Wed December 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!
11 Dec, 2019 | 10:41h | UTC
1 – Recommendation Statement: Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – US Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Evidence Report: Primary Care Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – JAMA (free)
JAMA Editorials: Updated Guidelines on Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (free) AND Updated US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm—Are We Really Up To Date? (free) AND Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm—A Call to Arms? (free)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (free audio)
2 – AAP Policy Statement: Unique Needs of the Adolescent – Pediatrics (free)
News Releases: American Academy of Pediatrics Describes the Unique Needs of Adolescents With New Policy Statement – American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND AAP policy: What doctors need to consider when caring for 11- to 21-year-olds – AAP News (free)
4 – Risk of Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis in Patients With Stage 4 or 5 Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving a Group II Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agent: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Invited Commentary: Risk of Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents in Chronic Kidney Disease—Is Zero Good Enough? – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
5 – How Twitter is Changing Medical Research – Nature (free)
Related: Keeping Up With Cardiology: Old-School Learning Versus the Twittersphere – TCTMD (free) AND Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops? – Facets (free) AND Rise of the Tweetorial – Precious Bodily Fluids (free) AND Social Medicine: Twitter in Healthcare – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free) AND University of Twitter? Scientists give impromptu lecture critiquing nutrition research – CBC (free) AND Twitter-Based Medicine: How Social Media is Changing the Public’s View of Medicine – The Health Care Blog (free) AND What’s your doctor reading? How social media is disrupting medical education – National Post (free)
“From online journal clubs to ‘tweetorials’ to conference updates, social media is changing the dissemination and discussion of biomedicine.”
6 – BBC Investigation on the Reporting of the EXCEL Trial Raises Concerns Over the Safety of Stents for Left Main Disease in Patients at Low Risk for Surgery
Surgeons withdraw support for heart disease advice – BBC (free)
YouTube Video: European guidelines on heart disease under review – BBC Newsnight (free)
See also: EACTS responds to BBC Newsnight’s investigation on the EXCEL trial – European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (free)
Commentary: EACTS Pulls Out of Left Main Guidelines After BBC Bombshell Alleging EXCEL Trial Cover-up – TCTMD (free)
See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
Source: NEJM Journal Watch
Related: Management of hyperkalemia in the acutely ill patient – Annals of Intensive Care (free) AND Acute Management of Hyperkalemia – Current Heart Failure Reports (free) AND Diagnosis and treatment of hyperkalemia – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free) AND Potassium Disorders: Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia – American Family Physician (free) AND Management of hyperkalemia in patients with kidney disease: a position paper endorsed by the Italian Society of Nephrology – Journal of Nephrology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews
9 – Does general anesthesia affect neurodevelopment in infants and children? – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
Related Study: Randomized Trial: General Anesthesia in Infancy Does Not Seem to Impair Neurodevelopmental Outcomes (link to abstract and commentary)