Daily Archives: June 21, 2019 | LinksMedicus Free Medical News & Perspectives

Mapping the Global Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality of Malaria Parasites

21 Jun, 2019 | 09:17h | UTC

Mapping the global prevalence, incidence, and mortality of Plasmodium falciparum, 2000–17: a spatial and temporal modelling study – The Lancet (free)

Invited Commentary: New malaria maps (free)

News Release: New High-Resolution Global Maps Show How to Defeat Malaria – The Malaria Atlas Project (free)

See also: The Malaria Atlas Project Website (free resources) AND Explorer Tool (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Excited to announce two new studies published in @TheLancet from Malaria Atlas Project and @IHME_UW, which present the most comprehensive maps of the global distribution of malaria parasites! https://t.co/NYPGdT24kF

See the results on our explorer tool: https://t.co/kd4gmv3kBf

— MalariaAtlasProject (@MalariaAtlas) June 20, 2019

Fri June 21 – 10 Stories of The Day!

21 Jun, 2019 | 09:26h | UTC

1 – Mapping the global prevalence, incidence, and mortality of Plasmodium falciparum, 2000–17: a spatial and temporal modelling study – The Lancet (free)

Invited Commentary: New malaria maps (free)

News Release: New High-Resolution Global Maps Show How to Defeat Malaria – The Malaria Atlas Project (free)

See also: The Malaria Atlas Project Website (free resources) AND Explorer Tool (free)

2 – Magnetic Resonance Perfusion or Fractional Flow Reserve in Coronary Disease – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Cardiac MRI Safely Reduces Invasive Tx for Stable Angina – MedPage Today (free registration required)

3 – Association of Coworker Reports About Unprofessional Behavior by Surgeons With Surgical Complications in Their Patients – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: When Surgeons Are Abrasive To Co-Workers, Patients’ Health May Suffer – NPR (free) AND Unprofessional Behavior by Surgeons Linked to Surgical Complications in Their Patients – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND After surgery, how patients fare may depend on how their doctor behaves, study says – CNN (free)

4 – Prevalence of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivors in the United States – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Nearly 5.4 million cancer survivors suffer chronic pain – American Cancer Society (free) AND One-third of cancer survivors experiences chronic pain, study says – UPI (free)

5 – Trends in the Laboratory Detection of Rotavirus Before and After Implementation of Routine Rotavirus Vaccination — United States, 2000–2018 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentary: Rotavirus Vaccination Tied to Large Drop in Infections – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

6 – Safety of a Restrictive versus Liberal Approach to Red Blood Cell Transfusion on the Outcome of AKI in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial – Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Restrictive Approach to Blood Cell Transfusions Safe for Heart Surgery Patients – American Society of Nephrology (free)

7 – Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews, 20 May 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.

8 – Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Surgical-site Infections: A Randomized Trial – Annals of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related Cochrane Review: Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by primary closure (free)

Source: EvidenceAlerts

9 – Associations of genetically determined iron status across the phenome: A mendelian randomization study – PLOS Medicine (free)

Commentary: High on iron? It stops anaemia but has a downside – University of South Australia (free)

10 – Association Between Reported Long Working Hours and History of Stroke in the CONSTANCES Cohort – Stroke (free)

Commentaries: Long work hours associated with increased risk of stroke – American Heart Association (free) AND Longer work hours may raise stroke risk – UPI (free) AND Long working hours ‘linked to stroke risk’ – BBC (free)

Study: Association of Coworker Reports About Unprofessional Behavior by Surgeons With Surgical Complications in Their Patients

21 Jun, 2019 | 08:50h | UTC

Association of Coworker Reports About Unprofessional Behavior by Surgeons With Surgical Complications in Their Patients – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: When Surgeons Are Abrasive To Co-Workers, Patients’ Health May Suffer – NPR (free) AND Unprofessional Behavior by Surgeons Linked to Surgical Complications in Their Patients – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND After surgery, how patients fare may depend on how their doctor behaves, study says – CNN (free)

[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: A Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Based Strategy for Stable Angina Resulted in Less Coronary Revascularization Procedures than an FFR Based Strategy with Similar Outcomes

21 Jun, 2019 | 09:05h | UTC

Magnetic Resonance Perfusion or Fractional Flow Reserve in Coronary Disease – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Cardiac MRI Safely Reduces Invasive Tx for Stable Angina – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Study: Prevalence of Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivors

21 Jun, 2019 | 08:28h | UTC

Prevalence of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivors in the United States – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Nearly 5.4 million cancer survivors suffer chronic pain – American Cancer Society (free) AND One-third of cancer survivors experiences chronic pain, study says – UPI (free)

[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: In Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery, A Restrictive Transfusion Approach Does Not Increase the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury

21 Jun, 2019 | 08:15h | UTC

Safety of a Restrictive versus Liberal Approach to Red Blood Cell Transfusion on the Outcome of AKI in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial – Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Restrictive Approach to Blood Cell Transfusions Safe for Heart Surgery Patients – American Society of Nephrology (free)

Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—20 May 2019

21 Jun, 2019 | 08:01h | UTC

Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews, 20 May 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.

[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Reduces Surgical-site Infections in High Risk Patients After Pancreaticoduodenectomy

21 Jun, 2019 | 07:54h | UTC

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Surgical-site Infections: A Randomized Trial – Annals of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related Cochrane Review: Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by primary closure (free)

Source: EvidenceAlerts

Related Commentary on Twitter

A new RCT from @HopkinsMedicine shows that incisional wound vacs can decrease wound infections in high-risk patients after pancreaticoduodenectomy: https://t.co/qlgCg7wfRB
by @ammarjaved @MartyMakary @surgeonweiss et al #VisualAbstract pic.twitter.com/Tlq1RzGh1w

— Annals of Surgery (@AnnalsofSurgery) December 5, 2018