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Viewpoint: Diagnostic Errors and Diagnostic Calibration

1 Sep, 2017 | 20:54h | UTC

Diagnostic Errors and Diagnostic Calibration – JAMA (free)

Review: Perioperative use of immunosuppressive medications in patients with Crohn’s disease in the new “biological era”

1 Sep, 2017 | 20:48h | UTC

Perioperative use of immunosuppressive medications in patients with Crohn’s disease in the new “biological era” – Gastroenterology Report (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Review: Angioedema: An Interdisciplinary Emergency

1 Sep, 2017 | 20:46h | UTC

Angioedema: An Interdisciplinary Emergency – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Consensus paper: The role of open abdomen in non-trauma patient

1 Sep, 2017 | 20:43h | UTC

The role of open abdomen in non-trauma patient: WSES Consensus Paper – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Study: Risk of being convicted of theft and other crimes in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

1 Sep, 2017 | 19:07h | UTC

Risk of being convicted of theft and other crimes in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: A prospective cohort study in a Swedish female population – International Journal of Eating Disorders (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Eating disorders linked to history of theft – Reuters (free)

Review: Variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients

1 Sep, 2017 | 20:38h | UTC

Variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients – Gastroenterology Report (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

In health push, Singapore gets soda makers to cut sugar content

1 Sep, 2017 | 19:02h | UTC

In health push, Singapore gets soda makers to cut sugar content – Reuters (free)

See related articles on fiscal policies to reduce sugar consumption in our June 8^th issue (see #4) and in our April 20^th issue (see #1)

Review: New-onset acute thrombocytopenia in hospitalized patients

1 Sep, 2017 | 20:40h | UTC

New-onset acute thrombocytopenia in hospitalized patients: pathophysiology and diagnostic approach – Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Review: Ileus in Adults: Pathogenesis, Investigation and Treatment

1 Sep, 2017 | 20:36h | UTC

Ileus in Adults: Pathogenesis, Investigation and Treatment – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Guideline: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation

1 Sep, 2017 | 18:54h | UTC

Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Executive summary for the update of an ASTRO Evidence-Based Consensus Statement (free)

Study: Corticosteroid Premedication 5 Hours Before CT Compared with a 13-Hour Oral Regimen

1 Sep, 2017 | 17:57h | UTC

Intravenous Corticosteroid Premedication Administered 5 Hours Before CT Compared with a Traditional 13-Hour Oral Regimen – Radiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Source: Journal Watch ($)

“Accelerated intravenous premedication with corticosteroids beginning 5 hours before contrast-enhanced CT has a breakthrough reaction rate noninferior to that of a 13-hour oral premedication regimen”.

Study: Software-guided versus nurse-directed blood glucose control in critically ill patients

1 Sep, 2017 | 18:47h | UTC

Software-guided versus nurse-directed blood glucose control in critically ill patients: the LOGIC-2 multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial – Critical Care (free)

Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club

Review: Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease

1 Sep, 2017 | 17:35h | UTC

Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease: Lessons Learned and Applied – Journal of The American Geriatrics Society (free)

Source: PracticeUpdate

Meta-analysis: fibrinolytic agents in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

1 Sep, 2017 | 17:44h | UTC

Comparative efficacy and safety of reperfusion therapy with fibrinolytic agents in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review and network meta-analysis – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Fibrinolytic Agents for STEMI: Meta-analysis Explores the Differences – TCTMD (free)

“Do “bundled payments” truly produce better healthcare?

31 Aug, 2017 | 21:11h | UTC

The Battle Of The Bundle: Lessons From My Mother’s Partial Hip Replacement – Health Affairs (free) (RT @OUPMedicine see Tweet)

Studies: Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control

31 Aug, 2017 | 20:35h | UTC

Original articles: Cost-Effectiveness of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Effect of Intensive Blood-Pressure Treatment on Patient-Reported Outcomes – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Analyses from SPRINT examine cost-effectiveness, patient-reported outcomes with intensive BP control – ACP Internist (free) AND Intensive BP Management Well Tolerated, Cost-effective: SPRINT – Medscape (free registration required) AND Can SPRINT Be Used To Inform Hypertension Treatment? – Cardiobrief (free)

Be sure to measure the patient’s blood pressure in the same way it was done in the SPRINT trial before adopting this results to clinical practice (see Cardiobrief commentary)