Daily Archives: August 22, 2022
WHO makes new recommendations for Ebola treatments, calls for improved access.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:26h | UTCNews Release: WHO makes new recommendations for Ebola treatments, calls for improved access – World Health Organization
Guideline: Therapeutics for Ebola virus disease – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
WHO publishes its first guideline for #Ebola virus disease therapeutics: recommends the use of two monoclonal antibodies.
WHO calls on the global community to increase access to these lifesaving medicines.
📌 https://t.co/tstO3pBYlf pic.twitter.com/ZrDg43TyL2
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) August 19, 2022
Guideline Summary | Recommendations for the outpatient drug treatment of patients with COVID-19.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:25h | UTC
AHA Scientific Statement | Cardiovascular effects of home dialysis therapies.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:24h | UTCTop Things to Know: CV Effects of Home Dialysis Therapies – American Heart Association
Commentaries:
AHA Urges More Home-Based Dialysis in Advanced Kidney Failure – TCTMD
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
https://twitter.com/bourneauguste/status/1559172680087228416
Consensus Statement | Preoperative management of medications for rheumatologic and HIV diseases.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:22h | UTCRelated:
Preoperative Management of Medications for Neurologic Diseases – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Preoperative Management of Surgical Patients Using Dietary Supplements – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Perioperative Evaluation and Management of Endocrine Disorders – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Preoperative Evaluation Before Noncardiac Surgery – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Perioperative Cardiac Risk Reduction in Noncardiac Surgery – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Editorial | Rise of intravenous nutrition products among professional team sport athletes: reasons to be concerned?
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:20h | UTCRise of intravenous nutrition products among professional team sport athletes: reasons to be concerned? – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free for a limited period)
News Release: IV nutrition risks becoming the norm for athletes, despite no evidence it works – BMJ Newsroom
Commentary: More Athletes Are Getting Their Nutrition Through an IV. This Should Stop, Experts Say – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
IV nutrition risks becoming the norm for athletes, despite no evidence it works, warn @pedlarcr and colleagues in @BJSM_BMJ https://t.co/RRou2U8u9x
Used to be considered treatment of ‘last resort’
‘Food first’ and ‘no needle’ messages need to be amplified, urge experts pic.twitter.com/XeaRyHiVEH— BMJ Group (@bmj_company) August 17, 2022
RCT | Synthetic sling vs. artificial urinary sphincter for men with urodynamic stress incontinence after prostate surgery.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:18h | UTC
RCT | Effectiveness of an intervention for reducing sitting time and improving health in office workers.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:19h | UTCEditorial: The importance of sitting less and moving more – The BMJ
News Release: Standing desks alongside other measures cut office workers’ sitting time by an hour a day – BMJ Newsroom
Commentary: SMART Work and Life Intervention Reduces Sitting Time for Office Workers – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
Using a standing desk alongside a package of other measures to encourage office workers to sit less and move more, reduced sitting time by about an hour a day over one year, finds a trial published in @bmj_latest today https://t.co/uxaDWnp5WB
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) August 18, 2022
RCT | Surgical reconstruction is superior to rehabilitation for patients with non-acute anterior cruciate ligament injury with persistent symptoms of instability.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:16h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Surgical reconstruction of non-acute ACL injury with persistent symptoms of instability was superior in comparison with rehabilitation at 18 months (KOOS4 mean difference 7.9 (95% CI 2.5–13.2)): https://t.co/y2taBzHolU pic.twitter.com/n0qW3B6cMv
— Søren T. Skou (@STSkou) August 19, 2022
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How to improve intubation in the intensive care unit | Update on knowledge and devices.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:15h | UTCHow to improve intubation in the intensive care unit. Update on knowledge and devices – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
Tracheal intubation in #ICU
➡️ preoxygenation & apneic oxygenation
➡️ devices for ETT positioning & airway management algorithms
➡️ tube position confirmation
➡️ hemodynamic optimization/choice of drugs
➡️ bundle to limit complications #FOAMcc @yourICM
📎 https://t.co/Bn5F5aRsHK pic.twitter.com/vWgJh5z8Vl— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) August 20, 2022
Cross-Sectional Study | Hypertension common among poorest, least educated around the world.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:14h | UTCThe Association of Socioeconomic Status With Hypertension in 76 Low- and Middle-Income Countries – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: Hypertension Common Among Poorest, Least Educated Around the World – American College of Cardiology
Commentary: Hypertension Common Among Poorest, Least Educated Globally – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
#HTN is a common condition in low- & middle-income countries. As countries develop economically, these groups may experience a greater #hypertension prevalence relative to those w/ ⬆️ socioeconomic status. Read more on this important work now out in #JACC: https://t.co/sOzb1aWRvk pic.twitter.com/w00raCmuCW
— JACC Journals (@JACCJournals) August 16, 2022
WHO Guidance | Behavioral and social drivers of vaccination: tools and practical guidance for achieving high uptake.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:13h | UTC
ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Research Statement | Syndrome of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:12h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
In this international statement, we propose a research definition of CPFE (for research purposes), +classification criteria of CPFE clinical syndrome for clinicians. Hopefully both will help the field move forward.Thanks to all participants! @ATS_Assemblies @EuroRespSoc @ALATorax https://t.co/PphDomCVJc pic.twitter.com/QLboKM7Tcx
— Vincent Cottin (@OrphaLung) August 18, 2022
Guideline | Management of eating disorders for people with higher weight.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:11h | UTC
Not too much, not too often, and not too many: the results of the first large-scale, international project to develop lower-risk gambling guidelines.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:10h | UTC
Worldwide prevalence and burden of gastroparesis-like symptoms.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:08h | UTCRelated:
ACG Clinical Guideline: Gastroparesis – The American Journal of Gastroenterology
RCT | Mepolizumab for urban children with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:09h | UTCMepolizumab for urban children with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma in the USA (MUPPITS-2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Mepolizumab Cuts Exacerbations in Children With Severe Asthma – HealthDay
Review | Neurosurgical enhanced recovery after surgery for geriatric patients undergoing elective craniotomy.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:05h | UTCRelated:
Complete List of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines
Review | Advances in imaging and targeted therapies for recurrent pericarditis.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:06h | UTCAdvances in Imaging and Targeted Therapies for Recurrent Pericarditis: A Review – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)
Videos:
Transthoracic Echocardiogram Showing Signs of Constrictive Physiology – JAMA
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Showing Signs of Constrictive Physiology – JAMA
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Finding in Constrictive Pericarditis – JAMA
Commentary on Twitter
Much is new in the management of recurrent pericarditis after the 2015 @escardio guidelines. Advances in CMR and IL-inhibitors have led to a paradigm shift in the management of this chronic debilitating disease. A state-of-the-art algorithm is proposed. https://t.co/7mdyYZ2BXS
— JAMA Cardiology (@JAMACardio) August 19, 2022
M-A | Erlotinib plus bevacizumab vs. erlotinib alone in patients with EGFR-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:04h | UTC
Review | Left atrial appendage occlusion, a misnomer?
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:01h | UTCLeft Atrial Appendage Occlusion, A Misnomer? – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Review | Systemic lupus erythematosus and cardiovascular disease.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:02h | UTCSystemic lupus erythematosus and cardiovascular disease – Journal of Internal Medicine
Review | Treatments targeting neuroendocrine dysfunction in polycystic ovary syndrome.
22 Aug, 2022 | 11:59h | UTC
Cyberattacks: what radiology IT departments must do now.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:00h | UTCCyberattacks: What Radiology IT Departments Must Do Now – Diagnostic Imaging
M-A | Minimally invasive versus open central pancreatectomy.
22 Aug, 2022 | 11:58h | UTCMinimally invasive versus open central pancreatectomy: Systematic review and meta-analysis – Surgery
Review | Hemoperfusion in the intensive care unit.
22 Aug, 2022 | 11:56h | UTCHemoperfusion in the intensive care unit – Intensive Care Medicine