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Statements on potassium-based sodium replacers
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:33h | UTCSACN-COT statements on potassium-based sodium replacers – Public Health England (free)
Commentary: Experts urge use of salt alternative in food products – The Guardian (free)
Research: Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle is Associated With a Lower Risk of Diverticulitis among Men
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:35h | UTCAdherence to a Healthy Lifestyle is Associated With a Lower Risk of Diverticulitis among Men – American Journal of Gastroenterology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Unhealthy lifestyle may cause half of diverticulitis cases – Reuters (free)
Research: The Motivational Impact of Wearable Healthy Lifestyle Technologies
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:37h | UTCCommentaries: Young people oppose Fitbits in schools – The Conversation (free) AND Activity Trackers Don’t Always Work the Way We Want Them To – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Fashionable FitBits discourage young teens from exercising, study finds – MedicalXpress (free)
Guideline: Management of tricuspid valve regurgitation
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:31h | UTCManagement of tricuspid valve regurgitation: Position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Groups of Cardiovascular Surgery and Valvular Heart Disease – European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (free) (via @rafavidalperez)
Faecal transplant effectively treats recurrent or unresponsive Clostridium difficile
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:32h | UTCFaecal transplant effectively treats recurrent or unresponsive Clostridium difficile – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Systematic review with meta-analysis: the efficacy of faecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of recurrent and refractory Clostridium difficile infection – Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Does contrast cause kidney injury?
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:34h | UTCDoes contrast cause kidney injury? The evidence – First10EM (free)
Research: Low dose aspirin as adjuvant treatment for venous leg ulceration
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:30h | UTC“Low dose aspirin does not increase time to healing of venous leg ulcers, percentage healed, estimated change in venous leg ulcer area, or change in health related quality of life”.
Research: A Test-and-Not-Treat Strategy for Onchocerciasis in Loa loa–Endemic Areas
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:31h | UTCEditorial: Mass Administration of Ivermectin in Areas Where Loa loa Is Endemic (free)
Quick Take Video Summary: Point-of-Care Loa loa Testing for Onchocerciasis Control (free)
Report: Cause-specific mortality for 249 causes in Brazil and states during 1990–2015
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:29h | UTCCause-specific mortality for 249 causes in Brazil and states during 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2015 – Population Health Metrics (free) (via @PauloLotufo)
Research: AVATAR therapy for auditory verbal hallucinations in people with psychosis
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:29h | UTCCommentaries: Understanding AVATAR therapy: who, or what, is changing? – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND Avatars can help schizophrenia patients control threatening voices – Reuters (free) Avatar therapy ‘reduces power of schizophrenia voices’ – BBC (free)
Loneliness Might Be a Killer, but What’s the Best Way to Protect Against It?
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:28h | UTCMedical News & Perspectives: Loneliness Might Be a Killer, but What’s the Best Way to Protect Against It? – JAMA (free)
Commentary: How Do We Prevent Loneliness? – Made in America (free)
Blood pressure self-monitoring works best when people are well-supported
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:27h | UTCBlood pressure self-monitoring works best when people are well-supported – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Self-monitoring of blood pressure in hypertension: a meta-analysis – PLOS Medicine (free)
Research: Blood Pressure Status in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:25h | UTCBlood Pressure Status in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study – Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Are More Likely to Develop High Blood Pressure – American Association for Cancer Research (free) AND Childhood cancer survivors 70% likely to develop hypertension as adults – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Related Guideline: Prevention and Monitoring of Cardiac Dysfunction in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free)
Meta-Analysis: Prolonged Infusion Piperacillin-Tazobactam Decreases Mortality and Improves Outcomes in Severely Ill Patients
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:27h | UTCProlonged Infusion Piperacillin-Tazobactam Decreases Mortality and Improves Outcomes in Severely Ill Patients: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: ACP Journal Wise ($)
“Receipt of prolonged infusion of piperacillin-tazobactam was associated with reduced mortality and improved clinical cure rates across diverse cohorts of severely ill patients”.
Research: Tolerability profile of glucocorticoids use in early rheumatoid arthritis
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:26h | UTCCommentaries: Long-Term Safety of Glucocorticoids in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis – Journal Watch (free) AND Long-term Low-dose Steroids OK in Early RA – MedPage Today (free registration required)
“Long-Term Safety of Glucocorticoids in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis. Stopping steroids completely is difficult in patients whose disease flares with tapering, but low-dose levels are relatively safe” (RT @JWatch see Tweet)
Tue, November 28 – 10 Stories of The Day!
28 Nov, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC
Commentaries: 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)
News 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)
Commentary: How Common Are New Cancers in Cancer Survivors? – The JAMA Network (free) AND New cancers common in cancer survivors – OnMedica (free)
Commentaries: Young people oppose Fitbits in schools – The Conversation (free) AND Activity Trackers Don’t Always Work the Way We Want Them To – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Fashionable FitBits discourage young teens from exercising, study finds – MedicalXpress (free)
6 – Sinusitis Mimics: ED-relevant pearls and pitfalls – emDocs (free)
7 – Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle is Associated With a Lower Risk of Diverticulitis among Men – American Journal of Gastroenterology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Unhealthy lifestyle may cause half of diverticulitis cases – Reuters (free)
8 – Does contrast cause kidney injury? The evidence – First10EM (free)
9 – SACN-COT statements on potassium-based sodium replacers – Public Health England (free)
Commentary: Experts urge use of salt alternative in food products – The Guardian (free)
10 – Faecal transplant effectively treats recurrent or unresponsive Clostridium difficile – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Systematic review with meta-analysis: the efficacy of faecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of recurrent and refractory Clostridium difficile infection – Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Living Systematic Review Series
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:32h | UTCLiving systematic review series published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (free articles)
News Release – Cochrane Community (free)
– Living systematic review: 1. Introduction—the why, what, when, and how (free)
– Living systematic reviews: 2. Combining human and machine effort (free)
– Living systematic reviews: 3. Statistical methods for updating meta-analyses (free)
– Living systematic reviews: 4. Living guideline recommendations (free)
See also Cochrane Community Page on Living Systematic Reviews with updates and resources
“Living Systematic Reviews are future of all Reviews” (RT @PaulGlasziou see Tweet)
Mon, November 27 – 10 Stories of The Day!
27 Nov, 2017 | 01:28h | UTC
1 – Management of tricuspid valve regurgitation: Position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Groups of Cardiovascular Surgery and Valvular Heart Disease – European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (free) (via @rafavidalperez)
Editorial: Mass Administration of Ivermectin in Areas Where Loa loa Is Endemic (free)
Quick Take Video Summary: Point-of-Care Loa loa Testing for Onchocerciasis Control (free)
“Low dose aspirin does not increase time to healing of venous leg ulcers, percentage healed, estimated change in venous leg ulcer area, or change in health related quality of life”.
Commentaries: Understanding AVATAR therapy: who, or what, is changing? – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND Avatars can help schizophrenia patients control threatening voices – Reuters (free) Avatar therapy ‘reduces power of schizophrenia voices’ – BBC (free)
5 – Cause-specific mortality for 249 causes in Brazil and states during 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2015 – Population Health Metrics (free) (via @PauloLotufo)
6 – Medical News & Perspectives: Loneliness Might Be a Killer, but What’s the Best Way to Protect Against It? – JAMA (free)
Commentary: How Do We Prevent Loneliness? – Made in America (free)
7 – Blood pressure self-monitoring works best when people are well-supported – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Self-monitoring of blood pressure in hypertension: a meta-analysis – PLOS Medicine (free)
8 – Prolonged Infusion Piperacillin-Tazobactam Decreases Mortality and Improves Outcomes in Severely Ill Patients: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: ACP Journal Wise ($)
“Receipt of prolonged infusion of piperacillin-tazobactam was associated with reduced mortality and improved clinical cure rates across diverse cohorts of severely ill patients”.
Commentaries: Long-Term Safety of Glucocorticoids in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis – Journal Watch (free) AND Long-term Low-dose Steroids OK in Early RA – MedPage Today (free registration required)
“Long-Term Safety of Glucocorticoids in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis. Stopping steroids completely is difficult in patients whose disease flares with tapering, but low-dose levels are relatively safe” (RT @JWatch see Tweet)
10 – Blood Pressure Status in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study – Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Are More Likely to Develop High Blood Pressure – American Association for Cancer Research (free) AND Childhood cancer survivors 70% likely to develop hypertension as adults – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Related Guideline: Prevention and Monitoring of Cardiac Dysfunction in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free)
Research: Thyroid Function and the Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:30h | UTCCommentaries: Higher thyroid hormone levels associated with artery disease and death – AHA/ASA Newsroom (free) AND High Thyroid-Hormone Levels Linked to Increased CVD Mortality – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Predictors of pneumonia in lower respiratory tract infections
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:26h | UTCCommentaries: Four clinical signs can improve GP pneumonia diagnosis, finds study – Pulse (free) AND Four simple tests could help GPs spot pneumonia and reduce unnecessary antibiotics – European Lung Fundation, via EurekAlert (free)
Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:29h | UTCCommentary: Updated International Guidelines for Ventilation During CPR – Journal Watch (free)
Review: Multidrug resistant (or antimicrobial-resistant) pathogens – alternatives to new antibiotics?
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:23h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Inappropriate Management of Patients With Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:28h | UTC“OFID: Despite guidelines, continued overtreatment of patients with positive urine cultures but no symptoms” (RT @IDSAInfo see Tweet)
Meta-analysis: High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:20h | UTC
Meta-analysis Comparing Treatments for Acute Renal Colic
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:24h | UTCSystematic Review and Meta-analysis Comparing the Efficacy of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs, Opioids, and Paracetamol in the Treatment of Acute Renal Colic – European Urology (free) (via @KariTikkinen and @EUplatinum)
“In kidney stone–related acute pain episodes in patients with adequate renal function, treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs offers effective and most sustained pain relief, with fewer side effects, when compared with opioids or paracetamol”.