Archives
Review: Enhanced Recovery after Vascular Surgery
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:08h | UTCEnhanced Recovery after Vascular Surgery – Frontiers in Medicine (free)
Review: Sleep Disturbances as a Risk Factor for Stroke
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:07h | UTCSleep Disturbances as a Risk Factor for Stroke – Journal of Stroke (free)
Review: Development of New Endovascular Devices for Aneurysm Treatment
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:06h | UTCDevelopment of New Endovascular Devices for Aneurysm Treatment – Journal of Stroke (free)
EAACI Guidelines on Allergen Immunotherapy
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:00h | UTCEAACI Guidelines on Allergen Immunotherapy: Executive Statement – Allergy (free PDF)
Review: Heart Failure as a Risk Factor for Stroke
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:06h | UTCHeart Failure as a Risk Factor for Stroke – Journal of Stroke (free)
Meta-Analysis: Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Hepatitis
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:05h | UTCLiver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis: A systematic review with meta-analysis – PLOS One (free)
Guidelines for Colposcopy Practice for Cervical Cancer Prevention
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:00h | UTC
Group-Based Interventions may Help Teenagers Stop Smoking
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:57h | UTCGroup-based interventions may help teenagers stop smoking – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Tobacco cessation interventions for young people – Cochrane Library (free)
Parental Training Improves a Child’s Disruptive Behaviours
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:52h | UTCParental training improves a child’s disruptive behaviours regardless of socio-economic disadvantage or ethnicity – NIHR Signal (free)
Research: 18F–Sodium Fluoride Uptake in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:56h | UTC18F–Sodium Fluoride Uptake in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Sodium Fluoride Imaging in AAAs Provides a Picture of Future Risk – TCTMD (free) AND Researchers propose new method for predicting AAA growth, rupture – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND 18F–Sodium Fluoride Uptake in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Systematic Review: Nursing Interventions for Smoking Cessation
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:51h | UTCNursing interventions for smoking cessation – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Does support and intervention from nurses help people to stop smoking? – Cochrane Library (free)
“There’s moderate quality evidence that behavioural support to motivate & sustain smoking cessation delivered by nurses can lead to a modest increase in the number of people who achieve prolonged abstinence” (via @CochraneUK see Tweet)
Principles, Open Access, & Everyday Choices
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:51h | UTCPrinciples, Open Access, & Everyday Choices – Absolutely Maybe, in PLOS Blogs (free)
Guidelines for Inclusion of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trial Protocols
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:49h | UTCGuidelines for Inclusion of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trial Protocols: The SPIRIT-PRO Extension – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Guidelines extended to improve the use of feedback from patients in clinical trials – University of Birmingham (free) AND Updated Guidelines for Patient-reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Hypertension Common After Severe Preeclampsia
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:49h | UTCBlood Pressure Profile 1 Year After Severe Preeclampsia – Hypertension (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: High blood pressure in pregnancy may not disappear afterward – Reuters (free) AND Ambulatory Monitoring Shows Persistent HTN Common After Severe Preeclampsia – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Here’s How Amazon Could Disrupt Health Care
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:46h | UTC– Here’s How Amazon Could Disrupt Health Care (Part 1) – Forbes (free)
– Here’s How Amazon Could Disrupt Health Care (Part 2) – Forbes (free)
– Here’s How Amazon Could Disrupt Health Care (Part 3) – Forbes (free)
Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: January 2018
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:43h | UTCLast Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: January 2018 – eCancer News (free)
Review: ED Approach to Agitation
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:44h | UTCemDocs Cases: ED Approach to Agitation – emDocs (free)
Research: West Nile May Cause Zika-like birth defects
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:47h | UTCZika virus–related neurotropic flaviviruses infect human placental explants and cause fetal demise in mice – Science Translational Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Mouse study hints West Nile may cause Zika-like birth defects – CIDRAP (free) AND Like Zika, West Nile virus causes fetal brain damage, death in mice – Washington University School of Medicine, via EurekAlert (free) AND Not just Zika: Other mosquito-borne viruses may cause birth defects, study suggests – STAT (free)
The CDC Is About to Fall Off a Funding Cliff
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:42h | UTCThe CDC Is About to Fall Off a Funding Cliff – The Atlantic (free)
“It’s already planning to pull back on work that protects the world from pandemics”.
Research: Polygenic Contribution in Individuals With Early-Onset Coronary Artery Disease
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:39h | UTCCommentary: Genetic Risk Score May Best FH Variant for Predicting Early-Onset CAD – Medscape (free registration required)
“Another study suggests CAD will soon be predicted not by 1 gene (like FH) but groups of genes that can be combined into risk scores” (via @drjohnm see Tweet)
Working to End Myths and Misconceptions About Female Genital Mutilation
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:41h | UTCRelated Guideline: WHO guidelines on the management of health complications from female genital mutilation (free)
Research: Blood Pressure Variability and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Death
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:38h | UTCBlood pressure variability and risk of cardiovascular events and death in patients with hypertension and different baseline risks – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Blood Pressure Variability and Risk of CV Events – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Preferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:36h | UTCPreferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies: The PRISMA-DTA Statement – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Research: Association of Persistent and Severe Postnatal Depression With Child Outcomes
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:35h | UTCAssociation of Persistent and Severe Postnatal Depression With Child Outcomes – JAMA Psychiatry (free)
Commentaries: Postnatal Depression Has Greater Impact on Child Development When it is Persistent and Severe – Neuroscience News (free) AND Severe Postnatal Depression Doubles Child Behavioral Problems – Medscape (free registration required)
Guidelines for the Management of COPD: Algorithm of Pharmacologic treatment
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:33h | UTC