Fri, February 22 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Pharmacotherapy in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease: Report from an American College of Cardiology, American Geriatrics Society, and National Institute on Aging Workshop – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (free)

2 – Preventing misdiagnosis of diabetes in the elderly: age-dependent HbA1c reference intervals derived from two population-based study cohorts – BMC Endocrine Disorders (free)

Commentary: Should HbA1c cutoffs for DM diagnosis be higher in older adults? – Univadis (free registration required)

3 – Cardio-Oncology: Vascular and Metabolic Perspectives: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

Related Guidelines and Reviews: SEOM clinical guidelines on cardiovascular toxicity (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free) AND Prevention and Monitoring of Cardiac Dysfunction in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Therapy (free) AND Cardio-Onco-Hematology in Clinical Practice. Position Paper and Recommendations – Revista Espanola de Cardiologia (free) AND Cardiotoxicity of anticancer treatments: Epidemiology, detection, and management – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)

4 – Induction of labour at 41 weeks versus expectant management until 42 weeks (INDEX): multicentre, randomised non-inferiority trial – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Optimising the management of late term pregnancies (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Small benefit of inducing labor over ‘wait and see’ approach for late-term pregnancies – MedicalXpress (free) AND To induce or not to induce pregnant women at 41 weeks – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Related: WHO Recommendations: Induction of Labor at or Beyond Term (free) AND Cochrane Review: Induction of Labor for Improving Birth Outcomes for Women at or Beyond Term (free)

5 – Serious adverse events and lifetime risk of reoperation after elective shoulder replacement: population based cohort study using hospital episode statistics for England – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Risks of shoulder replacement surgery higher than previously thought – The BMJ (free) AND Revision Surgery Common Among Middle-Aged Men with Shoulder Replacement – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Shoulder replacement surgery carries higher risk – OnMedica (free)

6 – Climate Change Is Having a Major Impact on Global Health – Scientific American (free)

Related: Climate Change — A Health Emergency (free reports and commentaries on the subject)

7 – Cancer-associated stroke: Pathophysiology, detection and management (Review) – International Journal of Oncology (free)

8 – Predictive Validity of a 2-Question Alcohol Screen at 1-, 2-, and 3-Year Follow-up – Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: Alcohol Use Disorder: A Pediatric-Onset Condition Needing Early Detection and Intervention – Pediatrics (free) AND 2-Question Screen Identifies Adolescents at Risk for Future Alcohol Use Disorders – 2 Minute Medicine (free)

9 – Things We Do for No Reason: The Use of Thickened Liquids in Treating Hospitalized Adult Patients with Dysphagia – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF)

See Complete Series of Things We Do For No Reason (free articles)

10 – Impact of scaled up human papillomavirus vaccination and cervical screening and the potential for global elimination of cervical cancer in 181 countries, 2020–99: a modelling study – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Rapid scale-up of HPV vaccine and screening could prevent up to 13 million cases of cervical cancer by 2050 – The Lancet (free) AND More Vaccination, Testing, Could Prevent Millions of Cervical Cancer Cases – Cleveland Clinic Newsroom (free)

See also: Human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer – World Health Organization (free)