Daily Archives: January 12, 2020
ACC/AHA Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging During the Follow-Up Care of Patients With Congenital Heart Disease
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:29h | UTCCommentaries: Appropriate Use Criteria for Imaging of Congenital Heart Disease Patients: Key Points – American College of Cardiology (free) AND New AUC for Cardiac Imaging Follow-up in Congenital Heart Disease – TCTMD (free)
Special Issue: Practical Aspects of Palliative Care
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:25h | UTCHomepage: Palliative Care – Medicine (free articles)
– Palliative care: introduction
– Pain control in palliative care
– Interventional management of pain in cancer and palliative care
– Nausea and vomiting in palliative care
– Constipation and malignant bowel obstruction in palliative care
– Breathlessness in advanced disease
– Psychiatric conditions in palliative medicine
– Emergencies in palliative care
– Palliative care in non-malignant disease
– Management of less common symptoms in palliative care
– Complications of systemic anti-cancer treatment
– Care in the last hours and days of life
– Advance care-planning and clinical decision-making
– Ethical principles in end-of-life care
Study: Less-than-perfect Kidneys from Donors with Acute Kidney Injury can be Used for Transplantation
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:27h | UTCAssociation of Deceased Donor Acute Kidney Injury With Recipient Graft Survival – JAMA Network Open (free)
Commentaries: Less-than-perfect kidneys can be successfully used for transplants, study shows – Johns Hopkins Medicine (free) AND Less than perfect kidneys safe for transplant, study shows – UPI (free) AND Greater Use of Deceased Donor AKI Kidneys Urged – Renal & Urology News (free)
Study: Rifampicin is Likely to be the Safest Latent Tuberculosis Infection Treatment Option
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:26h | UTCAdverse events in adults with latent tuberculosis infection receiving daily rifampicin or isoniazid: post-hoc safety analysis of two randomised controlled trials – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free registration required)
Commentaries: What is the best regimen to treat latent tuberculosis infection? – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free) AND Four Months of Rifampicin May Be Best Option for Latent TB – Medscape / Reuters (free registration required)
Related Commentary on Twitter
New study @McGill_TB: “In patients without a contraindication, rifampicin is likely to be the safest latent tuberculosis infection treatment option.” https://t.co/rg2wmcLcqo
— Madhu Pai (@paimadhu) January 9, 2020
[Abstract Only] Meta-Analysis: Uterine Balloon Tamponade for the Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:16h | UTCUterine Balloon Tamponade for the Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Technique is almost 86 percent effective in preventing maternal death from hemorrhaging – Massachusetts General Hospital (free) AND Uterine Balloon Tamponade for Postpartum Bleeding Seems Safe – Physician’s Briefing (free)
Special Issue: Uncommon Severe Infections in the Intensive Care Unit
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:20h | UTCHomepage: Uncommon Severe Infections in the Intensive Care Unit – Clinical Microbiology and Infection (free articles)
– Improving care for the ICU patient with suspected infection: a multidisciplinary perspective
– Necrotizing skin and soft-tissue infections in the intensive care unit
– Management of infected pancreatic necrosis in the intensive care unit: a narrative review
– Mediastinitis in the intensive care unit patient: a narrative review
– When not to start antibiotics: avoiding antibiotic overuse in the intensive care unit
Editorial – How I Set Up Positive End-Expiratory Pressure: Evidence- and Physiology-Based!
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:13h | UTCHow I set up positive end-expiratory pressure: evidence- and physiology-based! – Critical Care (free)
Systematic Review and Economic Evaluation: Different Strategies for Pharmacological Thromboprophylaxis for Lower-limb Immobilization after Injury
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:14h | UTCSource: EvidenceAlerts
Observational Study: Tea Consumption Linked to Lower Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and All-cause Mortality
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:10h | UTCTea consumption and the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: The China-PAR project – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Tea drinkers live longer – European Society of Cardiology (free) AND Habitual Green Tea Drinkers May Live Longer – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at tea drinking, and health and longevity – Science Media Centre (free)
Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Practice
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:12h | UTC
Perspective: In Alzheimer Research, Glucose Metabolism Moves to Center Stage
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:08h | UTCIn Alzheimer Research, Glucose Metabolism Moves to Center Stage – JAMA (free for a limited period)
WHO Statement Regarding Cluster of Pneumonia Cases in Wuhan, China
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:09h | UTCWHO Statement Regarding Cluster of Pneumonia Cases in Wuhan, China – World Health Organization (free)
Related: Mystery virus found in Wuhan resembles bat viruses but not SARS, Chinese scientist says – Science (free) AND China releases genetic data on new coronavirus, now deadly – CIDRAP (free) AND Man infected with mystery virus in China dies after outbreak – Reuters (free) AND Outbreak of Pneumonia of Unknown Etiology (PUE) in Wuhan, China – CDC (free) AND New virus identified as likely cause of mystery illness in China – Nature (free)
Perspective: AI is Transforming Medicine – But it Can Only Work with Proper Sharing of Data
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:07h | UTCAI is transforming medicine – but it can only work with proper sharing of data – The Conversation (free)
JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods: Using Propensity Score Methods to Create Target Populations in Observational Clinical Research
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:07h | UTCUsing Propensity Score Methods to Create Target Populations in Observational Clinical Research – JAMA (free for a limited period)
[Abstract Only] Study: Training for a First-Time Marathon Reverses Age-Related Aortic Stiffening
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:06h | UTCTraining for a First-Time Marathon Reverses Age-Related Aortic Stiffening – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Stiff Legs, Compliant Arteries: How Marathon Training Helps the Heart – TCTMD (free) AND Running marathon cuts years off ‘artery age’ – BBC (free)
EAU-ESMO Consensus Statements on the Management of Advanced and Variant Bladder Cancer
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:04h | UTC
Study: Association of Registered Nurse and Nursing Support Staffing with Inpatient Hospital Mortality
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:05h | UTCAssociation of registered nurse and nursing support staffing with inpatient hospital mortality – BMJ Quality & Safety (free) (via @brhospitalist)
Editorial: Nurses matter: more evidence (free)
Meta-Analysis: The Timing of Urinary Catheter Removal after Gynecologic Surgery
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:00h | UTC
Recommendation for Supportive Care in Patients Receiving Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:02h | UTC
Guidelines for Treatment of Umbilical and Epigastric Hernias
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:01h | UTC
[Abstract Only] Prenatal and Infancy Nurse Home Visiting and 18-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Trial
12 Jan, 2020 | 20:57h | UTCPrenatal and Infancy Nurse Home Visiting and 18-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Trial – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: The Benefits of Nurse Visits for Moms, Children – U.S. News (free) AND Prenatal, Infancy Home Visits Boost Achievement Into Early Adulthood – Medscape / Reuters (free registration required) AND Infancy Nurse Visit Program May Reduce Public Benefit Costs – Physician’s Briefing (free)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
An Overview of Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis
12 Jan, 2020 | 20:59h | UTCAn overview of autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis – Journal of Autoimmunity (free)
Observational Study: Implementation of a Hospital-Based Palliative Care Program Linked to Reduced Use of Intensive Care During Terminal Hospitalizations
12 Jan, 2020 | 20:55h | UTC
Meta-analysis: Systemic Pharmacological Treatments for Chronic Plaque Psoriasis
12 Jan, 2020 | 20:52h | UTCSystemic pharmacological treatments for chronic plaque psoriasis: a network meta‐analysis – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Systemic (oral or injected) medicines for psoriasis – Cochrane Library (free)
Author Interview: Living Systematic Review: Pharmacological treatments for psoriasis, network meta analysis – Cochrane Library (free)
Study Shows Alarming Spike in Electric Scooter Injuries
12 Jan, 2020 | 20:49h | UTCElectric Scooter Injuries and Hospital Admissions in the United States, 2014-2018 – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Urban health scare: E-scooters show alarming spike in injuries – University of California – San Francisco (free) AND Scooter-related injuries are spiking in the United States, study finds – CNN (free) AND Head Injuries Common Among Electric Scooter Riders – MedicalResearch.com (free)