Tue August 27 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Management of cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction: an update 2019 – European Heart Journal (free)

Related: Management of cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period) AND AHA Scientific Statement: Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock (free) AND Cardiogenic Shock – Journal of the American Heart Association (free) AND SCAI Clinical Expert Consensus Statement on the Classification of Cardiogenic Shock (free)

2 – Why Doctors Still Offer Treatments That May Not Help – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related: When Evidence Says No, But Doctors Say Yes – ProPublica (free) AND Meta-Research: A Comprehensive Review of Randomized Trials Leading to “Medical Reversals” in Three Medical Journals (free) AND 10 Medical Myths We Should Stop Believing. Doctors, Too. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

3 – #168 Diabetes Update with Jeff Colburn MD – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free audio and summary)

4 – Thoracic ultrasonography: a narrative review – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Related: Thoracic Ultrasound: What Non-radiologists Need to Know – Current Pulmonology Reports (free) AND Emergency Thoracic US: The Essentials – RadioGraphics (free) AND Incremental value of thoracic ultrasound in intensive care units: Indications, uses, and applications – World Journal of Radiology (free) AND Ultrasound of the Pleurae and Lungs – Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology (free) AND Lung ultrasound: routine practice for the next generation of internists – The Netherlands Journal of Medicine (free PDF)

5 – CDC flags one death and nearly 200 cases of lung illnesses in U.S., possibly tied to vaping – Reuters (free)

See also: Patient’s death could be first in US linked to vaping, officials say – The Guardian (free) AND Illinois patient’s death may be first in US tied to vaping – Associated Press (free)

Related: CDC Investigating Severe Pulmonary Disease Cases Among People Who Use E-Cigarettes (free)

6 – Vaping impacts blood vessels, even without nicotine – Reuters (free)

Original Article: Acute Effects of Electronic Cigarette Aerosol Inhalation on Vascular Function Detected at Quantitative MRI – Radiology (free)

Related Studies: E-Cigarettes Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attacks, Coronary Artery Disease and Depression (free abstract and commentaries) AND Association Between Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction (link to abstract and commentaries)

7 – Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentary: More plant protein tied to longer life – Reuters (free)

Related Studies: Plant‐Based Diets Are Associated with a Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and All‐Cause Mortality (free) AND Healthful and Unhealthful Plant-Based Diets and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Cohort Study: Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths (link to abstract and commentaries)

8 – Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide: Synopsis of the 2019 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Related Guidelines: Preventing suicide: A community engagement toolkit – World Health Organization (free PDF) AND Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

9 – Treatments for the Prevention and Management of Suicide: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

10 – Association of Restless Legs Syndrome With Risk of Suicide and Self-harm – JAMA Network Open (free)

Commentaries: Suicide risk nearly three times as high for those with restless legs syndrome – UPI (free) AND Restless Legs Syndrome Linked to Increased Risk for Self-Harm or Suicide – NEJM Journal Watch (free)