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Guideline: clinical management of the elderly patient with malignant lymphoma
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:32h | UTC
Guideline: Anesthetic Management of Pregnant and Postpartum Women Receiving Thromboprophylaxis or Higher Dose Anticoagulants
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:35h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Should we measure the central venous pressure to guide fluid management?
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:34h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Behavioural and emotional disorders in childhood: A brief overview for paediatricians
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:30h | UTC
Review: Cardiovascular, pulmonary, and metabolic toxicities complicating tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy in chronic myeloid leukemia
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:31h | UTC
Post-Traumatic Hypopituitarism—Who Should Be Screened, When, and How?
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:31h | UTCPost-Traumatic Hypopituitarism—Who Should Be Screened, When, and How? – Frontiers in Endocrinology (free)
Review: Enhanced Recovery in Thoracic Surgery
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:28h | UTCEnhanced Recovery in Thoracic Surgery: A Review – Frontiers in Medicine (free)
See other Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Guidelines and Reviews
Controversies in diagnosis and management of Kawasaki disease
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:29h | UTCControversies in diagnosis and management of Kawasaki disease – World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics (free)
Related guideline: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Scientific Statement for Health Professionals From the American Heart Association (free)
Related reviews: Dissecting Kawasaki disease: a state-of-the-art review – European Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Diagnosis and Management of Kawasaki Disease – American Family Physician (free)
Research: Reducing GHG Emissions While Improving Diet Quality
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:26h | UTCCommentary: Cool the planet: drink tap water and eat less meat at dinner time – BMC Series Blog (free)
Canada: Global Leadership on Health
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:29h | UTCSeries from the Lancet journals: Canada: global leadership on health (free registration required to access all articles)
Reproducibility of clinical research in critical care: a scoping review
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:27h | UTCReproducibility of clinical research in critical care: a scoping review – BMC Medicine (free)
“Reproducibility in Critical Care trials from NEJM, Lancet, JAMA. Bottom line:
-Attempt to reproduce previous findings: 42%
-Original studies reported larger effects
-Inconsistency with the original: 56%” (via @otavio_ranzani see Tweet)
Meta-Analysis: Association of Vegetation Size With Embolic Risk in Patients With Infective Endocarditis
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:25h | UTCAssociation of Vegetation Size With Embolic Risk in Patients With Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Infective Endocarditis Vegetation Size vs. Embolic Risk – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Larger Endocarditis Vegetations More Likely to Embolize, Kill – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Review: How I Treat Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:23h | UTCHow I treat disseminated intravascular coagulation – Blood (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Cardiac Arrest in the Operating Room: Resuscitation and Management for the Anesthesiologist
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:08h | UTCSee also: Cardiac Arrest in the Operating Room: Part 2—Special Situations in the Perioperative Period (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: Pleural Disease
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:24h | UTCPleural Disease – NEJM Resident 360 (free)
Review: Antifibrinolytic Therapy and Perioperative Considerations
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:09h | UTCAntifibrinolytic Therapy and Perioperative Considerations – Anesthesiology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Incidence and Prevalence of WHO Groups 1 to 4 Pulmonary Hypertension
27 Feb, 2018 | 15:57h | UTC
Opinion: Compassionate leadership has a pivotal role in tackling bullying in healthcare
27 Feb, 2018 | 15:55h | UTCCompassionate leadership has a pivotal role in tackling bullying in healthcare – The BMJ Opinion (free)
“Negative staff experiences are often a precursor for negative patient experiences”.
Routinely collected data for randomized trials: promises, barriers, and implications
27 Feb, 2018 | 15:56h | UTCRoutinely collected data for randomized trials: promises, barriers, and implications – Trials (free) (via @RasoiniR see Tweet)
What is new in critical care echocardiography?
27 Feb, 2018 | 15:56h | UTCWhat is new in critical care echocardiography? – Critical Care (free)
Research: Incidence of Delayed Intracranial Hemorrhage in Older Patients After Blunt Head Trauma
27 Feb, 2018 | 15:54h | UTCIncidence of Delayed Intracranial Hemorrhage in Older Patients After Blunt Head Trauma – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Repeat Head CT or Admission for Delayed Head Bleed Is Wasteful – NEJM Journal Watch ($)
Research: Oral Contraceptive Use and Ovarian, Endometrial, Breast, and Colorectal Cancers
27 Feb, 2018 | 15:54h | UTCModification of the Associations Between Duration of Oral Contraceptive Use and Ovarian, Endometrial, Breast, and Colorectal Cancers – JAMA Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Reassurance About Oral Contraception and Cancer Risk – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period) AND Ovarian cancer risk reduced with oral contraceptives – Clinical Advisor (free)
Research: Readmissions Following a Hospitalization for Cardiovascular Events in Dialysis Patients
27 Feb, 2018 | 15:52h | UTCReadmissions Following a Hospitalization for Cardiovascular Events in Dialysis Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study – Journal of the American Heart Association (free for a limited period)
“Roughly 1 in 3 CVD hospitalizations resulted in 30‐day readmission; nearly 1 in 20 was followed by death within 30 days”.
Systematic Review: Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birth weight infants
27 Feb, 2018 | 15:53h | UTCInterventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birth weight infants – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birth weight infants – Cochrane Library (free)
Research: Prevalence and Economic Burden of Medication Errors
27 Feb, 2018 | 15:47h | UTCPrevalence and Economic Burden of Medication Errors in The NHS in England. Rapid evidence synthesis and economic analysis of the prevalence and burden of medication error in the UK – Policy Research Unit in Economic Evaluation of Health & Care Interventions (EEPRU) (free PDF)
Commentaries: More than 200 million medication errors occur in NHS per year, say researchers – The University of Sheffield News (free) AND Drug errors cause appalling harm and deaths, says Hunt – BBC (free)