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Daily Archives: June 28, 2019

Fri June 28 – 10 Stories of The Day!

28 Jun, 2019 | 07:49h | UTC

 

1 – Pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of peripartum cardiomyopathy: a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Study Group on peripartum cardiomyopathy – European Journal of Heart Failure (free)

Related Reviews: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy – Circulation (free) AND Practical management of peripartum cardiomyopathy – Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (free) AND A contemporary review of peripartum cardiomyopathy – Clinical Medicine (free) AND State of the Art Review: Peripartum cardiomyopathy – The BMJ (free)

 

2 – Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Services – Edition 2 – Intensive Care Society (free PDF)

 

3 – Application of High-Sensitivity Troponin in Suspected Myocardial Infarction – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: High-Sensitivity Troponin in Suspected MI – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Risk Stratification Using Serial High-Sensitivity Troponin Measurements – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

See also: Compass MI Calculator

 

4 – Mass Drug Administration for Scabies — 2 Years of Follow-up – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: New Australian-Pacific scabies treatment has lasting results, study finds – Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (free) AND Scabies Means Misery. This Pill Can End It. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related Study: Mass Drug Administration Reduces Scabies Cases by 90% in Solomon Islands’ Communities (free)

 

5 – Survey Snapshot: Challenging the Resistance to “Palliative” – NEJM Catalyst (free)

 

6 – Antiretroviral treatment can reduce the risk of HIV transmission between male partners to ‘zero’ – NIHR Signal (free)

Original Study: Undetectable = Untransmittable: Risk of HIV Transmission in Serodifferent Gay Couples (free study and commentaries)

Related: Systematic Review: Negligible Risk of Transmitting HIV During Sex When Viral Load is Suppressed (free study and commentaries) AND UNAIDS Explainer: UNDETECTABLE = UNTRANSMITTABLE (free)

 

7 – The Influence of Inpatient Physician Continuity on Hospital Discharge – Journal of General Internal Medicine (free)

Commentary: Inpatient physician continuity associated with speedier discharge at one hospital – ACP Hospitalist (free)

 

8 – Dietary carbohydrate restriction improves metabolic syndrome independent of weight loss – JCI Insight (free)

Commentary: Low-carb diet may reduce diabetes risk independent of weight loss – Ohio State University (free)

 

9 – Association between urinary triclosan with bone mass density and osteoporosis in the US adult women, 2005-2010 – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (free)

Commentaries: Triclosan Exposure May Lower Bone Mineral Density in Women – MPR (free) AND Osteoporosis: Investigating the role of a common antibacterial chemical – Medical News Today (free) AND Chemical in soaps, hand sanitizers tied to osteoporosis – Reuters (free)

 

10 – Types of Sedentary Behavior and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Blacks: The Jackson Heart Study – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

Commentary: Sitting in front of TV may be worse for health than desk job – Reuters (free) AND Heart risk raised by sitting in front of the TV, not by sitting at work, finds study – Columbia University Irving Medical Center (free)

 


Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Services

28 Jun, 2019 | 07:46h | UTC

Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Services – Edition 2 – Intensive Care Society (free PDF)

 


ESC Position Statement: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

28 Jun, 2019 | 07:47h | UTC

Pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of peripartum cardiomyopathy: a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Study Group on peripartum cardiomyopathy – European Journal of Heart Failure (free)

Related Reviews: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy – Circulation (free) AND Practical management of peripartum cardiomyopathy – Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (free) AND A contemporary review of peripartum cardiomyopathy – Clinical Medicine (free) AND State of the Art Review: Peripartum cardiomyopathy – The BMJ (free)

 


Mass Drug Administration for Scabies

28 Jun, 2019 | 07:43h | UTC

Mass Drug Administration for Scabies — 2 Years of Follow-up – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: New Australian-Pacific scabies treatment has lasting results, study finds – Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (free) AND Scabies Means Misery. This Pill Can End It. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related Study: Mass Drug Administration Reduces Scabies Cases by 90% in Solomon Islands’ Communities (free)

 


Serial High-Sensitivity Troponin Measurements to Estimate the Probability of Myocardial Infarction

28 Jun, 2019 | 07:45h | UTC

Application of High-Sensitivity Troponin in Suspected Myocardial Infarction – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: High-Sensitivity Troponin in Suspected MI – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Risk Stratification Using Serial High-Sensitivity Troponin Measurements – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

See also: Compass MI Calculator

 


Perspective: Challenging the Resistance to Palliative Care

28 Jun, 2019 | 07:42h | UTC

Survey Snapshot: Challenging the Resistance to “Palliative” – NEJM Catalyst (free)

 


Study Review: Antiretroviral Treatment can Reduce the Risk of HIV Transmission Between Male Partners to ‘Zero’

28 Jun, 2019 | 07:40h | UTC

Antiretroviral treatment can reduce the risk of HIV transmission between male partners to ‘zero’ – NIHR Signal (free)

Original Study: Undetectable = Untransmittable: Risk of HIV Transmission in Serodifferent Gay Couples (free study and commentaries)

Related: Systematic Review: Negligible Risk of Transmitting HIV During Sex When Viral Load is Suppressed (free study and commentaries) AND UNAIDS Explainer: UNDETECTABLE = UNTRANSMITTABLE (free)

 


Study: Inpatient Physician Continuity Associated with Speedier Patient Discharge

28 Jun, 2019 | 07:38h | UTC

The Influence of Inpatient Physician Continuity on Hospital Discharge – Journal of General Internal Medicine (free)

Commentary: Inpatient physician continuity associated with speedier discharge at one hospital – ACP Hospitalist (free)

 


[Abstract Only] Study: Triclosan Exposure Linked to Osteoporosis in Women

28 Jun, 2019 | 07:35h | UTC

Association between urinary triclosan with bone mass density and osteoporosis in the US adult women, 2005-2010 – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (free)

Commentaries: Triclosan Exposure May Lower Bone Mineral Density in Women – MPR (free) AND Osteoporosis: Investigating the role of a common antibacterial chemical – Medical News Today (free) AND Chemical in soaps, hand sanitizers tied to osteoporosis – Reuters (free)

 


Study: Dietary Carbohydrate Restriction Improves Metabolic Syndrome Independent of Weight Loss

28 Jun, 2019 | 07:36h | UTC

Dietary carbohydrate restriction improves metabolic syndrome independent of weight loss – JCI Insight (free)

Commentary: Low-carb diet may reduce diabetes risk independent of weight loss – Ohio State University (free)

 


Study: Types of Sedentary Behavior and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Blacks

28 Jun, 2019 | 07:33h | UTC

Types of Sedentary Behavior and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Blacks: The Jackson Heart Study – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

Commentary: Sitting in front of TV may be worse for health than desk job – Reuters (free) AND Heart risk raised by sitting in front of the TV, not by sitting at work, finds study – Columbia University Irving Medical Center (free)

 


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