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AHA Scientific Statement: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure

7 Jun, 2019 | 01:58h | UTC

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America – Circulation (free PDF)

News Release: Diabetes and heart failure are linked; treatment should be too – American Heart Association (free)

 

Fluid Management in Septic Shock: A Review of Physiology, Goal-Directed Therapy, Fluid Dose, and Selection

7 Jun, 2019 | 06:45h | UTC

Fluid Management in Septic Shock: A Review of Physiology, Goal-Directed Therapy, Fluid Dose, and Selection – Current Anesthesiology Reports (free)

 

Ann Robinson’s journal review — 5 June 2019

7 Jun, 2019 | 02:03h | UTC

Ann Robinson’s journal review, 5 June 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.

 

Systematic Review: Pharmacotherapy for Hypertension in Adults 60 years or Older

7 Jun, 2019 | 01:47h | UTC

Pharmacotherapy for hypertension in adults 60 years or older – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Pharmacotherapy for hypertension in adults 60 years or older – Cochrane Library (free)

 

Thu June 6 – 10 Stories of The Day!

6 Jun, 2019 | 06:36h | UTC

 

1 – Global vascular guidelines on the management of chronic limb-threatening ischemia – Journal of Vascular Surgery (free)

Editorial: Global Vascular Guidelines for patients with critical limb-threatening ischemia (free)

 

2 – Intensive Glucose Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes — 15-Year Follow-up – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Tight Diabetes Control Alone May Not Benefit the Heart Long-Term – HealthDay (free) AND Long-Term Follow-Up After Intensive Glucose-Lowering Treatment – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

 

3 – Longer-Term Assessment of Azithromycin for Reducing Childhood Mortality in Africa – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Related: Macrolide Resistance in MORDOR I — A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Niger – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

 

4 – Mortality From Ischemic Heart Disease: Analysis of Data From the World Health Organization and Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors From NCD Risk Factor Collaboration – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free)

Related: Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases (free study and commentaries)

 

5 – Surgical interventions for women with stress urinary incontinence: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials – The BMJ (free)

 

6 – Taking Stock of Dietary Supplements’ Harmful Effects on Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults – Journal of Adolescent Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Dietary supplements linked with severe health events in children, young adults – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free) AND Harvard Study: Supplements For Energy, Weight Loss, Muscle-Building Carry Risk For Youth – CommonHealth (free) AND Study: Dietary supplements may raise death risk in children, teens – UPI (free)

 

7 – Reproducibility trial publishes two conclusions for one paper – Nature (free)

Related: Independent discussion sections for improving inferential reproducibility in published research – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

 

8 – EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research – Drugs & Aging (free)

 

9 – Natural history of prediabetes in older adults from a population‐based longitudinal study – Journal of Internal Medicine (free)

Commentary: Study follows the health of older adults with prediabetes problems – Wiley (free)

 

10 – Use of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in Patients With Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Peripherally inserted central catheters often used in CKD – HealthDay (free) AND Too Many CKD Patients Get Central Catheters Despite Warnings – Medscape (free registration required)

 

Cohort Study: Intensive Care Use and Mortality Among Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

7 Jun, 2019 | 01:35h | UTC

Intensive care use and mortality among patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction: retrospective cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: Should STEMI patients recover in the ICU? – Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan (free) AND Mortality Lower When STEMI Patients Sent to the ICU, but Why? – TCTMD (free) AND ICU admission yields better results for STEMI patients—at a price – Cardiovascular Business (free)

 

Global Vascular Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Limb-threatening Ischemia

6 Jun, 2019 | 06:34h | UTC

Global vascular guidelines on the management of chronic limb-threatening ischemia – Journal of Vascular Surgery (free)

Editorial: Global Vascular Guidelines for patients with critical limb-threatening ischemia (free)

 

[Abstract Only] Long-Term Effects of Intensive Glucose Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

6 Jun, 2019 | 06:21h | UTC

Intensive Glucose Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes — 15-Year Follow-up – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Tight Diabetes Control Alone May Not Benefit the Heart Long-Term – HealthDay (free) AND Long-Term Follow-Up After Intensive Glucose-Lowering Treatment – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

 

Longer-Term Assessment of Azithromycin for Reducing Childhood Mortality in Africa

6 Jun, 2019 | 06:19h | UTC

Longer-Term Assessment of Azithromycin for Reducing Childhood Mortality in Africa – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Related: Macrolide Resistance in MORDOR I — A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Niger – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

Trends in Mortality from Ischemic Heart Disease

6 Jun, 2019 | 06:14h | UTC

Mortality From Ischemic Heart Disease: Analysis of Data From the World Health Organization and Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors From NCD Risk Factor Collaboration – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free)

Related: Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases (free study and commentaries)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

[Abstract Only] Children and Young Adults May Have Severe Medical Events from Dietary Supplements Sold for Weight Loss, Muscle Building, and Energy

6 Jun, 2019 | 06:05h | UTC

Taking Stock of Dietary Supplements’ Harmful Effects on Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults – Journal of Adolescent Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Dietary supplements linked with severe health events in children, young adults – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free) AND Harvard Study: Supplements For Energy, Weight Loss, Muscle-Building Carry Risk For Youth – CommonHealth (free) AND Study: Dietary supplements may raise death risk in children, teens – UPI (free)

 

Meta-Analysis: Surgical Interventions for Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence

6 Jun, 2019 | 06:08h | UTC

Surgical interventions for women with stress urinary incontinence: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials – The BMJ (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Cohort Study: Natural History of Prediabetes in Older Adults

6 Jun, 2019 | 05:37h | UTC

Natural history of prediabetes in older adults from a population‐based longitudinal study – Journal of Internal Medicine (free)

Commentary: Study follows the health of older adults with prediabetes problems – Wiley (free)

 

Reproducibility Trial Publishes Two Conclusions for One Paper

6 Jun, 2019 | 05:53h | UTC

Reproducibility trial publishes two conclusions for one paper – Nature (free)

Related: Independent discussion sections for improving inferential reproducibility in published research – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

 

[Abstract Only] Despite Guidelines, Placement of PICCs Common in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease

6 Jun, 2019 | 05:31h | UTC

Use of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in Patients With Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Peripherally inserted central catheters often used in CKD – HealthDay (free) AND Too Many CKD Patients Get Central Catheters Despite Warnings – Medscape (free registration required)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

Position Paper on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs

6 Jun, 2019 | 05:52h | UTC

EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research – Drugs & Aging (free)

 

Wed June 5 – 10 Stories of The Day!

5 Jun, 2019 | 08:16h | UTC

 

1 – British HIV Association guidelines for the management of tuberculosis in adults living with HIV 2019 – HIV Medicine (free)

 

2 – British Society of Gastroenterology and UK-PSC guidelines for the diagnosis and management of primary sclerosing cholangitis – Gut (free)

 

3 – Effects of red meat, white meat, and nonmeat protein sources on atherogenic lipoprotein measures in the context of low compared with high saturated fat intake: a randomized controlled trial – American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (free)

Commentaries: Red and white meats are equally bad for cholesterol – University of California – San Francisco (free) AND Poultry may raise bad cholesterol the same as red meat – UPI (free)

 

4 – Protecting Sleep in the Hospital, for Both Patients and Doctors – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related: An Implementation Guide to Promote Sleep and Reduce Sedative-Hypnotic Initiation for Noncritically Ill Inpatients – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

 

5 – Lithium for acute mania – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Lithium for the treatment of acute mania – Cochrane Library (free)

 

6 – Randomized Trial of Lisinopril Versus Carvedilol to Prevent Trastuzumab Cardiotoxicity in Patients With Breast Cancer – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

“In patients with HER2-positive breast cancer treated with trastuzumab, both lisinopril and carvedilol prevented cardiotoxicity in patients receiving anthracyclines.”

 

7 – Effect of β-blockers on triggering of symptomatic atrial fibrillation by anger or stress – Heart Rhythm (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Beta blockers can block the effects of stress and anger in patients prone to emotion-triggered atrial fibrillation – Elsevier (free) AND Beta-blockers mitigate emotionally triggered AFib – Cardiovascular Business (free)

 

8 – The Cardiovascular Effects of Noise – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)

Related: Perspective: Is Noise Pollution the Next Big Public-Health Crisis? (resources on the subject)

 

9 – Safety of Opioids in Osteoarthritis: Outcomes of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Drugs & Aging (free)

 

10 – Prevalence and Cost of Care Cascades After Low-Value Preoperative Electrocardiogram for Cataract Surgery in Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Cascades Of Care – American Council on Science and Health (free)

Related: Evaluation of an Intervention to Reduce Low-Value Preoperative Care for Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery (link to abstract and commentary) AND Systematic Review: Routine Preoperative Medical Testing for Cataract Surgery (free)

 

Randomized Trial: Red and White Meats Have the Same Effects on Cholesterol

5 Jun, 2019 | 08:03h | UTC

Effects of red meat, white meat, and nonmeat protein sources on atherogenic lipoprotein measures in the context of low compared with high saturated fat intake: a randomized controlled trial – American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (free)

Commentaries: Red and white meats are equally bad for cholesterol – University of California – San Francisco (free) AND Poultry may raise bad cholesterol the same as red meat – UPI (free)

 

Guidelines for the Management of TB in Adults Living with HIV

5 Jun, 2019 | 08:14h | UTC

British HIV Association guidelines for the management of tuberculosis in adults living with HIV 2019 – HIV Medicine (free)

 

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

5 Jun, 2019 | 08:12h | UTC

British Society of Gastroenterology and UK-PSC guidelines for the diagnosis and management of primary sclerosing cholangitis – Gut (free)

 

Systematic Review: Lithium for the Treatment of Acute Mania

5 Jun, 2019 | 04:15h | UTC

Lithium for acute mania – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Lithium for the treatment of acute mania – Cochrane Library (free)

 

Review: The Cardiovascular Effects of Noise

5 Jun, 2019 | 04:08h | UTC

The Cardiovascular Effects of Noise – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)

Related: Perspective: Is Noise Pollution the Next Big Public-Health Crisis? (resources on the subject)

 

[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Lisinopril vs. Carvedilol vs. Placebo to Prevent Trastuzumab Cardiotoxicity in Patients with Breast Cancer

5 Jun, 2019 | 04:13h | UTC

Randomized Trial of Lisinopril Versus Carvedilol to Prevent Trastuzumab Cardiotoxicity in Patients With Breast Cancer – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

“In patients with HER2-positive breast cancer treated with trastuzumab, both lisinopril and carvedilol prevented cardiotoxicity in patients receiving anthracyclines.”

 

Perspective: Protecting Sleep in the Hospital, for Both Patients and Doctors

5 Jun, 2019 | 04:17h | UTC

Protecting Sleep in the Hospital, for Both Patients and Doctors – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related: An Implementation Guide to Promote Sleep and Reduce Sedative-Hypnotic Initiation for Noncritically Ill Inpatients – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

 

Study: Prevalence and Cost of Care Cascades After Low-Value Preoperative Electrocardiogram for Cataract Surgery

5 Jun, 2019 | 04:03h | UTC

Prevalence and Cost of Care Cascades After Low-Value Preoperative Electrocardiogram for Cataract Surgery in Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Cascades Of Care – American Council on Science and Health (free)

Related: Evaluation of an Intervention to Reduce Low-Value Preoperative Care for Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery (link to abstract and commentary) AND Systematic Review: Routine Preoperative Medical Testing for Cataract Surgery (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

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