Daily Archives: October 5, 2022

ADA/KDIGO Consensus Report | Diabetes management in chronic kidney disease.

5 Oct, 2022 | 13:59h | UTC

Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Consensus Report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) – Kidney International

News Release: NEWS RELEASE: ADA & KDIGO Release Joint Consensus Report on Diabetes Management in CKD

 

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World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative.

5 Oct, 2022 | 13:58h | UTC

World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative – Age and Ageing

 

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RCT | A postoperative multimodal opioid-sparing protocol can reduce opioid consumption after knee or shoulder arthroscopy.

5 Oct, 2022 | 13:57h | UTC

Effect of a Postoperative Multimodal Opioid-Sparing Protocol vs Standard Opioid Prescribing on Postoperative Opioid Consumption After Knee or Shoulder Arthroscopy: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

News Release: Orthopedic surgery patients do fine without opioid painkillers – McMaster University

See also: Visual Abstract

Video Editor’s Note: Effect of an Opioid-Sparing Protocol vs Standard Prescribing on Opioid Consumption After Knee or Shoulder Arthroscopy

 

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RCT | Topical antibiotics reduce the time to clinical cure in children with infective conjunctivitis.

5 Oct, 2022 | 13:55h | UTC

Effect of Topical Antibiotics on Duration of Acute Infective Conjunctivitis in Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial and a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Network Open

Commentaries:

Topical Antibiotics Linked With Reduced Duration of Acute Infective Conjunctivitis in Children – AJMC

Topical Antibiotics Shorten Duration of Conjunctival Symptoms – HealthDay

 

Commentary on Twitter

In this RCT and meta-analysis with 3 prior RCTs, children who received antibiotic eye drops had shorter duration of conjunctivitis vs. placebo. #OAResearch https://t.co/3mq5Fr8NDS

— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) October 4, 2022

 

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Cohort Study | Artificial intelligence-enabled retinal vasculometry for prediction of cardiovascular diseases.

5 Oct, 2022 | 13:53h | UTC

Artificial intelligence-enabled retinal vasculometry for prediction of circulatory mortality, myocardial infarction and stroke – British Journal of Ophthalmology

Editorial: The eyes as a window to the heart: looking beyond the horizon – British Journal of Ophthalmology

Commentary: AI eye checks can predict heart disease risk in less than minute, finds study – The Guardian

Related:

Retinal photograph-based deep learning predicts biological age, and stratifies morbidity and mortality risk.

An artificial intelligence system can help predict myocardial infarction through retinal scans and minimal personal information.

Study shows that the retinal age gap might be a potential biomarker of aging linked to increased mortality risk.

 

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Consensus Paper | Corticosteroids in oncology: use, overuse, indications, contraindications.

5 Oct, 2022 | 13:52h | UTC

Corticosteroids in oncology: Use, overuse, indications, contraindications. An Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM)/ Italian Association of Medical Diabetologists (AMD)/ Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE)/ Italian Society of Pharmacology (SIF) multidisciplinary consensus position paper – Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Related: RCT | Dexamethasone is not effective for the treatment of dyspnea in patients with cancer and increases the risk of adverse events.

 

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Brief Review | How do we maximize diuresis in acute decompensated heart failure?

5 Oct, 2022 | 13:51h | UTC

How do we maximize diuresis in acute decompensated heart failure? – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Editorial: Decongesting heart failure with diuretics: Easier to prescribe than to fully understand – Cleveland Clinical Journal of Medicine

 

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Brief Review | Atrial fibrillation: rate control or rhythm control?

5 Oct, 2022 | 13:50h | UTC

Atrial fibrillation: Rate control or rhythm control? – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

 

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Retrospective cohort study | Neurodegenerative disease risk among former international rugby union players.

5 Oct, 2022 | 13:49h | UTC

Neurodegenerative disease risk among former international rugby union players – Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

News Release: Neurodegenerative disease risk doubled for former rugby players – BMJ Newsroom

Video summary: neurodegenerative disease  risk among former international rugby union players

Related: Study shows unique diagnostic signatures of concussion in the saliva of Rugby players

 

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Review | Regional anesthesia in the emergency department.

5 Oct, 2022 | 13:48h | UTC

Regional Anesthesia in the Emergency Department: an Overview of Common Nerve Block Techniques and Recent Literature – Current Emergency and Hospital Medicine Reports

 

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