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Richard Lehman’s journal review – 5 March 2018
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:32h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 5 March 2018 – The BMJ (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Guidelines for the management of cryptococcal disease in HIV-infected adults, adolescents and children
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:30h | UTCSee also: Key Messages AND Policy Brief (free PDF)
Research: Escalating Inhaled Glucocorticoids to Prevent Asthma Exacerbations
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:28h | UTCEditorial: Escalating Inhaled Glucocorticoids to Prevent Asthma Exacerbations (free for a limited period)
Trial 1: Quintupling Inhaled Glucocorticoids to Prevent Childhood Asthma Exacerbations – The New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Trial 2: Quadrupling Inhaled Glucocorticoid Dose to Abort Asthma Exacerbations – The New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Nursing Now campaign: empowering nurses to improve global health
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:28h | UTCNew campaign: Nursing Now campaign: empowering nurses to improve global health – World Health Organization (free)
Related: Global nursing movement launches – Devex (free) AND Nursing Now campaign: raising the status of nurses – The Lancet (free registration required)
See also: Nursing Now Website
Source: International Health Policies Newsletter
Systematic Review: Vision screening for correctable visual acuity deficits in school-age children and adolescents
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:25h | UTCVision screening for correctable visual acuity deficits in school-age children and adolescents – Cochrane Library (free)
Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:26h | UTC
Open access, data capitalism and academic publishing
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:46h | UTCOpen access, data capitalism and academic publishing – Swiss Medical Weekly (free)
Zika, chikungunya and dengue: the causes and threats of new and re-emerging arboviral diseases
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:45h | UTC
Research: Opioid Tapering in Community Outpatients With Chronic Pain
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:43h | UTCCommentary: Chronic Opioid Users May Wish to Taper Opioid Use – Physician’s Weekly (free)
Research: Comparative cardiovascular safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with hypertension
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:44h | UTCComparative cardiovascular safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with hypertension: a population-based cohort study – British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Cardiovascular Risk Compared Among COX-2 Selective, Nonselective NSAIDs – MPR (free)
Reducing Overtreatment of Cancer With Precision Medicine
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:42h | UTCReducing Overtreatment of Cancer With Precision Medicine: Just What the Doctor Ordered – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Bad results from drug trials no longer have a place to hide
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:42h | UTCBad results from drug trials no longer have a place to hide – Wired (free)
Related: Tool ‘names and shames’ hidden drug trials – BBC (free) AND Trials Tracker brings out in the open institutions that hide their drug trials – thealtweb (free)
Key design considerations for adaptive clinical trials: a primer for clinicians
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:41h | UTCResearch Methods & Reporting: Key design considerations for adaptive clinical trials: a primer for clinicians – The BMJ (free)
Research: Colistin alone versus colistin plus meropenem for treatment of severe infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:31h | UTCColistin alone versus colistin plus meropenem for treatment of severe infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: an open-label, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Combination therapy was not superior to monotherapy”.
Meta-Analysis: Tight glycemic control in critically ill pediatric patients
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:40h | UTC
Review: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:41h | UTCProgressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy – Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (free)
NCCN Guideline: T-Cell Lymphomas
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:30h | UTCNCCN Guidelines Insights: T-Cell Lymphomas, Version 2.2018 (free)
Position Statement: Role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in clinical stratification in heart failure
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:29h | UTC
Yellow Fever Circles Brazil’s Huge Cities
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:27h | UTCYellow Fever Circles Brazil’s Huge Cities – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Clinical bacteriology in low-resource settings: today’s solutions
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:28h | UTCClinical bacteriology in low-resource settings: today’s solutions – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free registration required)
Why Right-to-Try Laws Are Dangerous
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:27h | UTCWhy Right-to-Try Laws Are Dangerous – The ASCO Post (free)
Perioperative stroke: pathophysiology and management
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:24h | UTCPerioperative stroke: pathophysiology and management – Synapse (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Meta-Analysis: Assessing the neuroprotective benefits for babies of antenatal magnesium sulphate
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:25h | UTC
Management of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:24h | UTCManagement of traumatic brain injury patients – Synapse (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Global Reproductive Health Care Ethics in the 21st Century
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:26h | UTCNew issue: Global Reproductive Health Care Ethics in the 21st Century – AMA Journal of Ethics (free)