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Perspective: time to sink the two-canoe argument
6 Apr, 2018 | 01:06h | UTCTime to Sink the Two-Canoe Argument – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Research: the opportunity cost of animal based diets exceeds all food losses
6 Apr, 2018 | 01:03h | UTC
Perspective: surgical care – an overlooked entity in health systems
6 Apr, 2018 | 01:04h | UTCSurgical care – an overlooked entity in health systems – The World Bank (free)
Review: Acromegalic cardiomyopathy
6 Apr, 2018 | 01:01h | UTCAcromegalic cardiomyopathy: Epidemiology, diagnosis, and management – Clinical Cardiology (free)
Perspective: a reality check on author access to open access publishing
6 Apr, 2018 | 01:00h | UTCA Reality Check on Author Access to Open Access Publishing – Absolutely Maybe, in PLOS Blogs (free)
Perspective: disruptive physician behavior recognition and intervention
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:45h | UTC
Meta-analysis: reducing falls in older adults recently discharged from hospital
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:49h | UTCReducing falls in older adults recently discharged from hospital: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Age and Ageing (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Fall prevention gets harder when elderly leave hospital – Reuters (free)
Perspective: it’s time for health care journalists to report their sources’ conflicts of interest
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:43h | UTC
Review: understanding and communicating risk
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:48h | UTCUnderstanding and communicating risk – Canadian Family Physician (free)
Systematic review: ivermectin and permethrin for treating scabies
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:41h | UTCIvermectin and permethrin for treating scabies – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Ivermectin and permethrin for treating scabies – Cochrane Library (free)
Systematic review: inhaled anti-pseudomonal antibiotics in cystic fibrosis
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:42h | UTCInhaled anti-pseudomonal antibiotics for long-term therapy in cystic fibrosis – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: Inhaling antibiotics to treat lung infection in people with cystic fibrosis – Cochrane Library (free)
Randomized controled trial: outcomes of goal-directed haemodynamic therapy in surgical patients
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:39h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Position Statement: Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:36h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Cohort study: dietary patterns and risk of cancers of the colon and rectum
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:40h | UTCCommentaries: Links between eating red meat and distal colon cancer in women – eCancer News (free) AND Study: Red meat linked to colon cancer in women – UPI (free)
Meta-analysis: videolaryngoscopy vs direct laryngoscopy for emergency orotracheal intubation
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:37h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: perioperative management of patients with disorders of the QT interval
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:35h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: hyperchloraemia in sepsis
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:32h | UTCHyperchloraemia in sepsis – Annals of Intensive Care (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: intravenous fluid therapy for hospitalized and critically ill children
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:33h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: perioperative gastrointestinal problems in the ICU
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:34h | UTCPerioperative gastrointestinal problems in the ICU – Anesthesiology Intensive Therapy (free PDF)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Simulation model: quantifying the health benefits and harms of e-cigarettes
3 Apr, 2018 | 18:06h | UTCCommentaries: Study Suggests E-cigarettes Cause More Harm Than Good – AAFP News (free)
“Some Adults May Quit Smoking Traditional Cigarettes, But More Teens and Young Adults Will Start” (from AAFP)
Guideline: management of amiodarone-associated thyroid dysfunction
3 Apr, 2018 | 18:03h | UTC
ADA guideline summary: cardiovascular disease and risk management
3 Apr, 2018 | 18:04h | UTCGuideline Summary: Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Review of the American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes 2018 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Summary: ABCs of primary and secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
3 Apr, 2018 | 17:56h | UTCSummary: Clinician Guide to the ABCs of Primary and Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease – American College of Cardiology (free)
Perspective: ‘aggressive’ new advance directive would let dementia patients refuse food
3 Apr, 2018 | 17:59h | UTC‘Aggressive’ New Advance Directive Would Let Dementia Patients Refuse Food – Kaiser Health News (free)
See website: End of Life Choices
Related initiatives: This Startup Makes End-Of-Life Planning A Piece Of Cake (free) AND New Document for Patients: Advanced Health Directive for Dementia (free document and commentaries)
Randomized controled trial: mindfulness training to increase resilience to stress in university students
3 Apr, 2018 | 18:01h | UTCCommentaries: Mindfulness training in higher education students – The Lancet (free) AND Mindfulness may help university students reduce stress – The Mental Elf (free)