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Review: Pediatric inhalation injury
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:42h | UTCPediatric inhalation injury – Burns & Trauma (free)
Review: A Survey of the Neuro-Oncology Landscape
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:39h | UTCA Survey of the Neuro-Oncology Landscape – Journal of Clinical Neurology (free)
Review: Neurological Manifestations of Dengue Infection
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:40h | UTCNeurological Manifestations of Dengue Infection – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (free)
Review: Acute Exacerbation in Interstitial Lung Disease
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:41h | UTCAcute Exacerbation in Interstitial Lung Disease – Frontiers in Medicine (free)
Review: Transient global amnesia: current perspectives
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:37h | UTCTransient global amnesia: current perspectives – Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment (free)
Review: Clostridium difficile infection in the elderly
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:38h | UTC
Guidelines for the treatment of head and neck cancer
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:35h | UTC
Guidelines for the management of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:36h | UTC
Thu, November 30 – 10 Stories of The Day!
30 Nov, 2017 | 00:46h | UTC
1 – Guideline: Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
News release: New ways to diagnose and manage asthma can improve care, says NICE (free)
Commentaries: NICE changes guidelines on asthma – PharmaTimes (free) AND NICE releases the latest asthma management standards – News Medical (free)
2 – The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities in the United States – BMC Medicine (free) (via @ArsenaultBenoit)
Related Guideline: Fiscal policies for diet and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases – World Health Organization (free)
Related articles: Reducing US cardiovascular disease burden and disparities through national and targeted dietary policies: A modelling study – PLOS Medicine (free) AND Taxes and Subsidies for Improving Diet and Population Health in Australia: A Cost-Effectiveness Modelling Study – PLOS Medicine (free) AND Policy lessons from health taxes: a systematic review of empirical studies – BMC Public Health (free)
3 – Association Between Wait Time and 30-Day Mortality in Adults Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Delaying Surgery for Hip Fracture for More Than One Day Associated with Small Increased Risk of Death – The JAMA Network (free) AND Delaying Hip Fracture Surgery for 1 Day Tied to Higher Mortality Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Emergency Hip Surgery Best Done Within 24 Hours – Medscape (free registration required)
4 – Gene Therapy Shows Promise For A Growing List Of Diseases – NPR (free)
5 – A three-talk model for shared decision making: multistage consultation process – The BMJ (free)
Commentary: Immediate ART treatment improves retention rates – Boston University School of Medicine (free)
“The European Atlas of Cardiology brings together data from 56 countries to demonstrate the prevalence and cost of cardiovascular disease, and the need to utilise resources more effectively” (RT @OUPMedicine see Tweet)
9 – Computerised decision support can improve antibiotic prescribing in hospitals – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: The effectiveness of computerised decision support on antibiotic use in hospitals: A systematic review – PLOS One (free)
10 – Palliative Care Eligibility, Symptom Burden, and Quality-of-Life Ratings in Nursing Home Residents – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Nursing home residents eligible for palliative care often don’t get it – Reuters (free) AND Most nursing home residents eligible for palliative care but lack access – MedicalXpress (free)
Meta-analysis: Oral anticoagulants for prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:50h | UTCCommentary: Comparison of Oral Anticoagulants for Preventing Stroke in AF – MPR (free)
Research: Effect of Oral Capsule– vs Colonoscopy-Delivered Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:57h | UTCEffect of Oral Capsule– vs Colonoscopy-Delivered Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Comparison of Fecal Transplant Using Capsule vs Colonoscopy to Prevent Clostridium Difficile Infection – The JAMA Network (free) AND New evidence suggests there’s a much easier way to get a fecal transplant – Quartz (free) AND Fecal transplant by capsule may match colonoscopy for C diff – CIDRAP (free)
Related: Faecal transplant effectively treats recurrent or unresponsive Clostridium difficile – NIHR Signal (free)
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 27 November 2017
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:47h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 27 November 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Research: Pay-for-performance fails to perform
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:49h | UTCThe Value-Based Payment Modifier: Program Outcomes and Implications for Disparities – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Pay-for-performance fails to perform – Harvard Medical School, via ScienceDaily (free)
Related: The Effects of Pay-for-Performance Programs on Health, Health Care Use, and Processes of Care: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free) AND Value-Based Purchasing: Time for Reboot or Time to Move On? by Ashish K. Jha, MD – The JAMA Forum (free)
World Malaria Report 2017
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:58h | UTCWorld Malaria Report 2017 – World Health Organization (free)
News release: Global response to malaria at crossroads (free)
“After unprecedented global success in malaria control, progress has stalled”
Review: Indications and practical approach to non-invasive ventilation in acute heart failure
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:47h | UTC
Five ways to fix statistics
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:48h | UTCFive ways to fix statistics – Nature (free)
“As debate rumbles on about how and how much poor statistics is to blame for poor reproducibility, Nature asked influential statisticians to recommend one change to improve science. The common theme? The problem is not our maths, but ourselves”.
Tens of thousands dying from $30 billion fake drugs trade, WHO says
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:48h | UTCTens of thousands dying from $30 billion fake drugs trade, WHO says – Reuters Health (free)
Related: About 11 percent of drugs in poor countries are fake, U.N. says – Associated Press (free)
Wed, November 29 – 10 Stories of The Day!
29 Nov, 2017 | 00:59h | UTC
1 – World Malaria Report 2017 – World Health Organization (free)
News release: Global response to malaria at crossroads (free)
“After unprecedented global success in malaria control, progress has stalled”
2 – Effect of Oral Capsule– vs Colonoscopy-Delivered Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Comparison of Fecal Transplant Using Capsule vs Colonoscopy to Prevent Clostridium Difficile Infection – The JAMA Network (free) AND New evidence suggests there’s a much easier way to get a fecal transplant – Quartz (free) AND Fecal transplant by capsule may match colonoscopy for C diff – CIDRAP (free)
Related: Faecal transplant effectively treats recurrent or unresponsive Clostridium difficile – NIHR Signal (free)
Commentary: Comparison of Oral Anticoagulants for Preventing Stroke in AF – MPR (free)
4 – The Value-Based Payment Modifier: Program Outcomes and Implications for Disparities – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Pay-for-performance fails to perform – Harvard Medical School, via ScienceDaily (free)
Related: The Effects of Pay-for-Performance Programs on Health, Health Care Use, and Processes of Care: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free) AND Value-Based Purchasing: Time for Reboot or Time to Move On? by Ashish K. Jha, MD – The JAMA Forum (free)
5 – Tens of thousands dying from $30 billion fake drugs trade, WHO says – Reuters Health (free)
Related: About 11 percent of drugs in poor countries are fake, U.N. says – Associated Press (free)
6 – Five ways to fix statistics – Nature (free)
“As debate rumbles on about how and how much poor statistics is to blame for poor reproducibility, Nature asked influential statisticians to recommend one change to improve science. The common theme? The problem is not our maths, but ourselves”.
7 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 27 November 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
9 – Long-term effects of glucocorticoids on function, quality of life, and survival in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a prospective cohort study – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Glucocorticoids offer long-term benefits for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy – Children’s National Health System, via ScienceDaily (free)
10 – Aerobic exercise moderately reduces depressive symptoms in new mothers – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Does aerobic exercise reduce postpartum depressive symptoms? a systematic review and meta-analysis – British Journal of General Practice (free)
“Involving new mothers in group exercise programmes, or advising them on an exercise of their choice, reduced depressive symptoms compared with usual care” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Research: Long-term effects of glucocorticoids in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:46h | UTCCommentaries: Glucocorticoids offer long-term benefits for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy – Children’s National Health System, via ScienceDaily (free)
Aerobic exercise moderately reduces depressive symptoms in new mothers
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:44h | UTCAerobic exercise moderately reduces depressive symptoms in new mothers – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Does aerobic exercise reduce postpartum depressive symptoms? a systematic review and meta-analysis – British Journal of General Practice (free)
“Involving new mothers in group exercise programmes, or advising them on an exercise of their choice, reduced depressive symptoms compared with usual care” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Research: Prevalence of Prior Cancer Among Persons Newly Diagnosed With Cancer
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:38h | UTCCommentary: How Common Are New Cancers in Cancer Survivors? – The JAMA Network (free) AND New cancers common in cancer survivors – OnMedica (free)
Review – Sinusitis Mimics: ED-relevant pearls and pitfalls
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:36h | UTCSinusitis Mimics: ED-relevant pearls and pitfalls – emDocs (free)
Guideline on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:40h | UTCCommentaries: New HIV guideline outlines cost-effective prevention strategies for high-risk people – ScienceDaily (free)
Related Free Online Course (Starts Dec 04): PrEParing: PrEP for Providers and Patients – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera
Related guidance: WHO implementation tool for pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection (free) AND Summary: WHO implementation tool for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) of HIV infection (free)
Guideline Synopsis: Pharmacologic Treatment of Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:39h | UTC
ACC Health Policy Statement on Healthcare Transformation in the Era of Digital Health, Big Data, and Precision Health
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:38h | UTCNews Release: ACC’s Innovation Roadmap Provides Framework for Future of Care Delivery (free)
Summary with key points to remember: ACC Statement on Transforming Cardiovascular Care Through Innovation (free)