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Consensus Statement: Management of Perceived Devastating Brain Injury After Hospital Admission
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:25h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Fiber Is Good for You. Now Scientists May Know Why
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:21h | UTCFiber Is Good for You. Now Scientists May Know Why – The New York Times (free)
Review: Treatment of Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Colitis
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:23h | UTCTreatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis: a narrative review – Gastroenterology Report (free)
Balancing Ethics, Risks of ‘Right to Try’
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:22h | UTCBalancing ethics, risks of ‘right to try’ – ACP Internist (free)
Research: Harmful Effects of Being Overweight May Be Underestimated
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:20h | UTCCommentaries: Harmful effects of being overweight underestimated – University of Bristol, via EurekAlert (free) AND Being overweight may be more harmful than you thought – MedicalNewsToday (free)
Investors See Big Money in Infertility. And They’re Transforming the Industry
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:20h | UTCInvestors see big money in infertility. And they’re transforming the industry – STAT (free)
Opinion: Too Much Screening Has Misled Us About Real Cancer Risk Factors
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:19h | UTCToo much screening has misled us about real cancer risk factors, experts say – STAT (free) AND Overscreening for Cancer Yields Misleading Results – MedPage Today (free) AND Could finding more cancer lead us to understand risk factors less? – HealthNewsReview (free)
Original article: Scrutiny-Dependent Cancer and Self-fulfilling Risk Factors – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
New Change4Life Campaign Around Children Snaking
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:06h | UTCNew Change4Life Campaign Around Children Snaking (free resources for the public)
News release: PHE launches Change4Life campaign around children’s snacking – Public Health England (free)
Commentaries: Limit children to two sugary snacks a day, parents told – The Guardian (free) And Limit children’s snacks to 100 calories, health body says – BBC (free)
Telehealth: Can Home Health Visits Help Keep People Out Of The ER?
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:17h | UTCCan Home Health Visits Help Keep People Out Of The ER? – NPR (free)
Systematic Review: Does Support and Intervention from Nurses Help People to Stop Smoking?
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:04h | UTCDoes support and intervention from nurses help people to stop smoking? – Cochrane Library (free)
“There is moderate quality evidence that behavioural support to motivate and sustain smoking cessation delivered by nurses can lead to a modest increase in the number of people who achieve prolonged abstinence”.
Review: Medical Management of Aortic Disease in Marfan Syndrome
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:01h | UTCMedical management of aortic disease in Marfan syndrome – Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery (free)
Research: Risk of Incidental Gallbladder Cancer in Macroscopically Normal Cholecystectomy Specimens
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:05h | UTCThe risk of incidental gallbladder cancer is negligible in macroscopically normal cholecystectomy specimens – HPB (free) (via @villesallinen and @KariTikkinen see Tweet with Visual Abstract)
Consensus Statement: Unanticipated Difficult Airway Management in Children
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:00h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Research: Mortality Reductions due to Mammography Screening
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:02h | UTCMortality reductions due to mammography screening: Contemporary population-based data – PLOS One (free)
Commentary: New paper on mortality reductions due to mammography screening in Ireland – National Cancer Registry Ireland (free)
Source: The BMJ Research News ($)
Consensus Report: Ultrasound in the Critically Ill
2 Jan, 2018 | 15:58h | UTCRelated: Lung ultrasound in the critically ill (LUCI): A translational discipline – Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy (free PDF)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Position Statement: Antimicrobial Resistance and Antibiotic Stewardship in the ICU
2 Jan, 2018 | 15:59h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: High-Fow Nasal Oxygen Therapy in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia
2 Jan, 2018 | 15:57h | UTCHigh-flow nasal oxygen therapy in intensive care and anaesthesia – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free for a period)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: Management of Arrhythmia in Sepsis and Septic Shock
2 Jan, 2018 | 15:56h | UTCManagement of arrhythmia in sepsis and septic shock – Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy (free PDF)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Opinion: More Mini-Trials And Fewer Mega-Trials?
2 Jan, 2018 | 15:55h | UTCMore Mini-Trials And Fewer Mega-Trials? – Cardiobrief (free)
Review: Managing Mental Health Emergencies in the ED
2 Jan, 2018 | 15:52h | UTCManaging Mental Health Emergencies in the ED – American Nurse Today, via Medscape (free registration required)
Review of Comparisons Between Abstracts and Full Reports in Primary Biomedical Research
2 Jan, 2018 | 15:54h | UTCRelated: Science in the Abstract: Don’t Judge a Study by its Cover – by Hilda Bastian, in Absolutely Maybe Blog (free)
“How do research abstracts mislead thee? Let me count the ways! 5% to 45% of abstracts (median 19%) had major issues” (via @hildabast see Tweet)
Review: Neoplastic Meningitis
2 Jan, 2018 | 15:53h | UTCClinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Radiological Findings of Neoplastic Meningitis – Cancer Control, via Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Investigation and Management of Renal Stone Disease
2 Jan, 2018 | 15:51h | UTCInvestigation and Management of Renal Stone Disease – Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, via Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy for Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
2 Jan, 2018 | 15:50h | UTCAdjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy for Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma – Chinese Clinical Oncology, via Medscape (free registration required)
Review – Evolution of a Geriatric Syndrome: Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
2 Jan, 2018 | 15:49h | UTCEvolution of a Geriatric Syndrome: Pathophysiology and Treatment of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, via Medscape (free registration required)