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Medscape National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019

18 Jan, 2019 | 00:54h | UTC

Medscape National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019 (free registration required)

Commentaries: Burnout Rises Above 50% in Some Specialties, New Survey Shows – Medscape (free registration required) AND No quick fix for physician burnout, depression – Reuters (free) AND More than half of physicians are burned out or depressed – HealthExec (free)

Related Perspectives: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free) AND Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point – The Guardian (free) AND The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic (free) AND Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout – National Academy of Medicine (free) AND Physician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive (free)

Related Articles: Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians (link to abstract and commentaries)

 


The Role of Imaging in Measuring Disease Progression and Assessing Novel Therapies in Aortic Stenosis

17 Jan, 2019 | 00:14h | UTC

The Role of Imaging in Measuring Disease Progression and Assessing Novel Therapies in Aortic Stenosis – JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging (free)

 


Meta-Analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events

18 Jan, 2019 | 00:55h | UTC

Efficacy and safety of aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events: a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Daily Aspirin Use May Do More Harm Than Good for Healthy People – Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (free)

Related Study: Aspirin Did Not Prevent Deaths or Disability in Healthy Older Adults (free study and commentaries)

 


Guideline: CT Imaging in the Context of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)/Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

17 Jan, 2019 | 00:15h | UTC

Computed Tomography Imaging in the Context of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)/Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR): An Expert Consensus Document of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography – JACC Cardiovascular Imaging (free)

Commentary: SCCT shares updated guidance on CT use during TAVI, TAVR procedures – Radiology Business (free)

 


Perspective: Assessing the Performance of Aging Surgeons

17 Jan, 2019 | 00:13h | UTC

Assessing the Performance of Aging Surgeons – JAMA (free for a limited period)

 


Alcohol Use and Dementia: A Systematic Scoping Review

17 Jan, 2019 | 00:12h | UTC

Alcohol use and dementia: a systematic scoping review – Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy (free)

 


SEOM Clinical Guidelines in Advanced and Recurrent Breast Cancer

17 Jan, 2019 | 00:10h | UTC

SEOM clinical guidelines in advanced and recurrent breast cancer (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

 


Review: Frailty in Elderly Diabetes Patients

17 Jan, 2019 | 00:11h | UTC

Frailty in elderly diabetes patients – Endocrine Journal (free)

 


SEOM Clinical Guidelines on Nutrition in Cancer Patients

17 Jan, 2019 | 00:09h | UTC

SEOM clinical guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

 


Meta-Analysis: Vitamin D to Prevent Exacerbations of COPD

17 Jan, 2019 | 00:08h | UTC

Vitamin D to prevent exacerbations of COPD: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised controlled trials – Thorax (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Treat vitamin D deficiency to prevent attacks of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – The Conversation (free)

 


Mechanisms and Diagnostic Evaluation of Persistent or Recurrent Angina Following Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization

16 Jan, 2019 | 22:49h | UTC

Mechanisms and diagnostic evaluation of persistent or recurrent angina following percutaneous coronary revascularization – European Heart Journal (free)

Summary: Angina After PCI – American College of Cardiology (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 


Korean Guidelines for the Management of Acute Heart Failure

16 Jan, 2019 | 22:38h | UTC

KSHF Guidelines for the Management of Acute Heart Failure (free articles)

Part I. Definition, Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Acute Heart Failure

Part II. Treatment of Acute Heart Failure

Part III. Specific Management of Acute Heart Failure According to the Etiology and Co-morbidity

Related: The use of diuretics in heart failure with congestion — a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology – European Journal of Heart Failure (free) AND Managing the Patient with Heart Failure in the Emergency Department – European Heart Journal (free)

 


Thu, January 17 – 10 Stories of The Day!

17 Jan, 2019 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – Mechanisms and diagnostic evaluation of persistent or recurrent angina following percutaneous coronary revascularization – European Heart Journal (free)

Summary: Angina After PCI – American College of Cardiology (free)

 

2 – KSHF Guidelines for the Management of Acute Heart Failure (free articles)

Part I. Definition, Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Acute Heart Failure 

Part II. Treatment of Acute Heart Failure

Part III. Specific Management of Acute Heart Failure According to the Etiology and Co-morbidity

Related: The use of diuretics in heart failure with congestion — a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology – European Journal of Heart Failure (free) AND Managing the Patient with Heart Failure in the Emergency Department – European Heart Journal (free)

 

3 – ‘Ten Commandments’ for the Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction 2018 – European Heart Journal (free)

Original Article: Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (free)

 

4 – Opinion: Time to abandon early detection cancer screening – European Journal of Clinical Investigation (free)

 

5 – How telehealth can get healthcare to more people – World Economic Forum (free)

 

6 – Protein mania: the rich world’s new diet obsession – The Guardian (free)

 

7 – Implementing School-Based Policies to Prevent Obesity: Cluster Randomized Trial – American Journal of Preventive Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: School nutrition policies reduce weight gain – National Institutes of Health (free) AND School-based nutritional programs reduce student obesity – Yale University (free)

 

8 – Artificial intelligence in the intensive care unit – Critical Care (free)

 

9 – First International Consensus on the diagnosis and management of fibromuscular dysplasia – Vascular Medicine (free)

Commentary: First international consensus on fibromuscular dysplasia – Sage (free)

 

10 – Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons – Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – Choosing Wisely (free)

Commentary: Choosing Wisely: Don’t Use Ultrasound to Evaluate Palpable Inguinal Hernia – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada

 


Opinion: Time to Abandon Early Detection Cancer Screening

16 Jan, 2019 | 22:31h | UTC

Time to abandon early detection cancer screening – European Journal of Clinical Investigation (free)

 


‘Ten Commandments’ for the Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction 2018

16 Jan, 2019 | 22:37h | UTC

‘Ten Commandments’ for the Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction 2018 – European Heart Journal (free)

Original Article: Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (free)

 


How Telehealth Can Get Healthcare to More People

16 Jan, 2019 | 22:28h | UTC

How telehealth can get healthcare to more people – World Economic Forum (free)

 


Protein Mania: The Rich World’s New Diet Obsession

16 Jan, 2019 | 22:25h | UTC

Protein mania: the rich world’s new diet obsession – The Guardian (free)

 


Randomized Trial: Implementing School-Based Policies to Prevent Obesity

16 Jan, 2019 | 22:22h | UTC

Implementing School-Based Policies to Prevent Obesity: Cluster Randomized Trial – American Journal of Preventive Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: School nutrition policies reduce weight gain – National Institutes of Health (free) AND School-based nutritional programs reduce student obesity – Yale University (free)

 


International Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Fibromuscular Dysplasia

16 Jan, 2019 | 18:51h | UTC

First International Consensus on the diagnosis and management of fibromuscular dysplasia – Vascular Medicine (free)

Commentary: First international consensus on fibromuscular dysplasia – Sage (free)

 


Editorial: Artificial Intelligence in the Intensive Care Unit

16 Jan, 2019 | 18:56h | UTC

Artificial intelligence in the intensive care unit – Critical Care (free)

 


New Choosing Wisely List. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

16 Jan, 2019 | 18:52h | UTC

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons – Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – Choosing Wisely (free)

Commentary: Choosing Wisely: Don’t Use Ultrasound to Evaluate Palpable Inguinal Hernia – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada

 


Guidelines for the Use of Bowel Preparation in Elective Colon and Rectal Surgery

16 Jan, 2019 | 18:19h | UTC

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Use of Bowel Preparation in Elective Colon and Rectal Surgery – Diseases of the Colon & Rectum (free)

 


Wed, January 16 – 10 Stories of The Day!

16 Jan, 2019 | 01:01h | UTC

 

1 – Ten threats to global health in 2019 – World Health Organization (free)

 

2 – Adult Outpatients With Acute Cough Due to Suspected Pneumonia or Influenza – CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free)

See other recently published CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in specific populations: Classification of Cough as a Symptom in Adults and Management Algorithms (free) AND Clinically Diagnosing Pertussis-associated Cough in Adults and Children (free) AND Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Acute Cough Associated With the Common Cold (free) AND Cough Due to TB and Other Chronic Infections  (free) AND Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults (free) AND Symptomatic Treatment of Cough Among Adult Patients With Lung Cancer (free) AND Cough in the athlete (free) AND Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults (free) AND Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough (free) AND Use of Management Pathways or Algorithms in Children With Chronic Cough (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis (free)

 

3 – Excess Burden of Mental Illness and Hospitalization in Young-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Mental Illness Risk Increased in Young Onset Diabetes – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Young-onset type 2 diabetes associated with increased risk of hospitalization frequently due to mental illness – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Young Onset Diabetes Linked to High Rates of Mental Illness, Hospitalization – AJMC (free)

 

4 – Effect of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on 8-Week Remission in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Video Summary: Can a short duration of anaerobically prepared pooled FMT induce remission in ulcerative colitis? (free)

Commentary: Poo transplant effective treatment for chronic bowel condition – University of Adelaide (free)

See also: Visual Abstract (free)

 

5 – Effect of early physician follow-up on mortality and subsequent hospital admissions after emergency care for heart failure: a retrospective cohort study – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentaries: Heart failure patients need sooner follow-up care – Reuters (free) AND Patients with heart failure have lower risk of death if seen by physician in first 7 days after ED discharge – MedicalXpress (free)

 

6 – Zackary Berger’s weekly research reviews, 14 January 2019 – The BMJ (free)

“Zackary Berger reviews the latest research from the top medical journals”.

 

7 – Effect of Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation vs Continued Disease-Modifying Therapy on Disease Progression in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

See also: Visual Abstract (free)

Commentaries: For some multiple sclerosis patients, knocking out the immune system might work better than drugs – Science (free) AND A remarkable new study shows stem cells can reverse MS in some patients – Vox (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at blood stem cell transplantation as a MS treatment – Science Media Centre (free)

 

8 – Opinion: The scandal of surrogates and the missing survival data in cancer trials – BMJ EBM Spotlight (free)

Related Study: Association Between Surrogate End-points and Overall Survival in Oncology (free)

 

9 – Draft Recommendation Statement: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Commentary: USPSTF Reaffirms Drugs for Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer – Medscape (free registration required)

 

10 – Cardiologist-level arrhythmia detection and classification in ambulatory electrocardiograms using a deep neural network – Nature Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Using Artificial Intelligence to Catch Irregular Heartbeats – NIH Director’s Blog (free) AND Machine Matches Docs for Arrhythmia Detection – MedPage Today (free registration required)

 


WHO: Ten Threats to Global Health in 2019

16 Jan, 2019 | 00:58h | UTC

Ten threats to global health in 2019 – World Health Organization (free)

 


Guideline: Adult Outpatients with Acute Cough Due to Suspected Pneumonia or Influenza

16 Jan, 2019 | 00:56h | UTC

Adult Outpatients With Acute Cough Due to Suspected Pneumonia or Influenza – CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free)

See other recently published CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in specific populations: Classification of Cough as a Symptom in Adults and Management Algorithms (free) AND Clinically Diagnosing Pertussis-associated Cough in Adults and Children (free) AND Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Acute Cough Associated With the Common Cold (free) AND Cough Due to TB and Other Chronic Infections  (free) AND Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults (free) AND Symptomatic Treatment of Cough Among Adult Patients With Lung Cancer (free) AND Cough in the athlete (free) AND Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults (free) AND Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough (free) AND Use of Management Pathways or Algorithms in Children With Chronic Cough (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis (free)

 


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