Daily Archives: February 23, 2020
Guidelines for the Definitive Surgical Management of Thyroid Disease in Adults
23 Feb, 2020 | 22:23h | UTCExecutive Summary: Executive Summary of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Guidelines for the Definitive Surgical Management of Thyroid Disease in Adults – Annals of Surgery (free)
Commentary: New evidence-based clinical guidelines for surgical treatment of thyroid disease – News Medical (free)
AHA Scientific Statement: Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivorship
23 Feb, 2020 | 22:19h | UTC
Opinion on COVID-19 Outbreak – “Past Time to Tell the Public: “It Will Probably Go Pandemic, and We Should All Prepare Now””
23 Feb, 2020 | 22:13h | UTCRelated commentaries: Covid-19 now a pandemic, say global experts – RTHK (free) AND Covid-19 is now a pandemic, says Leuven specialist – The Brussels Times (free) AND “We are at a turning point”: The coronavirus outbreak is looking more like a pandemic – Vox (free) AND Understanding pandemics: What they mean, don’t mean, and what comes next with the coronavirus – STAT (free)
Note: As with every article on this website, this is not necessarily an endorsement.
Related Commentary on Twitter
Past Time to Tell the Public: “It Will Probably Go Pandemic, and We Should All Prepare Now”
A guest post by @EIDGeek & #PeterSandmanhttps://t.co/CRydB5XeoG— ɪᴀɴ ᴍ ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ ????? (@MackayIM) February 23, 2020
Clinical Update – Preventing Surgical Site Infections: Looking Beyond the Current Guidelines
23 Feb, 2020 | 22:21h | UTCPreventing Surgical Site Infections: Looking Beyond the Current Guidelines – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related Guidelines: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 – JAMA Surgery (free) AND Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection – World Health Organization (free) AND Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND APSIC guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infections – Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control (free) AND Intraoperative surgical site infection control and prevention: a position paper and future addendum to WSES intra-abdominal infections guidelines – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)
Meta-Analysis: Comparison of Cardiovascular Events Among Users of Different Classes of Antihypertension Medications
23 Feb, 2020 | 22:10h | UTC
Editorial – “No Raw Data, No Science: Another Possible Source of the Reproducibility Crisis”
23 Feb, 2020 | 22:07h | UTCNo raw data, no science: another possible source of the reproducibility crisis – Molecular Brain (free)
Commentary: How a ‘no raw data, no science’ outlook can resolve the reproducibility crisis in science – by Fujita Health University (free)
Related: Can We Science Our Way out of the Reproducibility Crisis? – Absolutely Maybe Blog (free) AND Study: Evaluating the Replicability of Social Science Experiments (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Five ways to fix statistics – Nature (free) AND Make replication studies ‘a normal and essential part of science,’ Dutch science academy says – Science (free) AND Reproducibility of clinical research in critical care: a scoping review (free) AND Reproducibility Trial Publishes Two Conclusions for One Paper (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
My editorial paper entitled, "No raw data, no science: another possible source of the reproducibility crisis". When I feel the results are too beautiful, I requested raw data before sending it out for review. 40 out of 41 did not send me the right data.https://t.co/ve99RgkHMe pic.twitter.com/KyP60jZ8Mp
— Tsuyoshi Miyakawa (@tsuyomiyakawa) February 21, 2020
Study: No Benefit from Screening Cervical Cancer More Often than Every 3 Years
23 Feb, 2020 | 22:09h | UTCCommentaries: Screen for Cervical Cancer Every 3 Years: More Is a ‘Waste’ – Medscape (free registration required)
Related Guideline: USPSTF Statement: Screening for Cervical Cancer (free resources)
The Burden of Unintentional Drowning: Global, Regional and National Estimates of Mortality from the Global Burden of Disease Study
23 Feb, 2020 | 21:55h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Prevention of Drowning – American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND Preventing drowning: an implementation guide – World Health Organization (free PDF) AND Global report on drowning: preventing a leading killer – World Health Organization (free PDF) Report: Open Water Drowning and Risks for Children (free) AND Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Drowning: 2019 Update – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Unintentional drowning is the third leading cause of injury-related deaths behind road injuries and falls, causing more than 295,000 deaths in 2017. Read more about the burden of #drowning in a new study in @IP_BMJ: https://t.co/XfhLLORHfT pic.twitter.com/1LC06BAi2t
— IHME at UW (@IHME_UW) February 21, 2020
Community-acquired Pneumonia in Critically Ill Very Old Patients: A Growing Problem
23 Feb, 2020 | 22:06h | UTCEditorial: Natural enemy or friend? Pneumonia in the very elderly critically ill patient (free)
Position Statement: Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock or Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest
23 Feb, 2020 | 21:47h | UTC
Practical Considerations for the Use of Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure
23 Feb, 2020 | 21:46h | UTC
Cohort Study: Frequent Use of Household Cleaning Products in Early Life Linked to Increased Risk for Childhood Wheeze and Asthma at Age 3 Years
23 Feb, 2020 | 21:44h | UTCCommentaries: Cleaning products and asthma risk: a potentially important public health concern – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Exposure to cleaning products linked to asthma and wheezing in children – Health Europa (free) AND Cleaning Products May Raise Risk of Wheezing and Asthma in Young Children – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Essay: On the Ethics of Algorithmic Decision-making in Healthcare
23 Feb, 2020 | 21:42h | UTCOn the ethics of algorithmic decision-making in healthcare – Journal of Medical Ethics (free)
Commentary: Experts Raise Ethical Concerns About Machine Learning in Medicine – Mad in America (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Nice new paper @JME_BMJ on pros & cons of algorithmic decision-making in healthcare. (Spoiler alert! There are ethically significant trade-offs…) https://t.co/u0xBa0JBtS
— Daniel Tigard (@dwtigard) November 28, 2019
[Abstract Only] Observational Study: Lidocaine and Amiodarone Equally Effective for Pediatric In-hospital Cardiac Arrest
23 Feb, 2020 | 21:45h | UTCCommentary: Lidocaine vs Amiodarone for PALS? – JournalFeed (free)
[Abstract Only] Observational Study: Use of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols Linked to Reduced Postoperative Complications in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
23 Feb, 2020 | 21:20h | UTCAssociation Between Use of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol and Postoperative Complications in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the Postoperative Outcomes Within Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol in Elective Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Study (POWER2) – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Following ERAS Protocol Associated With Better Outcomes After Hip, Knee Surgery – Reuters / Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Consensus statement for perioperative care in total hip replacement and total knee replacement surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations – Acta Orthopaedica (free) AND Complete List of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines (free articles)
Related Commentary on Twitter
An increase in adherence to the ERAS program was associated with a decrease in postoperative complications, although only a few ERAS items were individually associated with improved outcomes https://t.co/aLq4QTnq0K
— JAMA Surgery (@JAMASurgery) February 12, 2020
Randomized Trial: Effect of Intravenous Tenecteplase Dose on Cerebral Reperfusion Before Thrombectomy in Patients with Large Vessel Occlusion Ischemic Stroke
23 Feb, 2020 | 21:18h | UTCEffect of Intravenous Tenecteplase Dose on Cerebral Reperfusion Before Thrombectomy in Patients With Large Vessel Occlusion Ischemic Stroke: The EXTEND-IA TNK Part 2 Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: No Need to Go to Higher Tenecteplase Dose for Acute Stroke – TCTMD (free)
[Not Published Yet] Randomized Trial: Improved Outcomes with Myeloablative Therapy Compared to Reduced-Intensity Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes
23 Feb, 2020 | 21:17h | UTCMyeloablative Therapy Prevails in AML Transplant Study – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Original Report: Myeloablative Versus Reduced-Intensity Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)
Review: How Can We Minimize the Use of Regular Oral Corticosteroids in Asthma?
23 Feb, 2020 | 21:15h | UTCHow can we minimise the use of regular oral corticosteroids in asthma? – European Respiratory Review (free)
Review: α1-Antitrypsin Deficiency and Chronic Respiratory Disorders
23 Feb, 2020 | 21:16h | UTCα1-Antitrypsin deficiency and chronic respiratory disorders – European Respiratory Review (free)