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Review: Perioperative Management of the Diabetic Patient Referred to Cardiac Surgery
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:16h | UTC
Position Statement: Laser Treatment of Hyperpigmented Lesions
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:18h | UTC
Guidelines for Acquisition, Interpretation, and Reporting of Whole-Body MRI in Myeloma
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:15h | UTC
Significant Incidental Cardiac Disease on Thoracic CT: What the General Radiologist Needs to Know
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:14h | UTC
Review: How Clinical Imaging Can Assess Cancer Biology
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:13h | UTCHow clinical imaging can assess cancer biology – Insights into Imaging (free)
Systematic Review: Value of Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:12h | UTC
Neurological Disease in Lupus: Toward a Personalized Medicine Approach
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:11h | UTCNeurological Disease in Lupus: Toward a Personalized Medicine Approach – Frontiers in Immunology (free)
Related Reviews: Clinical Features of Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Other Connective Tissue Diseases (free) AND Management of Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Current Approaches and Future Perspectives (free) AND Laboratory and Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Where Do We Stand, Where To Go? (free)
NICE Guideline: Delirium Prevention, Diagnosis and Management
15 Mar, 2019 | 04:25h | UTCDelirium: prevention, diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Related: SIGN Guideline: Risk Reduction and Management of Delirium (free)
Randomized Trial: 9-month Treatment for Multi-drug Resistant TB is as Effective as 24-month Treatment
15 Mar, 2019 | 04:17h | UTCA Trial of a Shorter Regimen for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: STREAM trial final results show 9-month treatment for multi-drug resistant TB is as effective as 24-month treatment – University College London (free) AND Trial data support shorter drug-resistant TB regimen – CIDRAP (free)
Fri, March 15 – 10 Stories of The Day!
15 Mar, 2019 | 04:29h | UTC
Related: SIGN Guideline: Risk Reduction and Management of Delirium (free)
2 – A Trial of a Shorter Regimen for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: STREAM trial final results show 9-month treatment for multi-drug resistant TB is as effective as 24-month treatment – University College London (free) AND Trial data support shorter drug-resistant TB regimen – CIDRAP (free)
News Release: AGS releases new action steps to guide care for older adults with multiple chronic illnesses – American Geriatrics Society (free)
5 – Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Who, When, Why, and How – Chest (free)
6 – Perspective: The Case for Being a Medical Conservative – The American Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Lower BP Linked to Cognitive Decline in Frail Elderly – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Cohort Study: Control of Blood Pressure and Risk of Mortality in a Cohort of Older Adults (link to abstract and commentary)
Commentaries: Advancing the repurposing of ivermectin for malaria – The Lancet (free) AND Mosquito-killing drug reduces malaria episodes by a fifth among children – expert comment – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)
10 – Adopt a moratorium on heritable genome editing – Nature (free)
Editorial: Germline gene-editing research needs rules (free)
Commentaries: Leading scientists, backed by NIH, call for a global moratorium on creating ‘CRISPR babies’ – STAT (free) AND Expert reaction to a call for a moratorium on heritable genome editing – Science Media Centre (free)
Related: Genome-Edited Baby Provokes International Outcry (free commentaries) AND Consensus Statement on the Reported Birth of Genome-Edited Babies in China (free)
American Geriatrics Society Guiding Principles on the Care of Older Adults with Multimorbidity
15 Mar, 2019 | 03:01h | UTCNews Release: AGS releases new action steps to guide care for older adults with multiple chronic illnesses – American Geriatrics Society (free)
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Who, When, Why, and How
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:56h | UTCContinuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Who, When, Why, and How – Chest (free)
Consensus Statement: Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:59h | UTC
Perspective: The Case for Being a Medical Conservative
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:46h | UTCThe Case for Being a Medical Conservative – The American Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter (thread, click for more)
Twitter thread coming on what @adamcifu @VPrasadMDMPH @AndrewFoy82 and I think is the BEST approach to pt care. This is …
The Case for Being a Medical Conservative. https://t.co/nZXrnvMQqP
Thanks to the @amjmed for publishing this. pic.twitter.com/PKJNHLVZwU— John Mandrola, MD (@drjohnm) March 14, 2019
Cohort Study: Systolic Blood Pressure and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults with Hypertension
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:41h | UTCCommentary: Lower BP Linked to Cognitive Decline in Frail Elderly – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Cohort Study: Control of Blood Pressure and Risk of Mortality in a Cohort of Older Adults (link to abstract and commentary)
Randomized Trial: Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration for Control of Malaria
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:24h | UTCCommentaries: Advancing the repurposing of ivermectin for malaria – The Lancet (free) AND Mosquito-killing drug reduces malaria episodes by a fifth among children – expert comment – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)
Systematic Review: Treatment, Prevention and Public Health Management of Impetigo, Scabies, Crusted Scabies and Fungal Skin Infections in Endemic Populations
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:13h | UTC
Scientists Call for a Moratorium on Creating Genome Edited Babies
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:10h | UTCAdopt a moratorium on heritable genome editing – Nature (free)
Editorial: Germline gene-editing research needs rules (free)
Commentaries: Leading scientists, backed by NIH, call for a global moratorium on creating ‘CRISPR babies’ – STAT (free) AND Expert reaction to a call for a moratorium on heritable genome editing – Science Media Centre (free)
Related: Genome-Edited Baby Provokes International Outcry (free commentaries) AND Consensus Statement on the Reported Birth of Genome-Edited Babies in China (free)
Axial Spondyloarthritis Treatment Recommendations
14 Mar, 2019 | 02:00h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Spondyloarthritis in over 16s: diagnosis and management – NICE Updated Guideline (free) AND 2016 update of the ASAS-EULAR management recommendations for axial spondyloarthritis (free) Treating axial spondyloarthritis and peripheral spondyloarthritis, especially psoriatic arthritis, to target: 2017 update of recommendations by an international task force – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)
Study: Conceiving Within a Year of Stillbirth Does Not Increase Risks for Next Pregnancy
14 Mar, 2019 | 01:59h | UTCAssociation between interpregnancy interval and adverse birth outcomes in women with a previous stillbirth: an international cohort study – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Conceiving within a year of stillbirth does not increase risks for next pregnancy – The Lancet (free) AND No added health risks for pregnancy within a year of a stillbirth – Reuters (free) AND Quick pregnancy safe after stillbirth, study finds – BBC News (free)
Guideline: Stepwise En Bloc Resection of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
14 Mar, 2019 | 01:56h | UTCCommentary: Treatment guidelines for breast implant-associated lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) – eCancer News (free)
Related: 2019 NCCN Consensus Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) – Aesthetic Surgery Journal (free) AND FDA Report: 660 Cases of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (free report and commentaries)
Systematic Review: Ultrasound Guidance for Perioperative Neuraxial and Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Children
14 Mar, 2019 | 02:02h | UTCThe use of ultrasound guidance for perioperative neuraxial and peripheral nerve blocks in children – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Ultrasound guidance for injecting local anaesthetics in children to block pain transmission – Cochrane Library (free)
Thu, March 14 – 10 Stories of The Day!
14 Mar, 2019 | 01:15h | UTC
1 – One Month of Rifapentine plus Isoniazid to Prevent HIV-Related Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Ending Tuberculosis through Prevention (free)
Commentary: Ultrashort TB Therapy Found Just As Effective as 6 Month Course – MedicalResearch.com (free)
2 – A Randomized Trial of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Miscarriage Surgery – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Video Summary: Prophylactic Antibiotics before Miscarriage Surgery (free)
Commentaries: Research shines light on preventing infection after miscarriage – University of Birmingham (free) AND Antibiotics before miscarriage surgery not tied to fewer infections – CIDRAP (free)
Commentaries: Improving adolescent health: an evidence-based call to action – The Lancet (free) AND The Lancet: Disease, violence and inequality threaten more adolescents worldwide than ever before – The Lancet (free) AND The world’s adolescents: large unmet needs and growing inequalities – University of Melbourne (free) AND Adolescent health, education needs unmet in many countries, study says – UPI (free)
Commentaries: Shedding light on a million annual deaths in mid-childhood – The Lancet (free) AND Most deaths in children aged 5 to 14 in India, China, Brazil, Mexico are preventable – St. Michael’s Hospital (free)
5 – Risk reduction and management of delirium – Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) (free guideline and summary)
News Release: First delirium clinical guidelines for Scotland published on World Delirium Awareness Day (free)
6 – EAN guideline on trigeminal neuralgia – European Journal of Neurology (free PDF)
Related Research: Randomized Trial: Resuscitation Strategy Targeting Peripheral Perfusion Status vs Serum Lactate Levels in Patients with Septic Shock (link to abstract $ for full-text)
8 – Pro/Con Debate: Should Asymptomatic Patients with Moderate-to-severe OSA be Treated?
Pro: should asymptomatic patients with moderate-to-severe OSA be treated? – Breathe (free)
Con: should asymptomatic patients with moderate-to-severe OSA be treated? – Breathe (free)
Related: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Cardiovascular Disease: A Review of the Literature and Proposed Multidisciplinary Clinical Management Strategy (free reviews) AND Positive airway pressure doesn’t reduce cardiovascular events and death in adults with sleep apnea (link to abstract and commentaries)
9 – Ten myths around open scholarly publishing – PeerJ Preprints (free)
Related: UC Terminates Subscriptions with World’s Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access (several commentaries on the subject)
10 – Infectious Diseases in Transplantation Guidelines
– BK Polyomavirus in Solid Organ Transplantation
– Adenovirus in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
– Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation
– Nocardia Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation
– Urinary Tract Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
– Herpes Simplex Virus Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation
– RNA Respiratory Viral Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
– Interactions between Anti‐infective Agents and Immunosuppressants
– Travel Medicine, Transplant Tourism, and the Solid Organ Transplant Recipient
– Solid Organ Transplantation in the HIV‐Infected Patient
– Cytomegalovirus in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
– Human Herpesvirus 6, 7 and 8 in Solid Organ Transplantation
– Strategies for Safe Living Following Solid Organ Transplantation
– Emerging Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
ASTRO Releases Updated Radiation Oncology Safety Guide
14 Mar, 2019 | 01:57h | UTCNews Release: ASTRO releases updated radiation oncology safety guide (free)
Randomized Trial: One Month of Rifapentine plus Isoniazid vs. 9 months of Isoniazid Alone for Preventing Tuberculosis in HIV-infected Patients with Latent Tuberculosis Infection
14 Mar, 2019 | 01:06h | UTCOne Month of Rifapentine plus Isoniazid to Prevent HIV-Related Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Ending Tuberculosis through Prevention (free)
Commentary: Ultrashort TB Therapy Found Just As Effective as 6 Month Course – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Treatment of latent #tuberculosis infection is an important control measure, especially in patients coinfected with #HIV. In this international phase 3 trial, 1 month of isoniazid plus rifapentine was noninferior to the standard 9 months of isoniazid in HIV-infected patients.
— NEJM (@NEJM) March 13, 2019