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Report: Global Monitoring of Disease Outbreak Preparedness
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:20h | UTCReport: Global Monitoring of Disease Outbreak Preparedness: Preventing the Next Pandemics – Harvard Global Health Institute (free PDF)
See also: News Release (free) AND Summary report (free PDF)
EAU Guidelines on Assessment and Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:20h | UTCEAU Guidelines on Assessment and Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence – European Urology (free)
Research: Association of Preoperatively Diagnosed Patent Foramen Ovale With Perioperative Ischemic Stroke
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:17h | UTCAssociation of Preoperatively Diagnosed Patent Foramen Ovale With Perioperative Ischemic Stroke – JAMA (free for a period)
Commentaries: PFO Diagnosis Linked With Increased Risk of Perioperative Ischemic Stroke After Noncardiac Surgery – TCTMD (free) AND Preoperatively Diagnosed PFO and Perioperative Stroke – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
AASLD Guidelines for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:19h | UTCAASLD guidelines for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma – Hepatology (free)
Report: E-cigarettes and Heated Tobacco Products
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:15h | UTCReport: E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products: evidence review – Public Health England (free PDF)
News release: PHE publishes independent expert e-cigarettes evidence review (free)
Commentaries: UK experts urge smokers to switch to e-cigs for big health gains – Reuters (free) AND E-cigarettes ‘should be on prescription’ – BBC News (free) AND Doctors should encourage smokers to switch to vaping – OnMedica (free)
See related report recently released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free report and commentaries)
Research: Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on the Risk of Readmission
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:15h | UTCEffect of an In-Hospital Multifaceted Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on the Risk of Readmission: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Clinical Pharmacist Intervention Can Reduce ED Visits and Hospital Readmissions – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Pharmacist-led extended medication review and follow-up on discharge may decrease risk of readmission – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Editorial: Nutritional Management During Noninvasive Ventilation
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:13h | UTC
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 5 February 2018
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:14h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 5 February 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Research: Spreading of Multidrug-Resistant Malaria in Southeast Asia
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:12h | UTCCommentaries: Drug-resistant malaria spreading fast in Southeast Asia – CIDRAP (free) AND Drug-resistant malaria will spread without urgent action, experts warn – The Guardian (free) AND Multidrug resistant malaria spread under the radar for years in Cambodia – Wellcome Sanger Institute (free)
Research: Hot Tea Consumption and Risk for Esophageal Cancer
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:09h | UTCEffect of Hot Tea Consumption and Its Interactions With Alcohol and Tobacco Use on the Risk for Esophageal Cancer: A Population-Based Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Hot tea tied to higher cancer risk for smokers and drinkers – Reuters (free) AND Very hot tea can raise risk of oesophageal cancer, suggests study – The Guardian (free) AND Hot Tea and Increased Risk for Esophageal Cancer – Medscape (free registration required)
Vitamin and Mineral Supplements: What Clinicians Need to Know
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:10h | UTCViewpoint: Vitamin and Mineral Supplements: What Clinicians Need to Know – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a period)
Social Exclusion Heightens Risk of Death Across Many Health Conditions
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:58h | UTCSocial exclusion heightens risk of death across many health conditions – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: Morbidity and mortality in homeless individuals, prisoners, sex workers, and individuals with substance use disorders in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet (free) AND Commentary: Inclusion health: addressing the causes of the causes (free) AND Review: What works in inclusion health: overview of effective interventions for marginalised and excluded populations (free registration required)
Research: Use of social media is associated with short sleep duration in students aged 11 to 20 years
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:57h | UTCUse of social media is associated with short sleep duration in a dose–response manner in students aged 11 to 20 years – Acta Paediatrica (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Social media use linked to lack of sleep in students – Wiley, via EurekAlert (free)
See also a recent Pediatrics supplement: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (series of free articles) and related articles on Social Media and Mental Health
Opinion: Doctors and Patients Heading in Opposite Directions
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:48h | UTCRichard Smith: Doctors and patients heading in opposite directions – The BMJ Opinion (free)
“Patients increasingly have multiple conditions, while doctors continue remorseless specialisation and subspecialisation. What are the consequences of this divergence?” (via @bmj_latest see Tweet)
Meta-Analysis: Risk of Pre-eclampsia in Women Taking Metformin
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:49h | UTCSource: ACP Journal Wise ($)
“Metformin was associated with lower gestational weight gain and a lower risk of pre-eclampsia compared with insulin”
Guideline: Biosimilars in Rheumatology
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:44h | UTCNews release: The American College of Rheumatology Recommends Biosimilar Use in New White Paper (free)
Hydroxyethyl-starch Solutions (HES) Should no Longer be Used
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:47h | UTCPress release: Hydroxyethyl-starch solutions for infusion to be suspended (free)
Source: EMA calls for hydroxyethyl starch solutions to be taken off market – The BMJ News ($)
Review: Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography in Patients with Possible Angina
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:46h | UTCHeartbeat: Computed tomographic coronary angiography in patients with possible angina – Heart (free)
Guideline: Diagnosis and Treatment of Catheter-Related Bloodstream infection
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:45h | UTCDiagnosis and treatment of catheter-related bloodstream infection: Clinical guidelines of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology and (SEIMC) and the Spanish Society of Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC) (free PDF)
Meta-Analysis: Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Intensive Care Unit Patients Receiving Enteral Nutrition
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:42h | UTC
Systematic review: Inotropic agents and vasodilator strategies for the treatment of cardiogenic shock or low cardiac output syndrome
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:41h | UTCInotropic agents and vasodilator strategies for the treatment of cardiogenic shock or low cardiac output syndrome – Cochrane Library (free)
Systematic Review: Is e-learning more effective than traditional learning for health professionals?
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:38h | UTCIs e-learning more effective than traditional learning for health professionals? – Cochrane Library (free)
E-learning for health professionals – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
An Evidence-Based Approach to Pressors in Shock: Part I
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:39h | UTCAn Evidence-Based Approach to Pressors in Shock: Part I – emDocs (free)
Review: New Developments in Hepatorenal Syndrome
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:40h | UTCNew Developments in Hepatorenal Syndrome – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (free)
Review: Indications for the Surgical Management of Benign Goiter in Adults
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:35h | UTC