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Compared with noncontrast CT, contrast-enhanced CT was not significantly associated with either acute kidney injury, need for renal replacement therapy, or all-cause mortality.

Study: association of obesity and metabolic health with coronary heart disease

21 Aug, 2017 | 01:46h | UTC

Separate and combined associations of obesity and metabolic health with coronary heart disease: a pan-European case-cohort analysis – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: ‘Fat but fit’ people may still be at risk of heart disease – NHS Choices (free) AND ‘Fat but fit’ still has higher risk of heart disease, study confirms – CNN (free) AND ‘Fat but Fit’ is Myth; New UK Study Finds BMI>25 Ups MI Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND ‘Fat but fit’ still risk heart disease – BBC (free)

Review: Postoperative pulmonary complications

21 Aug, 2017 | 01:36h | UTC

Postoperative pulmonary complications – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Topic of The Week

When Sports Injuries Lead to Arthritis in Joints

21 Aug, 2017 | 01:34h | UTC

When Sports Injuries Lead to Arthritis in Joints – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Study: Sleep Duration and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

21 Aug, 2017 | 01:38h | UTC

Sleep Duration and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Lack of sleep tied to higher risk of diabetes in kids – Reuters (free) AND Sleep in Children Linked to Later Risk of Type 2 Diabetes – AJMC (free) AND Insufficient sleep raises type 2 diabetes risk in children – Medical News Today (free) AND Sleep duration inversely related to childhood type 2 diabetes risk makers – 2 Minute Medicine (free)

NCCN Guideline: Palliative Care

21 Aug, 2017 | 01:32h | UTC

NCCN Guidelines Insights: Palliative Care, Version 2.2017 – JNCCN (free)

Global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma

17 Aug, 2017 | 21:39h | UTC

Global, regional, and national deaths, prevalence, disability-adjusted life years, and years lived with disability for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 – Lancet Respiratory Medicine (free)

Invited commentary: COPD and asthma: the emergency is clear, now is the time for action (free)

Fri, August 18 – 10 Stories of The Day!

18 Aug, 2017 | 00:06h | UTC

1 – A randomized synbiotic trial to prevent sepsis among infants in rural India – Nature (free PDF)

Commentaries: At Last, a Big, Successful Trial of Probiotics – The Atlantic (free) AND Probiotic Bacteria Could Protect Newborns From Deadly Infection – NPR Goats and Soda (free) AND Seeding the Gut Microbiome Prevents Sepsis in Infants – The Scientist (free)

2 – Global, regional, and national deaths, prevalence, disability-adjusted life years, and years lived with disability for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 – Lancet Respiratory Medicine (free)

Invited commentary: COPD and asthma: the emergency is clear, now is the time for action (free)

3 – Perspective: Saying Goodbye to Lectures in Medical School: Paradigm Shift or Passing Fad? – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

4 – Analysis – Too much medicine: Mapping the drivers of overdiagnosis to potential solutions – The BMJ (free)

5 – The global burden of tuberculosis mortality in children: a mathematical modelling study – The Lancet Global Health (free)

Commentaries: Tuberculosis in children: under-counted and under-treate – The Lancet Global Health (free) AND TB killed an estimated 239,000 children in 2015, nearly all of them untreated, study finds – Science Speaks Blog (free)

6 – A comparison of early versus late initiation of renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – BMC Nephrology (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Early initiation of RRT in critically ill patients did not result in reduced mortality, change in renal function recovery, duration of RRT, renal recovery time, mechanical ventilation time or complications.

7 – Recommendations for HIV Screening of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men — United States, 2017 – CDC, MMWR (free)

“@CDC_HIVAIDS recommends men who have sex with men be tested for HIV at least annually”. (RT @CDCMMWR see Tweet)

8 – Special issue: Topical Collection on Decompensated Heart Failure – Current Heart Failure Reports

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

– Inpatient Monitoring of Decompensated Heart Failure: What Is Needed? (free)

– Acute Heart Failure: Definition, Classification and Epidemiology (free)

– Mechanical Circulatory Support for Decompensated Heart Failure (free)

– Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Treatment for Decompensated Heart Failure: What Is New? (free)

– Venous Congestion, Endothelial and Neurohormonal Activation in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Cause or Effect? (free)

– Current Approach to Decongestive Therapy in Acute Heart Failure (free)

9 – A National Implementation Project to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Study Shows 54 Percent Drop in CAUTIs Among Nursing Home Residents – Infection Control Today (free) AND AHRQ safety program helps cut catheter infections by more than 50% among nursing home patients, JAMA study shows – Healthcare Finance (free) AND Implementing technical and socioadaptive bundles may decrease catheter-associated urinary tract infections in nursing homes – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Nursing homes cut urinary tract infections in half through focused effort on catheter care – Michigan University, via EurekAlert (free)

10 – Review: The role of bariatric surgery to treat diabetes: current challenges and perspectives – BMC Endocrine Disorders (free)

Study: Neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years for preterm children born at 22 to 34 weeks’ gestation

21 Aug, 2017 | 01:31h | UTC

Neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years for preterm children born at 22 to 34 weeks’ gestation in France in 2011: EPIPAGE-2 cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Ahead of their time – The BMJ (free) AND Preemies do better now than years ago, but still at risk – Reuters (free) AND Premature baby survival rates are improving – OnMedica (free)

Mon, August 21 – 10 Stories of The Day!

21 Aug, 2017 | 01:10h | UTC

1 – Separate and combined associations of obesity and metabolic health with coronary heart disease: a pan-European case-cohort analysis – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

2 – Clinical Practice Guideline: Safe Medication Use in the ICU – Critical Care Medicine (free)

See also: Executive Summary (free)

3 – Free Online Courses Starting Today

– Introduction to Health Technology Assessment – University of Glasgow and FutureLearn

– Science of Exercise – University of Colorado Boulder and Coursera

– Psychological First Aid – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera

– Epidemiology in Public Health Practice – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera

– Tropical Parasitology: Protozoans, Worms, Vectors and Human Diseases – Duke University, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College and Coursera

– Essentials of Global Health – Yale University and Coursera

– Understanding Cancer Metastasis – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera

– Advanced Neurobiology I – Peking University and Coursera

– Anatomy of the Abdomen and Pelvis; a journey from basis to clinic – Leiden University Medical Center and Coursera

– Systems Thinking In Public Health – Jonhs Hopkins University and Coursera

– Bacteria and Chronic Infections – University of Copenhagen and Coursera

– Introduction to Breast Cancer – Yale University and Coursera

– Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Duke University and Coursera

– Foundations for Assisting in Home Care – The State University of New York and Coursera

4 – Acute Kidney Injury After Computed Tomography: A Meta-analysis – Annals of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: When kidneys are injured, CT contrast isn’t the culprit – Health Imaging (free)

Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club

Compared with noncontrast CT, contrast-enhanced CT was not significantly associated with either acute kidney injury, need for renal replacement therapy, or all-cause mortality.

5 – Trajectories of energy drink consumption and subsequent drug use during young adulthood – Drug & Alcohol Dependence (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Study suggests energy drinks can lead to cocaine use – News.com.au (free text and video) AND Energy Drinks May Trigger Future Substance Use – Medscape (free registration required)

6 – Sleep Duration and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

7 – Review: Postoperative pulmonary complications – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Topic of The Week

8 – When Sports Injuries Lead to Arthritis in Joints – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

9 – NCCN Guidelines Insights: Palliative Care, Version 2.2017 – JNCCN (free)

10 – Neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years for preterm children born at 22 to 34 weeks’ gestation in France in 2011: EPIPAGE-2 cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Ahead of their time – The BMJ (free) AND Preemies do better now than years ago, but still at risk – Reuters (free) AND Premature baby survival rates are improving – OnMedica (free)