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Point-counterpoint: Are routine daily physical exams in hospitalized patients a waste of time?
25 Aug, 2021 | 08:45h | UTCCounterpoint: Routine Daily Physical Exams Add Value for the Hospitalist and Patient – Journal of Hospital Medicine
Rebuttal: Routine Daily Physical Exam – Journal of Hospital Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
Almost exactly a year ago, I had a modestly controversial tweet about routine daily physical exams — and about how we should probably spend more time actually talking to our patients daily rather than pretending to examine then.https://t.co/jtziAizIwL
— Adam Rodman (@AdamRodmanMD) August 24, 2021
Guide to Statistics and Methods: Interpreting the ACC/AHA clinical practice guideline recommendation classification system.
25 Aug, 2021 | 08:46h | UTCInterpreting the ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendation Classification System – JAMA (free for a limited period)
RCT: No effect of Vitamin D supplementation on kidney function in adults with prediabetes.
25 Aug, 2021 | 08:41h | UTCEffect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Kidney Function in Adults with Prediabetes: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial – Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
Low circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration has been suggested as a risk factor for both type 2 diabetes and kidney disease. This study found that in persons with prediabetes, vitamin D supplementation did not affect progression of KDIGO risk scores https://t.co/e1EmP403TD pic.twitter.com/yEQjrvZr7A
— CJASN (@CJASN) August 24, 2021
Things we do for no reason: routinely holding metformin in the hospital.
25 Aug, 2021 | 08:43h | UTC
Things we do for no reason: tumor markers CA125, CA19-9, and CEA in the initial diagnosis of malignancy.
25 Aug, 2021 | 08:42h | UTC
Review: Cryoballoon ablation as initial treatment for atrial fibrillation.
25 Aug, 2021 | 08:36h | UTCRelated:
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Please see our Stare of the Art review in @JACCJournals regarding the role of first line cryoballoon ablation versus AAD therapy.
We explore the effect if first-line ablation on arrhythmia recurrence, QOL, and healthcare utilisation. @omwazni @UBCDoM https://t.co/70IAbxt1af
— Jason Andrade (@DrJasonAndrade) August 23, 2021
Digital transformation of major scientific meetings induced by the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the ESC 2020 annual congress.
25 Aug, 2021 | 08:35h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
One of the COVID-19 induced challenges: How to run a major scientific online meeting as the annual European Society of Cardiology congress with >125.000 registrants?! Read all about it in EHJ – Digital Health https://t.co/Zv2pu6vv5n@escardio @ProfMartinCowie @rafavidalperez pic.twitter.com/utgsebYMoB
— Nico Bruining EiC EHJ Digital Health (@BruiningNico) August 23, 2021
Preventing stillbirth: What’s the latest evidence?
25 Aug, 2021 | 08:38h | UTCPreventing stillbirth: What’s the latest evidence? – Evidently Cochrane
Special collection: Stillbirth prevention and respectful bereavement care – Cochrane Library
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
New @CochraneLibrary Special Collection on #stillbirth prevention and respectful bereavement care: https://t.co/NW37SaUhr3 1/5#stillborn #babyloss #miscarriage #pregnancyloss #infantloss #pregnancyandinfantloss pic.twitter.com/mzIe3Sttwk
— The Cochrane Library (@CochraneLibrary) August 24, 2021
Covid-19 booster vaccines: What we know and who’s doing what.
24 Aug, 2021 | 10:04h | UTCCovid-19 booster vaccines: What we know and who’s doing what – The BMJ
WHO head calls for two-month vaccine booster moratorium.
24 Aug, 2021 | 10:02h | UTCWHO head calls for two-month vaccine booster moratorium – Associated Press
[Preprint] RCT: Fluvoxamine reduced the risk for ER visits and hospitalization among patients with Covid-19.
24 Aug, 2021 | 10:06h | UTCRelated:
Commentary on Twitter
@TogetherTrial Manuscript Pre-print regarding #Fluvoxamine for early #COVID19 is online athttps://t.co/teHqMlowld
demonstrating ~30% relative reduction in ER visits / hospitalizations with fluvoxamine 100mg 2x/day in a 10-site, double-blind randomized trial. #IDtwitter pic.twitter.com/727by0lqft— David Boulware, MD MPH (@boulware_dr) August 23, 2021
How will Delta evolve? Here’s what the theory tells us.
24 Aug, 2021 | 09:58h | UTCHow will Delta evolve? Here’s what the theory tells us – The Conversation
Opinion | The FDA really did have to take this long – “If vaccine approval feels maddeningly scrupulous, that’s because the alternative is worse”.
24 Aug, 2021 | 10:01h | UTCThe FDA Really Did Have to Take This Long – The Atlantic
Thirty-Day Outcomes of Children and Adolescents With COVID-19: An International Experience – “Despite negligible fatality, complications including hospitalization, hypoxemia, and pneumonia were more frequent in children and adolescents with COVID-19 than with influenza”.
24 Aug, 2021 | 09:51h | UTCRelated:
Kawasaki Disease and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: An Overview and Comparison.
AAP Guidance: Post-COVID-19 conditions in children and adolescents.
Cohort study: Risk factors for long covid in previously hospitalized children.
Deaths from COVID ‘incredibly rare’ among children.
Perspective | How should schools and daycare treat colds in the covid age? It’s complicated. – “Will every sniffle and cough be treated as potential Covid until proven otherwise?”.
24 Aug, 2021 | 09:53h | UTCHow Should Schools And Daycare Treat Colds In The Covid Age? It’s Complicated. – Romper
How I Do It: Considering lung transplantation for patients with COVID-19.
24 Aug, 2021 | 09:55h | UTCHow I Do It: Considering lung transplantation for patients with COVID-19 – CHEST
Related:
Report: Lung transplantation for 3 patients with severe COVID-19
COVID vaccines protect against Delta, but their effectiveness wanes.
24 Aug, 2021 | 09:57h | UTCCOVID vaccines protect against Delta, but their effectiveness wanes – Nature
Original study: [Preprint] Pfizer vaccine effectiveness against Delta declines faster than AstraZeneca, both offering the same protection after 4 months.
AGA clinical practice update on evaluation and management of early complications after bariatric/metabolic surgery.
24 Aug, 2021 | 09:02h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
August's Essential Reading article is a Clinical Practice Update on evaluation and management of early complications after bariatric/metabolic surgery @AmerGastroAssn https://t.co/mm8qSkR95y pic.twitter.com/6vsI3qGv2I
— CGH (@AGA_CGH) July 28, 2021
Editorial | Enhanced recovery after surgery: The road to improve peri-operative care globally.
24 Aug, 2021 | 08:54h | UTCSee also: Complete List of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines
Guideline for immunizations in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
24 Aug, 2021 | 09:00h | UTC
European guidelines on microscopic colitis.
24 Aug, 2021 | 08:58h | UTC
RCT: SGLT2 inhibition reduces the risk of hyperkalemia in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease.
24 Aug, 2021 | 08:57h | UTCEffects of canagliflozin on serum potassium in people with diabetes and chronic kidney disease: the CREDENCE trial – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
SGLT2 inhibition reduces the risk of serious hyperkalemia in people with diabetic kidney disease, which may enable greater use of RAAS inhibitors in CKD and/or heart failure
New CREDENCE data presented this week at #ESCCongress, now in @ESC_Journals:https://t.co/OEqnXTdBDi pic.twitter.com/zsanEFZVCy
— Brendon Neuen (@brendonneuen) August 23, 2021
M-A: Patient–ventilator asynchrony, impact on clinical outcomes and effectiveness of interventions.
24 Aug, 2021 | 08:51h | UTC
Guide to statistics and methods: estimands, estimators, and estimates.
24 Aug, 2021 | 08:52h | UTCEstimands, Estimators, and Estimates – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Systematic review: Pain management after complex spine surgery.
24 Aug, 2021 | 08:50h | UTCPain management after complex spine surgery – European Journal of Anaesthesiology