Daily Archives: August 13, 2019
Tue August 13 – 10 Stories of The Day!
13 Aug, 2019 | 08:02h | UTC
Original Guideline: ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free)
News Release: Evaluating blood flow is key to early diagnosis and treatment for people with critical limb ischemia – American Heart Association (free)
Commentary: AHA Outlines Diagnosis, Treatment Options for Underrecognized Critical Limb Ischemia – TCTMD (free)
3 – Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Septic Shock – Anesthesiology (free)
Related Guideline: Corticosteroid therapy for sepsis: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids in Sepsis: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract) AND Low-dose corticosteroids for adult patients with septic shock: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis – Critical Care Medicine (free) AND Association of Corticosteroid Treatment With Outcomes in Adult Patients With Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
4 – #165 Things We Do For No Reason™ Part 2 – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free audio and summary)
See also: Part 1: #109: Things We Do For No Reason: A High Value Episode – The Curbsiders internal Medicine Podcast (free audio and summary)
Related Series: Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free articles)
“Discover common practices that persist in the hospital wards despite no proven benefit!”
5 – Risk of diabetes-associated diseases in subgroups of patients with recent-onset diabetes: a 5-year follow-up study – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract and commentaries)
Commentaries: Different diabetes phenotypes associated with varying prevalence of complications – ACP Diabetes (free) AND Cluster analysis may help to predict diabetic complications – medwire News (free)
Related Study: Novel subgroups of adult-onset diabetes and their association with outcomes (link to abstract and commentaries)
6 – Long-term adverse events after sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass: a 7-year nationwide, observational, population-based, cohort study – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Death Risk Drops After Bariatric Surgery in Obese Patients – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Related Research: Association of Bariatric Surgery vs Usual Care Obesity Management With All-Cause Mortality (free study and commentaries)
7 – When less is more in the active management of elevated body temperature of ICU patients – Intensive Care Medicine (free PDF)
Related: Fever control in critically ill adults. An individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
8 – ‘War on cancer’ metaphors may do harm, research shows – The Guardian (free)
Related: Why cancer is not a war, fight, or battle – CNN (free) AND He’s a Fighter – The Atlantic (free) AND Cancer cliches to avoid: I’m not ‘brave’ – BBC (free)
9 – Association of Hearing Loss With Dementia – JAMA Network Open (free)
Commentary: Middle-age hearing loss linked to dementia – Reuters (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Association of Age-Related Hearing Loss With Cognitive Function (free study and commentaries)
10 – Management of ovarian cancer risk in women with BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Review Offers Guidance on Managing Ovarian Cancer Risk in BRCA Mutation Carriers – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Managing ovarian cancer risk in women with BRCA1/2 genetic variants – Joule Inc. (free)
Related: USPSTF Draft Statement: BRCA-Related Cancer Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing (free draft statement and commentaries) AND Prevention and screening in BRCA mutation carriers and other breast/ovarian hereditary cancer syndromes: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for cancer prevention and screening (free) AND Risks of Breast, Ovarian, and Contralateral Breast Cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers (free study and commentaries)
ADA Guideline Synopsis: Diabetes Technology
13 Aug, 2019 | 08:00h | UTCOriginal Guideline: ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free)
AHA Scientific Statement: Perfusion Assessment in Critical Limb Ischemia
13 Aug, 2019 | 07:52h | UTCNews Release: Evaluating blood flow is key to early diagnosis and treatment for people with critical limb ischemia – American Heart Association (free)
Commentary: AHA Outlines Diagnosis, Treatment Options for Underrecognized Critical Limb Ischemia – TCTMD (free)
Review: Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Septic Shock
13 Aug, 2019 | 06:17h | UTCAdjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Septic Shock – Anesthesiology (free)
Related Guideline: Corticosteroid therapy for sepsis: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids in Sepsis: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Low-dose corticosteroids for adult patients with septic shock: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis – Critical Care Medicine (free) AND Association of Corticosteroid Treatment With Outcomes in Adult Patients With Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
[Abstract Only] Observational Study Links Bariatric Surgery to Lower Mortality but Higher Risk of Adverse Events
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:51h | UTCLong-term adverse events after sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass: a 7-year nationwide, observational, population-based, cohort study – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Death Risk Drops After Bariatric Surgery in Obese Patients – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Related Research: Association of Bariatric Surgery vs Usual Care Obesity Management With All-Cause Mortality (free study and commentaries)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Long-term adverse events after #sleeve #gastrectomy or #gastric #bypass: a 7-year nationwide, observational, population-based, cohort study https://t.co/yRJg3y1SUp #bariatricsurgery pic.twitter.com/KP6u5cQWf6
— The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (@TheLancetEndo) August 8, 2019
Podcast: Things We Do For No Reason, Part 2
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:55h | UTC#165 Things We Do For No Reason™ Part 2 – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free audio and summary)
See also: Part 1: #109: Things We Do For No Reason: A High Value Episode – The Curbsiders internal Medicine Podcast (free audio and summary)
Related Series: Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free articles)
“Discover common practices that persist in the hospital wards despite no proven benefit!”
[Abstract Only] Diabetes Subgroups Have Different Risk of Diabetes-associated Diseases
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:53h | UTCRisk of diabetes-associated diseases in subgroups of patients with recent-onset diabetes: a 5-year follow-up study – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract and commentaries)
Commentaries: Different diabetes phenotypes associated with varying prevalence of complications – ACP Diabetes (free) AND Cluster analysis may help to predict diabetic complications – medwire News (free)
Related Study: Novel subgroups of adult-onset diabetes and their association with outcomes (link to abstract and commentaries)
Related Commentary on Twitter
What is the risk of diabetes-associated diseases in #subgroups of patients with recent-onset #diabetes? Find out in this 5-year follow-up study https://t.co/ZPYUv4IsQd #clusters #PrecisionMedicine #NAFLD #diabetic #neuropathy pic.twitter.com/9VZnl3DjKj
— The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (@TheLancetEndo) August 9, 2019
When Less is More in the Active Management of Elevated Body Temperature of ICU Patients
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:45h | UTCRelated: Fever control in critically ill adults. An individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Giant Cell Arteritis: An Updated Review of an Old Disease
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:10h | UTCGiant cell arteritis: An updated review of an old disease – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Related Guidelines: Swedish Society of Rheumatology 2018 guidelines for investigation, treatment, and follow-up of giant cell arteritis – Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology (free) AND 2018 Update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)
‘War on Cancer’ Metaphors May do Harm, Research Shows
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:28h | UTC‘War on cancer’ metaphors may do harm, research shows – The Guardian (free)
Related: Why cancer is not a war, fight, or battle – CNN (free) AND He’s a Fighter – The Atlantic (free) AND Cancer cliches to avoid: I’m not ‘brave’ – BBC (free)
Cohort Study: Association of Hearing Loss with Dementia
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:24h | UTCAssociation of Hearing Loss With Dementia – JAMA Network Open (free)
Commentary: Middle-age hearing loss linked to dementia – Reuters (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Association of Age-Related Hearing Loss With Cognitive Function (free study and commentaries)
Review: Management of Ovarian Cancer Risk in Women with BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:23h | UTCManagement of ovarian cancer risk in women with BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Review Offers Guidance on Managing Ovarian Cancer Risk in BRCA Mutation Carriers – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Managing ovarian cancer risk in women with BRCA1/2 genetic variants – Joule Inc. (free)
Related: USPSTF Draft Statement: BRCA-Related Cancer Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing (free draft statement and commentaries) AND Prevention and screening in BRCA mutation carriers and other breast/ovarian hereditary cancer syndromes: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for cancer prevention and screening (free) AND Risks of Breast, Ovarian, and Contralateral Breast Cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers (free study and commentaries)
Practical Guidance on Artificial Intelligence for Health-care Data
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:28h | UTCPractical guidance on artificial intelligence for health-care data – The Lancet Digital Health (free)
Debate: Nonconvulsive Seizures and Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus in the Neuro ICU Should or Should Not be Treated Aggressively?
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:29h | UTC
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: After Liver Transplantation, a Telemedicine Home Monitoring Program Reduced the Risk of Hospital Readmission
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:24h | UTCTelemedicine Based Remote Home Monitoring After Liver Transplantation: Results of a Randomized Prospective Trial. – Annals of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related: The role of telemedicine in postoperative care – mHealth (free) AND Current Use of Telemedicine for Post-Discharge Surgical Care: A Systematic Review – Journal of the American College of Surgeons (free) AND The Use of Telemedicine in Surgical Care: a Systematic Review – Acta Informatica Medica (free)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
Public Health Policies and Alcohol-related Liver Disease
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:27h | UTCPublic Health Policies and Alcohol-related Liver Disease – JHEP Reports (free)
Related: Treating alcohol-related liver disease from a public health perspective – Journal of Hepatology (free) AND WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018 (free report and commentaries) AND Alcohol Use and Burden for 195 Countries and Territories – The Lancet (free study and commentaries)
Study: Androgen-deprivation Therapies May Increase the Risk of QT Prolongation and Arrhythmias
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:26h | UTCAndrogenic Effects on Ventricular Repolarization: A Translational Study From the International Pharmacovigilance Database to iPSC-Cardiomyocytes – Circulation (free PDF for a limited period)
Commentaries: Androgen-Deprivation Therapy May Increase Risk for QT Prolongation and Torsades de Pointes – The ASCO Post (free) AND ADT Linked to Arrhythmias, QT Prolongation – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Review: Nutritional Management of Medical Inpatients
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:22h | UTCNutritional Management of Medical Inpatients – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free)
Related Guideline: ESPEN guidelines on nutritional support for polymorbid internal medicine patients (free)
Review: The Role of Exercise in Preventing and Treating Depression
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:23h | UTCThe Role of Exercise in Preventing and Treating Depression – Current Sports Medicine Reports (free)
News Release: ‘Exercise as Medicine’ for Depression – A Key But Often Overlooked Role In Prevention And Treatment – Wolters Kluwer Health (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Physical Activity and Incident Depression (free study and commentaries) AND Resistance Exercise for Depressive Symptoms (free study and commentaries) AND Aerobic Exercise for Adult Patients with Major Depressive Disorder (free study and commentaries)
ASGE Guideline: Endoscopic Full-thickness Resection and Submucosal Tunnel Endoscopic Resection
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:21h | UTC
Liberal vs. Restrictive Fluid Therapy in Critically Ill Patients
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:20h | UTCLiberal versus restrictive fluid therapy in critically ill patients – Intensive Care Medicine (free PDF)
The Use of Biological Heart Valves: Types of Prosthesis, Durability and Complications
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:13h | UTCRelated Guidelines: 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease (free) AND 2017 AHA/ACC Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease (free)
Guideline: “Complex Abdominal Wall” Management
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:06h | UTCRelated: Enhanced Recovery Pathway for Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (free)
Meta-Analysis: Lobectomy vs. Segmentectomy in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:07h | UTC
Viewpoint: Improving the Quality of Dietary Research
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:05h | UTCImproving the Quality of Dietary Research – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related JAMA Viewpoints: The Challenge of Reforming Nutritional Epidemiologic Research (free for a limited period) AND Current and Future Landscape of Nutritional Epidemiologic Research (free for a limited period)