Daily Archives: May 12, 2022
Limiting resident-physician work hours may improve patient safety outcomes.
12 May, 2022 | 10:30h | UTCNews Release: Limiting resident-physician work hours improved patient safety outcome – Brigham and Women’s Hospital
New guideline for low-risk, recurrent abdominal pain in the emergency department.
12 May, 2022 | 10:31h | UTCNews Release: New guideline for low-risk, recurrent abdominal pain in the emergency department – Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Opinion: Why preprints are good for patients.
12 May, 2022 | 10:25h | UTCWhy preprints are good for patients – Nature Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
.@PeterHorby on how rapid communication saved lives. "In the month between the public announcement of the [RECOVERY dexamethasone] result and the publication of the peer-reviewed manuscript, over 700,000 [new] COVID-19 cases were reported globally."https://t.co/5m3VVxjBBX
— Natalie E. Dean, PhD (@nataliexdean) May 11, 2022
Systematic Review: Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing bacterial endocarditis following dental procedures.
12 May, 2022 | 10:24h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Have a look at the evidence on antibiotics for preventing bacterial endocarditis in people undergoing dental treatment. Summary here: https://t.co/7uxnkbgt8t. Full review here: https://t.co/3Au3EsHZIU pic.twitter.com/RLsF3fHiZa
— Cochrane Oral Health (@CochraneOHG) May 11, 2022
Capsid inhibition with Lenacapavir in multidrug-resistant HIV-1 infection.
12 May, 2022 | 10:20h | UTCCapsid Inhibition with Lenacapavir in Multidrug-Resistant HIV-1 Infection – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Lenacapavir for HIV Infection in a Multidrug-Resistant Study Cohort – ContagionLive
RCT: Evaluation of mRNA-1273 Covid-19 vaccine in children 6 to 11 years of age.
12 May, 2022 | 10:22h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Two 50-μg doses of mRNA-1273 vaccine were found to be safe and effective in inducing immune responses and preventing Covid-19 in children 6 to 11 years of age. https://t.co/A5SBK4zK6E pic.twitter.com/7x4JgOwK57
— NEJM (@NEJM) May 11, 2022
ASTRO Guideline: Radiation therapy for brain metastases.
12 May, 2022 | 10:11h | UTCNews Release: ASTRO issues clinical guideline on radiation therapy for brain metastases – American Society for Radiation Oncology
Commentary on Twitter
ASTRO has released a guideline on #RadiationTherapy for brain metastases, which updates the original 2012 guideline. The publication in #PracticalRO includes treatment algorithms for limited & extensive brain metastases. Read here: https://t.co/5QRI0XqWHx #RadOnc pic.twitter.com/oNj2nzAKdm
— ASTRO (@ASTRO_org) May 10, 2022
Cohort Study: Impact of modifiable healthy lifestyle adoption on lifetime gain from middle to older age.
12 May, 2022 | 10:14h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Does a healthy lifestyle promote longer life?
A 21-year prospective study of over 20,000 people with almost 9,000 deaths indicates a "dose-response" of 8 lifestyle factors, even in people age 80+https://t.co/8BGHbz2RB7 pic.twitter.com/Z05zzgGi8T— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 11, 2022
Epidemiological update: Hepatitis of unknown etiology in children.
12 May, 2022 | 10:12h | UTCRelated:
Unexplained hepatitis cases in kids rise to 348 in 20 nations – CIDRAP
Multi-Country – Acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children – World Health Organization
WHO says 12 countries have reported unusual cases of hepatitis in kids – STAT
Could Mysterious Hepatitis Cases be Triggered by COVID-19? – Health Policy Watch
U.S., U.K. investigating unusual cases of hepatitis in young children – STAT
Mysterious liver illness seen in kids in US, Europe – Associated Press
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Update: #Hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children – 11 May 2022
Approximately 106 cases have been identified in 14 EU/EEA countries and 450 cases are reported worldwide.
The cause of the disease is still under investigation.
Read more: https://t.co/B0lLm7I0dV— ECDC Outbreaks (@ECDC_Outbreaks) May 11, 2022
Guideline for Pancreatic Cancer: A summary of evidence-based surgical approaches.
12 May, 2022 | 10:09h | UTC
Cohort Study: Cardiovascular risk factors mediate the long-term maternal risk associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
12 May, 2022 | 10:08h | UTCNews Release: Hypertensive pregnancy disorders linked to future cardiac events – NIH News Releases
Review: Electromechanical reciprocity and arrhythmogenesis in long-QT syndrome and beyond.
12 May, 2022 | 10:04h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Electromechanical reciprocity and arrhythmogenesis in long-QT syndrome and beyond https://t.co/IBv962JdVl @escardio #EHJ #ESCYoung #cardiotwitter @ehj_ed @rladeiraslopes pic.twitter.com/r4plgT9oKm
— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) May 11, 2022
Case Series: Cardiac magnetic resonance in the assessment of pericardial abnormalities.
12 May, 2022 | 10:06h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Pericardial diseases: the emerging role for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of pericardial diseases https://t.co/KztEnJMshP#EHJCaseReports @KardiologieHH @aayshacader @TJ_Yeo @ANazmiCalik @FarhanaAra pic.twitter.com/U4S3We7ADR
— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) May 11, 2022
Worldwide trends in population-based survival for children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with leukemia, by subtype, during 2000–14: analysis of individual data from 258 cancer registries in 61 countries.
12 May, 2022 | 10:02h | UTC
Group B streptococcus infection during pregnancy and infancy: estimates of regional and global burden.
12 May, 2022 | 10:03h | UTCInvited Commentary: Variation of invasive neonatal GBS disease across the regions – The Lancet Global Health
Commentary on Twitter
Group B #streptococcus (GBS) colonisation during #pregnancy can lead to invasive GBS disease (iGBS) in #infants, including #meningitis or sepsis with a high mortality risk. There is a higher burden of iGBS than previously estimatedhttps://t.co/jr8zNS7Lak@LancetGH pic.twitter.com/XBsImwD13H
— The Lancet Reg Health-Southeast Asia (@LancetRH_SEAsia) May 5, 2022
Review: Comfort during non-invasive ventilation.
12 May, 2022 | 08:07h | UTCComfort During Non-invasive Ventilation – Frontiers in Medicine
Nonregistration, discontinuation, and nonpublication of randomized trials: A repeated metaresearch analysis.
12 May, 2022 | 08:08h | UTC
Review: Mucus clearance strategies in mechanically ventilated patients.
12 May, 2022 | 08:06h | UTCMucus Clearance Strategies in Mechanically Ventilated Patients – Frontiers in Physiology
M-A: Evaluation of HIV treatment outcomes with reduced frequency of clinical encounters and antiretroviral treatment refills.
12 May, 2022 | 08:04h | UTC
M-A: Effectiveness of physiotherapy interventions for back care and the prevention of non-specific low back pain in children and adolescents.
12 May, 2022 | 08:02h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Research published in #BMCMusculoSkeletDisord reports that physical exercise, postural hygiene and physical activity are the most effective preventive physiotherapy interventions to improve back care and prevent low back pain in children and adolescents. https://t.co/YEb3xxDHVD
— BMC (@BioMedCentral) April 16, 2022
M-A: Comparative impact of pharmacological therapies on cluster headache management.
12 May, 2022 | 08:01h | UTC
M-A: More evidence on cash transfers and child nutritional outcomes.
12 May, 2022 | 07:59h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Check out a fresh update on the effects of #cashtransfers on #nutrition based on an upgraded database of 129 estimates.
Spoiler: in line with earlier results, impact of cash programs on #stunting is statistically significant but small, i.e., the former reduces the latter by 2.1% https://t.co/kaN6IrDdEo
— Ugo Gentilini (@Ugentilini) April 1, 2022
Interstitial lung disease in infancy and early childhood: a clinicopathological primer.
12 May, 2022 | 07:54h | UTC
M-A: Systemic immunomodulatory treatments for atopic dermatitis.
12 May, 2022 | 07:56h | UTCCommentary: Living review compares treatments for atopic dermatitis – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter:
This systematic review and meta-analysis provides up-to-date comparative evidence of new and old systemic treatments for atopic dermatitis, like biologics and JAK inhibitors. https://t.co/ihqQWlihc7 @aaron_drucker
— JAMA Dermatology (@JAMADerm) March 16, 2022
Endometrial scratch to increase live birth rates in women undergoing first-time in vitro fertilization: RCT and systematic review.
12 May, 2022 | 07:53h | UTCRelated: