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Review: Use of Sodium Bicarbonate and Blood Gas Monitoring in Diabetic Ketoacidosis
13 Dec, 2018 | 18:00h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Therapies for Small-Cell Lung Cancer Compared
13 Dec, 2018 | 18:00h | UTCFirst-Line Atezolizumab plus Chemotherapy in Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Combined Therapies for Small-Cell Lung Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Meta-Analysis: HPV Testing on Self Samples
13 Dec, 2018 | 17:59h | UTCCommentary: Home samples for cervical screening tests could boost uptake – OnMedica (free)
Report: Pregnant Woman & Vaccines Against Emerging Epidemic Threats
13 Dec, 2018 | 17:57h | UTCCommentary: New Guidance: Extend Vaccines to Pregnant Women – Johns Hopkins News & Events (free)
First Human Patients Receive Remote PCI
13 Dec, 2018 | 17:58h | UTC‘A landmark event’: First human patients receive remote PCI – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Cohort Study: Association of Oral Anticoagulants and Proton Pump Inhibitor Cotherapy with Upper GI Bleeding
13 Dec, 2018 | 17:58h | UTCAssociation of Oral Anticoagulants and Proton Pump Inhibitor Cotherapy With Hospitalization for Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Proton pump inhibitor co-therapy reduces gastrointestinal bleeding risk of oral anticoagulants – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND PPIs combined with oral anticoagulants reduce risk of gastrointestinal bleeding – Vanderbilt University Medical Center (free)
Perspective: Why a Postdoc Might not Advance Your Career
13 Dec, 2018 | 17:56h | UTCWhy a postdoc might not advance your career – Nature (free)
The Imminent Epidemic of Atrial Fibrillation and its Concomitant Diseases – Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure
13 Dec, 2018 | 17:56h | UTC
Thu, December 13 – 10 Stories of The Day!
13 Dec, 2018 | 01:33h | UTC
2 – Clinical Practice Guideline: Obesity Surgery and the Treatment of Metabolic Diseases – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
News Release: Statins have low risk of side effects (free)
4 – Assessment of Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes Not Using Insulin – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Millions of low-risk people with diabetes may be testing their blood sugar too often – University of Michigan (free) AND Many diabetics needlessly test blood sugar at home – Reuters (free)
Commentary: Hospital discharge during December holidays tied to more readmissions, deaths – Reuters (free)
Commentary: Do incretin-based drugs cause cholangiocarcinoma? – Univadis (free registration required)
8 – Coronary Artery Calcium and Long-Term Risk of Death, Myocardial Infarction, and Stroke: The Walter Reed Cohort Study – JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Calcium Score and Long-Term ASCVD Outcomes – American College of Cardiology (free)
Commentary: New study sheds light on medication administration errors leading to death — omission is a common cause – University of Eastern Finland (free)
10 – Systematic review of high-cost patients’ characteristics and healthcare utilization – BMJ Open (free)
Related: Effectiveness of interventions for managing multiple high-burden chronic diseases in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Multimorbidity: a priority for global health research – The Academy of Medical Sciences (free) AND The global burden of multiple chronic conditions: A narrative review – Preventive Medicine Reports (free) AND Designing a High-Performing Health Care System for Patients with Complex Needs: Ten Recommendations for Policymakers – The Commonwealth fund (free) AND Redesigning Care for High-Cost, High-Risk Patients – Harvard Business Review (a few articles per month are free) AND Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients — An Urgent Priority – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management – NICE Guideline (free) AND Multimorbidity in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Focusing on High-Cost Patients — The Key to Addressing High Costs? – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Richard Smith: The challenge of high need, high cost patients – The BMJ Blogs (free) AND Playbook: Better Care for People with Complex Needs – Institute for Healthcare Improvement (free)
Wed, December 12 – 10 Stories of The Day!
12 Dec, 2018 | 00:46h | UTC
1 – The 2018 Altmetric Top 100 Articles (free)
“In the past year, Altmetric has tracked over 25 million mentions of 2.8 million research outputs. This page highlights the top 100 most-mentioned scholarly articles published in the past year – those which have truly captured the public imagination.”
2 – Guideline: Infection prevention in the operating room anesthesia work area – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (free)
Commentary: New guidance focuses on reducing infections in anesthesiology – Healio (free registration required)
3 – Liberal versus conservative fluid therapy in adults and children with sepsis or septic shock – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Different fluid therapy strategies for sepsis and septic shock – Cochrane Library (free)
4 – Viewpoint: Questions for Artificial Intelligence in Health Care – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: Humanizing Artificial Intelligence – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: 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)
6 – Special Issue: Comorbidities, 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)
Commentary: 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”
8 – Stool 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)
9 – COP24 special report: health and climate change – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Commentaries: Health benefits far outweigh the costs of meeting climate change goals – World Health Organization (free) AND Save millions of lives by tackling climate change, says WHO – World Health Organization (free) AND Tackling climate change could save millions of lives, report says – CNN (free)
10 – Global status report on road safety 2018 – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: Road injuries leading cause of death for the young, despite safety gains: UN report – UN News (free) AND Measurement is not enough for global road safety: implementation is key – The Lancet Public Health (free)
Celiac Disease: A Review of Current Concepts in Pathogenesis, Prevention, and Novel Therapies
13 Dec, 2018 | 17:55h | UTC
Tue, December 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!
11 Dec, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC
1 – Manual: Preventing surgical site infections: implementation approaches for evidence-based recommendations – World Health Organization (free PDF) (via @onisillos)
Summary: Breast Cancer Update (2018) – Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (free)
News Release: Breast cancer screening: New emphasis on shared decision-making between women and their doctors (free)
See Also: Infographics for Shared Decision-Making (free)
4 – Clinical 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)
6 – Review: Management Options for Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
7 – What These Medical Journals Don’t Reveal: Top Doctors’ Ties to Industry – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
8 – Cochrane Special Collections: Diagnosing skin cancer (free articles)
News Release: Cochrane Library Special Collection: Diagnosing skin cancer (free)
Commentaries: 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)
Commentaries: 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)
2018 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Tobacco Cessation Treatment
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:16h | UTCSummary: 2018 ACC Decision Pathway on Tobacco Cessation Treatment – American College of Cardiology (free)
Review: Anesthesia Interventions that Alter Perioperative Mortality
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:16h | UTCAnesthesia interventions that alter perioperative mortality: a scoping review – Systematic Reviews (free)
Mon, December 10 – 10 Stories of The Day!
10 Dec, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC
1 – Guideline: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (acute exacerbation): antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Commentary: GPs should consider restricting antibiotics for COPD – OnMedica (free)
2 – Guideline: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
3 – Guideline: Post-traumatic stress disorder – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
5 – Quantifying the benefits and harms of various preventive health activities – Australian Journal of General Practice (free) (via @PaulGlasziou)
6 – Dr. Lisa Schwartz, Critic of Medical Excess, Is Dead at 55 – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Commentaries: 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)
9 – The 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)
Commentaries: 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)
Anticoagulants to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Cancer
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:15h | UTCApixaban to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentary: NOACs Significantly Curb Risk of VTE in Cancer Patients – TCTMD (free)
Guideline: Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:14h | UTCRelated Guideline: Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Review: Examination of the Patient with Dizziness or Imbalance
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:11h | UTCExamination of the Patient with Dizziness or Imbalance – Medical Clinics of North America (free)
China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:09h | UTCChina backs bold plan to tear down journal paywalls – Nature (free)
Related: Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free report and commentaries)
Review: Assessment and Initial Management of Acute Undifferentiated Fever in Tropical and Subtropical Regions
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:13h | UTCAssessment and initial management of acute undifferentiated fever in tropical and subtropical regions – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
Review: Diaphragmatic Dysfunction
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:12h | UTCDiaphragmatic dysfunction – Pulmonology (free)
Perspective: Risk-Reducing Mastectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:10h | UTCRisk-Reducing Mastectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: A Complex Discussion – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Systematic Review: What are the Most Common Conditions in Primary Care?
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:07h | UTCSystematic Review: What are the most common conditions in primary care? – Canadian Family Physician (free)
Case Report: Livebirth After Uterus Transplantation From a Deceased Donor
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:05h | UTCLivebirth after uterus transplantation from a deceased donor in a recipient with uterine infertility – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: For the first time, a baby is born via a uterus transplant from a deceased donor – STAT (free) AND Mother gives birth with uterus from deceased donor – OnMedica (free) AND Expert reaction to first baby born by uterus transplant from a deceased donor – Science Media Centre (free) AND First baby born after deceased womb transplant – BBC (free)
Study: Potential Blood Test for Cancer Diagnosis
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:08h | UTCCommentaries: One test to diagnose them all: researchers exploit cancers’ unique DNA signature – The Conversation (free) AND Nano-signature discovery could revolutionise cancer diagnosis – University of Queensland (free) AND ‘Universal fingerprint’ in cancer DNA points to potential blood test. But it’s not ready for patients – Cancer Research UK (free) AND Holy grail cancer test? Hold on. Here’s what you need to know – HealthNewsReview (free)