Daily Archives: May 4, 2023
International consensus on standardized clinic blood pressure measurement – a call to action
4 May, 2023 | 14:03h | UTCNews Release: KDIGO Announces Publication of International Consensus Statement on Standardized Blood Pressure Measurement
Commentary on Twitter
KDIGO is pleased to announce the publication of "International Consensus on Standardized Clinic Blood Pressure Measurement − A Call to Action" in The American Journal of Medicine. Read the News Release: https://t.co/OJbN0Lp8Et
Read the full statement: https://t.co/AmlVAVVcDD…
— KDIGO (@goKDIGO) May 1, 2023
Position Statement | Telehealth policy, practice, and education
4 May, 2023 | 14:01h | UTC
4 or more CT scans in childhood correlate with elevated cancer risk
4 May, 2023 | 13:59h | UTCNews Release: Single CT scan in kids low risk for cancers, but 4 or more CTs increases risk – Canadian Medical Association Journal
RCT | BCG vaccine did not protect health care workers against Covid-19
4 May, 2023 | 13:56h | UTCCommentary: The BCG vaccine does not decrease the risk of COVID-19 in healthcare workers – News Medical
Commentary on Twitter
The bacille Calmette–Guérin vaccine may enhance generic antiviral immunity. In a randomized, controlled trial, health care workers received BCG vaccination or placebo. The BCG vaccine did not reduce Covid-19 risk. https://t.co/f2Uu4yhYZP
— NEJM (@NEJM) April 26, 2023
Diagnostic Stewardship | A continuum of antibiotic stewardship in combating antimicrobial resistance
4 May, 2023 | 13:58h | UTC
Comparing scientific abstracts generated by ChatGPT to real abstracts with detectors and blinded human reviewers
4 May, 2023 | 13:54h | UTCRelated:
ChatGPT et al? Not So Fast, Say Journal Editors – TCTMD
Chat GPT will change Medicine – Vinay Prasad’s Observations and Thoughts
The use of ChatGPT and other large language models in surgical science – BJS Open
ChatGPT vs. NCI: analyzing the quality of cancer information on myths and misconceptions
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine & ChatGPT: De-Tether the Physician – Journal of Medical Systems (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Can artificial intelligence help for scientific writing? – Critical Care
Artificial intelligence in academic writing: a paradigm-shifting technological advance
Perspective | ChatGPT-assisted diagnosis: is the future suddenly here?
Perspective | Generating scholarly content with ChatGPT: ethical challenges for medical publishing
ChatGPT: Will It Transform the World of Health Care? – UCSF Department of Medicine
ChatGPT and the future of medical writing (ChatGPT itself wrote this paper)
ChatGPT: five priorities for research – Nature
The path forward for ChatGPT in academia – Lumo’s Newsletter
ChatGPT is fun, but not an author – Science
Tools such as ChatGPT threaten transparent science; here are our ground rules for their use – Nature
ChatGPT listed as author on research papers: many scientists disapprove – Nature
Abstracts written by ChatGPT fool scientists
RCT | Prolonged higher dose methylprednisolone vs. conventional dexamethasone in COVID-19 pneumonia
4 May, 2023 | 13:53h | UTC
Guideline | Perioperative management of patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
4 May, 2023 | 13:52h | UTC
Scoping review of rational polytherapy in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy
4 May, 2023 | 13:50h | UTCScoping review of rational polytherapy in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy – Pharmacotherapy
SR | Perampanel add‐on for drug‐resistant focal epilepsy
4 May, 2023 | 13:49h | UTCPerampanel add‐on for drug‐resistant focal epilepsy – Cochrane Library
Summary: Perampanel add-on for drug-resistant focal epilepsy – Cochrane Library
Researchers develop an AI-based method to replace chemical staining of tissue
4 May, 2023 | 13:48h | UTCNews Release: Researchers develop an AI-based method to replace chemical staining of tissue – University of Turku
Original Study: Unstained Tissue Imaging and Virtual Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining of Histologic Whole Slide Images – Laboratorial Investigation
Cohort Study | Comparison of propylthiouracil vs. methimazole for thyroid storm in critically ill patients
4 May, 2023 | 13:47h | UTCNews Release: Study: No significant differences in mortality, adverse events in patients taking thyroid medications – Boston University
ASTRO/ESTRO Guideline | Treatment of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer
4 May, 2023 | 13:44h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
ASTRO & ESTRO partnered to issue the first guideline on local therapy for oligometastatic lung cancer, out today in #PracticalRadOnc https://t.co/ZiM2RWX394 @ESTRO_RT @IyengarPuneeth @Mat_Guc pic.twitter.com/5DV3fRdn1o
— ASTRO (@ASTRO_org) April 25, 2023
ACP Position Paper | Performance measures for physicians providing clinical care using telemedicine
4 May, 2023 | 13:46h | UTCNews Release: ACP Calls for Appropriate and Meaningful Performance Measures to Evaluate Telemedicine
AAP Policy Statement | Protecting children and adolescents from tobacco and nicotine
4 May, 2023 | 13:43h | UTCProtecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine – Pediatrics
Clinical Report: Protecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine – Pediatrics
Commentaries:
Protecting Kids From Tobacco’s Harms: AAP Policy Explained – Health Children
Treating long-lasting low back pain without surgery: the latest evidence
4 May, 2023 | 13:40h | UTCTreating long-lasting low back pain without surgery: the latest evidence – Evidently Cochrane
Cohort Study | Risk factors for mortality from aortic aneurysm and dissection
4 May, 2023 | 13:41h | UTCCommentary: Aortic Disease Deaths Tied to Modifiable Risk Factors, Japanese Data Confirm – TCTMD
Stoma reversal after Hartmann’s procedure: a retrospective study on patients with acute diverticulitis
4 May, 2023 | 13:37h | UTCStoma reversal after Hartmann’s procedure for acute diverticulitis – Surgery
Commentary on Twitter
Very important OPEN ACCESS #colorectalsurgery publication in @SurgJournal by @LauraKoskenvuo @villesallinen ?? https://t.co/B1V4pRMNZT “After the Hartmann’s procedure for acute diverticulitis, one-third died, half underwent stoma reversal, and one-fifth did not undergo stoma…
— Steven D Wexner MD, PhD (@SWexner) March 11, 2023
Review | Identifying, understanding and managing fecal urgency in inflammatory bowel diseases
4 May, 2023 | 13:38h | UTC
Review | Carvedilol as the new non-selective beta-blocker of choice in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension
4 May, 2023 | 13:36h | UTC
What’s new in reducing the impact of tracheostomy on communication and swallowing in the ICU
4 May, 2023 | 13:34h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
? Tracheostomy? Profound impact on functional communication, swallowing/oral intake & other comorbidities in #ICU. Early strategies to restore laryngo‑pharyngeal airflow/subglottic P likely to ⬇️ negative impact ⬆️ short/longer-term sequelae.#ICUrehab
?️ https://t.co/Jslkv04Djf pic.twitter.com/YKLNKYvabC— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) April 23, 2023
Clinical Trial Update | Adjuvant Osimertinib for resected EGFR-mutated stage IB-IIIA non–small-cell lung cancer
4 May, 2023 | 13:33h | UTCOriginal Study: Osimertinib in Resected EGFR-Mutated Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine
News Release: Trial shows significant disease-free survival for patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer – Yale University
Cohort Study | There is no association between labor epidural analgesia and risk of offspring autism and ADHD
4 May, 2023 | 13:30h | UTC
Commentary with video on Twitter
AJOG Presents: Labor epidural analgesia and subsequent risk of offspring autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a cross-national cohort study of 4.5 million individuals and their siblings https://t.co/XFbedq7SAz pic.twitter.com/J4Mu5xSwT6
— AJOG (@AJOG_thegray) February 4, 2023
Review | A practical guide to hidradenitis suppurativa
4 May, 2023 | 13:29h | UTCA practical guide to hidradenitis suppurativa – Family Practice
SR | In people with prediabetes, Vitamin D may have a small benefit in decreasing the risk of diabetes
4 May, 2023 | 13:28h | UTCVitamin D and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in People With Prediabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data From 3 Randomized Clinical Trials – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries:
How Helpful Is Vitamin D in Prediabetes? – ConscienHealth