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Clinical guideline for treatment of kidney cancer
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:35h | UTC2017 SEOM clinical guideline for treatment of kidney cancer – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)
Guideline: Recommendations for the follow-up care of female breast cancer survivors
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:33h | UTC
Review: Management of anticoagulation in hip fractures
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:36h | UTCManagement of anticoagulation in hip fractures – Effort Open Reviews (free)
Clinical guidelines for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:34h | UTC
Clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of glioblastoma
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:32h | UTC
Systematic review: The influence of physical activity, sedentary behavior on health-related quality of life among children and adolescents
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:29h | UTC
Clinical guidelines for anaplastic gliomas
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:31h | UTC2017 SEOM clinical guidelines for anaplastic gliomas – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)
Clinical guideline of diagnosis and management of low-grade glioma
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:33h | UTC
Review: Cardiocerebral and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:25h | UTCCardiocerebral and cardiopulmonary resuscitation – 2017 update – Acute Medicine & Surgery (free)
Review: Role of liver magnetic resonance imaging in hyperferritinaemia and the diagnosis of iron overload
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:27h | UTC
Review: Endoscopic management of colorectal adenomas
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:25h | UTCEndoscopic management of colorectal adenomas – Annals of Gastroenterology (free)
Review: Drug‐induced anaphylaxis in the emergency room
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:26h | UTCDrug‐induced anaphylaxis in the emergency room – Acute Medicine & Surgery (free)
Guideline: Hairy Cell Leukemia
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:20h | UTCHairy Cell Leukemia, Version 2.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (free)
Guideline: Central Nervous System Cancers
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:19h | UTCNCCN Guidelines Insights: Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 1.2017 (free)
Guideline: lung cancer management
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:17h | UTCSaudi lung cancer management guidelines 2017 – Annals of Thoracic Medicine (free)
Guidelines for scoring the histopathological growth patterns of liver metastasis
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:21h | UTC
Clinical guideline for the management of malignant melanoma
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:16h | UTC
Review: Diagnostic approach to TSH-producing pituitary adenoma
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:15h | UTCDiagnostic approach to TSH-producing pituitary adenoma – European Journal of Endocrinology (free)
Review: Surgical Management of Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:18h | UTCSurgical Management of Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer – Frontiers in Oncology (free)
Review: l-Thyroxine replacement therapy in the frail elderly
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:15h | UTC
Review: Stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:11h | UTC
Guidelines for the Management of Multiligamentous Injuries of the Knee
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:10h | UTC
Meta-analysis: Suicide risk in patients with diabetes
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:14h | UTC
Mon, November 13 – 10 Stories of The Day!
13 Nov, 2017 | 00:27h | UTC
1 – World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 13-19 November 2017 – World Health Organization (free resources)
Editorial: A New DAWN for Imaging-Based Selection in the Treatment of Acute Stroke (free)
Commentaries: Landmark study may impact standard stroke treatment guidelines – MedicalXpress (free) AND Thrombectomy Works While Infarct Core is Small – MedPage Today (free registration required)
“DAWN data: Consider a “tissue window” rather than a “time window”” (from MedPage Today)
3 – Mechanical or Biologic Prostheses for Aortic-Valve and Mitral-Valve Replacement – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Mechanical heart valve often the safest choice – Stanford Medicine (free) AND Mechanical or Biologic Prostheses for Aortic-Valve and Mitral-Valve Replacement? – NEJM 360 Resident (free) AND Mechanical or Tissue Valve for AVR and MVR – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Mechanical Valves Show Mortality Benefit Over Biologic Valves – Medscape (free registration required) AND Heart valve replacement success may depend on age, valve type – Reuters (free)
4 – NICE Guideline: Bipolar disorder: assessment and management (free)
Commentary: What is the most effective type of hip implant combination for patients undergoing a hip replacement? – University of Bristol (free)
“…there is no evidence that any of the newer hip implant combinations, such as ceramic or uncemented, are better than the widely used small head metal-on-plastic cemented hip combination, which has been commonly used since the 1960s”.
6 – White Smoke From the Vatican? Not From Cigarettes – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: No more Holy Smokes – Vatican bans sale of cigarettes – Reuters (free) AND Holy smoke: Vatican bans duty-free cigarette sales – BBC (free)
“WHO welcomes the Vatican’s decision to ban the sale of cigarettes as of next year. Tobacco kills more than 7 million people every year” (RT @WHO see Tweet)
7 – Exercise for the Prevention of Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials – American Journal of Epidemiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Exercise may help prevent low back pain or make it less severe – Reuters (free)
Related meta-analysis: Prevention of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
8 – How to survive the medical misinformation mess – European Journal of Clinical Investigation (free) (RT @RasoiniR see Tweet)
Commentary: Vitamin D level not associated with cancer risk – Clinical Adviser (free)
“These results, in combination with previous literature, provide evidence that population-wide screening for vitamin D deficiency and subsequent widespread vitamin D supplementation should not currently be recommended as a strategy for primary cancer prevention”.
10 – Long-term Sustainability of Diabetes Prevention Approaches: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lifestyle Modifications Slow Progression To Diabetes As Effectively As Medications – Medical Research (free) AND Lifestyle changes successfully reduce incidence of diabetes – MedicalXpress (free) AND Lifestyle changes—not medications—linked to sustained risk reduction for diabetes – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Tue, November 14 – 10 Stories of The Day!
14 Nov, 2017 | 00:47h | UTC
See also: High Blood Pressure Guidelines Hub / Executive Summary / ACC/AHA Slide Set / ACC Key Points to Remember (free resources)
Commentaries: Neither Sodium Bicarbonate nor Oral Acetylcysteine Prevents Contrast-Induced Kidney Injury – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND PRESERVE: No Benefit from Sodium Bicarbonate, Acetylcysteine After Angiography – Medscape (free registration required)
Commentaries: TRICS III: Restrictive Red-Cell Transfusion Noninferior to Liberal Use in Cardiac Surgery – TCTMD (free) AHA: Restrictive Blood Transfusion OK for Select Patients – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Related article: Transfusion Requirements After Cardiac Surgery: The TRACS Randomized Controlled Trial – JAMA (free)
4 – Sexual Activity as a Trigger for Sudden Cardiac Arrest – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Sex poses little risk of triggering sudden cardiac arrest – Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, via EurekAlert (free) AND Instances of cardiac arrest after sex are low, but so are the survival rates – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Editorial: The Costs and Benefits of Hospital Care by Primary Physicians: Continuity Counts (free)
Audio interview: Hospital Resource Use and Outcomes Among Generalist Physicians (free)
Commentaries: Study: For Inpatients, Primary Care Docs Outperform Hospitalists – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Mortality Lower When Inpatients See Their Own PCP in Hospital – Medscape (free registration required)
6 – Review: Eosinophilic esophagitis: update on management and controversies – The BMJ (free for 2 weeks)
Commentary: More TV viewing linked to higher risk of blood clots in veins – Medical News Today (free)
Commentary: Eating Regular Variety of Nuts Associated With Lower Risk of Heart Disease – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Variety of nuts tied to lower risk of heart disease – Reuters (free)
9 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 13 November 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
10 – 20-Year Risks of Breast-Cancer Recurrence after Stopping Endocrine Therapy at 5 Years – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: ‘Unrelenting’: 20-Year Recurrence Risks in Breast Cancer – Medscape (free registration required) AND Breast cancer recurrence risk lingers years after treatment ends – MedicalXpress (free) AND Risk of breast cancer’s return continues long after treatment ends – Medical News Today (free)