Daily Archives: October 11, 2019
Guideline: Management of Severe Asthma Exacerbation
11 Oct, 2019 | 09:47h | UTC
Fri October 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!
11 Oct, 2019 | 10:10h | UTC
News Release: HHS Announces Guide for Appropriate Tapering or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Use – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (free)
Commentaries: Patient-Centered Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-term Opioid Analgesics: The HHS Guide for Clinicians – JAMA (free for a limited period) AND With a new guide to tapering opioids, federal health officials seek a balanced approach to prescribing – STAT (free) AND Don’t Force Patients Off Opioids Abruptly, New Guidelines Say, Warning Of Severe Risks – NPR (free)
Author Interview: The HHS Guide to Patient-Centered Dose Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-term Opioids – JAMA (free)
Related: Pain Management With Opioids in 2019-2020 – JAMA (free registration required)
Commentary: DAPT After CABG Better Than Aspirin Alone for Preventing Saphenous Graft Failure – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
News Release: The Future of OA: A large-scale analysis projecting Open Access publication and readership – Our Research Blog (free)
“In 2019:
31% of all journal articles are available as OA
52% of all article views are to OA articles
Given existing trends, we estimate that by 2025:
44% of all journal articles will be available as OA
70% of all article views will be to OA articles”
5 – Lung function decline in former smokers and low-intensity current smokers: a secondary data analysis of the NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Ex-smokers, light smokers not exempt from lung damage – Columbia University Irving Medical Center (free) AND Smoking Fewer Than 5 Cigarettes a Day Damages Your Lungs Almost as Much as Smoking a Whole Pack, Study Says – Time (free)
Related: Five warning signs of overdiagnosis – The Conversation (free) AND Overdiagnosis: Causes and Consequences in Primary Health Care (free) AND Screening: How Overdiagnosis and Other Harms can Undermine the Benefits (free) AND WONCA Position Paper on Overdiagnosis and Action to be Taken (free) AND Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t (free) AND Review: Overdiagnosis Across Medical Disciplines (free) AND Too much medical care: bad for you, bad for health care systems (free)
Editorial: Ultrasound Guidance for Lumbar Puncture: A Consideration, Not an Obligation (free)
8 – Proactively Catching the Declining Patient – NEJM Catalyst (free)
9 – Oxygen toxicity in major emergency surgery—anything new? – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Related: Guideline: Oxygen Therapy for Acutely Ill Medical Patients (free) AND Meta-Analysis: Liberal vs Conservative Oxygen Therapy in Acutely ill Adults (link to abstract and commentary) AND A Systematic Review of the Effects of Hyperoxia in Acutely Ill Patients: Should We Aim for Less? – BioMed Research International (free) AND Oxygen Treatment in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine – Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (free) AND WHO Guidelines for Peri-Operative Hyperoxia Questioned (free) AND The Association Between Supra-Physiologic Arterial Oxygen Levels and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: A Multi-Centre Observational Cohort Study – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free) AND Effect of Conservative vs Conventional Oxygen Therapy on Mortality Among Patients in an Intensive Care Unit: The Oxygen-ICU Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free)
Commentary: First-time pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of hypertension later in life – NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (free)
HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics
11 Oct, 2019 | 09:44h | UTCNews Release: HHS Announces Guide for Appropriate Tapering or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Use – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (free) AND
Commentaries: Patient-Centered Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-term Opioid Analgesics: The HHS Guide for Clinicians – JAMA (free for a limited period) AND With a new guide to tapering opioids, federal health officials seek a balanced approach to prescribing – STAT (free) AND Don’t Force Patients Off Opioids Abruptly, New Guidelines Say, Warning Of Severe Risks – NPR (free)
Author Interview: The HHS Guide to Patient-Centered Dose Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-term Opioids – JAMA (free)
Related: Pain Management With Opioids in 2019-2020 – JAMA (free registration required)
[Abstract Only] Cohort Study: Former Smokers and Low-intensity Current Smokers Have Accelerated Lung Function Decline Compared with Never-smokers
11 Oct, 2019 | 09:39h | UTCLung function decline in former smokers and low-intensity current smokers: a secondary data analysis of the NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Ex-smokers, light smokers not exempt from lung damage – Columbia University Irving Medical Center (free) AND Smoking Fewer Than 5 Cigarettes a Day Damages Your Lungs Almost as Much as Smoking a Whole Pack, Study Says – Time (free)
The Future of OA: A large-scale Analysis Projecting Open Access Publication and Readership
11 Oct, 2019 | 09:41h | UTCThe Future of OA: A large-scale Analysis Projecting Open Access Publication and Readership – bioRxiv (free PDF)
News Release: The Future of OA: A large-scale analysis projecting Open Access publication and readership – Our Research Blog (free)
“In 2019:
31% of all journal articles are available as OA
52% of all article views are to OA articles
Given existing trends, we estimate that by 2025:
44% of all journal articles will be available as OA
70% of all article views will be to OA articles”
Related Commentary on Twitter
NEW STUDY now on bioRxiv:
The Future of OA: A large-scale analysis projecting Open Access publication and readership
It is the largest, most comprehensive analysis to predict the future of OA. Exciting! More here:https://t.co/coGjjZBWx6#openaccess #OA #openscience pic.twitter.com/0GCqkqdowW
— Our Research (@our_research) October 9, 2019
Meta-Analysis: Antithrombotic Treatment after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
11 Oct, 2019 | 09:43h | UTCCommentary: DAPT After CABG Better Than Aspirin Alone for Preventing Saphenous Graft Failure – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Position Statement: Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Lumbar Puncture
11 Oct, 2019 | 09:35h | UTCEditorial: Ultrasound Guidance for Lumbar Puncture: A Consideration, Not an Obligation (free)
Educational Review: Preventing Overdiagnosis and the Harms of Too Much Sport and Exercise Medicine
11 Oct, 2019 | 09:37h | UTCRelated: Five warning signs of overdiagnosis – The Conversation (free) AND Overdiagnosis: Causes and Consequences in Primary Health Care (free) AND Screening: How Overdiagnosis and Other Harms can Undermine the Benefits (free) AND WONCA Position Paper on Overdiagnosis and Action to be Taken (free) AND Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t (free) AND Review: Overdiagnosis Across Medical Disciplines (free) AND Too much medical care: bad for you, bad for health care systems (free)
Cohort Study: Association of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes With Hypertension 2 to 7 Years Postpartum
11 Oct, 2019 | 09:31h | UTCCommentary: First-time pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of hypertension later in life – NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (free)
Oxygen Toxicity in Major Emergency Surgery—Anything New?
11 Oct, 2019 | 09:33h | UTCOxygen toxicity in major emergency surgery—anything new? – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Related: Guideline: Oxygen Therapy for Acutely Ill Medical Patients (free) AND Meta-Analysis: Liberal vs Conservative Oxygen Therapy in Acutely ill Adults (link to abstract and commentary) AND A Systematic Review of the Effects of Hyperoxia in Acutely Ill Patients: Should We Aim for Less? – BioMed Research International (free) AND Oxygen Treatment in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine – Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (free) AND WHO Guidelines for Peri-Operative Hyperoxia Questioned (free) AND The Association Between Supra-Physiologic Arterial Oxygen Levels and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: A Multi-Centre Observational Cohort Study – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free) AND Effect of Conservative vs Conventional Oxygen Therapy on Mortality Among Patients in an Intensive Care Unit: The Oxygen-ICU Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free)
Perspective: Proactively Catching the Declining Patient
11 Oct, 2019 | 09:34h | UTCProactively Catching the Declining Patient – NEJM Catalyst (free)