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NICE Guideline Update: Depression in adults
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:26h | UTCGuideline Update: Depression in adults: recognition and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
USPSTF Draft Recommendation: Screening for Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:31h | UTCUSPSTF Draft Recommendation Statement: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening (free)
Commentaries: USPSTF urges abuse screening for reproductive-aged women – MedicalXpress (free) AND USPSTF Recommends Screening for Partner Violence in Reproductive-Aged Women – Clinical Advisor (free)
“The USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen for intimate partner violence (IPV) in women of reproductive age and provide or refer women who screen positive to ongoing support services.”
Things We Do For No Reason: Periprocedural Bridging Anticoagulation
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:25h | UTCThings We Do For No Reason: Periprocedural Bridging Anticoagulation – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free)
Perspective: Improving Emergency Department Care for Low-Risk Chest Pain
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:28h | UTCImproving Emergency Department Care for Low-Risk Chest Pain – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Systematic Review: Antidepressants in Co-occurring Depression and Alcohol Dependence
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:24h | UTCAntidepressants for the treatment of people with co-occurring depression and alcohol dependence – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: Antidepressants for the treatment of people with co-occurring depression and alcohol dependence – Cochrane Library (free)
Review: Mitral Valve Interventions in Heart Failure
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:21h | UTCMitral valve interventions in heart failure – ESC Heart Failure (free)
Meta-Analysis: Case Managers Improve Outcomes for People with Dementia and Their Carers
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:23h | UTCCase managers improve outcomes for people with dementia and their carers – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: The effectiveness of community-based coordinating interventions in dementia care: a meta-analysis and subgroup analysis of intervention components – BMC Health Services Research (free)
“The review suggests that nurses may be particularly well placed to act as case managers for people with dementia, perhaps because they have the skills to perform the broad range of tasks associated with the role.” (via @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Meta-Analysis: Clinical Examination for Acute Aortic Dissection
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:20h | UTC
Perspective: Strategies for Reducing Opioid-Overdose Deaths
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:18h | UTC
Research: Evolution of High-level Resistance During Low-level Antibiotic Exposure
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:19h | UTCEvolution of high-level resistance during low-level antibiotic exposure – Nature Communications (free)
Commentaries: Study: Low-level antibiotics can produce high-level resistance – CIDRAP (free) AND Antibiotic resistance can be caused by small amounts of antibiotics – Uppsala University, via ScienceDaily (free)
UK Guidelines for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:11h | UTC
Guideline: Vaccination Strategies in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies or Solid Tumors
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:13h | UTC
Study Identifies 44 Genetic Risk Factors for Depression
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:15h | UTCGenome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression – Nature Genetics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Unprecedented study identifies 44 genetic risk factors for major depression – King’s College London, via MedicalXpress (free) AND ‘Gene map for depression’ sparks hopes of new generation of treatments – The Guardian (free) AND Global study finds 44 genetic risk factors for major depression – Reuters (free)
Cluster Randomized Trial: Effect of Physician Cross-checking on Reducing Adverse Events in the ED
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:08h | UTCEffect of Systematic Physician Cross-checking on Reducing Adverse Events in the Emergency Department: The CHARMED Cluster Randomized Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Systematic crosschecking between emergency physicians may decrease adverse events – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Case-Sharing in ED Puts Dent in Medical Errors, With Serious Caveat – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Cervical Cancer
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:12h | UTC
Position Statement: Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:10h | UTC
Retrospective Cohort: Recent Opioid Use and Fall-related Injury Among Older Patients With Trauma
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:48h | UTCCommentary: Opioid use linked to increased risk of falls, death in older adults – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free)
Perspective: In the Era of Precision Medicine and Big Data, Who Is Normal?
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:44h | UTCIn the Era of Precision Medicine and Big Data, Who Is Normal? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
UNICEF: Twelve Things You Didn’t Know About Immunization
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:42h | UTCWorld Immunization Week, 24-30 April 2018: Twelve things you didn’t know about immunization – UNICEF (free)
source: Global Health NOW Newsletter
Thu, April 26 – 10 Stories of The Day!
26 Apr, 2018 | 00:14h | UTC
1 – World Malaria Day, 25 April 2018 – World Health Organization (free resources)
Commentaries: Can improving access to care help to eliminate malaria? – The Lancet (free) AND Dose entire population with anti-malaria drugs to eradicate disease – study – The Guardian (free) AND Malaria studies show benefit of mass treatment, methylene blue – CIDRAP (free)
Related: Seminar: Malaria (free registration required) AND Series: Malaria in Pregnancy (free registration required)
Quick Take Video Summary: Azithromycin to Reduce Childhood Mortality (free)
Commentaries: Giving Antibiotics To Healthy Kids In Poor Countries: Good Idea Or Bad Idea? – NPR (free) AND Infant Deaths Fall Sharply in Africa With Routine Antibiotics – The New York Times (free)
4 – Guideline: Pharmacologic Glycemic Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults – Canadian Journal of Diabetes (free)
Related Guidelines: ADA 2018 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free) AND ACP Guideline: Hemoglobin A1c Targets for Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes (free)
In this new guideline Hemoglobin A1c Targets are similar from ADA 2018 Standards.
5 – Polypharmacy Guidance, Realistic Prescribing 3 rd Edition, 2018 – Scottish Government Polypharmacy Model of Care Group (free PDF) (via @trishgreenhalgh)
Related Reviews: Current and future perspectives on the management of polypharmacy – BMC Family Medicine (free) AND Routine deprescribing of chronic medications to combat polypharmacy – Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety (free) AND Polypharmacy—an Upward Trend with Unpredictable Effects – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free) AND Clinical Consequences of Polypharmacy in Elderly – Expert Opinion on Drug Safety (free)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club (free)
7 – Guideline Update: Depression in adults: recognition and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
8 – Things We Do For No Reason: Periprocedural Bridging Anticoagulation – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free)
9 – A cancer drug tailored to your tumor? Experts trade barbs over ‘precision oncology’ – Science (free)
See also: Audio and slides on the meeting webcast (free) (via @barttels2 and @AACRPres see Tweet)
10 – Physicians’ Compassion, Communication Skills, and Professionalism With and Without Physicians’ Use of an Examination Room Computer: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Patients Prefer Doctors Who Engage in Face-to-Face Visits – Physician’s Briefing (free) AND Docs Behind Screen Seen as Less Compassionate – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Patients value eye contact from physicians: study – Univadis (free registration required)
ID Blog: Some ID Stuff We’re Talking About on Medical Rounds
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:43h | UTCSome ID Stuff We’re Talking About on Medical Rounds – HIV and ID Observations Blog, by Paul E. Sax (free)
Randomized Trial: Early Endovenous Ablation in Venous Ulceration
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:38h | UTCCommentary: Early treatment for leg ulcers gets patients back on their feet – Imperial College London (free)
ACOG Guideline: Optimizing Postpartum Care
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:37h | UTCCommittee Opinion: Optimizing Postpartum Care – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)
Commentary: Redesigning Maternal Care: OB-GYNs Are Urged to See New Mothers Sooner and More Often – ProPublica (free)
Source: Kaiser Health News Morning Brief
Randomized Trial: Sigmoidoscopy Screening and Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Women and Men
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:36h | UTCLong-Term Effectiveness of Sigmoidoscopy Screening on Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Women and Men: A Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Sigmoidoscopy reduces colon cancer risk for men, but not women – American College of Physicians, via MedicalXpress (free) AND Sigmoidoscopy reduces colon cancer risk for men, but not women – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Research: Soccer Heading Frequency—Not Collisions—Linked to Cognitive Performance
25 Apr, 2018 | 13:35h | UTCCommentary: Soccer Heading—Not Collisions—Cognitively Impairs Players – Albert Einstein College of Medicine (free)
Related Review: Effects of Soccer Heading on Brain Structure and Function – Frontiers in Neurology (free)