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Systematic Review: Pelvic Floor Muscle Training For Urinary Incontinence in Women
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:35h | UTCPelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women – Cochrane Library (free)
“Based on the data available, we can be confident that pelvic floor muscle training can cure or improve symptoms of stress urinary incontinence and all other types of urinary incontinence”
Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: September 2018
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:33h | UTCLast Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: September 2018 – eCancer News (free)
Study: Genomic Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease in 480,000 Adults
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:32h | UTCGenomic Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease in 480,000 Adults: Implications for Primary Prevention – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (via @EricTopol)
Zackary Berger’s Journal Reviews – 8 October 2018
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:34h | UTCZackary Berger’s journal reviews, 8 October 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Zackary Berger reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Randomized Trial: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy vs. Percutaneous Catheter Drainage for Acute Cholecystitis in High Risk Patients
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:32h | UTC“Laparoscopic cholecystectomy compared with percutaneous catheter drainage reduced the rate of major complications in high risk patients with acute cholecystitis.”
Meta-Analysis: Statins Not Benefitial for Noncardiovascular Outcomes
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:31h | UTCStatins and Multiple Noncardiovascular Outcomes: Umbrella Review of Meta-analyses of Observational Studies and Randomized Controlled Trials – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Statin Benefits: Yes for CVD but No for Everything Else, Says New Review – TCTMD (free) AND Statins’ benefits beyond heart health aren’t clear-cut, analysis says – CNN (free)
ESMO Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:12h | UTCSupplement: ESMO Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines – European Society of Medical Oncology (free)
New ADA Guideline: Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:13h | UTCCommentaries: New Consensus Report from the American Diabetes Association® (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Calls for Paradigm Shift to Patient-Centered Care for Type 2 Diabetes – American Diabetes Association (free) AND New EASD-ADA consensus guidelines on managing hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes launched at EASD meeting – Diabetologia (free)
Related Guidelines: WHO Guideline: Medicines for the Treatment of Diabetes in Low-Resource Settings (free guideline and commentaries) AND Pharmacologic Glycemic Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults – Canadian Journal of Diabetes (free) ADA 2018 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free guideline and commentaries) AND ACP Guideline: Hemoglobin A1c Targets for Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes (free guideline and commentaries)
Perspective: What the Tests Don’t Show
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:11h | UTCWhat the tests don’t show – The Washington Post (a few articles per month are free)
“Many doctors are surprisingly bad at reading test results and/or fail to grasp how false positives work. This is putting patients at risk” (via @pash22 see Tweet)
Perspective: Why Employers Should Stop Giving Away Snacks
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:10h | UTCWhy Employers Should Stop Giving Away Snacks – Pacific Standart (free)
Source: Global Health NOW Newsletter
Study: Outpatient Antibiotics Widely Prescribed Without an Infection Diagnosis
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:10h | UTCOutpatient antibiotics widely prescribed without an infection diagnosis – CIDRAP (free)
Related Commentary: Study Finds Almost Half of Antibiotic Prescriptions Written Without a Diagnosis – Pharmacy Times (free)
COPD Guidelines: A Review of the 2018 GOLD Report
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:07h | UTCCOPD Guidelines: A Review of the 2018 GOLD Report – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
Related: Highlights from the New GOLD COPD Guidelines (free guideline and commentaries)
Review: The Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:09h | UTCThe Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Review: Cardiovascular Disease and COPD
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:08h | UTCCardiovascular disease and COPD: dangerous liaisons? – European Respiratory Review (free)
Randomized Trial: Effectiveness of Online vs In-Person Care for Adults With Psoriasis
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:06h | UTCCommentary: Treating psoriasis in the future could be as easy as going online – USC News (free)
Randomized Trial: Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery in Suboptimally Controlled Type 1 Diabetes
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:06h | UTCCommentaries: Enlarging the loop: closed-loop insulin delivery for type 1 diabetes – The Lancet (free) AND Hybrid Closed Loop System Aid for Tighter Glucose Control – MedPage Today (free registration required)
CDC Report: Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2017
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:04h | UTCSexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2017 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
Commentaries: Sexually transmitted infections are at an all-time high. Urgent action is needed – STAT (free)
Perspective: Move To Population Health Hits Hospital Finances
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:03h | UTCMove To Population Health Hits Hospital Finances – Forbes (free)
European Position Statement on Diagnosis, and Treatment of Meniere’s Disease
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:03h | UTC
Outcome Reporting Bias in Trials: A Methodological Approach for Assessment and Adjustment in Systematic Reviews
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:02h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Association of Levels of Physical Activity With Risk of Parkinson Disease
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:02h | UTCCommentaries: Physical Activity and Parkinson Disease Risk: An Intriguing Link – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Physical Activity Could Reduce Risk of Parkinson disease, esp. in Men – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Study: Incidence of Progression of Persistent Non-Dysplastic Barrett’s Esophagus to Malignancy
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:01h | UTCIncidence of Progression of Persistent Non-Dysplastic Barrett’s Esophagus to Malignancy – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Patients with stable Barrett’s esophagus may need less surveillance, study finds – ACP Gastroenterology (free)
Thu, October 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!
11 Oct, 2018 | 01:41h | UTC
1 – The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development (free registration required)
Commentaries: Mental health crisis could cost the world $16 trillion by 2030 – Reuters (free) AND Mental health disorders will cause ‘monumental suffering’ and cost £12 TRILLION a year worldwide by 2030 – The Daily Mail (free) AND World in mental health crisis of ‘monumental suffering’, say experts – The Guardian (free)
3 – Timing of Renal-Replacement Therapy in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury and Sepsis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Video Summary: Renal-Replacement Therapy for AKI (free)
Commentary: Is Kidney Dialysis Always Needed When Septic Shock Strikes? – HealthDay (free)
“Trial comparing early vs. delayed strategies of renal-replacement therapy in patients with early-stage septic shock who had severe acute kidney injury finds no significant between-group difference in overall mortality at 90 days.” (via @NEJM see Tweet)
4 – Effect of Immediate vs Delayed Pushing on Rates of Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery Among Nulliparous Women Receiving Neuraxial Analgesia: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Video Summary: Immediate vs Delayed Pushing During Second Stage of Labor (free)
Commentaries: When Giving Birth For The First Time, Push Away – NPR (free) AND In childbirth, when to begin pushing does not affect C-section rates – Washington University in St. Louis (free) AND Vaginal delivery not affected by delayed pushing, study says – UPI (free)
5 – Review: Management of severe acute exacerbations of COPD: an updated narrative review – Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine (free)
6 – Review: An update on the use of inhaled therapy in COPD – Clinical Medicine (free)
7 – Review: What is the significance of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance? – Clinical Medicine (free)
8 – Ghost authorship haunts industry-funded clinical trials – Nature (free)
Original Article: Collaboration Between Academics and Industry in Clinical Trials (free study and commentaries)
Editorial: The role of diet in serum urate concentration (free)
Commentary: Diet Might Play Less of a Role in Gout Than Previously Thought – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Commentaries: Planned intermittent fasting may help reverse type 2 diabetes, suggest doctors – BMJ (free) AND Therapeutic Fasting Could Be an Alternative to Insulin for Some Diabetes Patients – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Perspective: An Endless One-sided Confidence in Pip-tazo?
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:00h | UTCAn endless one-sided confidence in Pip-tazo? – Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control (free)
Original Trial: Randomized Trial: Piperacillin-Tazobactam vs for Patients With E coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infection and Ceftriaxone Resistance (link to abstract and commentaries)
Tue, October 9 – 10 Stories of The Day!
9 Oct, 2018 | 01:34h | UTC
News Release: The updated German “Polytrauma – Guideline”: an extensive literature evaluation and treatment recommendation for the care of the critically injured patient (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
2 – ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in the intensive care unit – Clinical Nutrition (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
3 – Non‐clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)
Summary: Non-clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section (free)
4 – Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women – Cochrane Library (free)
“Based on the data available, we can be confident that pelvic floor muscle training can cure or improve symptoms of stress urinary incontinence and all other types of urinary incontinence”
5 – Perspective: The Name of the Dog – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
“During morning rounds, I had presented a patient who was admitted for chest pain after walking his dog. My attending had asked, ‘What was the name of his dog?’ ” (via @fischmd see Tweet)
6 – Zackary Berger’s journal reviews, 8 October 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Zackary Berger reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
7 – Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: September 2018 – eCancer News (free)
8 – Genomic Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease in 480,000 Adults: Implications for Primary Prevention (via @EricTopol)
“Laparoscopic cholecystectomy compared with percutaneous catheter drainage reduced the rate of major complications in high risk patients with acute cholecystitis.”
10 – Statins and Multiple Noncardiovascular Outcomes: Umbrella Review of Meta-analyses of Observational Studies and Randomized Controlled Trials – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Statin Benefits: Yes for CVD but No for Everything Else, Says New Review – TCTMD (free) AND Statins’ benefits beyond heart health aren’t clear-cut, analysis says – CNN (free)