Daily Archives: May 4, 2022
WHO calls for shorter drug course for resistant TB.
4 May, 2022 | 11:08h | UTCWHO calls for shorter drug course for resistant TB – CIDRAP
Rapid communication: Key changes to the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis – World Health Organization
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: recent concepts in diagnosis, mechanisms and management.
4 May, 2022 | 11:02h | UTCPodcast: A comprehensive review on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
Randomized Trials: Neither detection nor control of high blood pressure improved by self-monitoring during pregnancy.
4 May, 2022 | 11:06h | UTCNews Release: Neither detection nor control of high blood pressure improved by self-monitoring during pregnancy – University of Oxford
Study 1: Effect of Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure on Diagnosis of Hypertension During Higher-Risk Pregnancy: The BUMP 1 Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Study 2: Effect of Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure on Blood Pressure Control in Pregnant Individuals With Chronic or Gestational Hypertension: The BUMP 2 Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Effect of Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure on Detection and Assessment of Hypertension During Higher-Risk Pregnancy: The BUMP 1 and BUMP 2 Trials
Editorial: Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure During Pregnancy – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
In this randomized clinical trial, among pregnant individuals at higher risk of preeclampsia, self-monitoring of #bloodpressure with telemonitoring did not lead to earlier clinic-based detection of #hypertension. https://t.co/YKEQxpASA9 @RichardJMcManus pic.twitter.com/33Bf0gk59g
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) May 3, 2022
Paxlovid’s failure as a preventative measure raises questions, but doctors still back it as a therapeutic.
4 May, 2022 | 10:57h | UTC
Brief Review: Management of chronic hypertension during pregnancy.
4 May, 2022 | 11:03h | UTCManagement of Chronic Hypertension During Pregnancy – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Cluster RCT: A village doctor-led multifaceted intervention for blood pressure control in rural China.
4 May, 2022 | 10:53h | UTCA village doctor-led multifaceted intervention for blood pressure control in rural China: an open, cluster randomised trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Preventing asthma deaths in school children: 3 things to know.
4 May, 2022 | 10:59h | UTCPreventing asthma deaths in school children: 3 things to know – Evidently Cochrane
Related video: Preventable
Commentary on Twitter
Deaths from #asthma are the highest they've been in a decade. GP @RobincarrCarr explains 3 things that can reduce this risk in school children: https://t.co/CDvaC4grZk
+ watch 'Preventable', a film on preventing asthma deaths in schools: https://t.co/waARmT5Mz2 @CochraneAirways
— Cochrane UK (@CochraneUK) May 3, 2022
Cluster RCT: Algorithm-based care vs. usual care for the early recognition and management of complications after pancreatic resection.
4 May, 2022 | 10:55h | UTCAlgorithm-based care versus usual care for the early recognition and management of complications after pancreatic resection in the Netherlands: an open-label, nationwide, stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
New research @TheLancet – Smits et al – Algorithm-based care vs usual care for early recognition and management of complications after pancreatic resection in the Netherlands: a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trialhttps://t.co/8BeKhtk0mV#SoMe4Surgery #pancsm @DPCG_official pic.twitter.com/atPcJk4O8r
— The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (@LancetGastroHep) April 29, 2022
Obesity causes cancer and is major determinant of disability and death, warns new WHO report.
4 May, 2022 | 10:49h | UTCNews Release: Obesity causes cancer and is major determinant of disability and death, warns new WHO report – WHO Europe
Report: WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022 – World Health Organization
Commentary: ‘Epidemic’ of Obesity in Europe – Health Policy Watch
Commentary on Twitter
#Obesity is considered to be the cause of at least 13 types of #cancer. “To achieve our targets on beating cancer, we cannot delay taking action to address obesity,” says WHO/Europe’s @hans_kluge.
Find out more about the #ObesityReport ? https://t.co/gjrfUOu6gK pic.twitter.com/moNvObtevN
— WHO/Europe (@WHO_Europe) May 3, 2022
Systematic Review: Most common reasons for primary care visits in low- and middle-income countries.
4 May, 2022 | 10:46h | UTC
Review: Diagnosis and management of lumbar spinal stenosis.
4 May, 2022 | 10:45h | UTCDiagnosis and Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Audio Clinical Review: Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Review – JAMA
RCT: Effects of prophylactic oral dextrose gel on neurosensory impairment at 2-year follow-up in late preterm and term infants born at risk of neonatal hypoglycemia.
4 May, 2022 | 10:43h | UTCProphylactic Oral Dextrose Gel and Neurosensory Impairment at 2-Year Follow-up of Participants in the hPOD Randomized Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: New insight into protecting newborns with low blood sugars – University of Auckland
Related:
Cohort Study: No association of neonatal hypoglycemia with academic performance in mid-childhood.
Oral dextrose gel for the treatment of hypoglycemia in newborn infants.
Commentary on Twitter
@EdwardsTaygen et al present 2-year Neurosensory Follow-Up results from their multicenter, double-blinded, placebo controlled hPOD randomized trial @JAMA_current https://t.co/ik6AKIjahS #EBNEOalerts, #neotwitter, #neoEBM pic.twitter.com/dQH8qti5Fv
— Evidence-Based Neo (@EBNEO) March 25, 2022
We Have Your Back: ED presentations, evaluation, and management of spinal cord injuries.
4 May, 2022 | 10:39h | UTCWe Have Your Back: ED Presentations, Evaluation, and Management of Spinal Cord Injuries – emDocs
M-A: Association of music interventions with health-related quality of life.
4 May, 2022 | 10:41h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
This systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrated associations between music interventions and improvements in mental health-related quality of life, with substantial individual variation in intervention outcomes. https://t.co/6x6fb97JJl
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) March 22, 2022
Bacteriophage treatment of disseminated cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection.
4 May, 2022 | 10:36h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
So excited to share our experience using #bacteriophage for treatment of disseminated cutaneous M. chelonae ? infection!
Amazing collaboration with @GHatfull @DedrickRebekah @TJhaveriMD @dsolsMD https://t.co/LUnigdU9xZ
— Jessica Little, MD (@JessicaLittleMD) May 3, 2022
M-A: Comparison of different strategies in revision arthroplasty of the knee with severe bone loss.
4 May, 2022 | 10:32h | UTC
Review: Mechanical ventilation in pediatric and neonatal patients.
4 May, 2022 | 10:29h | UTCMechanical Ventilation in Pediatric and Neonatal Patients – Frontiers in Physiology
RCT: Incisional negative pressure following high-risk direct anterior total hip arthroplasty.
4 May, 2022 | 10:35h | UTC
Review: Diagnostic management of pregnant women with suspected pulmonary embolism.
4 May, 2022 | 10:28h | UTC
Review: Opioids and falls risk in older adults.
4 May, 2022 | 10:27h | UTCOpioids and Falls Risk in Older Adults: A Narrative Review – Drugs & Aging
Cohort Study: Characterizing older adults’ risk of harm from blood-pressure lowering medications.
4 May, 2022 | 10:26h | UTC
Cohort study: frailty is significantly associated with medication-related harm.
4 May, 2022 | 08:17h | UTC
Update on image-guided thermal lung ablation: Society guidelines, therapeutic alternatives, and postablation imaging findings.
4 May, 2022 | 08:14h | UTC
Recommendations for breast cancer screening in women with extremely dense breasts.
4 May, 2022 | 08:11h | UTC
SEOM—GECOD clinical guideline for unknown primary cancer.
4 May, 2022 | 08:12h | UTC