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Kids get limited COVID protection from world’s most popular vaccines – “First analyses of two Chinese-made vaccines in young children show that the shots do provide 60–65% effectiveness against hospitalization”.
10 May, 2022 | 11:04h | UTCKids get limited COVID protection from world’s most popular vaccines – Nature
Time to clinical benefit of intensive blood pressure lowering in patients 60 years and older with hypertension: a secondary analysis of randomized clinical trials.
10 May, 2022 | 10:57h | UTC
Recommendations for change in infection prevention programs and practice.
10 May, 2022 | 10:56h | UTC
Rapidly progressive dementias — etiologies, diagnosis and management.
10 May, 2022 | 10:59h | UTCRapidly progressive dementias — aetiologies, diagnosis and management – Nature Reviews Neurology (if the link is paywalled, try this one in PMC)
Guideline: Contact dermatitis.
10 May, 2022 | 10:54h | UTCGerman S1 guideline: Contact dermatitis – Journal of the German Society of Dermatology
Review: Tattoo-related complications in the emergency department.
10 May, 2022 | 10:52h | UTCTattoo-related Complications in the Emergency Department – emDocs
Guideline: Endoscopic submucosal dissection for superficial gastrointestinal lesions.
10 May, 2022 | 10:53h | UTC
Happy Heart Syndrome: Frequency, characteristics, and outcome of takotsubo syndrome triggered by positive life events.
10 May, 2022 | 10:47h | UTCHappy Heart Syndrome: Frequency, Characteristics, and Outcome of Takotsubo Syndrome Triggered by Positive Life Events – JACC: Heart Failure (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’ Also Linked to Happy Hearts – WebMD
RCT: Remote monitoring and behavioral economics in managing heart failure in patients discharged from the hospital.
10 May, 2022 | 10:45h | UTCCommentary: Remote Monitoring Not Successful at Reducing Death, Readmission From HF – AJMC
Commentaries on Twitter
In this randomized clinical trial, a state-of-the-art intervention based in behavioral economics failed to prevent readmissions in patients discharged with heart failure. https://t.co/3pGxrJHpjd
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) May 9, 2022
Systematic Review: Magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in adults with chronic liver disease.
10 May, 2022 | 10:46h | UTC
RCT: Final analysis of 3 vs. 6 months of adjuvant Oxaliplatin and Fluoropyrimidine-based therapy in patients with Stage III colon cancer.
10 May, 2022 | 10:40h | UTC
Commentaries on Twitter
https://twitter.com/drkpavithran/status/1522370036072996865
M-A: Comparison of survival among adults with rectal cancer who have undergone laparoscopic vs. open surgery.
10 May, 2022 | 10:43h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
This meta-analysis of 12 RCTs found laparoscopic rectal cancer resection is associated with better long-term overall survival vs open surgery, suggesting it may be time for routine use of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer. https://t.co/jb7YAkHDWM
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) May 9, 2022
Maternal and neonatal outcomes in women with a history of chemotherapy exposure: a population-based study of 8 million obstetric admissions.
10 May, 2022 | 10:38h | UTCMaternal and neonatal outcomes in women with a history of chemotherapy exposure: a population-based study of 8 million obstetric admissions – Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
May 7: Women with a history of chemotherapy were more likely to suffer from obstetric and medical complications including pre-eclampsia, chorioamnionitis, postpartum hemorrhage, and venous thromboembolism as well as an increased risk in overall mortality. https://t.co/FqC5HT52N9
— All Source Pregnancy (@PregnancyAll) May 8, 2022
Cardio-Obstetrics: The next frontier in cardiovascular disease prevention.
10 May, 2022 | 10:37h | UTCCardio-Obstetrics: the Next Frontier in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention – Current Atherosclerosis Reports (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: from neurohormonal antagonists to empagliflozin.
10 May, 2022 | 10:35h | UTC
Current and future colorectal cancer screening strategies.
10 May, 2022 | 10:34h | UTCCurrent and future colorectal cancer screening strategies – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (if the link is paywalled, try this one in PMC)
Review: Pathophysiology, phenotypes and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Indian and Chinese populations.
10 May, 2022 | 10:33h | UTCPathophysiology, phenotypes and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Indian and Chinese populations – Nature Reviews Endocrinology (if the link is paywalled, try this one in PMC)
Review: Assessment and management of cognitive function in patients with prostate cancer treated with second-generation androgen receptor pathway inhibitors.
10 May, 2022 | 10:32h | UTC
Mental health and positive development prevention interventions: overview of systematic reviews.
10 May, 2022 | 10:29h | UTC
Retrospective Cohort Study: Risk of suicide death following electroconvulsive therapy treatment for depression.
10 May, 2022 | 10:30h | UTCRisk of suicide death following electroconvulsive therapy treatment for depression: a propensity score-weighted, retrospective cohort study in Canada – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Electroconvulsive Therapy for Suicide Risk in Patients With Depression – Consultant360
Commentary on Twitter
retro cohort study: ECT was associated with a reduced risk of suicide death (csHR=0.53; 0.31–0.92). ECT was also associated with a significantly reduced risk of all-cause mortality (0.75; 0.58–0.97]), but not non-suicide death (0.83; 0.61–1.12) https://t.co/GCG6ZnHXjr
— P𝘧OL (@psychopharmacol) May 2, 2022
Systematic Review: Interventions promoting child sexual and reproductive health and rights in LMICs.
10 May, 2022 | 10:25h | UTC
Systematic Review: Prevention and management of high-burden noncommunicable diseases in school-age children.
10 May, 2022 | 10:27h | UTC
WHO launches first ever global report on infection prevention and control.
9 May, 2022 | 02:19h | UTCNews Release: WHO launches first ever global report on infection prevention and control – World Health Organization
Executive Summary: Global report on infection prevention and control – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that good Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) programmes where good hand hygiene and other cost-effective practices are followed, 70% of those infections can be prevented #IDTwitter #MedEd https://t.co/qo954eXMm8
— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 (@ABsteward) May 6, 2022
Technical briefing 2: Investigation into acute hepatitis of unknown etiology in children in England.
9 May, 2022 | 02:18h | UTCRelated: With usual suspects ruled out, disease detectives try to crack mystery of viral hepatitis cases in kids (several updates on the subject)
Summary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
NEW: @UKHSA Technical Briefing 2 on Paediatric acute hepatitis in England
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— Meaghan Kall has moved to Bluesky (@kallmemeg) May 6, 2022
Rationale and approach to evaluating interventions to promote child health in LMICs.
10 May, 2022 | 10:24h | UTCRationale and Approach to Evaluating Interventions to Promote Child Health in LMICs – Pediatrics