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Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Drowning

6 Nov, 2019 | 08:43h | UTC

Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Drowning: 2019 Update – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

Guidelines on Long-term Home Non-invasive Ventilation for Management of COPD

4 Nov, 2019 | 01:26h | UTC

European Respiratory Society guidelines on long-term home non-invasive ventilation for management of COPD – European Respiratory Journal (free)

Source: EvidenceAlerts

Wed November 6 – 10 Stories of The Day!

6 Nov, 2019 | 10:44h | UTC

1 – Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Drowning: 2019 Update – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

2 – Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Altitude Illness: 2019 Update – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

Related: Interventions for treating acute high altitude illness – Cochrane Library (free) AND Interventions for preventing high altitude illness: Part 1. Commonly‐used classes of drugs – Cochrane Library (free) AND Interventions for preventing high altitude illness: Part 2. Less commonly‐used drugs – Cochrane Library (free) AND Interventions for preventing high altitude illness: Part 3. Miscellaneous and non‐pharmacological interventions – Cochrane Library (free) AND Acute high-altitude sickness – European Respiratory Review (free) AND High-altitude illness: Management approach – Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine (free)

3 – Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Heat Illness: 2019 Update – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

4 – Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Water Disinfection for Wilderness, International Travel, and Austere Situations – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

5 – Benefits and harms of intensive glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

6 – Internet based vestibular rehabilitation with and without physiotherapy support for adults aged 50 and older with a chronic vestibular syndrome in general practice: three armed randomised controlled trial – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Treat dizziness and vertigo with vestibular rehabilitation – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Online Intervention Could Help Those with Chronic Vestibular Syndrome – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Related Study: Internet-Based Vestibular Rehabilitation for Older Adults With Chronic Dizziness (free study and commentaries)

7 – Incidence of Bloodstream Infections, Length of Hospital Stay, and Survival in Patients With Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection Treated With Fecal Microbiota Transplantation or Antibiotics: A Prospective Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Study: Fecal Transplants Cut Sepsis Risk in Patients With C. Diff – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Related: Clostridioides Difficile: Diagnosis and Treatments (free guidelines and reviews)

8 – Early Palliative Care Consultation in the Medical ICU: A Cluster Randomized Crossover Trial – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Source: EvidenceAlerts

9 – Short-Term Impact of a Flavored Tobacco Restriction: Changes in Youth Tobacco Use in a Massachusetts Community – American Journal of Preventive Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Restricting flavored tobacco could curb youth use – Reuters (free) AND A tale of two cities: Impact of reducing teens’ access to flavored tobacco products – Elsevier (free) AND One town’s flavor ban seemed to work to cut youth tobacco use – CNN (free)

Related Opinion: Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes to Protect Our Children (free commentaries)

10 – Mind-Body Therapies for Opioid-Treated Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Study highlights role of mind-body therapies in addressing opioid-treated pain – News Medical (free) AND Meditation, Mindfulness Hold Promise for Pain Treatment, Curbing Opioid Use – U.S. News (free)

Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Heat Illness

6 Nov, 2019 | 08:39h | UTC

Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Heat Illness: 2019 Update – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

Guidelines for Water Disinfection for Wilderness, International Travel, and Austere Situations

6 Nov, 2019 | 08:38h | UTC

Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Water Disinfection for Wilderness, International Travel, and Austere Situations – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

Randomized Trial: Internet Based Vestibular Rehabilitation for Adults with a Chronic Vestibular Syndrome

6 Nov, 2019 | 08:35h | UTC

Internet based vestibular rehabilitation with and without physiotherapy support for adults aged 50 and older with a chronic vestibular syndrome in general practice: three armed randomised controlled trial – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Treat dizziness and vertigo with vestibular rehabilitation – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Online Intervention Could Help Those with Chronic Vestibular Syndrome – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Related Study: Internet-Based Vestibular Rehabilitation for Older Adults With Chronic Dizziness (free study and commentaries)

State of the Art Review: Benefits and Harms of Intensive Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

6 Nov, 2019 | 08:37h | UTC

Benefits and harms of intensive glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Evidence over the past decade has shown that the aggressive efforts often needed to achieve low HbA1c levels can lead to worse clinical outcomes. This review provides a summary of the evidence on the benefits and harms of intensive glycemic control https://t.co/rghp5iVRfX

— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) November 5, 2019

[Abstract Only] Cohort Study: Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Associated with Improved Outcomes in Patients with Clostridium Difficile Infection

6 Nov, 2019 | 08:33h | UTC

Incidence of Bloodstream Infections, Length of Hospital Stay, and Survival in Patients With Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection Treated With Fecal Microbiota Transplantation or Antibiotics: A Prospective Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Study: Fecal Transplants Cut Sepsis Risk in Patients With C. Diff – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Related: Clostridioides Difficile: Diagnosis and Treatments (free guidelines and reviews)

[Abstract Only] Study: Early Palliative Care Consultation May Positively Impact the Care of High Risk, Critically Ill Patients

6 Nov, 2019 | 08:31h | UTC

Early Palliative Care Consultation in the Medical ICU: A Cluster Randomized Crossover Trial – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Source: EvidenceAlerts

Related Commentary on Twitter

Breaking @CritCareMed: High-quality RCT in 2 MICUs. Early triggered palliative consult -> more DNRs, more hospice use, fewer MV days & lower ICU cost, all w/o compromising LOS/mortality. https://t.co/kQpTcEgwwM

— Jonathan Yeh MD (@JonathanYehMD) October 15, 2019

Study: Flavored Tobacco Ban Associated with Reduced Use by Youth

6 Nov, 2019 | 08:12h | UTC

Short-Term Impact of a Flavored Tobacco Restriction: Changes in Youth Tobacco Use in a Massachusetts Community – American Journal of Preventive Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Restricting flavored tobacco could curb youth use – Reuters (free) AND A tale of two cities: Impact of reducing teens’ access to flavored tobacco products – Elsevier (free) AND One town’s flavor ban seemed to work to cut youth tobacco use – CNN (free)

Related Opinion: Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes to Protect Our Children (free commentaries)

Meta-Analysis: Mind-Body Therapies for Opioid-Treated Pain

6 Nov, 2019 | 08:10h | UTC

Mind-Body Therapies for Opioid-Treated Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Study highlights role of mind-body therapies in addressing opioid-treated pain – News Medical (free) AND Meditation, Mindfulness Hold Promise for Pain Treatment, Curbing Opioid Use – U.S. News (free)

Clinical Practice Guideline on Pregnancy and Renal Disease

5 Nov, 2019 | 10:21h | UTC

Clinical practice guideline on pregnancy and renal disease – BMC Nephrology (free)

Consensus Document: Follow-up of Patients after Revascularization for Peripheral Arterial Diseases

5 Nov, 2019 | 10:20h | UTC

Follow-up of patients after revascularisation for peripheral arterial diseases: a consensus document from the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases and the European Society for Vascular Surgery – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (free)

Tue November 5 – 10 Stories of The Day!

5 Nov, 2019 | 10:57h | UTC

1 – Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Asymptomatic Average-Risk Adults: A Guidance Statement From the American College of Physicians – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

News Release: ACP issues guidance for colorectal cancer screening – American College of Physicians (free)

Summaries for Patients: Colorectal Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Adults (free)

Commentaries: ACP issues new guidance on colorectal cancer screening – ACP Internist (free) AND Medical groups differ on when to start colon and rectal cancer screening. Here’s why – CNN (free)

Related: BMJ Guideline: Colorectal Cancer Screening with Fecal Immunochemical Testing, Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy (recent guideline suggesting a more selective approach to screening) AND Colorectal cancer screening for average‐risk adults: 2018 guideline update from the American Cancer Society (recent guideline with recommendation to start screening at 45 years, with links to guidelines from other organizations)

2 – Clinical practice guideline on pregnancy and renal disease – BMC Nephrology (free)

3 – Follow-up of patients after revascularisation for peripheral arterial diseases: a consensus document from the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases and the European Society for Vascular Surgery – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (free)

4 – A systematic review of guidelines for managing rheumatoid arthritis – BMC Rheumatology (free)

5 – Podcast: Random Pearls in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care from #CHEST2019 in New Orleans

#179 CHEST 2019 Recap Part 1 – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free audio)

#180 CHEST 2019 Recap Part 2 from New Orleans – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free audio)

6 – Thirteen Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – Choosing Wisely Canada (free)

See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada

7 – Correlation confounded by timing: One reason we believe bad therapies are awesome – PulmCrit (free)

8 – Are Daylight Saving Time Changes Bad for the Brain? – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Daylight Saving Time Has Long-term Effects on Health – Vanderbilt University Medical Center (free) AND Some Neurologists Want To End Daylight Saving Time, Calling It Unhealthy – Newsweek (free)

9 – Omega-3 and polyunsaturated fat for prevention of depression and anxiety symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials – British Journal of Psychiatry (free)

News Release: Fish oil supplements have no effect on anxiety and depression – University of East Anglia (free)

10 – Lower Blood Pressure After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement is Associated with Increased Mortality – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

Editorial: The Pressure Is On: Implications of Blood Pressure After Aortic Valve Replacement (free)

Podcast: Random Pearls in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care from #CHEST2019 in New Orleans

5 Nov, 2019 | 08:39h | UTC

#179 CHEST 2019 Recap Part 1 – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free audio)

#180 CHEST 2019 Recap Part 2 from New Orleans – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free audio)

ACP Guideline: Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Asymptomatic Average-Risk Adults

5 Nov, 2019 | 10:43h | UTC

Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Asymptomatic Average-Risk Adults: A Guidance Statement From the American College of Physicians – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

News Release: ACP issues guidance for colorectal cancer screening – American College of Physicians (free)

Summaries for Patients: Colorectal Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Adults (free)

Commentaries: ACP issues new guidance on colorectal cancer screening – ACP Internist (free) AND Medical groups differ on when to start colon and rectal cancer screening. Here’s why – CNN (free)

Related: BMJ Guideline: Colorectal Cancer Screening with Fecal Immunochemical Testing, Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy (new guideline suggesting a more selective approach to screening) AND Colorectal cancer screening for average‐risk adults: 2018 guideline update from the American Cancer Society (recent guideline with recommendation to start screening at 45 years, with links to guidelines from other organizations)

A Systematic Review of Guidelines for Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis

5 Nov, 2019 | 08:52h | UTC

A systematic review of guidelines for managing rheumatoid arthritis – BMC Rheumatology (free)

Choosing Wisely in Family Medicine: Thirteen Things Physicians and Patients Should Question

5 Nov, 2019 | 08:32h | UTC

Thirteen Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – Choosing Wisely Canada (free)

See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada

[Abstract Only] Meta-Analysis: Fish Oil Supplements Have no Effect on Anxiety and Depression

5 Nov, 2019 | 08:13h | UTC

Omega-3 and polyunsaturated fat for prevention of depression and anxiety symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials – British Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

News Release: Fish oil supplements have no effect on anxiety and depression – University of East Anglia (free)

Perspective – Correlation Confounded by Timing: One Reason we Believe Bad Therapies are Awesome

5 Nov, 2019 | 08:29h | UTC

Correlation confounded by timing: One reason we believe bad therapies are awesome – PulmCrit (free)

Viewpoint: Are Daylight Saving Time Changes Bad for the Brain?

5 Nov, 2019 | 08:22h | UTC

Are Daylight Saving Time Changes Bad for the Brain? – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Daylight Saving Time Has Long-term Effects on Health – Vanderbilt University Medical Center (free) AND Some Neurologists Want To End Daylight Saving Time, Calling It Unhealthy – Newsweek (free)

Cohort Study: Lower Blood Pressure After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement is Associated with Increased Mortality

5 Nov, 2019 | 08:03h | UTC

Lower Blood Pressure After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement is Associated with Increased Mortality – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

Editorial: The Pressure Is On: Implications of Blood Pressure After Aortic Valve Replacement (free)

Mon November 4 – 10 Stories of The Day!

4 Nov, 2019 | 02:10h | UTC

1 – European Respiratory Society guidelines on long-term home non-invasive ventilation for management of COPD – European Respiratory Journal (free)

Source: EvidenceAlerts

2 – EULAR recommendations for the management of Sjögren’s syndrome with topical and systemic therapies – Annals of Rheumatic Disease (free)

3 – Which specific modes of exercise training are most effective for treating low back pain? Network meta-analysis – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free)

4 – Open-label randomised pragmatic trial (CONTACT) comparing naproxen and low-dose colchicine for the treatment of gout flares in primary care – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)

5 – Therapeutic-induced hypertension in patients with noncardioembolic acute stroke – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

6 – The EMR has changed the doctor-patient duet into a ménage-à-trois – STAT (free)

7 – Podcast: Emerging Applications for Ketamine – JAMA (free audio)

Related Resources:

Ketamine for Pain: Consensus Guidelines on the Use of Intravenous Ketamine Infusions for Acute Pain Management From the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (free)

Ketamine for Depression: Ketamine and depression: a narrative review – Drug Design, Development and Therapy (free)

8 – Alex Nowbar’s weekly review, 1 November 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.

9 – Vaccines for International Travel – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)

See also: Just Released. 2020 Edition of CDC Traveler’s Health Yellow Book (free resources)

10 – The Incidence, Causes, and Risk Factors of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors – Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (free for a limited period)

News Release: Study Examines Kidney Injury in Patients Taking Immunotherapy Cancer Medications – American Society of Nephrology (free)

Related: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Toxicities (free guidelines and reviews on the subject)

Systematic Review: Intra‐pleural Fibrinolytic Therapy for the Treatment of Parapneumonic Effusions and Empyema

31 Oct, 2019 | 08:18h | UTC

Intra‐pleural fibrinolytic therapy versus placebo, or a different fibrinolytic agent, in the treatment of adult parapneumonic effusions and empyema – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Clot-busting drugs for infections of the lining of the lung – Cochrane Library (free)

EULAR Recommendations for the Management of Sjögren’s Syndrome

4 Nov, 2019 | 01:23h | UTC

EULAR recommendations for the management of Sjögren’s syndrome with topical and systemic therapies – Annals of Rheumatic Disease (free)

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