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Buruli Ulcer: a Review of the Current Knowledge
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:24h | UTCBuruli Ulcer: a Review of the Current Knowledge – Current Tropical Medicine Reports (free)
Treating PTSD: A Review of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Interventions
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:22h | UTC
Review: Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases Induced by Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:25h | UTC
Systematic Review: Strategies for Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:23h | UTC
Study: Machine Learning Model to Inform Patients of Prostate Cancer Treatments Chosen by Similar Men
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:20h | UTCaskMUSIC: Leveraging a Clinical Registry to Develop a New Machine Learning Model to Inform Patients of Prostate Cancer Treatments Chosen by Similar Men – European Urology (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Online tool can help men make prostate cancer treatment choices – Reuters (free)
Systematic Review: Secondary Oxalate Nephropathy
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:22h | UTCSecondary Oxalate Nephropathy: A Systematic Review – Kidney International Reports (free)
Randomized Trial: Effect of Linagliptin vs Placebo on Major Cardiovascular Events in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:20h | UTCCommentary: Noninferior CV Outcomes for Linagliptin in T2D With High CV, Renal Risk – Endocrinology Advisor (free)
Study: Association of Nurse Workload With Missed Nursing Care in the Neonatal ICU
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:21h | UTCAssociation of Nurse Workload With Missed Nursing Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: How nurses rate daily job difficulty plays key role in patient care – Ohio State University (free)
ASCO Guideline: Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Women With Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:19h | UTC
Wed, November 21 – 10 Stories of The Day!
21 Nov, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC
Commentaries: Panel recommends everyone at high risk of getting HIV be offered a prevention pill – STAT (free) AND U.S. officials recommend use of PrEP pills to stop spread of HIV – UPI (free)
Related Clinical Guidelines: HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (free articles)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
3 – Intermediate Diabetes Outcomes in Patients Managed by Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, or Physician Assistants: A Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Diabetes outcomes similar when primary care provided by NPs, PAs, or physicians, study finds – ACP Internist Weekly (free) AND Diabetics Cared for by NPs, PAs Do as Well as Those in Physicians’ Care – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
5 – Replication failures in psychology not due to differences in study populations – Nature (free)
Related: Evaluating the Replicability of Social Science Experiments (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Essay: The Experiments Are Fascinating. But Nobody Can Repeat Them – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
6 – Overall Survival with Palbociclib and Fulvestrant in Advanced Breast Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Drug improves survival in metastatic breast cancer – Northwestern University (free)
7 – Report: 2018 Access to Medicine Index – Access to Medicine Foundation (free PDF)
Commentaries: Big pharma leaves big gaps: drugmakers urged to do more for poor – Reuters (free) AND Big pharma ‘failing to develop urgent drugs for poorest countries’ – The Guardian (free)
8 – Ezetimibe for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and all‐cause mortality events – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Ezetimibe for the prevention of heart disease and death – Cochrane Library (free)
In individuals with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Ezetimibe has modest beneficial effects, primarily driven by a reduction in non‐fatal MI and non‐fatal stroke, but with little or no effect on clinical fatal endpoints.
10 – Improving the quality of life of care home residents with dementia: Cost-effectiveness of an optimized intervention for residents with clinically significant agitation in dementia – Alzheimer’s & Dementia (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Care homes with dementia ‘carer champions’ reduce agitation and antipsychotics – carehome.co.uk (free) AND Improving dementia care and treatment saves thousands of pounds in care homes – University of Exeter (free)
Thu, November 22 – 10 Stories of The Day!
22 Nov, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC
1 – Guideline: Management of Neonates Born at ≤34 6/7 Weeks’ Gestation With Suspected or Proven Early-Onset Bacterial Sepsis – Pediatrics (free)
Related Guidance: Management of Neonates Born at ≥35 0/7 Weeks’ Gestation With Suspected or Proven Early-Onset Bacterial Sepsis – Pediatrics (free)
News Release: New sepsis guidance addresses epidemiology, microbiology, recommended empiric treatment – AAP News (free)
2 – Guideline: Dysmenorrhea and Endometriosis in the Adolescent – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)
Commentary: OB/GYN Group Issues Guidance on Dysmenorrhea, Endometriosis in Adolescents – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
3 – Viewpoint: Protecting the Value of Medical Science in the Age of Social Media and “Fake News” – JAMA (free)
4 – Burnout syndrome among medical residents: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free)
5 – Things We Do For No Reason: Routine Chest Radiographs after Uncomplicated Thoracentesis – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF)
6 – Deep learning for chest radiograph diagnosis: A retrospective comparison of the CheXNeXt algorithm to practicing radiologists – PLOS Medicine (free) (via @EricTopol)
Commentaries: AI matched, outperformed radiologists in screening X-rays for certain diseases – Stanford Medicine (free)
Commentary: Machine learning can help healthcare workers predict whether patients may require emergency hospital admission, new study finds – University of Oxford (free)
8 – Why A New Study Says Scientists Should Use Twitter – Forbes (free) (via @onisillos)
Related: Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops? (link to study and perspectives on the subject)
10 – Association of Concussion With the Risk of Suicide: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Concussions tied to doubled risk of suicide – Reuters (free) AND Suicide Risk Doubles After Concussion – Medscape (free registration required)
Cohort Study: Workplace Bullying and Workplace Violence as Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:44h | UTCEditorial: Victimization in the workplace: a new target for cardiovascular prevention? (free)
Commentaries: Bullying and violence at work increases the risk of cardiovascular disease – European Society of Cardiology (free) AND Workplace bullying and violence tied to higher risk of heart problems – Reuters (free)
WHO World Malaria Report 2018
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:46h | UTCWorld malaria report 2018 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News Release: WHO and partners launch new country-led response to put stalled malaria control efforts back on track (free)
Commentaries: WHO reports malaria setbacks; groups launch response plan – CIDRAP (free) AND Malaria on the rise in more than 13 countries, experts warn – CNN (free) AND The Fight Against Malaria Has Reached a Standstill – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Faltering malaria fight should refocus on high-risk countries, says WHO – Reuters (free)
Study: Negligible Risk of Transmitting HIV During Sex When Viral Load is Suppressed
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:46h | UTCNews Release: Negligible risk of transmitting HIV during sex when viral load is suppressed (free)
Related: UNAIDS Explainer: UNDETECTABLE = UNTRANSMITTABLE (free report and commentaries)
Zackary Berger’s Weekly Research Reviews, 19 November
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:43h | UTCZackary Berger’s weekly research reviews, 19 November – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Randomized Trial: Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:33h | UTCAR101 Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Editorial: Oral Desensitization to Peanuts (free)
Commentaries: Oral Immunotherapy Desensitizes Youth with Peanut Allergy – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Peanut allergy treatment ‘in sight’ – BBC (free) AND Peanut allergy treatment is effective but not always easy to tolerate, new review shows – STAT (free)
Perspective: Has The Physical Exam Had Its day?
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:42h | UTCAbraar Karan: Has the physical exam had its day? – The BMJ Opinion (free)
“Seeing patients in clinic today, I know that putting my stethoscope on them has a therapeutic effect, even if as their doctor, I am quite certain their heart and lungs are normal. However, this doesn’t mean the physical exam should not evolve.” (via @AbraarKaran see Tweet)
Study: Prevalence of Falls in Older Adults with Self‐Reported Vision Impairment
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:41h | UTCCommentaries: Study: Impaired vision raises risk of falls in older adults – UPI (free) AND Having poor vision can raise risk for falls among older adults – American Geriatrics Society (free)
Study: Deep Learning-Based Algorithm for Detection of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis on Chest Radiographs
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:31h | UTCCommentary: Algorithm outperforms radiologists in detecting active pulmonary TB (free registration required)
Policy Statement: The Role of Pediatricians in Global Health
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:32h | UTCThe Role of Pediatricians in Global Health – Pediatrics (free)
News Release: Defining pediatricians’ role in global health: 10 recommendations (free)
Study: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:30h | UTCCommentary: Is Social Media Making You Depressed and Lonely? – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Study: Deep Learning Algorithm for Improving Gleason Scoring of Prostate Cancer
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:31h | UTCCommentary: Google deep-learning system grades prostate cancer with 70% accuracy – AI in Healthcare (free)
Study: Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older People
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:27h | UTCEditorial: Tackling potentially inappropriate prescribing (free)
Commentary: Half of older patients exposed to potentially inappropriate prescribing – MedicalXpress (free)
Study: Nonoperative Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:23h | UTCNonoperative Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis Among Privately Insured Patients – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Treating the Patient With Appendicitis, Not Just the Appendicitis (free)
Related Randomized Trial: Antibiotic Therapy Alone Seems Reasonable for Uncomplicated Appendicitis (link to abstract, commentaries and resources on the subject)
Study: Heart Attacks are Becoming More Common in Younger People, Especially Women
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:25h | UTCTwenty Year Trends and Sex Differences in Young Adults Hospitalized with Acute Myocardial Infarction: The ARIC Community Surveillance Study – Circulation (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Heart attacks are becoming more common in younger people, especially women – AHA News (free) AND Greater Need for Cooperative Care in Women’s Heart Health, Two Studies Suggest – TCTMD (free)