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AHA Statement: Statin Safety and Associated Adverse Events
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:46h | UTCNews Release: Statins have low risk of side effects (free)
Consensus Guideline: Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:44h | UTC
Consensus Statement: Clinical Impact of the Polypill for Cardiovascular Prevention in Latin America
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:43h | UTCClinical Impact of the Polypill for Cardiovascular Prevention in Latin America: A Consensus Statement of the Inter-American Society of Cardiology – Global Heart (free) (via @gonzaeperez)
Guideline: Management of Abdominal Aorto-iliac Artery Aneurysms
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:45h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Interventions for Acute Diarrhea and Gastroenteritis in Children
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:44h | UTC
Study: Patient Safety After Implementation of a Coproduced Family Centered Communication Programme
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:42h | UTCCommentaries: Ensure that the family’s voice is heard first and last, and in their own words – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Improving patient safety? Ask the patient – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND A new way to curb harmful medical errors: talk more to patients and families – STAT (free)
Special Issue: Comorbidities, Deprescribing, and the Healthcare of Older People
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:24h | UTCComorbidities, Deprescribing, and the Healthcare of Older People – Public Policy & Aging Report (free articles)
Commentary: Deprescribing can be valuable tool in managing polypharmacy, experts say – The Gerontological Society of America (free)
Related: Deprescribing: the fightback against polypharmacy has begun – The Pharmaceutical Journal (free) AND Reducing Inappropriate Medication Use & Polypharmacy (several articles and commentaries on the subject)
BMJ Investigation: How Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy is Extending the Reach of Infant Formula Manufacturers
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:26h | UTCCommentaries: Disentangling ourselves from “Big Formula” – The BMJ (free) AND Infant formula companies are behind the guidelines on milk allergy, and their sales are soaring – The Conversation (free)
NICE Guideline: Acute Exacerbation of COPD
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:22h | UTCCommentary: GPs should consider restricting antibiotics for COPD – OnMedica (free)
Position Statement: Micronutrient Supplementation Not Recommended for Prevention
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:24h | UTCCommentary: Dietary Supplements Don’t Prevent Chronic Disease – Medscape (free registration required)
“The routine and indiscriminate use of micronutrient supplements for the prevention of chronic disease is not recommended”
Stool Test is Useful Before GPs Refer for Possible Inflammatory Bowel Disease
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:23h | UTCStool test is useful before GPs refer for possible inflammatory bowel disease – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: Faecal calprotectin effectively excludes inflammatory bowel disease in 789 symptomatic young adults with/without alarm symptoms: a prospective UK primary care cohort study – Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (free)
NICE Guideline: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Over 16s
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:21h | UTC
Study: Ultrarestrictive Opioid Prescription Protocol for Pain Management After Gynecologic and Abdominal Surgery
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:22h | UTCCommentaries: Striving for Evidence-Based Postoperative Opioid Prescribing While Optimizing Perioperative Pain Management—Shifting to Conservative Prescribing – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Opioid Prescriptions Can Be Drastically Reduced After Surgery with No Increase in Pain, Study Shows – Roswell Park (free)
NICE Guideline: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:20h | UTCPost-traumatic stress disorder – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Japanese Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:20h | UTC
Study: Quantifying the Benefits and Harms of Various Preventive Health Activities
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:19h | UTCQuantifying the benefits and harms of various preventive health activities – Australian Journal of General Practice (free) (via @PaulGlasziou)
Dr. Lisa Schwartz, Critic of Medical Excess, Is Dead at 55
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:18h | UTCDr. Lisa Schwartz, Critic of Medical Excess, Is Dead at 55 – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:16h | UTCThe UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move (free articles – registration required)
Commentaries: Harmful myths about migration and health used to justify policies of exclusion are unfounded – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND Report: Facts About Migrants Don’t Always Match What The Headlines Say – NPR (free) AND Myths about migrants spreading disease ‘inform hostile policies’ – The Guardian (free)
Study: Patients Nondisclosure of Medically Relevant Information to Clinicians
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:17h | UTCCommentaries: Threats to the Validity of the Clinical Interview: Can Anything Be Done? – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Patients often withhold relevant information from doctors – Reuters (free) AND Most Patients Have Held Back the Truth From Doctors, JAMA Results Show – AJMC (free) AND Why patients lie to their doctors – University of Utah Health (free) AND Majority of Patients Withhold Important Information From Their Health Care Providers – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Review: Management of Glucocorticoid-Induced Hyperglycaemia
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:18h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Overall Survival with Durvalumab after Chemoradiotherapy in Stage III NSCLC
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:05h | UTCOverall Survival with Durvalumab after Chemoradiotherapy in Stage III NSCLC – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Durvalumab After Chemoradiation for Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Durvalumab Shows Overall Survival Benefit in Patients With Stage III NSCLC – Cancer Therapy Advisor (free)
Consensus: Use of Antibacterial Drugs in Thoracic Surgery
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:03h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Effects of Fluoxetine on Functional Outcomes After Acute Stroke
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:16h | UTCCommentaries: Fluoxetine and recovery after stroke – The Lancet (free) AND Fluoxetine (Prozac) Did Not Reduce Risk of Depression After Stroke, But Did Raise Risk of Fractures – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Common antidepressant does not aid stroke recovery, study finds – University of Edinburgh (free)
Review: Health Care-associated Infections
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:04h | UTCHealth care-associated infections – an overview – Infection and Drug Resistance (free)
Review: Acute Kidney Injury in Children with Chronic Liver Disease
13 Dec, 2018 | 18:58h | UTCAcute kidney injury in children with chronic liver disease – Pediatric Nephrology (free)