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Guideline: Endoscopic Surveillance After Surgical or Endoscopic Resection for Colorectal Cancer
20 Mar, 2019 | 12:24h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Endoscopic vs. Surgical Treatment for Pancreatic Pseudocysts
20 Mar, 2019 | 12:21h | UTC
Guideline: Endoscopic Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis
20 Mar, 2019 | 12:22h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Endoscopic Transluminal Approach vs. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Patients with Necrotizing Pancreatitis
20 Mar, 2019 | 12:20h | UTC
ASCO Guideline: Anticonvulsant Prophylaxis and Steroid Use in Adults with Metastatic Brain Tumors
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:36h | UTC
Large Observational Study Suggests High-Dose Nifedipine is Associated with Higher Cardiac Arrest Risk
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:29h | UTCPresented at the European Heart Rhythm Association 2019 Congress.
High-Dose Nifedipine Tied to Higher Cardiac Arrest Risk – TCTMD (free)
See also: Nifedipine linked with cardiac arrest – Pharmacy News (free) AND Common blood pressure drug may increase cardiac arrest risk – Medical News Today (free)
Wed, March 20 – 10 Stories of The Day!
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:39h | UTC
2 – Comparison of Dual Therapies for Lowering Blood Pressure in Black Africans – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Two-Drug Combos Using Popular Calcium Channel Blocker Show Superiority in Lowering Blood Pressure – American College of Cardiology (free)
3 – High-Dose Nifedipine Tied to Higher Cardiac Arrest Risk – TCTMD (free)
See also: Nifedipine linked with cardiac arrest – Pharmacy News (free) AND Common blood pressure drug may increase cardiac arrest risk – Medical News Today (free)
4 – Diagnostic Test Interpretation: Evaluating the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate – JAMA (free for a limited period)
5 – Outpatient treatment for people with cancer who develop a low‐risk febrile neutropaenic event – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Outpatient treatment for cancer patient with low-risk febrile neutropaenic event is effective – Cochrane Library (free)
Related Guideline: Outpatient Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Adults Treated for Malignancy: American Society of Clinical Oncology and Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)
6 – Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Clinical Outcomes – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Behavioral therapy appears more effective than pharmacologic therapy for urinary incontinence outcomes – ACP Internist (free) AND For Urinary Incontinence, Behavioral Therapies Outperform Meds – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Commentaries: A Rise In Depression Among Teens And Young Adults Could Be Linked To Social Media Use – NPR (free) AND Mental health issues increased significantly in young adults over last decade – American Psychological Association (free)
9 – Levels of Evidence Supporting American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology Guidelines, 2008-2018 – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Many Guidelines For Heart Care Rely On Weak Evidence – NPR (free) AND Few heart care recommendations are based on rigorous study – News Medical (free)
“The findings suggest that Lung Ultrasonography is more sensitive than Chest Radiography in detecting pulmonary edema in ADHF”
Randomized Trial: Comparison of Dual Therapies for Lowering Blood Pressure in Black Africans
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:33h | UTCPresented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2019 Scientific Session.
Comparison of Dual Therapies for Lowering Blood Pressure in Black Africans – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Two-Drug Combos Using Popular Calcium Channel Blocker Show Superiority in Lowering Blood Pressure – American College of Cardiology (free)
Diagnostic Test Interpretation: Evaluating the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:25h | UTCEvaluating the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Meta-Analysis: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:11h | UTCPharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Clinical Outcomes – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Behavioral therapy appears more effective than pharmacologic therapy for urinary incontinence outcomes – ACP Internist (free) AND For Urinary Incontinence, Behavioral Therapies Outperform Meds – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Systematic Review: Outpatient Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Patients with Cancer
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:17h | UTCOutpatient treatment for people with cancer who develop a low‐risk febrile neutropaenic event – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Outpatient treatment for cancer patient with low-risk febrile neutropaenic event is effective – Cochrane Library (free)
Related Guideline: Outpatient Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Adults Treated for Malignancy: American Society of Clinical Oncology and Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)
Mental Health Issues Increased Significantly in Young Adults Over Last Decade
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:03h | UTCCommentaries: A Rise In Depression Among Teens And Young Adults Could Be Linked To Social Media Use – NPR (free) AND Mental health issues increased significantly in young adults over last decade – American Psychological Association (free)
Study: Levels of Evidence Supporting American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology Guidelines
20 Mar, 2019 | 02:55h | UTCLevels of Evidence Supporting American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology Guidelines, 2008-2018 – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Many Guidelines For Heart Care Rely On Weak Evidence – NPR (free) AND Few heart care recommendations are based on rigorous study – News Medical (free)
Consensus Statement: Evaluation and Treatment of Agitated Children and Adolescents in the Emergency Department
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:06h | UTC
Tue, March 19 – 10 Stories of The Day!
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:54h | UTC
1 – Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest without ST-Segment Elevation – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest — The Right Timing or the Right Patients? (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Angiography timing does not impact survival after cardiac arrest for NSTEMI patients – American College of Cardiology (free) AND COACT: Delayed Angiography Does Not Compromise Survival in Cardiac Arrest Patients Without STEMI – TCTMD (free)
2 – Early or Delayed Cardioversion in Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: The RACE to Treat Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department (free for a limited period)
Commentary: For Acute A-fib, Wait-and-See Approach May Spare Many Patients from Cardioversion – TCTMD (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Comprehensive guideline covering many common conditions in the Critical Care Unit.
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
6 – Multiple‐micronutrient supplementation for women during pregnancy – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Vitamin and mineral supplements for women during pregnancy – Cochrane Library (free)
Commentaries: Dietary interventions to prevent atopic disease: Updated recommendations – American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND There’s new advice to prevent food allergies in children – CNN (free)
8 – Christopher Martyn’s research reviews, 18 March 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
10 – BHIVA/BASHH guidelines on the use of HIV pre–exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) 2018 – HIV Medicine (free)
Related guidelines: WHO implementation tool for pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection – World Health Organization (free) AND Draft Recommendation Statement: Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free) AND Canadian guideline on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: clinical guidelines. Update April 2018 – Journal of Virus Eradication (free) AND Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection in the United States – 2017 Update: a Clinical Practice Guideline (free)
Meta-Analysis: Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasonography vs. Chest Radiography in Adults with Symptoms Suggestive of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
20 Mar, 2019 | 02:53h | UTC“The findings suggest that Lung Ultrasonography is more sensitive than Chest Radiography in detecting pulmonary edema in ADHF”.
Randomized Trial: Delayed vs. Immediate Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest without ST-Segment Elevation
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:46h | UTCPresented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2019 Scientific Session.
Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest without ST-Segment Elevation – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest — The Right Timing or the Right Patients? (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Angiography timing does not impact survival after cardiac arrest for NSTEMI patients – American College of Cardiology (free) AND COACT: Delayed Angiography Does Not Compromise Survival in Cardiac Arrest Patients Without STEMI – TCTMD (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
COACT: Among patients who had been successfully resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and had no signs of STEMI, a strategy of immediate angiography was not found to be better than a strategy of delayed angiography with respect to overall survival at 90 days. #ACC19
— NEJM (@NEJM) March 18, 2019
Guideline: Management of Asymptomatic Arrhythmias
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:40h | UTCPresented at the European Heart Rhythm Association 2019 Congress.
Systematic Review: Multiple‐Micronutrient Supplementation for Women During Pregnancy
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:18h | UTCMultiple‐micronutrient supplementation for women during pregnancy – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Vitamin and mineral supplements for women during pregnancy – Cochrane Library (free)
Randomized Trial: Early vs. Delayed Cardioversion in Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:44h | UTCPresented at the European Heart Rhythm Association 2019 Congress.
Early or Delayed Cardioversion in Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: The RACE to Treat Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department (free for a limited period)
Commentary: For Acute A-fib, Wait-and-See Approach May Spare Many Patients from Cardioversion – TCTMD (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
RACE 7 ACWAS: In patients presenting to the emergency department with recent-onset, symptomatic atrial fibrillation, a wait-and-see approach was noninferior to early cardioversion in achieving a return to sinus rhythm at 4 weeks. #EHRA2019 #Afib
— NEJM (@NEJM) March 18, 2019
Antimicrobial Prescription Guidelines in Critically Ill Immunocompromised Patients
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:20h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guidelines for Antibiotic Prescription in the Intensive Care Unit
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:24h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Comprehensive guideline covering many common conditions in the Critical Care Unit.
British Guidelines for the Management of HIV in Pregnancy and Postpartum
19 Mar, 2019 | 02:59h | UTC
Christopher Martyn’s research reviews – 18 March 2019
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:02h | UTCChristopher Martyn’s research reviews, 18 March 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
AAP Updated Recommendations for Dietary Interventions to Prevent Atopic Disease
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:15h | UTCCommentaries: Dietary interventions to prevent atopic disease: Updated recommendations – American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND There’s new advice to prevent food allergies in children – CNN (free)