Daily Archives: August 7, 2019
Wed August 7 – 10 Stories of The Day!
7 Aug, 2019 | 08:36h | UTC
See also: Summary of Recommendations (free PDF) AND Visual Abstract (free PDF)
Evidence Report: Screening for Pancreatic Cancer: Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Editorials: Screening for Pancreatic Cancer – JAMA (free for a limited period) AND Screening for Pancreatic Cancer—Is There Hope? – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period) AND Screening for Pancreatic Cancer Gets a D, But the Student Is Improving – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
3 – Transfusion Volume for Children with Severe Anemia in Africa – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentary: Larger blood transfusions could halve deaths of children with severe anaemia – Imperial College London (free)
Related Study: Immediate Transfusion in African Children with Uncomplicated Severe Anemia – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
4 – Association of Office and Ambulatory Blood Pressure With Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Effective Use of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (free)
Commentaries: Blood pressure recording over 24 hours is the best predictor of heart and vascular disease – KU Leuven (free) AND Nighttime, 24-Hour BP Readings Have Strongest Link to Poor Outcomes – TCTMD (free)
5 – Metformin Use and Clinical Outcomes among Patients with Diabetes with or without Heart Failure or Kidney Dysfunction: Observations from the SAVOR-TIMI 53 Trial – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Metformin Use and CV Outcomes Among Diabetes Patients – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Support for metformin cardioprotective effect – Medicine Matters (free) AND Metformin Use Associated With Lower Death Risk in Type 2 Diabetes – Renal & Urology News (free)
6 – These Medical Devices Are Inserted Into 500,000 Patients Each Year — but Are Tough to Sterilize – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Prevention of multidrug-resistant infections from contaminated duodenoscopes: Position Statement of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and European Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (ESGENA) (free) AND An update on gastrointestinal endoscopy-associated infections and their contributing factors – Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials (free) AND Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Endoscopy: An Evolving Threat – American Journal of Infection Control (free) AND Hygiene: The Looming Achilles Heel in Endoscopy – Visceral Medicine (free) AND Superbugs on Duodenoscopes: the Challenge of Cleaning and Disinfection of Reusable Devices – Journal of Clinical Microbiology (free)
Commentary: New Choosing Wisely List Tackles Opioid Prescribing, Lyme Testing – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
Related: ACG Clinical Guideline: Genetic Testing and Management of Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancer Syndromes (free)
9 – Series from the Lancet journals: Genomic medicine – The Lancet (free articles – registration required)
Related Guidelines: Formal guidelines: management of acute respiratory distress syndrome – Annals of Intensive Care (free) AND Guidelines on the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome – BMJ Open Respiratory Research (free) AND Guidelines On The Management Of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Intensive Care Society (free PDF) AND The clinical practice guideline for the management of ARDS in Japan – Journal of Intensive Care (free) AND An Official American Thoracic Society/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (free)
Related Review: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Nature Reviews Disease Primer (free PDF)
“This network meta-analysis supports the use of prone positioning and venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in addition to lung protective ventilation in patients with ARDS.”
Randomized Trial: Transfusion Volume for Children with Severe Anemia
7 Aug, 2019 | 08:18h | UTCTransfusion Volume for Children with Severe Anemia in Africa – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentary: Larger blood transfusions could halve deaths of children with severe anaemia – Imperial College London (free)
Related Study: Immediate Transfusion in African Children with Uncomplicated Severe Anemia – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
USPSTF Recommends Against Screening for Pancreatic Cancer
7 Aug, 2019 | 08:31h | UTCEvidence Report: Screening for Pancreatic Cancer: Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Editorials: Screening for Pancreatic Cancer – JAMA (free for a limited period) AND Screening for Pancreatic Cancer—Is There Hope? – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period) AND Screening for Pancreatic Cancer Gets a D, But the Student Is Improving – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Study: 24-hour and Nighttime Blood Pressure Readings are the Best Predictors of Cardiovascular Outcomes
7 Aug, 2019 | 08:15h | UTCAssociation of Office and Ambulatory Blood Pressure With Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Effective Use of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (free)
Commentaries: Blood pressure recording over 24 hours is the best predictor of heart and vascular disease – KU Leuven (free) AND Nighttime, 24-Hour BP Readings Have Strongest Link to Poor Outcomes – TCTMD (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
In this population-based cohort study,higher 24h and nighttime BP readings were assoc'd w greater risks of death and CV events. The association persisted after adjusting for BP measurements taken during office visits or ambulatory monitoring https://t.co/jCEY6gpblK
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) August 6, 2019
ASCO Guideline: Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Treatment in Patients with Cancer
7 Aug, 2019 | 08:34h | UTCSee also: Summary of Recommendations (free PDF) AND Visual Abstract (free PDF)
[Abstract Only] Study: Metformin Use Linked to Reduced Risk for Cardiovascular Death and All-cause Mortality
7 Aug, 2019 | 07:54h | UTCMetformin Use and Clinical Outcomes among Patients with Diabetes with or without Heart Failure or Kidney Dysfunction: Observations from the SAVOR-TIMI 53 Trial – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Metformin Use and CV Outcomes Among Diabetes Patients – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Support for metformin cardioprotective effect – Medicine Matters (free) AND Metformin Use Associated With Lower Death Risk in Type 2 Diabetes – Renal & Urology News (free)
Duodenoscopes: These Medical Devices Are Inserted Into 500,000 Patients Each Year — but Are Tough to Sterilize
7 Aug, 2019 | 07:44h | UTCThese Medical Devices Are Inserted Into 500,000 Patients Each Year — but Are Tough to Sterilize – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Prevention of multidrug-resistant infections from contaminated duodenoscopes: Position Statement of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and European Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (ESGENA) (free) AND An update on gastrointestinal endoscopy-associated infections and their contributing factors – Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials (free) AND Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Endoscopy: An Evolving Threat – American Journal of Infection Control (free) AND Hygiene: The Looming Achilles Heel in Endoscopy – Visceral Medicine (free) AND Superbugs on Duodenoscopes: the Challenge of Cleaning and Disinfection of Reusable Devices – Journal of Clinical Microbiology (free) AND Duodenoscope-Associated Infections: Update on an Emerging Problem – Digestive Diseases and Sciences (free)
Meta-Analysis: Assessment of Therapeutic Interventions and Lung Protective Ventilation in Patients with Moderate to Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
7 Aug, 2019 | 01:49h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Formal guidelines: management of acute respiratory distress syndrome – Annals of Intensive Care (free) AND Guidelines on the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome – BMJ Open Respiratory Research (free) AND Guidelines On The Management Of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Intensive Care Society (free PDF) AND The clinical practice guideline for the management of ARDS in Japan – Journal of Intensive Care (free) AND An Official American Thoracic Society/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (free)
Related Review: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Nature Reviews Disease Primer (free PDF)
“This network meta-analysis supports the use of prone positioning and venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in addition to lung protective ventilation in patients with ARDS.”
New Choosing Wisely List: American Academy of Pediatrics – Section on Rheumatology
7 Aug, 2019 | 01:32h | UTCCommentary: New Choosing Wisely List Tackles Opioid Prescribing, Lyme Testing – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
Series from the Lancet Journals: Genomic Medicine
7 Aug, 2019 | 01:05h | UTCSeries from the Lancet journals: Genomic medicine – The Lancet (free articles – registration required)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Just published: A new 5-paper Series, with contributions from @genome_gov, focuses on the exciting and maturing area of #genomicmedicine, encompassing the use of individuals’ genetic information to guide clinical treatment https://t.co/5Wc3jkJAsy pic.twitter.com/Y1wfKtscu8
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) August 6, 2019
ESMO Guideline: Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancers
7 Aug, 2019 | 01:15h | UTCRelated: ACG Clinical Guideline: Genetic Testing and Management of Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancer Syndromes (free)