Daily Archives: October 22, 2018
Mon, October 22 – 10 Stories of The Day!
22 Oct, 2018 | 00:46h | UTC
1 – Effect of Theophylline as Adjunct to Inhaled Corticosteroids on Exacerbations in Patients With COPD: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: TWICS results suggest no role for low-dose theophylline as add-on therapy in COPD – Medwire News (free) AND Low-Dose Theophylline Not Effective at Reducing COPD Exacerbations, Study Finds – AJMC (free)
Commentaries: Joint Commission accreditation doesn’t lead to better outcomes, study shows – Modern Healthcare (free) AND Doubt cast on value of hospital accreditation in Harvard study – Healthcare Dive (free)
Invited Commentary: Steroid injection or wrist splint for first-time carpal tunnel syndrome? (free)
“A single corticosteroid injection shows superior clinical effectiveness at 6 weeks compared with night-resting splints.”
News Release: New report asks why doctors find it so hard to talk to patients about dying (free)
Commentaries: Doctors must talk ‘honestly’ to patients about dying – OnMedica (free) AND Doctors ‘need to start early conversation with patients about dying’ – BBC (free)
Related Article: Screen media use and ADHD-related behaviors: Four decades of research – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (free)
7 – Review: Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Review and Update – Frontiers in Medicine (free)
9 – Prokinetics for functional dyspepsia – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Medications which promote stomach movement to relieve upper abdominal discomfort that does not have a specific cause – Cochrane Library (free)
“We are unable to say whether prokinetics are effective for the treatment of functional dyspepsia.”
Commentaries: Expansive New Study Says Not Exercising Is Worse for Your Health Than Smoking – TIME (free) AND Researchers show better cardiorespiratory fitness leads to longer life – MedicalXpress (free)