief calls for end to fighting in Congo to halt Ebola spread – The Guardian (free) AND Ebola cases mounting in DRC as region prepares for more – CIDRAP (free)
9 – Association Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Risk of Suicide – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Traumatic brain injury tied to increased risk of suicide – Reuters (free) AND Risk of Suicide Increases After TBI, Study Finds – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Expert reaction to traumatic brain injury and suicide – Science Media Centre (free)
10 – Amisulpride and olanzapine followed by open-label treatment with clozapine in first-episode schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder (OPTiMiSE): a three-phase switching study – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Switching Anti-Psychotic Medications Doesn’t Improve Outcomes in First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients – Mount Sinai (free) AND No Benefit of Switching Antipsychotics in Early Schizophrenia – Medscape (free registration required) AND No Gain with Antipsych Meds Switch in Schizophrenia – MedPage Today (free registration required)