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AHA policy statement: projected costs of informal caregiving for cardiovascular disease
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:46h | UTCAHA Policy Statement: Projected Costs of Informal Caregiving for Cardiovascular Disease: 2015 to 2035 – Circulation (free)
Commentary: Skyrocketing Costs of CVD Will Be Amplified by Informal Caregiving: AHA – TCTMD (free)
World Health Day (7 April 2018) – World Health Organization
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:42h | UTCWorld Health Day (7 April 2018) – World Health Organization (free resources)
See also: Campaign Essentials / Key Messages / and WHO’s Universal Health Coverage Website
WHO’s theme for this year world health day is Universal Health Coverage. “Health is a human right. It’s time for Universal Health Coverage for everyone, everywhere”. (via @WHO see Tweet)
Evidence review: preventing type 2 diabetes in people with ‘prediabetes’ with diet and exercise
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:20h | UTC
New series from The Lancet journals: The Lancet taskforce on NCDs and economics
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:41h | UTCNew Series from The Lancet Journals: The Lancet Taskforce on NCDs and economics (free registration required for all articles and commentaries)
Commentaries: Tax sugar, alcohol and tobacco to help the poor, say experts – The Guardian (free) AND Taxes on soft drinks, alcohol and tobacco are of most benefit to the poor – Imperial College London (free)
See also: To Improve Global Health, Tax the Things that are Killing Us (free policies, articles and commentaries)
Randomized controlled trial: physiotherapy education before abdominal surgery reduces lung complications
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:16h | UTCPhysiotherapy education before major abdominal surgery reduces lung complications – NIHR Signal (free)
See original article: Preoperative physiotherapy for the prevention of respiratory complications after upper abdominal surgery: pragmatic, double blinded, multicentre randomised controlled trial – The BMJ (free)
Summary: 2018 ESC guidelines for diagnosis and management of syncope
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:14h | UTCGuideline summaries: 2018 ESC Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Syncope – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Practical Instructions for the 2018 ESC Syncope Guidelines – American College of Cardiology (free)
Original Documents: 2018 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope (free) AND Practical Instructions for the 2018 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope (free)
New guide to help children with ostomies
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:09h | UTC“A Guide to Gutsy Living”: Patient-Driven Development of a Pediatric Ostomy Toolkit – Pediatrics (free)
Commentary: New guide helps kids, adolescents living with ostomies – Reuters (free)
EASL guidelines on hepatitis E virus infection
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:06h | UTCEASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on hepatitis E virus infection – Journal of Hepatology (free)
Guideline on management of the acute asthma attack in children
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:05h | UTC
Systematic review: percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:07h | UTCPercutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: Featured Review: Vertebroplasty for treating spinal fractures due to osteoporosis – Cochrane Library (free)
“High quality evidence shows that vertebroplasty does not provide more clinically important benefits than placebo but may cause people harm”.
Consensus statement: improving the safety of opioid use for acute noncancer pain in hospitalized adults
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:55h | UTCCommentary: New guidance for safe opioid prescribing for hospitalized patients with acute pain – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, via EurekAlert (free)
Randomized trial: talc administration by indwelling pleural catheter for malignant effusion
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:58h | UTCOutpatient Talc Administration by Indwelling Pleural Catheter for Malignant Effusion – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) (see Visual Abstract)
Commentary: Outpatient talc administration improves malignant effusion outcomes – Chest Physician (free)
WHO news release: nearly one billion people in Africa to be protected against yellow fever by 2026
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:51h | UTC
Cohort study: implications of insecticide resistance for malaria vector control with long-lasting insecticidal nets
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:53h | UTCInvited commentary: Measuring the effect of insecticide resistance: are we making progress? (free)
Commentary: Study: Despite resistance, insecticide nets effective against malaria – News Scan for Apr 10, 2018, CIDRAP (free)
Perspective: expanding global access to essential heart medications
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:50h | UTCExpanding Global Access to Essential Heart Medications – Scientific American (free)
Propensity‐matched cohort: is TAVR better than surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with COPD?
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:43h | UTCIs Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Better Than Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease? A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Analysis – Journal of the American Heart Association (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Chronic Lung Disease? The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowin’ in the Wind (free for a limited period)
Commentary: TAVR better, cheaper than SAVR for patients with COPD – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Systematic assessment: under-5 mortality rate by economic status for low-income and middle-income countries
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:48h | UTC
Retrospective cohort: whole-body CT scans do not reduce mortality in children with blunt trauma
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:36h | UTCAssociation of Whole-Body Computed Tomography With Mortality Risk in Children With Blunt Trauma – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Whole-Body CT Scans Don’t Appear to Improve Survival in Kids with Blunt Trauma – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND CT Pan-Scan: No Mortality Benefit in Kids With Blunt Trauma – Medscape (free registration required) AND Whole body CT doesn’t cut mortality in peds blunt trauma – MedicalXpress (free)
Perspective: reward food companies for improving nutrition
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:32h | UTCReward food companies for improving nutrition – Nature News (free)
Randomized trial: intensive statin therapy in high-risk diabetic patients
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:30h | UTCIntensive Treat-to-Target Statin Therapy in High-Risk Japanese Patients With Hypercholesterolemia and Diabetic Retinopathy: Report of a Randomized Study – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Intensive Statins in Diabetes Misses Primary Endpoint: EMPATHY – Medscape (free registration required)
Guideline: regional anesthesia in the patient receiving antithrombotic or thrombolytic therapy
11 Apr, 2018 | 02:14h | UTC
Perspective: change your mind-set, reduce your chronic pain
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:33h | UTCChange Your Mind-Set, Reduce Your Chronic Pain – Scientific American (free)
Randomized trial: aminophylline for treatment of postdural puncture headache
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:31h | UTCAminophylline for treatment of postdural puncture headache: A randomized clinical trial – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: ACP Journal Wise ($)
Guideline: interventional spine and pain procedures in patients on antithrombotic medications
11 Apr, 2018 | 02:13h | UTC
Meta-analysis: nasal vs oronasal CPAP for OSA Treatment
11 Apr, 2018 | 02:11h | UTCMeta-analysis: Nasal vs Oronasal CPAP for OSA Treatment – CHEST (free)
Source: EvidenceAlerts