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Pediatric Intraocular Pressure Measurements: Tonometers, Central Corneal Thickness, and Anesthesia
29 May, 2019 | 10:41h | UTC
Meta-analysis: Comparative Efficacy of Vasoactive Medications in Patients with Septic Shock
29 May, 2019 | 10:43h | UTC
Short Review: Interpreting Pleural Fluid Results
29 May, 2019 | 10:40h | UTCInterpreting pleural fluid results – Clinical Medicine (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Paravertebral Blocks: Anatomical, Practical, and Future Concepts
29 May, 2019 | 10:36h | UTCParavertebral Blocks: Anatomical, Practical, and Future Concepts – Current Anesthesiology Reports (free)
Guideline: Current Endovascular Strategies for Posterior Circulation Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke
29 May, 2019 | 10:37h | UTC
Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) Block: A New Paradigm in Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia
29 May, 2019 | 10:34h | UTC
The Adductor Canal Block: A Clinical Review
29 May, 2019 | 10:35h | UTCThe Adductor Canal Block: a Clinical Review – Current Anesthesiology Reports (free)
The Current State of Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
29 May, 2019 | 10:32h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Adult Patients After Cardiac Surgery
29 May, 2019 | 10:33h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Wed May 29 – 10 Stories of The Day!
29 May, 2019 | 02:09h | UTC
1 – Compendium: The Medical and Device-Related Treatment of Heart Failure – Circulation Research (free articles)
Editorial: The Medical and Device-Related Treatment of Heart Failure
– Medical Therapy for Heart Failure Caused by Ischemic Heart Disease
– Novel Therapies for Prevention and Early Treatment of Cardiomyopathies: Now and in the Future
– Medical Therapy for Heart Failure Associated With Pulmonary Hypertension
– Management of Myocarditis-Related Cardiomyopathy in Adults
– Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Therapy in Heart Failure
– Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction In Perspective
– Anthracycline and Peripartum Cardiomyopathies: Predictably Unpredictable
– Stimulating Cardiogenesis as a Treatment for Heart Failure
2 – Association of Nonfasting vs Fasting Lipid Levels With Risk of Major Coronary Events in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial–Lipid Lowering Arm – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: New evidence: It’s not necessary to fast before complete cholesterol test – Brigham and Women’s Hospital (free) AND More Evidence That Fasting Isn’t Necessary Before Lipid Tests – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
3 – Assessment of the Clinical Benefit of Cancer Drugs Receiving Accelerated Approval – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Related Study: An Overview of Cancer Drugs Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration Based on the Surrogate End Point of Response Rate – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Invited Commentaries: An International Perspective on Drugs for Cancer: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times (free for a limited period) AND Accelerated Approval of Cancer Drugs—Righting the Ship of the US Food and Drug Administration (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Cancer Drugs Approved Quickly Often Fail To Measure Up Later – NPR (free) AND Questions raised over cancer drugs in FDA’s accelerated approval program – CNN (free)
4 – WHO Redefines Burnout As A ‘Syndrome’ Linked To Chronic Stress At Work – NPR (free)
See also: Burn-out an “occupational phenomenon”: International Classification of Diseases – World Health Organization (free)
5 – Estimating the Attributable Cost of Physician Burnout in the United States – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Physician burnout costs the US health care system approximately $4.6 billion a year – American College of Physicians (free) AND Doctors are burning out twice as fast as other workers. The problem’s costing the US $4.6 billion each year. – Business Insider (free) AND Physician Burnout Costs the U.S. Billions of Dollars Each Year – TIME (free)
Related: Physician Burnout Costs up to $17B a Year, Task Force Says (articles and commentaries on the subject)
7 – Opinion – “Should the US Government Pay People For Their Kidneys? – Forbes” (free)
“the placement of priority on early detection cannot be assumed to be effective in LMICs, where limited downstream resources may be overwhelmed by the inevitable increases in number of diagnoses.”
9 – Effect of Laparoscopic vs Open Distal Gastrectomy on 3-Year Disease-Free Survival in Patients With Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer: The CLASS-01 Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Hospitals fall short in teaching fall prevention to departing patients – University of Michigan (free) AND Fall Injuries Top Cause of Hospital Readmission in Elderly – Medscape (free registration required)
Another Study Supports Nonfasting Measurement of Lipid Levels
29 May, 2019 | 02:02h | UTCAssociation of Nonfasting vs Fasting Lipid Levels With Risk of Major Coronary Events in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial–Lipid Lowering Arm – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: New evidence: It’s not necessary to fast before complete cholesterol test – Brigham and Women’s Hospital (free) AND More Evidence That Fasting Isn’t Necessary Before Lipid Tests – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Step-up Approach for the Management of Pancreatic Necrosis
29 May, 2019 | 10:31h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Compendium: The Medical and Device-Related Treatment of Heart Failure
29 May, 2019 | 02:04h | UTCHomepage: The Medical and Device-Related Treatment of Heart Failure – Circulation Research (free articles)
Editorial: The Medical and Device-Related Treatment of Heart Failure
– Medical Therapy for Heart Failure Caused by Ischemic Heart Disease
– Novel Therapies for Prevention and Early Treatment of Cardiomyopathies: Now and in the Future
– Medical Therapy for Heart Failure Associated With Pulmonary Hypertension
– Management of Myocarditis-Related Cardiomyopathy in Adults
– Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Therapy in Heart Failure
– Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction In Perspective
– Anthracycline and Peripartum Cardiomyopathies: Predictably Unpredictable
– Stimulating Cardiogenesis as a Treatment for Heart Failure
WHO Redefines Burnout As A ‘Syndrome’ Linked To Chronic Stress At Work
29 May, 2019 | 01:52h | UTCWHO Redefines Burnout As A ‘Syndrome’ Linked To Chronic Stress At Work – NPR (free)
See also: Burn-out an “occupational phenomenon”: International Classification of Diseases – World Health Organization (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
#Burnout is included in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (#ICD11) as an occupational phenomenon.
It is NOT classified as a medical condition https://t.co/t9pjcv3ctX pic.twitter.com/FF6Zzfwoj7— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 28, 2019
Updates in Gestational Diabetes Prevalence, Treatment, and Health Policy
29 May, 2019 | 01:48h | UTCUpdates in Gestational Diabetes Prevalence, Treatment, and Health Policy – Current Diabetes Reports (free)
Study: Assessment of the Clinical Benefit of Cancer Drugs Receiving Accelerated Approval
29 May, 2019 | 02:00h | UTCAssessment of the Clinical Benefit of Cancer Drugs Receiving Accelerated Approval – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Related Study: An Overview of Cancer Drugs Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration Based on the Surrogate End Point of Response Rate – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Invited Commentaries: An International Perspective on Drugs for Cancer: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times (free for a limited period) AND Accelerated Approval of Cancer Drugs—Righting the Ship of the US Food and Drug Administration (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Cancer Drugs Approved Quickly Often Fail To Measure Up Later – NPR (free) AND Questions raised over cancer drugs in FDA’s accelerated approval program – CNN (free)
[Abstract Only] Study: Estimating the Attributable Cost of Physician Burnout
29 May, 2019 | 01:50h | UTCEstimating the Attributable Cost of Physician Burnout in the United States – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Physician burnout costs the US health care system approximately $4.6 billion a year – American College of Physicians (free) AND Doctors are burning out twice as fast as other workers. The problem’s costing the US $4.6 billion each year. – Business Insider (free) AND Physician Burnout Costs the U.S. Billions of Dollars Each Year – TIME (free)
Related: Physician Burnout Costs up to $17B a Year, Task Force Says (articles and commentaries on the subject)
Related Commentary on Twitter
The economics of doctor burnout: ~$5B/year, and that isn't even factoring in the cost of the doubling of medical errors https://t.co/fqn0LenWzl @AnnalsofIM pic.twitter.com/ZLNOhvYB1h
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 27, 2019
Opinion – “Should the US Government Pay People for Their Kidneys?”
29 May, 2019 | 01:45h | UTCShould the US Government Pay People For Their Kidneys? – Forbes (free)
Randomized Trial: Similar Disease-free Survival with Laparoscopic vs. Open Distal Gastrectomy for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer
29 May, 2019 | 01:41h | UTCEffect of Laparoscopic vs Open Distal Gastrectomy on 3-Year Disease-Free Survival in Patients With Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer: The CLASS-01 Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Perspective: Diagnostics are Essential for Universal Health Coverage to Succeed
28 May, 2019 | 10:35h | UTCDiagnostics are essential for universal health coverage to succeed – STAT (free)
Related: The WHO Essential Diagnostic List: A Tool for the Future (free) AND Report: First-ever WHO List of Essential Diagnostic Tests (free)
Cancer Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Is It Time to Consider Screening?
29 May, 2019 | 01:43h | UTC“the placement of priority on early detection cannot be assumed to be effective in LMICs, where limited downstream resources may be overwhelmed by the inevitable increases in number of diagnoses.”
Consensus Statement: Managing Non‐infectious Complications of Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders
28 May, 2019 | 10:37h | UTC
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Effect of Vein-First vs Artery-First Surgical Technique on Circulating Tumor Cells and Survival in Patients with Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
28 May, 2019 | 10:35h | UTCEffect of Vein-First vs Artery-First Surgical Technique on Circulating Tumor Cells and Survival in Patients With Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial and Registry-Based Propensity Score Matching Analysis – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
Related Commentary on Twitter
Ligating the effluent veins first may be more consistent with cancer treatment principles and should be recommended for #lungcancer surgery https://t.co/rAz1caon8Y
— JAMA Surgery (@JAMASurgery) May 2, 2019
Study: Fall-related Injuries are a Leading Hospital Readmission Diagnosis
29 May, 2019 | 01:39h | UTCPosthospital Fall Injuries and 30-Day Readmissions in Adults 65 Years and Older – JAMA Network Open (free)
Commentaries: Hospitals fall short in teaching fall prevention to departing patients – University of Michigan (free) AND Fall Injuries Top Cause of Hospital Readmission in Elderly – Medscape (free registration required)
[Abstract Only] Cohort Study: Long‐term Risk of Recurrence in Patients with a First Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism Managed According to D‐dimer Results
28 May, 2019 | 10:33h | UTCLong‐term risk of recurrence in patients with a first unprovoked venous thromboembolism managed according to d‐dimer results; A cohort study – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: VTE Recurrence After Negative D-Dimer Testing – Journal Watch (free)