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Second Patient Free of HIV After Stem-cell Therapy
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:29h | UTCSecond patient free of HIV after stem-cell therapy – Nature News (free)
See also: Has a second person with HIV been cured? – Science (free) AND Expert reaction to HIV-1 remission in a second patient – Science Media Centre (free) AND Bone Marrow Transplant Renders Second Patient Free Of HIV – NPR (free) AND London patient might be second to be cured of HIV – CNN (free) AND H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Guidelines for the Management of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Surgical Patients
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:35h | UTCRelated Guidelines: IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children (free) AND The use of faecal microbiota transplant as treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection and other potential indications (free) AND Guideline for the Management of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Children and Adolescents With Cancer and Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients (free) AND Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection and Other Conditions in Children (free)
Ann Robinson’s research reviews – 5 March 2019
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:22h | UTCAnn Robinson’s research reviews, 5 March 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Review: Glucose Control in the ICU
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:27h | UTCGlucose control in the ICU – Current Opinion in Anesthesiology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Study: Artificial Intelligence vs. Radiologists for Breast Cancer Detection in Mammography
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:20h | UTCStand-Alone Artificial Intelligence for Breast Cancer Detection in Mammography: Comparison With 101 Radiologists – JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Robots can detect breast cancer as well as radiologists – Oxford University Press USA (free)
Pro/Con Debate: Contact Precautions for MRSA and VRE
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:17h | UTCCon: Things We Do For No Reason: Contact Precautions for MRSA and VRE – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free)
Study: Probability of a Delivery Complication is Higher During Nights, on Weekends, on Holidays, and at Teaching Hospitals is Highest in July
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:11h | UTCCommentaries: Hospital and Time of Delivery May Affect Mother’s Health – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Study reveals that night and weekend births have substantially higher risk of delivery complications – Society for Risk Analysis (free)
Study: Fast-Food Offerings Increasing in Portion Size, Calories, and Sodium Content
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:08h | UTCFast-Food Offerings in the United States in 1986, 1991, and 2016 Show Large Increases in Food Variety, Portion Size, Dietary Energy, and Selected Micronutrients – Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Bigger, Saltier, Heavier: Fast Food Since 1986 in 3 Simple Charts – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Thirty years of fast food: Greater variety, but more salt, larger portions, and added calories – Elservier (free) AND Fast Food Is Less Healthy Today Than 30 Years Ago, Analysis Finds – Forbes (free) AND Has fast food become worse for our health in the past 30 years? – Medical News Today (free)
AHA Scientific Statement: Measurement of Blood Pressure in Humans
5 Mar, 2019 | 03:13h | UTCNews Release: New scientific statement on blood pressure measurement in people – American Heart Association (free) AND Heart Group Updates Statement on Blood Pressure Measurement – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND AHA Details Accurate BP Measurement in Updated Scientific Statement – TCTMD (free)
Tue, March 5 – 10 Stories of The Day!
5 Mar, 2019 | 03:30h | UTC
News Release: New scientific statement on blood pressure measurement in people – American Heart Association (free) AND Heart Group Updates Statement on Blood Pressure Measurement – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND AHA Details Accurate BP Measurement in Updated Scientific Statement – TCTMD (free)
2 – ACG Clinical Guideline: Ulcerative Colitis in Adults – American Journal of Gastroenterology (free PDF)
Commentary: Mucosal healing an emerging goal of ulcerative colitis treatment, guideline states – ACP Internist (free)
Related Guidelines: AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis (free guideline and commentaries) AND Guideline: Management of Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis (free)
Commentaries: Doctors may be prescribing antibotics for longer than needed – The Conversation (free) AND UK primary care study finds overly long antibiotic courses – CIDRAP (free) AND Antibiotics courses often longer than guidelines – OnMedica (free)
4 – Javad Hekmat-panah: “Elderly”—an outdated and potentially harmful term – The BMJ Opinion (free)
5 – Management of hyperkalemia in the acutely ill patient – Annals of Intensive Care (free)
Related Reviews: Diagnosis and treatment of hyperkalemia – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free) AND Potassium Disorders: Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia – American Family Physician (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
6 – Fibrosing interstitial lung diseases: knowns and unknowns – European Respiratory Review (free)
Related: Position Statement: Comprehensive Management of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Diseases (free guidelines and reviews on the subject)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Commentaries: New sanitation system halves healthcare associated infections and cuts costs by 75 percent – Bocconi University (free) AND Study: Hospital sanitation system cuts infections by 52 percent – UPI (free)
Amazing results. Hopefully, a randomized trial will confirm these findings.
Commentary: A new machine learning model can classify lung cancer slides at the pathologist level – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (free)
9 – Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism: A Nationwide Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: It’s old news that vaccines don’t cause autism. But a major new study aims to refute skeptics again – STAT (free) AND Danish study finds no association between MMR vaccine and autism, even within high-risk subgroups – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND A Large Study Provides More Evidence That MMR Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism – NPR (free)
10 – Impact of a Municipal Policy Restricting Trans Fatty Acid Use in New York City Restaurants on Serum Trans Fatty Acid Levels in Adults – American Journal of Public Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Trans Fat Bans May Be Good for the Heart – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND A ban on artificial trans fats in NYC restaurants appears to be working – ScienceNews (free)
Related: Action Package: WHO Plan to Eliminate Trans-fatty Acids from Global Food Supply (free report and commentaries) AND Systematic review of dietary trans-fat reduction interventions (free) AND Banning trans fats in New York prevented thousands of heart attacks (link to abstract and commentaries)
Study: Doctors are Prescribing Antibiotics for Longer than Guidelines Recommend
5 Mar, 2019 | 03:08h | UTCCommentaries: Doctors may be prescribing antibotics for longer than needed – The Conversation (free) AND UK primary care study finds overly long antibiotic courses – CIDRAP (free) AND Antibiotics courses often longer than guidelines – OnMedica (free)
ACG Guideline: Ulcerative Colitis in Adults
5 Mar, 2019 | 03:10h | UTCACG Clinical Guideline: Ulcerative Colitis in Adults – American Journal of Gastroenterology (free PDF)
Commentary: Mucosal healing an emerging goal of ulcerative colitis treatment, guideline states – ACP Internist (free)
Related Guidelines: AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis (free guideline and commentaries) AND Guideline: Management of Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis (free)
Opinion – ““Elderly”—an outdated and potentially harmful term”
5 Mar, 2019 | 03:07h | UTCJavad Hekmat-panah: “Elderly”—an outdated and potentially harmful term – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Diseases: Knowns and Unknowns
5 Mar, 2019 | 02:58h | UTCFibrosing interstitial lung diseases: knowns and unknowns – European Respiratory Review (free)
Related: Position Statement: Comprehensive Management of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Diseases (free guidelines and reviews on the subject)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Study: Impact of a Probiotic-based Hospital Sanitation on Antimicrobial Resistance and HAI-associated Antimicrobial Consumption and Costs
5 Mar, 2019 | 02:55h | UTCCommentaries: New sanitation system halves healthcare associated infections and cuts costs by 75 percent – Bocconi University (free) AND Study: Hospital sanitation system cuts infections by 52 percent – UPI (free)
Amazing results. Hopefully, a randomized trial will confirm these findings.
Management of Hyperkalemia in the Acutely Ill Patient
5 Mar, 2019 | 03:00h | UTCManagement of hyperkalemia in the acutely ill patient – Annals of Intensive Care (free)
Related Reviews: Diagnosis and treatment of hyperkalemia – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free) AND Potassium Disorders: Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia – American Family Physician (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Study: Machine Learning Model for the Histologic Classification of Resected Lung Adenocarcinoma
5 Mar, 2019 | 02:49h | UTCCommentary: A new machine learning model can classify lung cancer slides at the pathologist level – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (free)
Nationwide Cohort Study Finds No Association Between MMR Vaccine and Autism
5 Mar, 2019 | 02:42h | UTCMeasles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism: A Nationwide Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: It’s old news that vaccines don’t cause autism. But a major new study aims to refute skeptics again – STAT (free) AND Danish study finds no association between MMR vaccine and autism, even within high-risk subgroups – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND A Large Study Provides More Evidence That MMR Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism – NPR (free)
Study: Impact of a Municipal Policy Restricting Trans Fatty Acid Use on Serum Trans Fatty Acid Levels in Adults
5 Mar, 2019 | 02:39h | UTCImpact of a Municipal Policy Restricting Trans Fatty Acid Use in New York City Restaurants on Serum Trans Fatty Acid Levels in Adults – American Journal of Public Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Trans Fat Bans May Be Good for the Heart – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND A ban on artificial trans fats in NYC restaurants appears to be working – ScienceNews (free)
Related: Action Package: WHO Plan to Eliminate Trans-fatty Acids from Global Food Supply (free report and commentaries) AND Systematic review of dietary trans-fat reduction interventions (free) AND Banning trans fats in New York prevented thousands of heart attacks (link to abstract and commentaries)
Mon, March 4 – 10 Stories of The Day!
4 Mar, 2019 | 00:54h | UTC
Commentary: Traumatic brain injury and kids: New treatment guidelines issued – Oregon Health & Science University (free)
2 – Preoperative evaluation of adult patients before elective, noncardiothoracic surgery – Der Anaesthesist (free for a limited period)
Related guidelines: 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 2014 ESC/ESA Guidelines on non-cardiac surgery: cardiovascular assessment and management (free) AND Routine preoperative tests for elective surgery – NICE Guideline (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management for Patients Who Undergo Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 3rd Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (free)
See also: Launching a powerful new screening tool for diabetic eye disease in India – Verily (free) AND Google, Verily develop AI algorithm to detect diabetic eye disease from imaging exams – HealthImaging (free)
Related Studies: Clinically Applicable Deep Learning for Diagnosis and Referral in Retinal Disease (free study and commentaries) AND Development and Validation of a Deep Learning System for Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Eye Diseases Using Retinal Images From Multiethnic Populations With Diabetes – JAMA (free) AND Prediction of cardiovascular risk factors from retinal fundus photographs via deep learning (link to abstract and commentaries)
4 – Preoperative Frailty Correlates with Surgical Outcomes across Diverse Surgical Subspecialties in a Large Health Care System – Journal of the American College of Surgeons (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Frailty may be a new screening criterion for fitness for an operation – American College of Surgeons (free)
5 – Alarming global surge of measles cases a growing threat to children – UNICEF (free)
Commentary: Measles cases at ‘alarmingly’ high levels around the world, UNICEF says – CNN (free)
Commentaries: The costs of academic publishing are absurd. The University of California is fighting back – VOX (free) AND University of California breaks up with major publisher over research access dispute – STAT (free)
Related: Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? – Science (free) AND The world debates open-access mandates (free) AND China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls (free) AND Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free) Groundbreaking deal makes large number of German studies free to public – Science (free) AND Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand – Absolutely Maybe Blog (free)
Editorial: Collective Intelligence for Clinical Diagnosis—Are 2 (or 3) Heads Better Than 1? (free)
Commentaries: Management of intrahepatic cholestasis in pregnancy – The Lancet (free) AND Simple bile acid blood test could tell risk of stillbirth – NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College London (free)
9 – Is interval training the magic bullet for fat loss? A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing moderate-intensity continuous training with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) – British Journal of Sports Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: The Best Type of Exercise to Burn Fat – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Short bursts of intense exercise ‘better for weight loss’ – BBC (free) AND Short intense exercise regimes may aid weight loss – OnMedica (free)
10 – Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption 3 Years After the Berkeley, California, Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax – American Journal of Public Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Sugary drink tax tied to drop in soda consumption – Reuters (free) AND Three years into soda tax, sugary drink consumption down more than 50 percent in Berkeley – University of California – Berkeley (free) AND U.S. Soda Taxes Work, Studies Suggest — But Maybe Not As Well As Hoped – NPR (free)
Related: Fiscal policies for diet and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases – World Health Organization (free) AND Policy lessons from health taxes (free research and commentaries) AND The Lancet taskforce on NCDs and economics (free series and commentaries) AND W.H.O. Urges Tax on Sugary Drinks to Fight Obesity – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Mexico’s sugar tax leads to fall in consumption for second year running – The Guardian (free) AND To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us – Financial Times (free policies, articles and commentaries) AND Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies (free study and commentaries) AND Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases (free study and commentary) AND The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities (free) AND Sugar Tax: Why Health Experts Want it But Politicians and Industry are Resisting (free)
New Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
4 Mar, 2019 | 00:49h | UTCCommentary: Traumatic brain injury and kids: New treatment guidelines issued – Oregon Health & Science University (free)
Google Launches Program in India to Screen Diabetics for Eye Conditions
4 Mar, 2019 | 00:34h | UTCGoogle launches India program to screen diabetics for eye conditions that can cause blindness – CNBC (free)
See also: Launching a powerful new screening tool for diabetic eye disease in India – Verily (free) AND Google, Verily develop AI algorithm to detect diabetic eye disease from imaging exams – HealthImaging (free)
Related Studies: Clinically Applicable Deep Learning for Diagnosis and Referral in Retinal Disease (free study and commentaries) AND Development and Validation of a Deep Learning System for Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Eye Diseases Using Retinal Images From Multiethnic Populations With Diabetes – JAMA (free) AND Prediction of cardiovascular risk factors from retinal fundus photographs via deep learning (link to abstract and commentaries)
Guideline: Preoperative Evaluation of Adult Patients Before Elective, Noncardiothoracic Surgery
4 Mar, 2019 | 00:43h | UTCPreoperative evaluation of adult patients before elective, noncardiothoracic surgery – Der Anaesthesist (free for a limited period)
Related guidelines: 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 2014 ESC/ESA Guidelines on non-cardiac surgery: cardiovascular assessment and management (free) AND Routine preoperative tests for elective surgery – NICE Guideline (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management for Patients Who Undergo Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 3rd Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (free)
Study: Frailty May Be a New Screening Criterion for Fitness for an Operation
4 Mar, 2019 | 00:29h | UTCPreoperative Frailty Correlates with Surgical Outcomes across Diverse Surgical Subspecialties in a Large Health Care System – Journal of the American College of Surgeons (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Frailty may be a new screening criterion for fitness for an operation – American College of Surgeons (free)
UNICEF: Alarming Global Surge of Measles Cases a Growing Threat to Children
4 Mar, 2019 | 00:27h | UTCAlarming global surge of measles cases a growing threat to children – UNICEF (free)
Commentary: Measles cases at ‘alarmingly’ high levels around the world, UNICEF says – CNN (free)