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Wed, May 17 – 10 Medical Stories of The Day!
17 May, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC
News release: More than 1.2 million adolescents die every year, nearly all preventable – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: How Many Teenagers Die Each Day … And Why – NPR Goats and Soda (free) AND 1.2 million adolescents’ deaths mostly preventable, report says – CNN (free) AND Pregnancy problems are leading global killer of females aged 15 to 19 – The Guardian (free) AND Road accidents biggest global killer of teenagers – BBC News (free)
See also recently released Lancet Series making a case for global investment in the capabilities of adolescents, see #2.
2 – Cough in Children – Chest Guidelines
Use of Management Pathways or Algorithms in Children With Chronic Cough: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free)
See also other recent CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in Adults: Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults (free) AND Symptomatic Treatment of Cough Among Adult Patients With Lung Cancer (free) AND / Cough in the athlete (free) AND / Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults (free) AND / Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough (free)
Related: WHO preparing authorization, logistics for Ebola vaccination in Congo if needed – Reuters Health (free)
4 – Viewpoint: How to rein in the widening disease definitions that label more healthy people as sick – The Conversation (free)
5 – Draft Recommendation Statement: Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Primary Prevention of Chronic Conditions – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Source: USPSTF Recommendation Against HRT for Chronic Conditions Stands – Medscape (free registration required)
“The USPSTF recommends against the use of combined estrogen and progestin for the prevention of chronic conditions in postmenopausal women”.
Author interview video: Comparison of Intra-articular Triamcinolone vs Saline for Knee Osteoarthritis (free)
JAMA report video: Comparison of Intra-articular Triamcinolone vs Saline for Knee Osteoarthritis (free)
Source: Study: Intra-articular triamcinolone not effective for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis – Healio Rheumatology (free)
7 – Therapeutic Approach to Adult Fibrotic Lung Diseases – Chest (free)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
8 – Early Versus Delayed Feeding in Patients With Acute Pancreatitis: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Faster Feeding May Mean Faster Recovery in Pancreatitis – NewsWise (free) AND Early Feeding May Benefit Patients With Mild Pancreatitis – Medscape (free registration required).
For patients with mild to moderate pancreatitis, early feeding appears to be safe and may reduce length of hospital stay.
9 – Review: Renal dysfunction in cirrhosis: acute kidney injury and the hepatorenal syndrome – Gastroenterology Report (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
10 – Review: Portal vein thrombosis in patients with cirrhosis – Gastroenterology Report (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Global Health and the Future Role of the United States
16 May, 2017 | 20:03h | UTCReport: Global Health and the Future Role of the United States – The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free)
Source: New report recommends priority actions to achieve global health security – EurekAlert (free)
Switching to biosimilar
16 May, 2017 | 20:01h | UTCSwitching from originator infliximab to biosimilar CT-P13 compared with maintained treatment with originator infliximab (NOR-SWITCH): a 52-week, randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Celltrion Healthcare: Lancet Publishes Full Data-Set from Influential NOR-SWITCH Study – Business Wire (free)
Prevalence of Elevated Cardiovascular Risks in Young Adults
16 May, 2017 | 20:06h | UTCPrevalence of Elevated Cardiovascular Risks in Young Adults: A Cross-sectional Analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Study Assesses ASCVD Risk in Non-Diabetic Adults – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
In the absence of diabetes, smoking or hypertension, most adult men younger than 40 years and adult women younger than 50 years are at low risk of cardiovascular disease (defined as < 5% in 10 years, usually not eligible for statin therapy) and may not benefit from cholesterol screening.
Drowning: a silent killer – The Lancet
16 May, 2017 | 20:04h | UTCEditorial: Drowning: a silent killer – The Lancet (free)
See also the World Health Organization report on Preventing Drowning in our May 3rd issue, see #2
Measuring the Burden of Medications in Older Adults near the End of Life
16 May, 2017 | 20:00h | UTCSee related study on the use of Medications of Questionable Benefit at the End of Life in our April 10th issue, see #8 and Deprescribing guidelines for elderly in our May 8th issue, see #4.
Source: Patient often prescribed potentially futile drugs in their final months of life – Science Daily (free)
“Nearly half of older adults in Sweden take 10 or more medications in their last months of life” (from Science Daily)
Hip fracture guideline
15 May, 2017 | 19:45h | UTCGuideline: Hip fracture: management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE – UK) (free)
Review: Hepatic encephalopathy
16 May, 2017 | 19:58h | UTCReview: Hepatic encephalopathy – Gastroenterology Report (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Recent advances in the management of variceal bleeding
16 May, 2017 | 19:59h | UTCReview: Recent advances in the management of variceal bleeding – Gastroenterology Report (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Treatment Deintensification Is Uncommon in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
15 May, 2017 | 19:43h | UTCTreatment Deintensification Is Uncommon in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Cohort Study – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Treatment deintensification uncommon in type 2 diabetes – ACP Internist (free)
Editorial: Diabetes Mellitus Treatment Deintensification: When Well-Controlled Diabetes Mellitus Becomes Overcontrolled (free)
Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors guideline
15 May, 2017 | 19:45h | UTCSee more on “Deprescribing” in our May 9th issue (see #7) and in our May 8th issue (see #4)
Tue, May 16 – 10 Medical Stories of The Day!
16 May, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC
Source: Review: Sulfonylureas are associated with overall mortality and CV events vs other antihyperglycemics – ACP Diabetes Monthly (free)
2 – Prevalence of Elevated Cardiovascular Risks in Young Adults: A Cross-sectional Analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Study Assesses ASCVD Risk in Non-Diabetic Adults – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
In the absence of diabetes, smoking or hypertension, most adult men younger than 40 years and adult women younger than 50 years are at low risk of cardiovascular disease (defined as < 5% in 10 years, usually not eligible for statin therapy) and may not benefit from cholesterol screening.
3 – BTS guideline for oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings – British Thoracic Society (free PDF via Critical Care Reviews)
4 – Updated: Will vaccine help curb new Ebola outbreak in the DRC? – Science (free)
“A comprehensive update on Ebola outbreak in DRC. Still unclear whether vaccine requested” (RT @sciencecohen see Tweet)
5 – Editorial: Drowning: a silent killer – The Lancet (free)
See also the World Health Organization report on Preventing Drowning in our May 3rd issue, see #2
6 – Report: Global Health and the Future Role of the United States – The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free)
Source: New report recommends priority actions to achieve global health security – EurekAlert (free)
7 – Switching from originator infliximab to biosimilar CT-P13 compared with maintained treatment with originator infliximab (NOR-SWITCH): a 52-week, randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Celltrion Healthcare: Lancet Publishes Full Data-Set from Influential NOR-SWITCH Study – Business Wire (free)
See related study on the use of Medications of Questionable Benefit at the End of Life in our April 10th issue, see #8 and Deprescribing guidelines for elderly in our May 8th issue, see #4.
Source: Patient often prescribed potentially futile drugs in their final months of life – Science Daily (free)
“Nearly half of older adults in Sweden take 10 or more medications in their last months of life” (from Science Daily)
9 – Review: Recent advances in the management of variceal bleeding – Gastroenterology Report (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
10 – Review: Hepatic encephalopathy – Gastroenterology Report (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Management of intra-abdominal infections
15 May, 2017 | 19:41h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Cybercrime and healthcare
15 May, 2017 | 19:44h | UTCCybercrime and healthcare
The hackers holding hospitals to ransom – The BMJ (free) AND NHS cyber-attack: GPs and hospitals hit by ransomware – BBC News (free) AND Disruption from cyber-attack to last for days, says NHS Digital – as it happened – The Guardian (free) AND Worldwide ransomware attack hits NHS hospitals – video – The Guardian (free) AND British Patients Reel as Hospitals Race to Revive Computer Systems – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Hackers Hit Dozens of Countries Exploiting Stolen N.S.A. Tool – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Many hospitals were affected around the world.
Infection in systemic lupus erythematosus
15 May, 2017 | 19:39h | UTCReview: Infection in systemic lupus erythematosus, similarities, and differences with lupus flare – Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (free)
Peripheral Artery Disease Guideline
15 May, 2017 | 19:40h | UTC2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free, and legal, PDF via Unpawall)
Zika virus: Brazil says emergency is over
15 May, 2017 | 19:42h | UTCZika virus: Brazil says emergency is over – BBC (free) (RT @AthaliaChristie see Tweet)
Related: Brazil announces end to Zika public health emergency – The Guardian (free)
Countering cognitive biases in minimizing low value care
12 May, 2017 | 19:34h | UTCReview: Countering cognitive biases in minimizing low value care – The Medical Journal of Australia (free)
“How cognitive bias affects clinical decision making and what to do about it. Well written & useful” (RT @carissa_bon and @JulieLeask see Tweet)
Hepatobiliary Cancers – NCCN Guidelines Insights
12 May, 2017 | 19:32h | UTCNCCN Guidelines Insights: Hepatobiliary Cancers, Version 1.2017 (free)
Using AI to Detect Cancer
12 May, 2017 | 19:33h | UTCUsing AI to Detect Cancer, Not Just Cats – Wired (free) (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)
Related: Is AI a threat or benefit to health workers? – CMAJ News (free)
More on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare in our April 28Th issue (see #1) and in our April 10th issue (see #8)
Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears: a clinical practice guideline
12 May, 2017 | 19:38h | UTCCommentaries: This orthopedic surgery is the world’s most common. But patients rarely benefit, a panel says – STAT News (free) AND Guideline Recommends Against Arthroscopy for Most Cases of Degenerative Knee Disease – Journal Watch (free) AND Arthroscopic Surgery Doesn’t Help With Arthritis Knee Pain – NPR Health News (free)
Mon, May 15 – 10 Medical Stories of The Day!
15 May, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC
1 – Guideline: Hip fracture: management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE – UK) (free)
See more on “Deprescribing” in our May 9th issue (see #7) and in our May 8th issue (see #4)
3 – Ebola virus disease: Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)
Updated fact sheet: Ebola virus disease (free) (RT @greg_folkers)
See also: WHO confirms second Ebola case in Congo outbreak – Reuters Health (free) AND Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Congo, With at Least 3 Dead – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Ebola: WHO declares outbreak in DR Congo – BBC News (free) AND Ebola: an outbreak has been confirmed in the DRC. Here’s what you need to know – VOX (free) AND The Confusion Over the New Ebola Outbreak – The Atlantic (free) (RT @juliaoftoronto)
4 – Cybercrime and healthcare
The hackers holding hospitals to ransom – The BMJ (free) AND NHS cyber-attack: GPs and hospitals hit by ransomware – BBC News (free) AND Disruption from cyber-attack to last for days, says NHS Digital – as it happened – The Guardian (free) AND Worldwide ransomware attack hits NHS hospitals – video – The Guardian (free) AND British Patients Reel as Hospitals Race to Revive Computer Systems – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Hackers Hit Dozens of Countries Exploiting Stolen N.S.A. Tool – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Many hospitals were affected around the world.
5 – Treatment Deintensification Is Uncommon in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Cohort Study – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Treatment deintensification uncommon in type 2 diabetes – ACP Internist (free)
Editorial: Diabetes Mellitus Treatment Deintensification: When Well-Controlled Diabetes Mellitus Becomes Overcontrolled (free)
6 – Zika virus: Brazil says emergency is over – BBC (free) (RT @AthaliaChristie see Tweet)
Related: Brazil announces end to Zika public health emergency – The Guardian (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
8 – 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free, and legal, PDF via Unpawall)
9 – Review: Infection in systemic lupus erythematosus, similarities, and differences with lupus flare – Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (free)
Socioeconomic status as an effect modifier of alcohol consumption and harm
12 May, 2017 | 19:29h | UTCInvited commentary: Socioeconomic status and susceptibility to alcohol-related harm (free)
Commentary: Poorest at greater risk from heavy drinking, says study – BBC (free)
Can Endgame Tobacco radically reduce cigarette smoking?
12 May, 2017 | 19:35h | UTCCan Endgame Tobacco radically reduce cigarette smoking? – Healthy Debate (free) (RT @IrfanDhalla see Tweet)
Related: The tobacco endgame: a qualitative review and synthesis – Tobacco Control (free) AND It’s time to focus on an endgame for tobacco regulation – The Conversation (free)
“The “Tobacco Endgame” concept moves thinking away from the mere control of tobacco towards plans for ending the tobacco pandemic, and foresees a tobacco-free future” (from The Conversation)
Internet-Based Vestibular Rehabilitation for Older Adults With Chronic Dizziness
12 May, 2017 | 19:36h | UTCSee also: Balance retraining tool used in the study (free)
Commentaries: Online Rehabilitation Program Reduces Chronic Dizziness – Medscape (free registration required) AND Online Intervention Could Reduce Chronic Dizziness – Physician’s First Watch (free)