Daily Archives: July 12, 2019
Study: Diagnosis Errors Account for One-third of Severe Harm Malpractice Claims
12 Jul, 2019 | 08:05h | UTCSerious misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: The “Big Three” – vascular events, infections, and cancers – Diagnosis (free)
Commentary: Diagnosis errors account for one-third of severe harm malpractice claims – Modern Healthcare (free) AND Study: 100k patients injured, die each year after misdiagnosis – UPI (free)
Related Report: Improving Diagnosis in Health Care – The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (free)
Fri July 12 – 10 Stories of The Day!
12 Jul, 2019 | 08:23h | UTC
1 – Serious misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: The “Big Three” – vascular events, infections, and cancers – Diagnosis (free)
Commentaries: Diagnosis errors account for one-third of severe harm malpractice claims – Modern Healthcare (free) AND Study: 100k patients injured, die each year after misdiagnosis – UPI (free)
Related Report: Improving Diagnosis in Health Care – The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (free)
2 – Time Course for Benefit and Risk of Clopidogrel and Aspirin after Acute Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Ischemic Stroke: A Secondary Analysis from the POINT Randomized Trial – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Clopidogrel-Aspirin in Minor Stroke/TIA of Maximum Benefit in First 21 Days – TCTMD (free)
Related Guideline: Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for Acute High-Risk TIA and Minor Ischemic Stroke – The BMJ (free)
3 – Editorial: Physician burnout: a global crisis – The Lancet (free)
Related Perspectives: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free) AND Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point – The Guardian (free) AND The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic (free) AND To Combat Physician Burnout and Improve Care, Fix the Electronic Health Record – Harvard Business Review (free commentaries) AND Physician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive (free)
Related Articles: Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians (free) AND Burnout syndrome among medical residents: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Prevalence of Burnout in Medical and Surgical Residents: A Meta-Analysis – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (free) AND Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction (link to abstract and commentaries)
Related Guidelines: Erectile Dysfunction: AUA Guideline (free) AND An Update of the International Society of Sexual Medicine’s Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Premature Ejaculation – Sexual Medicine (free)
5 – Preclinical Alzheimer Disease—Early Diagnosis or Overdiagnosis? – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
6 – Association Between Blood Pressure Variability, Cardiovascular Disease And Mortality In Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review And Meta‐Analysis – Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Systolic BP variability associated with increased risk of death, CV events in patients with type 2 diabetes, meta-analysis finds – ACP Diabetes (free)
Commentaries: No link between flu vaccine in pregnancy and later health problems in children – The BMJ (free) AND Swine flu jab in pregnancy safe for children as well as mothers – OnMedica (free)
8 – Perspective: New drugs: where did we go wrong and what can we do better? – The BMJ (free)
Commentary: No evidence of added benefit for most new drugs entering German healthcare system – The BMJ (free)
Commentaries: Possible link between sugary drinks and cancer – The BMJ (free) Sugary drinks linked to cancer – NHS Choices (free) AND A small glass of juice or soda a day is linked to increased risk of cancer, study finds – CNN (free) AND Are sugary drinks causing cancer? – BBC (free)
Commentary: Mentally stimulating activities linked to lower risk or delay of age-related memory loss – News Medical (free)
Physician Burnout: A Global Crisis
12 Jul, 2019 | 07:57h | UTCEditorial: Physician burnout: a global crisis – The Lancet (free)
Related Perspectives: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free) AND Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point – The Guardian (free) AND The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic (free) AND To Combat Physician Burnout and Improve Care, Fix the Electronic Health Record – Harvard Business Review (free commentaries) AND Physician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive (free)
Related Articles: Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians (free) AND Burnout syndrome among medical residents: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Prevalence of Burnout in Medical and Surgical Residents: A Meta-Analysis – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (free) AND Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction (link to abstract and commentaries)
Interventions to Treat Erectile Dysfunction and Premature Ejaculation: An Overview of Systematic Reviews
12 Jul, 2019 | 07:54h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Erectile Dysfunction: AUA Guideline (free) AND An Update of the International Society of Sexual Medicine’s Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Premature Ejaculation – Sexual Medicine (free)
[Abstract Only] Study: The Benefits of Clopidogrel-aspirin Combination after Minor Stroke/TIA occurs Predominantly Within the First 21 Days
12 Jul, 2019 | 08:03h | UTCTime Course for Benefit and Risk of Clopidogrel and Aspirin after Acute Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Ischemic Stroke: A Secondary Analysis from the POINT Randomized Trial – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Clopidogrel-Aspirin in Minor Stroke/TIA of Maximum Benefit in First 21 Days – TCTMD (free)
Related Guideline: Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for Acute High-Risk TIA and Minor Ischemic Stroke – The BMJ (free)
Viewpoint: Preclinical Alzheimer Disease—Early Diagnosis or Overdiagnosis?
12 Jul, 2019 | 07:52h | UTCPreclinical Alzheimer Disease—Early Diagnosis or Overdiagnosis? – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Preclinical #AlzheimerDisease: may identify high-risk group to target new preventive medications, but may also lead to overdiagnosis and high costs https://t.co/GK3soETwd1
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) July 9, 2019
Cohort Study: Flu Vaccine in Pregnancy Safe for Children and Mothers
12 Jul, 2019 | 07:44h | UTCCommentaries: No link between flu vaccine in pregnancy and later health problems in children – The BMJ (free) AND Swine flu jab in pregnancy safe for children as well as mothers – OnMedica (free)
Perspective – New Drugs: Where Did We Go Wrong and What Can We do Better?
12 Jul, 2019 | 07:13h | UTCNew drugs: where did we go wrong and what can we do better? – The BMJ (free)
Commentary: No evidence of added benefit for most new drugs entering German healthcare system – The BMJ (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
More than half of new drugs in Germany lack proof of added benefit over existing treatments. International drug development processes and policies are responsible and must be reformed, says this #BMJAnalysis https://t.co/Yx9WAWjaTC
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) July 11, 2019
[Abstract Only] Meta-analysis: Association Between Blood Pressure Variability, Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality In Type 2 Diabetes
12 Jul, 2019 | 07:45h | UTCAssociation Between Blood Pressure Variability, Cardiovascular Disease And Mortality In Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review And Meta‐Analysis – Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Systolic BP variability associated with increased risk of death, CV events in patients with type 2 diabetes, meta-analysis finds – ACP Diabetes (free)
Cohort Study: Quantity and Quality of Mental Activities and the Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment
12 Jul, 2019 | 06:18h | UTCCommentary: Mentally stimulating activities linked to lower risk or delay of age-related memory loss – News Medical (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Mayo Clinic researchers study in the @GreenJournal finds doing more than one mentally stimulating activity like using a computer, playing games, and social activities is linked to a lower risk or delay of age-related memory loss, mild cognitive impairment. https://t.co/o2Eph8hJPd
— Mayo Clinic (@MayoClinic) July 12, 2019
Cohort Study: Possible Link Between Sugary Drinks and Cancer
12 Jul, 2019 | 06:32h | UTCCommentaries: Possible link between sugary drinks and cancer – The BMJ (free) Sugary drinks linked to cancer – NHS Choices (free) AND A small glass of juice or soda a day is linked to increased risk of cancer, study finds – CNN (free) AND Are sugary drinks causing cancer? – BBC (free)