Daily Archives: April 18, 2019
Thu April 18 – 10 Stories of The Day!
18 Apr, 2019 | 08:05h | UTC
News Release: WHO releases first guideline on digital health interventions (free)
Related Guidelines: Management of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND Managing toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: consensus recommendations from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Toxicity Management Working Group (free)
Related Reviews: New drugs, new toxicities: severe side effects of modern targeted and immunotherapy of cancer and their management – Critical Care (free) AND Severe toxicity from checkpoint protein inhibitors: What intensive care physicians need to know? – Annals of Intensive Care (free) AND Checkpoint Inhibitors: The diagnosis and treatment of side effects – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
5 – Reducing surgical mortality in Scotland by use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist – BJS (free)
Commentaries: Hospital deaths after surgery fall after launch of surgical safety checklists in Scotland – Wiley (free) AND Surgical safety checklist linked to decline in hospital deaths – UPI (free)
See also: WHO Surgical Safety Checklist – World Health Organization (free resources)
Commentaries: Expert reaction to screen time and inattention in preschoolers – Science Media Centre (free) AND More Screen Time = More Behavioral Problems in Preschoolers – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Increased screen time in preschool is linked to inattention – PLOS (free)
Commentary: Physical Inactivity Not Tied to Dementia – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Commentaries: Smoking cessation in people with serious mental illness – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND New intervention doubles quit rate among smokers with severe mental illness – University of York (free) AND Smoking cessation for people with severe mental illness? “Oh yes they can!” SCIMITAR+ – The Mental Elf (free)
9 – Intensive Care Utilization in Stable Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated with Rapid Reperfusion – JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions (link to abstract – $ for full-text)’
Commentaries: Many heart attack patients may be needlessly treated in ICU, study suggests – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Reperfusion Timing May Predict Post-PCI ICU Complication Rate in Stable STEMI – Cardiology Advisor (free) AND Most STEMI Patients Head to ICU After PCI, but Not All Need to Go – TCTMD (free) AND ICUs overused for STEMI patients – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Commentaries: Even moderate red and processed meat eaters at risk of bowel cancer – Cancer Research UK (free) AND Expert reaction to red and processed meat consumption and risk of colorectal cancer – Science Media Centre (free)
ESC Position Paper: Heart Failure in Cardiomyopathies
18 Apr, 2019 | 08:02h | UTC
WHO Guideline: Recommendations on Digital Interventions for Health System Strengthening
18 Apr, 2019 | 08:04h | UTCNews Release: WHO releases first guideline on digital health interventions (free)
NCCN Guideline: Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities
18 Apr, 2019 | 08:00h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Management of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND Managing toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: consensus recommendations from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Toxicity Management Working Group (free)
Related Reviews: New drugs, new toxicities: severe side effects of modern targeted and immunotherapy of cancer and their management – Critical Care (free) AND Severe toxicity from checkpoint protein inhibitors: What intensive care physicians need to know? – Annals of Intensive Care (free) AND Checkpoint Inhibitors: The diagnosis and treatment of side effects – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
KDIGO Consensus Statement: Dialysis Initiation, Modality Choice, Access, and Prescription
18 Apr, 2019 | 07:58h | UTC
Cohort Study: Screen-time is Associated with Inattention Problems in Preschoolers
18 Apr, 2019 | 07:53h | UTCCommentaries: Expert reaction to screen time and inattention in preschoolers – Science Media Centre (free) AND More Screen Time = More Behavioral Problems in Preschoolers – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Increased screen time in preschool is linked to inattention – PLOS (free)
Reducing Surgical Mortality by Use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist
18 Apr, 2019 | 07:56h | UTCReducing surgical mortality in Scotland by use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist – BJS (free)
Commentaries: Hospital deaths after surgery fall after launch of surgical safety checklists in Scotland – Wiley (free) AND Surgical safety checklist linked to decline in hospital deaths – UPI (free)
See also: WHO Surgical Safety Checklist – World Health Organization (free resources)
Meta-Analysis: Physical Inactivity, Cardiometabolic Disease, and Risk of Dementia
18 Apr, 2019 | 07:51h | UTCCommentary: Physical Inactivity Not Tied to Dementia – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Cohort Study: Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Risk of Colorectal Cancer
18 Apr, 2019 | 07:46h | UTCCommentaries: Even moderate red and processed meat eaters at risk of bowel cancer – Cancer Research UK (free) AND Expert reaction to red and processed meat consumption and risk of colorectal cancer – Science Media Centre (free)
Randomized Trial: Smoking Cessation for People with Severe Mental Illness
18 Apr, 2019 | 07:50h | UTCCommentaries: Smoking cessation in people with serious mental illness – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND New intervention doubles quit rate among smokers with severe mental illness – University of York (free) AND Smoking cessation for people with severe mental illness? “Oh yes they can!” SCIMITAR+ – The Mental Elf (free)
Observational Study Suggests Many Patients with STEMI Treated with Rapid Reperfusion are Being Needlessly Treated in the ICU
18 Apr, 2019 | 07:48h | UTCIntensive Care Utilization in Stable Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated with Rapid Reperfusion – JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions (link to abstract – $ for full-text)’
Commentaries: Many heart attack patients may be needlessly treated in ICU, study suggests – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Reperfusion Timing May Predict Post-PCI ICU Complication Rate in Stable STEMI – Cardiology Advisor (free) AND Most STEMI Patients Head to ICU After PCI, but Not All Need to Go – TCTMD (free) AND ICUs overused for STEMI patients – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Cardiac ICUs – make space for those who actually need it!
Analysis of STEMI patients treated at ICUs (>80%!), <20% actually needed ICU support (still surprisingly high number?)
whats your procedure?#CICU #CCU #Cardiology #Cardiotwitter https://t.co/252FzN2rmH pic.twitter.com/lhCIm75qo5
— Konstantin Krychtiuk (@krychtiukmd) April 15, 2019