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Clinical Cancer Advances 2020: ASCO Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer
9 Feb, 2020 | 20:38h | UTC
Primary Lateral Sclerosis: Consensus Diagnostic Criteria
9 Feb, 2020 | 20:24h | UTC
ASA Practice Advisory for the Perioperative Management of Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillators
9 Feb, 2020 | 20:23h | UTC
Psychopharmacological Treatment in Older People: Avoiding Drug Interactions and Polypharmacy
9 Feb, 2020 | 20:21h | UTC
An Overview of Precision Oncology Basket and Umbrella Trials for Clinicians
9 Feb, 2020 | 20:19h | UTC
Editorial: Nature Will Publish Peer Review Reports as a Trial
9 Feb, 2020 | 20:17h | UTCEditorial: Nature will publish peer review reports as a trial – Nature (free)
Review: Drugs for Some Common Eye Disorders
9 Feb, 2020 | 20:15h | UTCDrugs for Some Common Eye Disorders – JAMA (free for a limited period)
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Related Commentary on Twitter
Many artificial tear preparations are available OTC. There is no data that they are any worse at relieving symptoms than the much more expensive prescription cyclosporine emulsion (Restatis) or lifitegrast solution (Xiidra) https://t.co/qEL4IyDfrn
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) February 7, 2020
Review: How I Treat Cancer-associated Thrombosis
9 Feb, 2020 | 20:18h | UTCHow I treat cancer-associated thrombosis – ESMO Open (free)
Related: ASCO Guideline: Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Treatment in Patients with Cancer (free)
[Abstract Only] Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Influenza
9 Feb, 2020 | 20:13h | UTCCorticosteroids as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Influenza: An Updated Cochrane Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
[Abstract Only] Cohort Study: Blood Pressure Thresholds and Neurologic Outcomes After Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
9 Feb, 2020 | 20:16h | UTCBlood Pressure Thresholds and Neurologic Outcomes After Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: An Analysis of Individual Patient Data From 3 Randomized Clinical Trials – JAMA Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: ‘Sweet Spot’ Identified for BP During Stroke Thrombectomy – TCTMD (free) AND Blood Pressure Key to Good Outcomes in Stroke Thrombectomy – Medscape (free registration required)
Related Commentary on Twitter
BP MAP < 70 mmHg for >10 min and > MAP 90 mmHg for > 45 min were associated with worse outcomes in this cohort study of endovascular #stroke patients (n=365). NNH 10.
Blood Pressure Thresholds in Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke https://t.co/fBFPZcN5CG— Vivien Lee MD FAAN (@VivienHLee) January 29, 2020
[Abstract Only] Meta-Analysis: Epinephrine Improves Overall Survival but not Neurologic Outcomes for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
9 Feb, 2020 | 20:12h | UTCEpinephrine for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related: A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Mini-Review: Corticosteroids in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:16h | UTCCorticosteroids in Community-Acquired Pneumonia – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related Meta-analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Corticosteroids Therapy for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Adjunctive Systemic Corticosteroids for Hospitalized Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2015 Update – Scientific Reports (free)
Related Cochrane Review: Is Treatment With Corticosteroids Beneficial for People With Pneumonia? (free)
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7 Feb, 2020 | 08:34h | UTC
Guideline Synopsis: Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia – JAMA (free for a limited period)
See also: Treatment Algorithm (free)
Original Article: ATS/IDSA Guideline: Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia (free resources)
Related Guideline: NICE Guideline: Management of Pneumonia in Adults (free resources)
2 – Corticosteroids in Community-Acquired Pneumonia – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related Meta-analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Corticosteroids Therapy for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Adjunctive Systemic Corticosteroids for Hospitalized Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2015 Update – Scientific Reports (free)
Related Cochrane Review: Is Treatment With Corticosteroids Beneficial for People With Pneumonia? (free)
3 – Nutrition therapy in critical illness: a review of the literature for clinicians – Critical Care (free)
Commentaries: The power of shared data to better understand drug safety – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND New study adds to evidence of diabetes drug link to heart problems – BMJ (free) AND Largest ever evaluation of the cardiovascular risk of rosiglitazone published – OnMedica (free) AND Individual patient data analysis firms up rosiglitazone safety verdict – medwire News (free)
Commentary: Start with Anti-TNF in RA? Not So Fast – RheumNow (free)
Commentary: Normal resting heart rate appears to vary widely from person to person – PLOS (free) AND Normal resting heart rate varies widely – OnMedica (free)
7 – Association of Maximal Extent of Resection of Contrast-Enhanced and Non–Contrast-Enhanced Tumor With Survival Within Molecular Subgroups of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: A Common Rule for Resection of Glioblastoma in the Molecular Era – JAMA Oncology (free) AND Brain tumor surgery that pushes boundaries boosts patients survival – University of California (free) AND More aggressive surgery may improve brain cancer survival – UPI (free)
See also: WHO to accelerate research and innovation for new coronavirus – World Health Organization (free) AND Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) advice for the public: Myth busters – World Health Organization (free) AND Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) advice for the public: When and how to use masks – World Health Organization (free)
9 – Novel Coronavirus – Selected News & Perspectives / 07 February 2020
– W.H.O. Fights a Pandemic Besides Coronavirus: an ‘Infodemic’ – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
– Coronavirus: Everything you need to know in a visual explainer – South China Morning Post (free) (via @DrTomFrieden)
– Coronavirus Expert Reality Check – Global Health NOW (free)
– How the new coronavirus will finally get a proper name – BBC (free)
– WHO says too early to say coronavirus peaking in China – Reuters (free)
– WHO sees no sign of nCoV peak in China, cases rise overseas – CIDRAP (free)
10 – Novel Coronavirus – Latest Articles / 07 February 2020
– Clinical evidence does not support corticosteroid treatment for 2019-nCoV lung injury – The Lancet (free PDF) See Commentary: Steroids could do more harm than good in treating coronavirus – University of Edinburgh (free)
– Reducing mortality from 2019-nCoV: host-directed therapies should be an option – The Lancet (free)
– Travelers Give Wings to Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) – Journal of Travel Medicine (free PDF)
– Origin and evolution of the 2019 novel coronavirus – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free PDF)
– Editorial: Communication, collaboration and cooperation can stop the 2019 coronavirus – Nature (free)
– Updates on Wuhan 2019 Novel Coronavirus Epidemic – Journal of Medical Virology (free PDF)
– SARS to novel coronavirus – old lessons and new lessons – Epidemiology and Infection (free)
Preprints:
– Evidence and characteristics of human-to-human transmission of 2019-nCoV – medRxiv (free PDF)
– Modelling the epidemic trend of the 2019-nCOV outbreak in Hubei Province, China – medRxiv (free PDF)
– Epidemic doubling time of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak by province in mainland China – medRxiv (free PDF)
Guideline Synopsis: Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:17h | UTCDiagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia – JAMA (free for a limited period)
See also: Treatment Algorithm (free)
Original Article: ATS/IDSA Guideline: Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia (free resources)
Related Guideline: NICE Guideline: Management of Pneumonia in Adults (free resources)
Meta-Analysis Confirms Increased Cardiovascular Risk with Rosiglitazone
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:13h | UTCCommentaries: The power of shared data to better understand drug safety – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND New study adds to evidence of diabetes drug link to heart problems – BMJ (free) AND Largest ever evaluation of the cardiovascular risk of rosiglitazone published – OnMedica (free) AND Individual patient data analysis firms up rosiglitazone safety verdict – medwire News (free)
Nutrition Therapy in Critical Illness: A Review of the Literature for Clinicians
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:15h | UTCNutrition therapy in critical illness: a review of the literature for clinicians – Critical Care (free)
WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 6 February 2020
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:07h | UTCWHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 6 February 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
See also: WHO to accelerate research and innovation for new coronavirus – World Health Organization (free) AND Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) advice for the public: Myth busters – World Health Organization (free) AND Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) advice for the public: When and how to use masks – World Health Organization (free)
Randomized Trial: Very Early Etanercept + MTX vs. MTX with Delayed Etanercept in Rheumatoid Arthritis
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:12h | UTCCommentary: Start with Anti-TNF in RA? Not So Fast – RheumNow (free)
Novel Coronavirus – Latest Articles / 07 February 2020
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:02h | UTC– Clinical evidence does not support corticosteroid treatment for 2019-nCoV lung injury – The Lancet (free PDF) See Commentary: Steroids could do more harm than good in treating coronavirus – University of Edinburgh (free)
– Reducing mortality from 2019-nCoV: host-directed therapies should be an option – The Lancet (free)
– Travelers Give Wings to Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) – Journal of Travel Medicine (free PDF)
– Origin and evolution of the 2019 novel coronavirus – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free PDF)
– Editorial: Communication, collaboration and cooperation can stop the 2019 coronavirus – Nature (free)
– Updates on Wuhan 2019 Novel Coronavirus Epidemic – Journal of Medical Virology (free PDF)
– SARS to novel coronavirus – old lessons and new lessons – Epidemiology and Infection (free)
Preprints:
– Evidence and characteristics of human-to-human transmission of 2019-nCoV – medRxiv (free PDF)
– Modelling the epidemic trend of the 2019-nCOV outbreak in Hubei Province, China – medRxiv (free PDF)
– Epidemic doubling time of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak by province in mainland China – medRxiv (free PDF)
Cohort Study: Maximal Extent of Resection of Contrast-Enhanced and Non–Contrast-Enhanced Tumor and Survival in Patients with Glioblastoma
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:09h | UTCAssociation of Maximal Extent of Resection of Contrast-Enhanced and Non–Contrast-Enhanced Tumor With Survival Within Molecular Subgroups of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: A Common Rule for Resection of Glioblastoma in the Molecular Era – JAMA Oncology (free) AND Brain tumor surgery that pushes boundaries boosts patients survival – University of California (free) AND More aggressive surgery may improve brain cancer survival – UPI (free)
Cohort Study: Inter- and Intraindividual Variability in Daily Resting Heart Rate and its Associations with Age, Sex, Sleep, BMI, and Time of Year
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:11h | UTCCommentary: Normal resting heart rate appears to vary widely from person to person – PLOS (free) AND Normal resting heart rate varies widely – OnMedica (free)
Novel Coronavirus – Selected News & Perspectives / 07 February 2020
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:05h | UTC– W.H.O. Fights a Pandemic Besides Coronavirus: an ‘Infodemic’ – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
– Coronavirus: Everything you need to know in a visual explainer – South China Morning Post (free) (via @DrTomFrieden)
– Coronavirus Expert Reality Check – Global Health NOW (free)
– How the new coronavirus will finally get a proper name – BBC (free)
– WHO says too early to say coronavirus peaking in China – Reuters (free)
– WHO sees no sign of nCoV peak in China, cases rise overseas – CIDRAP (free)
Consensus Statement: Waist Circumference as a Vital Sign in Clinical Practice
7 Feb, 2020 | 07:58h | UTC
Guideline for Oncological Breast Surgery: Procedure‐specific Postoperative Pain Management Recommendations
7 Feb, 2020 | 07:59h | UTC
Canadian Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders
7 Feb, 2020 | 07:57h | UTC