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Tue April 23 – 10 Stories of The Day!
23 Apr, 2019 | 01:58h | UTC
3 – Metformin in 2019 – JAMA (free for a limited period)
4 – High-Fiber Diet Might Protect Against Range of Conditions – JAMA (free for a limited period)
5 – Why most diagnostic procedures aren’t beneficial – PulmCrit (free)
“when strict evidence-based medicine is applied to procedures, they are often less impressive”.
6 – Sleep-Related Infant Suffocation Deaths Attributable to Soft Bedding, Overlay, and Wedging – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: Study: Soft bedding top cause of infant suffocation during sleep – AAP News (free)
Commentaries: Soft bedding poses grave danger to sleeping babies, study shows – University of Virginia Health System (free) AND Soft bedding top cause of suffocation death for sleeping babies in U.S. – Reuters (free) AND Soft Bedding a Leading Cause of Infant Suffocation – U.S. News (free)
7 – Foreign-Body Ingestions of Young Children Treated in US Emergency Departments: 1995–2015 – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Increase in foreign body ingestions among young children – Nationwide Children’s Hospital (free) AND US sees sharp rise in number of kids swallowing small objects – Nature News (free) AND Children Are Swallowing Foreign Objects More Frequently, Study Finds – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Commentary: Study finds that quitting smoking during pregnancy lowers risk of preterm births – The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (free)
Perspective: High-Fiber Diet Might Protect Against Range of Conditions
23 Apr, 2019 | 01:49h | UTCHigh-Fiber Diet Might Protect Against Range of Conditions – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Perspective: Why Most Diagnostic Procedures Aren’t Beneficial
23 Apr, 2019 | 01:45h | UTCWhy most diagnostic procedures aren’t beneficial – PulmCrit (free)
“when strict evidence-based medicine is applied to procedures, they are often less impressive”.
Study: Increase in Foreign Body Ingestions Among Young Children
23 Apr, 2019 | 01:41h | UTCForeign-Body Ingestions of Young Children Treated in US Emergency Departments: 1995–2015 – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Increase in foreign body ingestions among young children – Nationwide Children’s Hospital (free) AND US sees sharp rise in number of kids swallowing small objects – Nature News (free) AND Children Are Swallowing Foreign Objects More Frequently, Study Finds – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Guideline for Celiac Disease and Other Gluten-related Disorders
23 Apr, 2019 | 01:53h | UTC
Study: Soft Bedding Top Cause of Infant Suffocation During Sleep
23 Apr, 2019 | 01:42h | UTCSleep-Related Infant Suffocation Deaths Attributable to Soft Bedding, Overlay, and Wedging – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: Study: Soft bedding top cause of infant suffocation during sleep – AAP News (free)
Commentaries: Soft bedding poses grave danger to sleeping babies, study shows – University of Virginia Health System (free) AND Soft bedding top cause of suffocation death for sleeping babies in U.S. – Reuters (free) AND Soft Bedding a Leading Cause of Infant Suffocation – U.S. News (free)
Meta-Analysis: Daylight Saving Time and Acute Myocardial Infarction
23 Apr, 2019 | 01:32h | UTCDaylight Saving Time and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free)
Study: Association of Maternal Cigarette Smoking and Smoking Cessation with Preterm Birth
23 Apr, 2019 | 01:33h | UTCCommentary: Study finds that quitting smoking during pregnancy lowers risk of preterm births – The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (free)
ECG Challenge: Pseudo–Ventricular Tachycardia, Pseudo–Atrial Fibrillation, and Pseudo–Atrial Flutter in a Patient with Parkinson Disease
23 Apr, 2019 | 01:11h | UTCPseudo–Ventricular Tachycardia, Pseudo–Atrial Fibrillation, and Pseudo–Atrial Flutter in a Patient with Parkinson Disease: Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Recommendations for the Care of Patients Receiving Conservative Kidney Management
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:28h | UTCRecommendations for the Care of Patients Receiving Conservative Kidney Management – Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology (free for a limited period)
Randomized Trial: A Normocaloric Low-Fiber Diet the Day Before Colonoscopy Is the Most Effective Approach to Bowel Preparation in Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonoscopy
23 Apr, 2019 | 01:30h | UTC
Including Lifestyle Medicine in Medical Education
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:29h | UTC
Perspective – Counteracting Health Misinformation: A Role for Medical Journals?
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:27h | UTCCounteracting Health Misinformation: A Role for Medical Journals? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials: Effects of IV Hydration on Risk of Contrast Induced Nephropathy in STEMI patients Undergoing Primary PCI
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:26h | UTC
Meta-analysis: Limb Management After Total Knee Arthroplasty
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:24h | UTC
Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials: Comparative Outcomes of Heart Failure Among Existent Classes of Anti-diabetic Agents
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:25h | UTC
Reducing the Impact of Preterm Birth: Preterm Birth Commissioning in the United Kingdom
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:22h | UTC
Management of Complications of Colorectal Submucosal Dissection
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:23h | UTCManagement of Complications of Colorectal Submucosal Dissection – Clinical Endoscopy (free)
Meta-Analysis: Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Improves Outcomes in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:22h | UTCRelated Meta-Analysis: Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Heart Failure (link to abstract and commentaries)
Related Randomized Trial in Patients Without Heart Failure Showing Similar Outcomes Between the Strategies: Catheter Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy on Mortality, Stroke, Bleeding, and Cardiac Arrest Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (link to abstract and commentaries)
Randomized Trial: Efficacy of Three Different Prophylactic Treatments for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting after Vitrectomy
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:21h | UTC
Should we abandon the term〝lone atrial fibrillation〞?
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:19h | UTCShould we abandon the term〝lone atrial fibrillation〞? – Hellenic Journal of Cardiology (free)
Meta-Analysis: Use of Immunosuppressive Therapy for Management of Myelodysplastic Syndromes
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:20h | UTC
Clinical Management of Intermittent Fasting in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:18h | UTCClinical Management of Intermittent Fasting in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus – Nutrients (free)
The authors acknowledge the almost non-existent evidence on this issue and suggest practical recommendations for the care of these patients.
Clinical Features and Management of Superficial Fibromatoses
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:16h | UTC
Review: Skin Cancer Associated Genodermatoses
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:15h | UTCSkin Cancer Associated Genodermatoses: A Literature Review – Acta Dermato Venerealogica (free)


