Daily Archives: July 31, 2019
Wed July 31 – 10 Stories of The Day!
31 Jul, 2019 | 02:14h | UTC
2 – New Protocol For HIV Prevention Drug Reduces The Number Of Pills Required – Kaiser Health News (free)
Related Guidelines: British Guidelines on the Use of HIV Pre–exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) (several guidelines on the subject) AND USPSTF Statement: Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection (free guideline and commentaries)
“both organizations now endorse a strategy that requires taking just four pills timed to a specific sexual encounter — two within two to 24 hours before sex and one on each of the two following days… The new strategy, called “2-1-1” or “on-demand” PrEP, is becoming popular overseas but has gotten little traction in the United States thus far.”
Commentary: Expert reaction to study looking at acupuncture as an added treatment for angina – Science Media Centre (free)
4 – Doctors: How Job Stress Can Age Us – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related Study: Physician-Training Stress and Accelerated Cellular Aging – Biological Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Commentary: New doctors’ DNA ages six times faster than normal in first year – University of Michigan (free)
Commentaries: Placental growth factor testing for suspected pre-eclampsia – The Lancet (free) AND Placental growth factor testing can speed up diagnosis of pre-eclampsia – NIHR Signal (free)
7 – The impact of occupational shift work and working hours during pregnancy on health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis – American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (link to abstract – for full-text)
Commentary: Night shifts, long hours linked to miscarriages and preterm births – Reuters (free)
Related Systematic Review: Transfusion thresholds and other strategies for guiding allogeneic red blood cell transfusion – Cochrane Library (free)
Related Guideline: Guidelines on the management of anaemia and red cell transfusion in adult critically ill patients – British Committee for Standards in Haematology (free)
Commentaries: In Noncardiac Surgery, the Post-Op Period Is Riskiest – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Most deaths related to noncardiac surgery occur after surgery and after discharge from hospital – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Riskiest time for surgery patients is not in the operating room – Reuters (free)
“Among adults undergoing noncardiac surgery, 99.3% of deaths occurred after the procedure and 44.9% of deaths were associated with 3 complications: major bleeding, myocardial injury and sepsis.”
Related Meta-Analysis: Efficacy comparisons of enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition in patients with severe acute pancreatitis: a meta-analysis from randomized controlled trials – Bioscience Reports (free) AND Enteral nutrition provided within 48 hours after admission in severe acute pancreatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis – Medicine (free)
Related Guidelines: 2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free) AND American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on Initial Management of Acute Pancreatitis (free) AND Pancreatitis – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND American College of Gastroenterology Guideline: Management of Acute Pancreatitis (free)
Consensus Document: Cardiac Arrhythmias in the Emergency Settings of Acute Coronary Syndrome and Revascularization
31 Jul, 2019 | 02:10h | UTC
New Protocol for HIV Prevention Drug Reduces The Number Of Pills Required
31 Jul, 2019 | 02:08h | UTCNew Protocol For HIV Prevention Drug Reduces The Number Of Pills Required – Kaiser Health News (free)
Related: British Guidelines on the Use of HIV Pre–exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) (several guidelines on the subject) AND USPSTF Statement: Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection (free guideline and commentaries)
“both organizations now endorse a strategy that requires taking just four pills timed to a specific sexual encounter — two within two to 24 hours before sex and one on each of the two following days… The new strategy, called “2-1-1” or “on-demand” PrEP, is becoming popular overseas but has gotten little traction in the United States thus far.”
Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial: Acupuncture as Adjunctive Therapy for Chronic Stable Angina
31 Jul, 2019 | 02:04h | UTCCommentary: Expert reaction to study looking at acupuncture as an added treatment for angina – Science Media Centre (free)
Meta-Analysis: Association of Early Interventions With Birth Outcomes and Child Linear Growth in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries
31 Jul, 2019 | 01:56h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
New @JAMANetworkOpen meta-analyses of 169 randomized trials including 302,061 participants concludes it is important to intervene early for child development in LMICs, during pregnancy if possible, & combine interventions from multiple domains https://t.co/YQnIqlz1P1 pic.twitter.com/q48D3SWhqm
— Keith Godfrey (@KeithMGodfrey) July 28, 2019
Doctors: How Job Stress Can Age Us
31 Jul, 2019 | 01:59h | UTCDoctors: How Job Stress Can Age Us – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related Study: Physician-Training Stress and Accelerated Cellular Aging – Biological Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Commentary: New doctors’ DNA ages six times faster than normal in first year – University of Michigan (free)
[Abstract Only] Meta-Analysis: Pregnant Women Who Work Rotating Shifts, Fixed Night Shifts, or Longer Hours Have Increased Risk of Preterm Deliveries and Miscarriages
31 Jul, 2019 | 01:49h | UTCThe impact of occupational shift work and working hours during pregnancy on health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis – American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (link to abstract – for full-text)
Commentary: Night shifts, long hours linked to miscarriages and preterm births – Reuters (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Pregnant women working nights were 21% more likely to have preterm deliveries & 23% more likely to have miscarriages. Pregnant women working > 40 hrs/wk were 38% more likely to miscarry & 21% more likely to deliver preterm.#SharingSciencehttps://t.co/a31EUJGRa8 pic.twitter.com/sPY6GkCfdZ
— Mayo Clinic Department of Anesthesiology (@MayoAnesthesia) July 24, 2019
Study: Placental Growth Factor Testing for Suspected Pre-eclampsia
31 Jul, 2019 | 01:58h | UTCCommentaries: Placental growth factor testing for suspected pre-eclampsia – The Lancet (free) AND Placental growth factor testing can speed up diagnosis of pre-eclampsia – NIHR Signal (free)
Meta-Analysis: Liberal vs. Restrictive Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategy in Sepsis or Septic Shock
31 Jul, 2019 | 01:44h | UTCRelated Systematic Review: Transfusion thresholds and other strategies for guiding allogeneic red blood cell transfusion – Cochrane Library (free)
Related Guideline: Guidelines on the management of anaemia and red cell transfusion in adult critically ill patients – British Committee for Standards in Haematology (free)
Meta-Analysis: Infection Rate Among Nutritional Therapies for Acute Pancreatitis
31 Jul, 2019 | 01:15h | UTCRelated Meta-Analysis: Efficacy comparisons of enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition in patients with severe acute pancreatitis: a meta-analysis from randomized controlled trials – Bioscience Reports (free) AND Enteral nutrition provided within 48 hours after admission in severe acute pancreatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis – Medicine (free)
Related Guidelines: 2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free) AND American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on Initial Management of Acute Pancreatitis (free) AND Pancreatitis – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND American College of Gastroenterology Guideline: Management of Acute Pancreatitis (free)
Cohort Study: Among Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery, Most Deaths Occurred After the Procedure
31 Jul, 2019 | 01:22h | UTCCommentaries: In Noncardiac Surgery, the Post-Op Period Is Riskiest – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Most deaths related to noncardiac surgery occur after surgery and after discharge from hospital – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Riskiest time for surgery patients is not in the operating room – Reuters (free)
“Among adults undergoing noncardiac surgery, 99.3% of deaths occurred after the procedure and 44.9% of deaths were associated with 3 complications: major bleeding, myocardial injury and sepsis.”