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Thu, February 7 – 10 Stories of The Day!
7 Feb, 2019 | 01:20h | UTC
Commentaries: Expert panel strongly recommends against surgery for the most common shoulder pain – MedicalXpress (free) AND Guidelines Recommend Against Surgery for Subacromial Pain Syndrome – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Related Systematic Reviews: Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Subacromial Decompression Surgery for Rotator Cuff Disease – Cochrane Library (link to article and randomized trials on the subject)
2 – Tonsillectomy in Children (Update) – American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (free)
News Release: Tonsillectomy in children: Update to guidelines for treating and managing care (free)
Commentaries: Updated Pediatric Tonsillectomy Guidelines Stress Watchful Waiting – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Guideline urges physicians to stop prescribing antibiotics, codeine for tonsillectomies – Healio (free registration required)
Related: British Thoracic Society Guideline for bronchiectasis in adults – Thorax (free)
4 – Alex Nowbar’s research reviews, 5 February 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
5 – Abdominal Wall Pain: A Common Clinical Problem – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free for a limited period)
6 – Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes of In-Hospital Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Unplanned PCI After CABG – American College of Cardiology (free)
7 – Cancer cliches to avoid: I’m not ‘brave’ – BBC (free)
Related: Why cancer is not a war, fight, or battle (free commentaries)
8 – Effect of aerobic exercise on cognition in younger adults: A randomized clinical trial – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Exercise may improve thinking skills in people as young as 20 – American Academy of Neurology (free)
Commentaries: Undisclosed financial relationships revealed between doctors and drug companies – The Guardian (free) AND 24% of clinical guideline authors may have undisclosed ties to drug industry – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Influential doctors aren’t disclosing their drug company ties – Croakey (free)
Related: Study: Financial Conflicts of Interest Among Authors of Clinical Guidelines (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Authors of premier medical textbook didn’t disclose $11 million in industry payments (free commentary) AND Study: Financial Conflicts of Interest Among Authors of Urology Guidelines (link to abstract) AND Perspective: Hidden Conflicts? (free) AND Study: Association of Compensation to Physicians From Industry and Self-declared Conflict of Interest (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Study: Financial Conflicts of Interest Among Oncologist Authors of Reports of Clinical Drug Trials (link to abstract and commentaries) AND “What These Medical Journals Don’t Reveal: Top Doctors’ Ties to Industry” (free commentary) AND Study: Assessment of Pharmaceutical Company and Device Manufacturer Payments to Gastroenterologists and Their Participation in Clinical Practice Guideline Panels (free)
Clinical Practice Guideline: Tonsillectomy in Children
7 Feb, 2019 | 01:09h | UTCTonsillectomy in Children (Update) – American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (free)
News Release: Tonsillectomy in children: Update to guidelines for treating and managing care (free)
Commentaries: Updated Pediatric Tonsillectomy Guidelines Stress Watchful Waiting – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Guideline urges physicians to stop prescribing antibiotics, codeine for tonsillectomies – Healio (free registration required)
Guideline: Acute Exacerbation of Bronchiectasis (Non-cystic Fibrosis)
7 Feb, 2019 | 01:07h | UTCRelated: British Thoracic Society Guideline for bronchiectasis in adults – Thorax (free)
Abdominal Wall Pain: A Common Clinical Problem
7 Feb, 2019 | 01:01h | UTCAbdominal Wall Pain: A Common Clinical Problem – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free for a limited period)
Alex Nowbar’s research reviews – 5 February 2019
7 Feb, 2019 | 01:04h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s research reviews, 5 February 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Cancer Cliches to Avoid: I’m Not ‘Brave’
7 Feb, 2019 | 00:56h | UTCCancer cliches to avoid: I’m not ‘brave’ – BBC (free)
Related: Why cancer is not a war, fight, or battle (free commentaries)
Study: Outcomes of In-Hospital Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
7 Feb, 2019 | 00:59h | UTCIncidence, Predictors, and Outcomes of In-Hospital Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Unplanned PCI After CABG – American College of Cardiology (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
#PCI in post-CABG patients may mean higher morbidity and mortality: https://t.co/bRMWCKIZEM #JACC #cvCABG pic.twitter.com/LoRw1orZpb
— JACC Journals (@JACCJournals) February 4, 2019
Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Invasive Strategies
7 Feb, 2019 | 00:43h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Cognition in Younger Adults
7 Feb, 2019 | 00:45h | UTCEffect of aerobic exercise on cognition in younger adults: A randomized clinical trial – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Exercise may improve thinking skills in people as young as 20 – American Academy of Neurology (free)
Study: Undisclosed Financial Ties Between Guideline Writers and Pharmaceutical Companies
7 Feb, 2019 | 00:41h | UTCCommentaries: Undisclosed financial relationships revealed between doctors and drug companies – The Guardian (free) AND 24% of clinical guideline authors may have undisclosed ties to drug industry – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Influential doctors aren’t disclosing their drug company ties – Croakey (free)
Related: Study: Financial Conflicts of Interest Among Authors of Clinical Guidelines (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Authors of premier medical textbook didn’t disclose $11 million in industry payments (free commentary) AND Study: Financial Conflicts of Interest Among Authors of Urology Guidelines (link to abstract) AND Perspective: Hidden Conflicts? (free) AND Study: Association of Compensation to Physicians From Industry and Self-declared Conflict of Interest (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Study: Financial Conflicts of Interest Among Oncologist Authors of Reports of Clinical Drug Trials (link to abstract and commentaries) AND “What These Medical Journals Don’t Reveal: Top Doctors’ Ties to Industry” (free commentary) AND Study: Assessment of Pharmaceutical Company and Device Manufacturer Payments to Gastroenterologists and Their Participation in Clinical Practice Guideline Panels (free)
Wed, February 6 – 10 Stories of The Day!
6 Feb, 2019 | 01:20h | UTC
Related Guidelines: Evidence-based guideline update: Pharmacologic treatment for episodic migraine prevention in adults: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society (free) AND Pharmacological management of migraine – Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (free)
Related: The interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meeting: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Lung Foundation Australia (free) AND Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Practical Approach for General Medicine Physicians with Focus on the Medical History – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free) AND Pharmacological management of progressive-fibrosing interstitial lung diseases: a review of the current evidence – European Respiratory Review(free)
Related Guidelines: Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Implementation of the 2017 Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement in contact and collision sports: a joint position statement from 11 national and international sports organisations – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Clinical Report: Sport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics (free)
4 – Early Subthreshold Aerobic Exercise for Sport-Related Concussion: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: For Teens with Concussion, Moderate Aerobic Activity Can Shorten the Time to Recovery – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Concussion treatment: Adolescent athletes ‘prescribed’ aerobic exercise recovered faster – University at Buffalo (free)
5 – Comparing Automated Office Blood Pressure Readings With Other Methods of Blood Pressure Measurement for Identifying Patients With Possible Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Automated BP Readings More Accurate Than Manual Measurements – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Automated office BP readings best routine measures – MDedge Cardiology (free)
6 – Podcast: #137 Hyperkalemia Master Class with Joel Topf MD – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free)
Commentary: AI algorithm IDs wrist fractures with 98% sensitivity – AI in Healthcare (free)
8 – Reviewing inhaler technique for older people with COPD can improve disease control – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Study: Inhaler Technique Education and Exacerbation Risk in Older Adults with Asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Meta‐Analysis – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (free)
9 – Report: Health systems respond to noncommunicable diseases: time for ambition (2018) – World Health Organization Europe (free PDF)
Commentaries: How feasible is the global elimination of HCV infection? – The Lancet (free) AND HCV Elimination Is Possible, First Estimates Suggest – Medscape (free registration required) AND Major progress against hep C by 2030 is possible, but will need vast improvements in screening, prevention, treatment – MedicalXpress (free) AND Big Gains Against Hep C Possible With Big Investment – U.S. News (free)
Position Statement: Comprehensive Management of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Diseases
6 Feb, 2019 | 01:11h | UTCRelated: The interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meeting: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Lung Foundation Australia (free) AND Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Practical Approach for General Medicine Physicians with Focus on the Medical History – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free) AND Pharmacological management of progressive-fibrosing interstitial lung diseases: a review of the current evidence – European Respiratory Review(free)
Position Statement: Management of Concussion in Sport
6 Feb, 2019 | 01:07h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Implementation of the 2017 Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement in contact and collision sports: a joint position statement from 11 national and international sports organisations – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Clinical Report: Sport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics (free)
German Guidelines for the Treatment of Migraine Attacks and Prevention of Migraine
6 Feb, 2019 | 01:13h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Evidence-based guideline update: Pharmacologic treatment for episodic migraine prevention in adults: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society (free) AND Pharmacological management of migraine – Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (free)
Randomized Trial: Early Aerobic Exercise for Sport-Related Concussion
6 Feb, 2019 | 01:04h | UTCEarly Subthreshold Aerobic Exercise for Sport-Related Concussion: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: For Teens with Concussion, Moderate Aerobic Activity Can Shorten the Time to Recovery – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Concussion treatment: Adolescent athletes ‘prescribed’ aerobic exercise recovered faster – University at Buffalo (free)
Sports-related concussions are bad, but kids who participate in appropriate aerobic exercise after them recover faster than those who do not! New research in @JAMAPediatrics https://t.co/EPHdqWqbbg #kids #concussions #headinjury #pediatrics #trauma pic.twitter.com/f3m1ApeNPH
— JAMA Pediatrics (@JAMAPediatrics) February 5, 2019
Podcast: Hyperkalemia Master Class
6 Feb, 2019 | 00:52h | UTC#137 Hyperkalemia Master Class with Joel Topf MD – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free)
Meta-Analysis: Automated Office Blood Pressure Readings vs. Other Methods of Blood Pressure Measurement for Identifying Patients with Possible Hypertension
6 Feb, 2019 | 00:54h | UTCComparing Automated Office Blood Pressure Readings With Other Methods of Blood Pressure Measurement for Identifying Patients With Possible Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Automated BP Readings More Accurate Than Manual Measurements – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Automated office BP readings best routine measures – MDedge Cardiology (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Automated office blood pressure readings, when recorded properly with the patient sitting alone in a quiet place, are more accurate than office BP readings in routine clinical practice and are similar to awake ambulatory BP readings @JAMAInternalMed https://t.co/iY5v4my94d
— Joseph Ross (@jsross119) February 4, 2019
Study: AI for Automated Fracture Detection and Localization on Wrist Radiographs
6 Feb, 2019 | 00:49h | UTCCommentary: AI algorithm IDs wrist fractures with 98% sensitivity – AI in Healthcare (free)
Report: Health Systems Respond to Noncommunicable Diseases
6 Feb, 2019 | 00:43h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
How can health systems adopt a comprehensive and aligned response to #beatNCDs? WHO/Europe’s report explores integrated multidisciplinary #PrimaryHealthCare, people-centred approaches, public health services for NCDs and more 👉 https://t.co/QOuBpRjc5h #PMAC2019 pic.twitter.com/PEGVX9EKoq
— WHO/Europe (@WHO_Europe) January 29, 2019
Meta-Analysis: Reviewing Inhaler Technique for Older People with COPD Can Improve Disease Control
6 Feb, 2019 | 00:46h | UTCReviewing inhaler technique for older people with COPD can improve disease control – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Study: Inhaler Technique Education and Exacerbation Risk in Older Adults with Asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Meta‐Analysis – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (free)
Study: Scaling Up Prevention and Treatment Towards the Elimination of Hepatitis C
6 Feb, 2019 | 00:40h | UTCCommentaries: How feasible is the global elimination of HCV infection? – The Lancet (free) AND HCV Elimination Is Possible, First Estimates Suggest – Medscape (free registration required) AND Major progress against hep C by 2030 is possible, but will need vast improvements in screening, prevention, treatment – MedicalXpress (free) AND Big Gains Against Hep C Possible With Big Investment – U.S. News (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Major progress against #hepatitisC by 2030 is possible, but will need vast improvements in screening, prevention and treatment: finding from a global mathematical model https://t.co/aMUS2hard1 pic.twitter.com/ZNhhbwJDr1
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) January 28, 2019
Tue, February 5 – 10 Stories of The Day!
5 Feb, 2019 | 00:47h | UTC
1 – Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2019 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
3 – Guideline: Medical management of abortion – World Health Organization (free)
4 – Systematic Review: Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community – Cochrane Library (free)
News Release: New Cochrane review assesses the benefits and harms of exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community (free)
Commentaries: Experts assess benefits and harms of exercise for preventing falls in older people – University of Manchester (free) AND Exercise prevents falls in older people – but will any type of exercise do? – Evidently Cochrane (free)
Related: Recommendation Statement: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults (several guidelines on the subject) AND Meta-analysis: Association of Long-term Exercise Training With Risk of Falls, Fractures, Hospitalizations, and Mortality in Older Adults (link to abstract and commentary) AND Systematic Review: Interventions for Preventing Falls in Older People (free study and commentary) AND Meta-analysis: reducing falls in older adults recently discharged from hospital (link to abstract and commentary)
5 – Guideline Synopsis: Management of Blood Cholesterol – JAMA (free)
Editorial: A New Personalized, Patient-Centric, and Cost-Conscious Guideline for Contemporary Cholesterol Management (free)
Original Guideline: New AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol (free guideline and resources)
6 – International Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of the Polymyxins – Pharmacotherapy (free)
Endorsed by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), International Society for Anti‐infective Pharmacology (ISAP), Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP).
7 – Review: Coronary Embolus: An Underappreciated Cause of Acute Coronary Syndromes – JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions (free for a limited period)
8 – Editorial: Why You Should Be Careful About 23andMe’s Health Test – The New York Times (free)
9 – EBM Verdict: Lorcaserin in obesity: minimal benefits and ill-defined harms – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free)
10 – Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence in Health Care – AMA Journal of Ethics (free articles) (via @EricTopol see Tweet)
2019 ACIP Adult Immunization Schedule
5 Feb, 2019 | 00:39h | UTCRecommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2019 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
WHO Guidelines for the Management of Cancer Pain
5 Feb, 2019 | 00:35h | UTC
WHO Guideline: Medical Management of Abortion
5 Feb, 2019 | 00:32h | UTCMedical management of abortion – World Health Organization (free)