Daily Archives: July 27, 2022
USPSTF Recommendations | Behavioral counseling interventions to promote a healthy diet and physical activity in adults without cardiovascular disease risk factors.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:26h | UTCEditorials:
Improving Behavioral Counseling for Primary Cardiovascular Disease Prevention – JAMA Cardiology
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote Healthy Behaviors for CVD Prevention – JAMA
RCT | Effect of high- vs. low-dose tranexamic acid infusion on need for red blood cell transfusion and adverse events in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:21h | UTCEffect of High- vs Low-Dose Tranexamic Acid Infusion on Need for Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Adverse Events in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: The OPTIMAL Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
#OrigInvestigation: Among pts who underwent cardiac surgery w cardiopulmonary bypass, high-dose vs low-dose tranexamic acid infusion resulted in a modest, statistically significant reduction in the proportion of pts receiving allogeneic RBC transfusion https://t.co/Eb7SWc8U26
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) July 26, 2022
RCT | Vitamin B6 supplements could reduce anxiety and depression.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:19h | UTCNews Release: Vitamin B6 supplements could reduce anxiety and depression – University of Reading
Commentary: B6 a New Approach for Depression, Anxiety? – Medscape (free registration required)
RCT | Short vs. extended treatment with a carbapenem in patients with high-risk fever of unknown origin during neutropenia.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:17h | UTCShort versus extended treatment with a carbapenem in patients with high-risk fever of unknown origin during neutropenia: a non-inferiority, open-label, multicentre, randomised trial – The Lancet Haematology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Short-Course or Extended Antibiotics in Febrile Neutropenia? – Medscape (free registration required)
Commentary on Twitter
NEW online—Short-term is not inferior to extended carbapenem in patients with haematological malignancy and neutropenic fever of unknown origin, however, higher serious adverse events and mortality were noted in the short treatment group: the SHORT trial https://t.co/FOp1M3D6cL pic.twitter.com/6z5e8MSEgQ
— The Lancet Haematology (@TheLancetHaem) June 10, 2022
Practical Guide | Antihypertensive deprescribing in older adults.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:23h | UTCAntihypertensive Deprescribing in Older Adults: a Practical Guide – Current Hypertension Reports
Cross-Sectional Study | Association of registered nurse staffing with mortality risk in hospitalized patients with sepsis.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:16h | UTCCommentaries:
Greater Nurse Staffing Tied to Better Sepsis Outcomes – HealthDay
Reduced Sepsis Mortality Risk Seen With High Nurse Staffing – AJMC
M-A | Antiviral drug treatment for nonsevere COVID-19.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:14h | UTCNews Release: Some antivirals used in nonsevere COVID-19 may reduce hospitalizations and deaths – Canadian Medical Association Journal
Commentary: COVID-19 antivirals may cut risk of hospitalization, death – CIDRAP
M-A | Beneficial and harmful effects of monoclonal antibodies for the treatment and prophylaxis of COVID-19.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:12h | UTC
AGA Clinical Practice Update | Diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in lean individuals.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:11h | UTCCommentaries:
New Guidelines Focus on NAFLD in Lean People – Medscape (free registration required)
RCT | Effectiveness of intensive home treatment as a substitute for hospital admission in acute psychiatric crisis resolution.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:08h | UTCThe effectiveness of intensive home treatment as a substitute for hospital admission in acute psychiatric crisis resolution in the Netherlands: a two-centre Zelen double-consent randomised controlled trial – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Intensive home treatment effective in place of hospital admission for psychiatric crisis – Healio (free registration required)
Commentary on Twitter
"Intensive home treatment is a safe and effective partial substitute for conventional psychiatric crisis care that led to a reduction in admission days, causing patients to stay longer in their social environment"
New research articlehttps://t.co/VcDRdOfaMX
— The Lancet Psychiatry (@TheLancetPsych) July 6, 2022
Review | The effect of overlapping surgical scheduling on operating theatre productivity.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:03h | UTC
M-A | Treating eosinophilic esophagitis with budesonide.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:06h | UTC
Cohort Study | Incidence of revision surgery after decompression with vs. without fusion among patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis.
27 Jul, 2022 | 11:59h | UTCInvited Commentary: Fusion Is Not a Safeguard to Prevent Revision Surgery in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis – JAMA Network Open
Commentary on Twitter
This cohort study found no association between the type of index operation—decompression alone or fusion—and the need of revision surgery or the outcomes pain, disability & quality of life after 3 years in patients with degenerative lumber spinal stenosis. https://t.co/GZUhkWYzbl
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) July 26, 2022
RCT | Effect of intravitreal Aflibercept vs. Laser Photocoagulation on treatment success of retinopathy of prematurity.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:01h | UTCEffect of Intravitreal Aflibercept vs Laser Photocoagulation on Treatment Success of Retinopathy of Prematurity: The FIREFLEYE Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
See also: Visual Abstract
Cohort Study | Association of cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament heavy protein levels with clinical progression in patients with Parkinson disease.
27 Jul, 2022 | 11:58h | UTC
M-A | Comparison of the efficacy and safety of quetiapine and lithium for bipolar depression.
27 Jul, 2022 | 11:55h | UTC
RCT | Intra-articular botulinum toxin A injection for painful base-of-thumb osteoarthritis.
27 Jul, 2022 | 11:56h | UTCIntra-articular botulinum toxin A injection for painful base-of-thumb osteoarthritis: a double-blind, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial (RHIBOT) – The Lancet Rheumatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries:
Botulinum toxin A injection may ease base-of-thumb osteoarthritis pain – medwire News
Commentary on Twitter
NEW RESEARCH—Intra-articular botulinum toxin A injection for painful base-of-thumb #osteoarthritis: a double-blind, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial (RHIBOT) https://t.co/pY4ZQdW6p9 @cchnguyen pic.twitter.com/KT4XLzhIlb
— The Lancet Rheumatology (@TheLancetRheum) June 24, 2022
Cohort Study | Long-term risk of cardiovascular disease mortality among classic Hodgkin lymphoma survivors.
27 Jul, 2022 | 11:53h | UTCLong-term risk of cardiovascular disease mortality among classic Hodgkin lymphoma survivors – Cancer
Commentaries:
CVD Mortality Leading Cause of Death for Stage I, II Hodgkin Lymphoma – HealthDay