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HIV Viral Load and Transmissibility of HIV Infection: Undetectable Equals Untransmittable
10 Jan, 2019 | 21:47h | UTCHIV Viral Load and Transmissibility of HIV Infection: Undetectable Equals Untransmittable – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: Negligible Risk of Transmitting HIV During Sex When Viral Load is Suppressed (free study and commentary) AND UNAIDS Explainer: UNDETECTABLE = UNTRANSMITTABLE (free report and commentaries)
Update: Patient Engagement in Safety
10 Jan, 2019 | 21:28h | UTCPatient Engagement in Safety – Patient Safety Network (free)
Meta-Analysis: Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Heart Failure
10 Jan, 2019 | 21:26h | UTCCatheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Heart Failure: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Catheter ablation better than drug therapy for a-fib, heart failure – UPI (free) AND Catheter Ablation Boosts Outcomes in Patients With A-fib and Heart Failure: Meta-analysis – TCTMD (free)
ACC/AHA/SCAI/SIR/SVM 2018 Appropriate Use Criteria for Peripheral Artery Intervention
10 Jan, 2019 | 21:23h | UTCCommentary: New Appropriate Use Criteria for Peripheral Artery Interventions: A Multisociety Collaboration – TCTMD (free) AND 2018 Appropriate Use Criteria for Peripheral Artery Intervention – American College of Cardiology (free)
AHA Statement: Optimal Exercise Programs for Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
10 Jan, 2019 | 21:21h | UTCTop Ten Things to Know: Optimal Exercise Programs for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease (free)
Commentaries: AHA Scientific Statement: Get PAD Patients Moving to Improve Symptoms and QoL – TCTMD (free) AND Promoting Exercise Therapy in Peripheral Artery Disease: Time to Get Moving – AHA News (free)
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance: A Primary Care Guide
10 Jan, 2019 | 21:03h | UTC
Hypertension Guidelines: Treat Patients, Not Numbers
10 Jan, 2019 | 20:46h | UTCHypertension guidelines: Treat patients, not numbers – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Meta-Analysis: Pharmacological Treatments and Pain Control in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
10 Jan, 2019 | 19:50h | UTCAssociation of Pharmacological Treatments With Long-term Pain Control in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Medications may not heal long-term knee pain, study says – UPI (free) AND Knee osteoarthritis: 31 medications provide only uncertain pain control in large meta-analysis – Univadis (free registration required)
Cancer Statistics, 2019
10 Jan, 2019 | 18:57h | UTCCancer statistics, 2019 – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)
Commentary: US cancer death rate hits 25 years of decline, study says – CNN (free) AND 27% Drop in Overall U.S. Cancer Mortality Rate From 1991 to 2016 – The ASCO Post (free)
Randomized Trial: Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment for Resistant Hypertension
10 Jan, 2019 | 20:31h | UTCCommentary: Resistant hypertension: intensive treatment reduces MACE – Univadis (free registration required)
Study: Assessment of Pharmaceutical Company and Device Manufacturer Payments to Gastroenterologists and Their Participation in Clinical Practice Guideline Panels
10 Jan, 2019 | 19:18h | UTCInvited Commentary: The Call for Greater Transparency in Conflicts of Interest (free)
Study: Reassessment of Risk for Stroke During Follow-up of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
10 Jan, 2019 | 18:21h | UTCReassessment of Risk for Stroke During Follow-up of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Stroke Risk Increases Over Time in Many Patients With A-fib – TCTMD (free) AND Researchers recommend evaluating stroke risk annually in AFib patients – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Stroke Risk Should Be Measured Annually in Patients with AF, Researchers Say – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Study: Association of Prescribed Opioids With Increased Risk of Community-Acquired Pneumonia
10 Jan, 2019 | 17:43h | UTCAssociation of Prescribed Opioids With Increased Risk of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Among Patients With and Without HIV – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Prescribed opioids raise risk of pneumonia in patients with and without HIV – Yale University (free)
A Virus Even More Dangerous Than Zika to Pregnant Woman
10 Jan, 2019 | 17:45h | UTCA Virus Even More Dangerous Than Zika to Pregnant Woman – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Consensus: Management of Skin and Soft-tissue Infections
10 Jan, 2019 | 00:18h | UTC
Antibiotic Resistance, The 3As and the Road Ahead
10 Jan, 2019 | 17:30h | UTCAntibiotic resistance, the 3As and the road ahead – Gut Pathogens (free)
Thu, January 10 – 10 Stories of The Day!
10 Jan, 2019 | 00:25h | UTC
3 – Booklet: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Original Report: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 – The Lancet (free articles)
4 – The best dose of aspirin for cardiovascular protection may depend on body weight – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: Effects of Aspirin for CV Disease Prevention According to Bodyweight and Dose (free study and commentaries)
5 – Effect of a Biobehavioral Environmental Approach on Disability Among Low-Income Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Home Modifications to Reduce Disability in Older Adults With Functional Disability – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
6 – Association of Corticosteroid Treatment With Outcomes in Adult Patients With Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Steroids Associated With Reduced Mortality in Adults with Sepsis – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related Guideline: Corticosteroid Therapy for Sepsis – The BMJ (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids in Sepsis (link to abstract) AND Corticosteroids for Patients with Septic Shock (free)
7 – State of The Art Review: Sepsis associated acute kidney injury – The BMJ (free)
8 – Perspective: Are medical editors responsible if articles they publish cause harm? – CMAJ News (free)
10 – Cardiac Troponin Elevation in Patients Without a Specific Diagnosis – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Non-ACS Troponin Elevation and Outcomes – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Don’t Dismiss High Troponin Without Classical MI – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Cardiac troponin elevation without definitive diagnosis associated with higher mortality – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Guideline: Antibiotic Use in Patients with Abdominal Injuries
10 Jan, 2019 | 00:16h | UTC
Booklet: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study
10 Jan, 2019 | 00:15h | UTCFindings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Original Report: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 – The Lancet (free articles)
Study: The Best Dose of Aspirin for Cardiovascular protection may Depend on Body Weight
10 Jan, 2019 | 00:14h | UTCThe best dose of aspirin for cardiovascular protection may depend on body weight – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: Effects of Aspirin for CV Disease Prevention According to Bodyweight and Dose (free study and commentaries)
Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids Associated with Reduced Mortality in Patients with Sepsis
10 Jan, 2019 | 00:11h | UTCAssociation of Corticosteroid Treatment With Outcomes in Adult Patients With Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Steroids Associated With Reduced Mortality in Adults with Sepsis – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related Guideline: Corticosteroid Therapy for Sepsis – The BMJ (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids in Sepsis (link to abstract) AND Corticosteroids for Patients with Septic Shock (free)
Randomized Trial: Home Modifications to Reduce Disability in Older Adults with Functional Disability
10 Jan, 2019 | 00:13h | UTCEffect of a Biobehavioral Environmental Approach on Disability Among Low-Income Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Home Modifications to Reduce Disability in Older Adults With Functional Disability – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Novel RCT shows that practical home based intervention that modifies environment in order to help older persons adapt to disability significantly improves independence and well being #geriatrics #hpm @JamaInternalMed https://t.co/Y802BEZC5i
— Ken Covinsky (@geri_doc) January 7, 2019
Perspective: Are Medical Editors Responsible if Articles they Publish Cause Harm?
10 Jan, 2019 | 00:08h | UTCAre medical editors responsible if articles they publish cause harm? – CMAJ News (free)
Review: Sepsis Associated Acute Kidney Injury
10 Jan, 2019 | 00:09h | UTCSepsis associated acute kidney injury – The BMJ (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/bmj_latest/status/1083030914656018432
Randomized Trial: Temporarily Quadrupling the Dose of Inhaled Steroid to Prevent Asthma Exacerbations
10 Jan, 2019 | 00:07h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
FAST; An asthma self-management plan that advised patients to temporarily quadruple their dose of inhaled corticosteroid reduced asthma exacerbations, with fewer serious adverse events and at lower cost; NIHR Journals Library https://t.co/dlsZrAl1A4 @MedicineUoN @Tharris2Tim
— NIHR Nottm BRC Lung (@NottmBRCLung) December 10, 2018