Daily Archives: November 1, 2019
New Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guideline: Perioperative Care in Total Hip Replacement and Total Knee Replacement Surgery
1 Nov, 2019 | 10:43h | UTCRelated: Complete List of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines (free articles)
Fri November 1 – 10 Stories of The Day!
1 Nov, 2019 | 10:55h | UTC
Related: Complete List of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines (free articles)
2 – Report: The Power of Cities: Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases and Road Traffic Injuries – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News Release: New WHO report to bolster efforts to tackle leading causes of urban deaths – World Health Organization (free)
Related Study: Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Should be Used for 21 Days After Minor Ischemic Stroke or High-risk Transient Ischemic Attack (link to abstract)
Related Guideline: Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for Acute High-Risk TIA and Minor Ischemic Stroke – The BMJ (free)
4 – Elexacaftor–Tezacaftor–Ivacaftor for Cystic Fibrosis with a Single Phe508del Allele – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Editorial: Realizing the Dream of Molecularly Targeted Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis (free)
Related Research: Efficacy and safety of the elexacaftor plus tezacaftor plus ivacaftor combination regimen in people with cystic fibrosis homozygous for the F508del mutation: a double-blind, randomised, phase 3 trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Three-drug combo improves lung function in most common genetic form of cystic fibrosis – UT Southwestern Medical Center (free)
5 – Measles virus infection diminishes preexisting antibodies that offer protection from other pathogens – Science (free for a limited period)
Related Research: Incomplete genetic reconstitution of B cell pools contributes to prolonged immunosuppression after measles – Science Immunology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: How measles infections can wipe away immunity to other diseases – STAT (free) AND Measles wipe immune system’s memory of other illnesses, studies find – CNN (free) AND Measles Virus May Wipe Out Immune Protection For Other Diseases – NPR (free) AND Measles vaccines protect against more than just measles. Here’s how. – National Geographic (free) AND Measles Infection Could Leave Kids Vulnerable to Other Diseases – Scientific American (free)
Invited Commentary: Trends in the global burden of paediatric lower respiratory infections (free)
News Release: New study finds one in seven child deaths result from pneumonia, the flu, and other lower respiratory infections – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Related: Global Burden of Pneumonia in Children Younger than 5 Years (free)
Invited Commentary: Early childhood diarrhoea: from data to interventions (free)
Related Global Burden of Disease Report: Global Burden of Diarrhea (free)
8 – Antiplatelet agents for preventing pre‐eclampsia and its complications – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Antiplatelet agents for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications – Cochrane Library (free)
Related Randomized Trial: Aspirin versus Placebo in Pregnancies at High Risk for Preterm Preeclampsia – New England Journal of Medicine (free study and commentaries)
9 – Early enteral nutrition (within 48 hours) versus delayed enteral nutrition (after 48 hours) with or without supplemental parenteral nutrition in critically ill adults – Cochrane Library (free)
Related Meta-Analysis with Conflicting Results: Calcium Intake and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
See also: Meta-Analysis: Calcium and Vitamin D Not Helpful to Reduce the Risk of Fractures (free)
New WHO Report to Bolster Efforts to Tackle Leading Causes of Urban Deaths
1 Nov, 2019 | 10:29h | UTCNews Release: New WHO report to bolster efforts to tackle leading causes of urban deaths – World Health Organization (free)
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Triple Therapy Effective for the Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis
1 Nov, 2019 | 10:22h | UTCElexacaftor–Tezacaftor–Ivacaftor for Cystic Fibrosis with a Single Phe508del Allele – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Editorial: Realizing the Dream of Molecularly Targeted Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis (free)
Related Research: Efficacy and safety of the elexacaftor plus tezacaftor plus ivacaftor combination regimen in people with cystic fibrosis homozygous for the F508del mutation: a double-blind, randomised, phase 3 trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Three-drug combo improves lung function in most common genetic form of cystic fibrosis – UT Southwestern Medical Center (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Triple treatment of CF patients with one Phe508del allele and one minimal function allele with elexacaftor, tezacaftor and ivacaftor resulted in sustained improvement in FEV1, sweat chloride, and the number of pulmonary exacerbations. #NACFC https://t.co/ATeGlBUWCp
— NEJM (@NEJM) October 31, 2019
Research: Measles Virus Infection Diminishes Preexisting Antibodies that Offer Protection from Other Pathogens
1 Nov, 2019 | 08:45h | UTCMeasles virus infection diminishes preexisting antibodies that offer protection from other pathogens – Science (free for a limited period)
Related Research: Incomplete genetic reconstitution of B cell pools contributes to prolonged immunosuppression after measles – Science Immunology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: How measles infections can wipe away immunity to other diseases – STAT (free) AND Measles wipe immune system’s memory of other illnesses, studies find – CNN (free) AND Measles Virus May Wipe Out Immune Protection For Other Diseases – NPR (free) AND Measles vaccines protect against more than just measles. Here’s how. – National Geographic (free) AND Measles Infection Could Leave Kids Vulnerable to Other Diseases – Scientific American (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
The measles infection can cripple long-term immunity against viruses and bacteria, creating a kind of “immune amnesia” that leaves individuals more vulnerable to future infections by other pathogens, according to two studies:
▶ https://t.co/te7kr7N7Ju
▶ https://t.co/tiSTrvyQob pic.twitter.com/taaN3KIMPk— Science Magazine (@sciencemagazine) October 31, 2019
Meta-Analysis: Short- vs. Long-term Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Secondary Prevention for Ischemic Stroke
1 Nov, 2019 | 10:24h | UTCRelated Study: Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Should be Used for 21 Days After Minor Ischemic Stroke or High-risk Transient Ischemic Attack (link to abstract)
Related Guideline: Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for Acute High-Risk TIA and Minor Ischemic Stroke – The BMJ (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Short-term DAPT had better risk-benefit profile than long-term DAPT in secondary prevention of ischaemic stroke – a network meta-analysis https://t.co/suoThL5GLK@escardio #EHJQCCO @adamtimmis @cpgale3 #cardiotwitter pic.twitter.com/ppzyv37Oou
— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) October 27, 2019
Global Burden, Risk Factors, and Interventions for Lower Respiratory Infections Among Children Younger than 5 Years
1 Nov, 2019 | 08:24h | UTCInvited Commentary: Trends in the global burden of paediatric lower respiratory infections (free)
News Release: New study finds one in seven child deaths result from pneumonia, the flu, and other lower respiratory infections – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Related: Global Burden of Pneumonia in Children Younger than 5 Years (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
New online: Quantifying risks and interventions that have affected
the burden of lower respiratory infections among children
younger than 5 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of
Disease Study 2017 https://t.co/m9eg8Kbhki #GBDStudy #influenza #pneumonia@IHME_UW pic.twitter.com/5yuzuLmE0c— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) October 30, 2019
Global Burden, Risk Factors, and Interventions for Diarrhea Among Children Younger than 5 Years
1 Nov, 2019 | 08:09h | UTCInvited Commentary: Early childhood diarrhoea: from data to interventions (free)
Related Global Burden of Disease Report: Global Burden of Diarrhea (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Our study, "Quantifying risks and interventions that have affected the burden of diarrhoea among children younger than 5 years: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017" was published in @TheLancetInfDis. Read the open access study online: https://t.co/evz4CWyowu pic.twitter.com/9SSxebzPYm
— IHME at UW (@IHME_UW) October 31, 2019
Meta-Analysis: Calcium Supplementation May Increase the Risk of Myocardial Infarction
1 Nov, 2019 | 07:42h | UTCRelated Meta-Analysis with Conflicting Results: Calcium Intake and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
See also: Meta-Analysis: Calcium and Vitamin D Not Helpful to Reduce the Risk of Fractures (free)
Systematic Review: Early Enteral Nutrition vs. Delayed Enteral Nutrition, With or Without Supplemental Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Adults
1 Nov, 2019 | 07:45h | UTCEarly enteral nutrition (within 48 hours) versus delayed enteral nutrition (after 48 hours) with or without supplemental parenteral nutrition in critically ill adults – Cochrane Library (free)
Systematic Review: Antiplatelet Agents for Preventing Pre‐eclampsia and its Complications
1 Nov, 2019 | 07:54h | UTCAntiplatelet agents for preventing pre‐eclampsia and its complications – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Antiplatelet agents for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications – Cochrane Library (free)
Related Randomized Trial: Aspirin versus Placebo in Pregnancies at High Risk for Preterm Preeclampsia – New England Journal of Medicine (free study and commentaries)