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Review: Pulmonary Pearls & Pitfalls to Consider in Patients with Chest Trauma
9 May, 2018 | 16:24h | UTCThe Chest Bump: Pulmonary Pearls & Pitfalls to Consider in Patients with Chest Trauma – emDocs (free)
Case Series: Uveal Effusion After Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
9 May, 2018 | 16:24h | UTCUveal Effusion After Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy – JAMA Ophthalmology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Ophthalmologists link immunotherapy with a serious eye condition – eCancer News (free)
Review: Septic Cardiomyopathy
9 May, 2018 | 16:23h | UTC
Perspective: Opportunities for Risk-Taking Primary Care Providers
9 May, 2018 | 16:23h | UTCOpportunities for Risk-Taking Primary Care Providers – NEJM Catalyst (free)
WHO: Mediterranean and Nordic Diets to Reduce Noncommunicable Diseases
9 May, 2018 | 16:21h | UTCCommentary: Embrace Mediterranean or Nordic diets to cut disease, WHO says – The Guardian (free)
Review: Management of Drowned Airway
9 May, 2018 | 16:22h | UTCDrowned Airway Algorithm: Cut to the chase – PulmCrit (free)
Systematic Review: Antidepressants in Co-occurring Depression and Alcohol Dependence
9 May, 2018 | 16:22h | UTCAntidepressants for the treatment of people with co-occurring depression and alcohol dependence – Cochrane Library (link to abstract and summary – $ for full-text)
Short Review: Managing Dyslipidemia in Primary Prevention
9 May, 2018 | 16:21h | UTCManaging Dyslipidemia in Primary Prevention – American College of Cardiology (free)
Review: Obesity Emergency Management
9 May, 2018 | 16:20h | UTCEM Cases: Obesity Emergency Management – emDocs (free)
Perspective: Do the Outcomes Measured Matter to You?
9 May, 2018 | 16:18h | UTCDo the outcomes measured matter to you? – Students 4 Best Evidence (free)
Meta-Analysis: Flexible Versus Restrictive Visiting Policies in ICUs
9 May, 2018 | 16:17h | UTCFlexible Versus Restrictive Visiting Policies in ICUs: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Flexible ICU visiting hours tied to less delirium and anxiety – Reuters (free)
Guideline: Use of Hydroxycarbamide in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
9 May, 2018 | 16:19h | UTC
Randomized Controlled Trial: Propranolol vs. Metoprolol for Treatment of Electrical Storm in Patients with ICD
9 May, 2018 | 16:18h | UTCPropranolol Versus Metoprolol for Treatment of Electrical Storm in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“The combination of IV amiodarone and oral propranolol is safe, effective, and superior to the combination of IV amiodarone and oral metoprolol in the management of ES in ICD patients”.
Editorial: Clarifying the Roles of Patients in Research
9 May, 2018 | 16:16h | UTCClarifying the roles of patients in research – The BMJ (free)
Cohort Study: Obesity, Weight Loss, and Progression of Disability in Rheumatoid Arthritis
9 May, 2018 | 16:16h | UTCObesity, Weight Loss, and Progression of Disability in Rheumatoid Arthritis – Arthritis Care & Research (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Obesity may hasten disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis – Wiley, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Obesity tied to worse disability in rheumatoid arthritis – Reuters (free)
Consensus: Programming Deep Brain Stimulation for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
9 May, 2018 | 16:14h | UTC
Review: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
9 May, 2018 | 16:15h | UTCChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Diagnosis and Treatment – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
Systematic Review: Factors Determining the Success and Failure of eHealth Interventions
9 May, 2018 | 16:14h | UTC
Review: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
9 May, 2018 | 16:12h | UTCHypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A complex disease – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: The Role of Imaging in Diagnosing Axial Spondyloarthritis
9 May, 2018 | 16:13h | UTCThe Role of Imaging in Diagnosing Axial Spondyloarthritis – Frontiers in Medicine (free)
Review: Critical Care Management of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
9 May, 2018 | 16:12h | UTCAdvances in critical care management of patients undergoing cardiac surgery – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Tue, May 8 – 10 Stories of The Day!
8 May, 2018 | 01:19h | UTC
1 – Management of Type 1 Diabetes With a Very Low–Carbohydrate Diet – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: How Low Can You Go? Does Lower Carb Translate to Lower Glucose? – Pediatrics (free) AND Very-low-carb diet shows promise in type 1 diabetes – Boston Children’s Hospital, via ScienceDaily (free) AND How a Low-Carb Diet Might Aid People With Type 1 Diabetes – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Is Exceptional Control of Type 1 Diabetes Possible with a Low-Carbohydrate Diet? – Dr. David Ludwig Blog (free)
*Randomized controlled trials are warranted.
Commentaries: Every cancer patient should be prescribed exercise medicine – The Conversation (free) AND Cancer: ‘If exercise was a pill it would be prescribed to every patient’ – The Guardian (free)
3 – Guideline: Management of stable angina – Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (free)
4 – Guideline: Pharmacological management of migraine – Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (free)
5 – The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Bundle: 2018 update – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Opinion Against this Guideline: Petition to retire the surviving sepsis campaign guidelines – PulmCrit (free) (via @emdocsdotnet)
6 – Review: Alternatives to the Swan–Ganz catheter – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period) (via @f_g_zampieri)
7 – Perspective: Questionable Admissions – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
8 – Clinical Handbook: Care of girls and women living with female genital mutilation – World Health Organization (free)
9 – Summary: AHA Scientific Statement on Right Heart Failure – American College of Cardiology (free)
Original Guideline: Evaluation and Management of Right-Sided Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (free PDF)
Wed, May 9 – 10 Stories of The Day!
9 May, 2018 | 00:37h | UTC
3 – Screening for Prostate Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)
Editorials: Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Screening for Prostate Cancer: Revisiting the Evidence (free) AND USPTF Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendations—A Step in the Right Direction (free) AND Implications of the New USPSTF Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendation—Attaining Equipoise (free) AND Prostate Cancer Screening—A New Recommendation for Meaningful Physician-Patient Conversations (free)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Prostate Cancer (free)
Video Summary: PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer: The 2018 USPSTF Recommendation Statement (free)
Infographic with key Facts: Is Prostate Cancer Screening Right for You? Understanding the Potential Benefits vs. Harms for Men 55-69 (free)
Commentary: Prostate cancer screening: the decision is up to you – Reuters (free)
4 – Effect of Coaching to Increase Water Intake on Kidney Function Decline in Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease: The CKD WIT Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Drinking more water does not slow decline of kidney function for kidney disease patients – Lawson Health Research Institute, via EurekAlert (free) AND Study: Drinking more water doesn’t slow kidney disease – UPI (free)
5 – Association of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury With and Without Loss of Consciousness With Dementia in US Military Veterans – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Risk of Dementia Outcomes Associated With Traumatic Brain Injury During Military Service (free)
Commentaries: Dementia Risk Doubles Following Concussion, UCSF Study Shows – University of California San Francisco (free) AND Vets with Head Injury More Likely To Develop Dementia – MedicalResearch.com (free)
See two recent cohort studies with similar results: Long-term risk of dementia among people with traumatic brain injury (link to abstract and free commentaries) AND Traumatic Brain Injury and the Risk of Dementia Diagnosis (free article and commentaries)
6 – New Ebola outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: New Ebola outbreak confirmed in DR Congo: UN health agency scales up response – UN News (free) AND Seventeen deaths reported in Congo as Ebola outbreak confirmed – Reuters (free) AND DRC confirms 2 Ebola infections, probes suspected cases – CIDRAP (free)
7 – Guideline: Investigation and management of a raised serum ferritin – British Journal of Haematology (free)
8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 8 May 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
9 – Alzheimer’s? Your Paperwork May Not Be in Order – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: New Document for Patients: Advanced Health Directive for Dementia (free document and commentaries)
10 – Platelet Count Affects Efficacy of Folic Acid in Preventing First Stroke – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Folic acid ‘may help reduce stroke risk in people with high blood pressure’ – NHS Choices (free) AND Folic Acid Supplements May Reduce Stroke Risk in Hypertensive Patients – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Folic Acid Cut Strokes in Hypertensive Patients on Enalapril – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Folic acid supplementation may help prevent first stroke in high-risk patients with hypertension – ACP Internist (free)
Guideline: Pre-operative Evaluation of Adults Undergoing Elective Noncardiac Surgery
4 May, 2018 | 02:14h | UTC
Mon, May 7 – 10 Stories of The Day!
7 May, 2018 | 00:29h | UTC
1 – SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands, 5 May 2018 – World Health Organization Campaign (free guidelines, implementation tools, infographics, videos and more)
“It’s in your hands – prevent sepsis in health care”
2 – Consensus statement for cancer patients requiring intensive care support – Annals of Hematology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
4 – A Simple Way to Improve a Billion Lives: Eyeglasses – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“It’s the biggest health crisis you’ve never heard of. Doctors, philanthropists and companies are trying to solve it”.
5 – Opinion: Can we say who has died because of the breast-screening appointment error? – by David Spiegelhalter (free) (via @RichardLehman1 and @d_spiegel, see Tweet with infographic)
Related opinions: Breast cancer screening scandal must prompt review of mammograms – The Guardian (free) AND Breast cancer screening programme ‘does more harm than good’ – BBC (free) AND Did Breast Cancer Screening Error Cause Major Health Harm? – Medscape (free registration required)
6 – Decisions, Decisions: HMS physicians review the many factors in choosing breast cancer screenings – Harvard Medical School (free commentary and video) (via @tlisboa79 and @brhospitalist)
Original article: Breast Cancer Screening in 2018: Time for Shared Decision Making – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
8 – University of Twitter? Scientists give impromptu lecture critiquing nutrition research – CBC (free)
Related: Twitter-Based Medicine: How Social Media is Changing the Public’s View of Medicine – The Health Care Blog (free) AND What’s your doctor reading? How social media is disrupting medical education – National Post (free)
Commentary: Women who eat fast food may take longer to get pregnant – NHS Choices (free) AND Women Who Eat Fast Food Take Longer to Become Pregnant – University of Adelaide, via NewsWise (free) AND Want to increase fertility? Try dropping fast food – CNN (free)
10 – Sauna bathing reduces the risk of stroke in Finnish men and women: A prospective cohort study – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Daily saunas may reduce stroke risk – NHS Choices (free) AND Can Saunas Lower Stroke Risk? – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Could saunas reduce stroke risk? – Medical News Today (free)