Mon, February 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!
11 Feb, 2019 | 00:32h | UTC
1 – Cough (acute): antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Infographic: 2-page visual summary of the recommendations (free PDF)
See also: NICE Antimicrobial prescribing guidelines (resource covering many common conditions) AND NICE Summary of antimicrobial prescribing guidance – managing common infections (free PDF)
Commentaries: NIH study provides answer to long-held debate on blood sugar control after stroke – National Institute of Health (free) AND Stroke: Intensive Blood Sugar Control Did Not Improve Outcomes – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Live from the ISC: Standard treatment of hyperglycaemia in acute ischaemic stroke outperforms an intensive approach – NeuroNews (free)
Related Cochrane Review: Insulin for glycaemic control in acute ischaemic stroke (free) AND Summary: Controlling high blood sugar levels with insulin in people who have had an acute ischaemic stroke (free)
“Intensive glucose control (80–130mg/dL) does not improve 90-day functional outcome and increases the risk of severe hypoglycaemia.” (from NeuroNews)
Commentary: FDA Emphasizes Lymphoma Risk in Women with Breast Implants – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Related: Study: Long-term Outcomes of Silicone Breast Implants (link to abstract and commentary) AND Research: Breast Implants and the Risk of Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma in the Breast (link to abstract and commentary) AND Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (link to previous FDA report and commentaries)
4 – Five warning signs of overdiagnosis – The Conversation (free)
Related: Overdiagnosis: Causes and Consequences in Primary Health Care (free) AND Screening: How Overdiagnosis and Other Harms can Undermine the Benefits (free) AND WONCA Position Paper on Overdiagnosis and Action to be Taken (free) AND Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t (free) AND Review: Overdiagnosis Across Medical Disciplines (free) AND Too much medical care: bad for you, bad for health care systems (free)
5 – Viewpoint: Potential Excessive Testing at Scale: Biomarkers, Genomics, and Machine Learning – JAMA (free for a limited period)
6 – Managing Antidepressant Discontinuation: A Systematic Review – Annals of Family Medicine (free)
Commentary: Psychotherapy Ups Odds of Tapering Off Antidepressants – Medscape (free registration required)
Commentary: How often should patients with T2D be screened for retinopathy? – Univadis (free registration required)
Related: Evidence‐based Guidelines for Screening of Diabetic Retinopathy (free)
“This review supports lengthening of the screening interval of patients with Type 2 diabetes without retinopathy at last screening session”
9 – Quality and Experience of Outpatient Care in the United States for Adults with or Without Primary Care – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Patients Engaged in Primary Care More Likely to Receive High-Value Care, Report Better Healthcare Experience – AJMC (free) AND Study: Patients with primary care physicians get better healthcare – UPI (free) AND Patients with primary care have better quality health and experience – Brigham and Women’s Hospital (free) AND Primary care utilization associated with increased high-value care – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
10 – Two-Year Survival Comparing Web-Based Symptom Monitoring vs Routine Surveillance Following Treatment for Lung Cancer – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Lung cancer OS benefit with patient-reported symptom monitoring – Medwire News (free)
See Original Article: #ASCO2017 – Survival in a Trial Assessing Patient-Reported Outcomes for Symptom Monitoring During Cancer Treatment (free study and commentaries)