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Guideline: Management of Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis
7 Dec, 2018 | 01:12h | UTCPart 2: Acute Severe Colitis (free)
Meta-Analysis: The Effects of Macrolides in Children with Reactive Airway Disease
7 Dec, 2018 | 01:15h | UTC
Perspective: Universal Flu Vaccine Remains ‘An Alchemist’s Dream’
7 Dec, 2018 | 01:16h | UTCUniversal flu vaccine remains ‘an alchemist’s dream’ – Science (free)
Perspective: Understanding Organisational Culture for Healthcare Quality Improvement
7 Dec, 2018 | 01:13h | UTCUnderstanding organisational culture for healthcare quality improvement – The BMJ (free)
Perspective: Statistical Pitfalls of Personalized Medicine
7 Dec, 2018 | 01:11h | UTCStatistical pitfalls of personalized medicine – Nature (free)
Systematic Review: Impact of Goiter and Thyroid Surgery on Esophageal Dysfunction
7 Dec, 2018 | 01:09h | UTC
Perspective: Biomedical Research is Becoming More Open About its Funding and Data
7 Dec, 2018 | 01:10h | UTCBiomedical research is becoming more open about its funding and data – Nature (free)
Systematic Review: Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Foot and Ankle Surgery
7 Dec, 2018 | 01:07h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: The Effect of Exercise on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Normal-Weight Women
7 Dec, 2018 | 01:08h | UTC
Fri, December 7 – 10 Stories of The Day!
7 Dec, 2018 | 00:10h | UTC
Summary: 2018 ACC Decision Pathway on Tobacco Cessation Treatment – American College of Cardiology (free)
Commentary: NOACs Significantly Curb Risk of VTE in Cancer Patients – TCTMD (free)
Related Guideline: Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
5 – Review: Assessment and initial management of acute undifferentiated fever in tropical and subtropical regions – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
6 – Review: Diaphragmatic dysfunction – Pulmonology (free)
7 – Review: Examination of the Patient with Dizziness or Imbalance – Medical Clinics of North America (free)
8 – Perspective: Risk-Reducing Mastectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: A Complex Discussion – JAMA (free for a limited period)
9 – China backs bold plan to tear down journal paywalls – Nature (free)
Related: Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free report and commentaries)
Commentaries: 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)
Thu, December 6 – 10 Stories of The Day!
6 Dec, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC
2 – Perspective: Whole-Fat or Nonfat Dairy? The Debate Continues – JAMA (free for a limited period)
3 – Livebirth 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)
4 – 2018 Korean Guideline of Atrial Fibrillation Management – Korean Circulatory Journal (free)
Related Guidelines: 2018 Focused Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation (free) AND 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS (free)
Commentaries: Lack of nurses linked to increased risk of patient death – OnMedica (free) AND Low Nurse Staffing Increases Risk for Inpatient Death – Medscape (free registration required)
6 – Caring for the critically ill patients over 80: a narrative review – Annals of Intensive Care (free)
8 – Podcast: Delirium: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment – JAMA (free)
News Release: Too much or too little sleep linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death – European Society of Cardiology (free)
Editorial: Sleep and cardiovascular risk: how much is too much of a good thing? (free)
Commentaries: Identifying Risk of Psychosis in a Primary Care Setting – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Spotting patients at risk for psychosis: 12 high-risk symptoms – Univadis (free registration required)
Perspective: The Ethics of Heritable Genome Editing
5 Dec, 2018 | 00:03h | UTCThe Ethics of Heritable Genome Editing: New Considerations in a Controversial Area – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: WHO looks at standards in ‘uncharted water’ of gene editing – Reuters (free) AND The CRISPR Baby Scandal Gets Worse by the Day – The Atlantic (free) AND We need a temporary moratorium on using gene editing to create babies – STAT (free) AND Is the CRISPR baby controversy the start of a terrifying new chapter in gene editing? – VOX (free) AND First CRISPR babies: six questions that remain – Nature (free) AND ‘I feel an obligation to be balanced.’ Noted biologist comes to defense of gene editing babies – Science (free)
Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali – November 2018
5 Dec, 2018 | 00:01h | UTCLast Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: November 2018 – eCancer News (free)
Study Suggests Statins are Overprescribed for Primary Prevention
5 Dec, 2018 | 00:05h | UTCFinding the Balance Between Benefits and Harms When Using Statins for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Modeling Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Statins may be significantly overprescribed for primary prevention, computer model suggests – ACP Internist (free) AND Benefits of Statins Only Exceed Harms at Higher 10-Year Risk Thresholds, Study Suggests – TCTMD (free) AND Higher Risk Thresholds May Be Needed for Starting Statins for Primary CVD Prevention, Study Suggests – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Statins are being overprescribed, study suggests – OnMedica (free)
Cohort Study: Body-Weight Fluctuation and Incident Diabetes Mellitus, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality
4 Dec, 2018 | 23:59h | UTCBody-weight fluctuation and incident diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: a 16-year prospective cohort study – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Weight cycling is associated with a higher risk of death – The Endocrine Society (free) AND Study: Yo-yo diets can increase death risk – UPI (free)
Study: Fasting-Evoked En Route Hypoglycemia in Diabetes
5 Dec, 2018 | 00:02h | UTCCommentary: Fasting for lab tests isn’t good for patients with diabetes – Michigan State University (free)
Review: Confounders of Severe Asthma
5 Dec, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC
Study: Predictors of Dementia Misclassification When Using Brief Cognitive Assessments
5 Dec, 2018 | 00:00h | UTCPredictors of dementia misclassification when using brief cognitive assessments – Neurology (free PDF)
Commentary: Study Finds Biases in Widely Used Dementia Identification Tests – University of Exeter (free) AND Primary Care Tests Flunk for Classifying Dementia – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Brief Cognitive Exams Commonly Misdiagnose Dementia – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Study: Validation of a Risk Scale for Patients with COPD Managed in the Emergency Department
4 Dec, 2018 | 23:55h | UTCNews Release: Tool identifies which patients with COPD are at risk of death, serious complications (free)
Commentary: Tool quickly identifies risk for deadly COPD complications – UPI (free)
Why the World is Becoming More Allergic to Food
4 Dec, 2018 | 23:58h | UTCWhy the world is becoming more allergic to food – BBC (free)
Perspective: Potential Risks and Benefits of Mental Health Screening of Physicians
4 Dec, 2018 | 23:56h | UTCPotential Risks and Benefits of Mental Health Screening of Physicians – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Meta-Analysis: Aerosolized Antibiotics for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
4 Dec, 2018 | 23:47h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Extended vs. Limited Lymph Node Dissection in Bladder Cancer Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy
4 Dec, 2018 | 23:48h | UTCExtended Versus Limited Lymph Node Dissection in Bladder Cancer Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy: Survival Results from a Prospective, Randomized Trial – European Urology (free for a limited period)
Systematic Review: Bone Metastases from Colorectal Cancer
4 Dec, 2018 | 23:46h | UTC
Cohort Study: Long‐Term Outcome and Prognostic Factors of Complications in Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger’s Disease)
4 Dec, 2018 | 23:45h | UTCEditorial: Thromboangiitis Obliterans: 110 Years Old and Little Progress Made (free)