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Big Swings in Daily Temperatures Linked to Spikes in MI Rates
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:37h | UTCBig Swings in Daily Temperatures Linked to Spikes in MI Rates – TCTMD (free)
Authors of premier medical textbook didn’t disclose $11 million in industry payments
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:38h | UTCAuthors of premier medical textbook didn’t disclose $11 million in industry payments – STAT (free)
“’The most recognized book in all of medicine’ is also rife with hidden financial conflicts. Should Harrison’s authors be disclosing $11 million in payments from drug and device makers?” (via @caseymross see Tweet)
Position Paper: Frailty and the management of patients with acute cardiovascular disease
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:36h | UTC
Position Paper: Antithrombotic therapy and body mass
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:35h | UTC
Guideline: Management of opioid use disorders
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:34h | UTCManagement of opioid use disorders: a national clinical practice guideline – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) (via @DavidJuurlink see Tweet)
Guidelines for the treatment of adult HIV-positive persons
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:35h | UTCSee original EACS Guidelines in 7 languages (all free)
Research: Outcomes, experiences and palliative care in major stroke
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:32h | UTC““Palliative care” had connotations of treatment withdrawal and imminent death… practicing the principles of palliative care is needed, but the term “palliative care” should be avoided or reframed”.
See related articles on this subject: Palliative care: renaming as supportive care and integration into comprehensive cancer care – CMAJ (free) AND Perceptions of palliative care among patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers (free)
Research: Healthy diet may not offset high salt intake
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:33h | UTCRelation of Dietary Sodium (Salt) to Blood Pressure and Its Possible Modulation by Other Dietary Factors: The INTERMAP Study – Hypertension (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Healthy diet may not offset high salt intake – Imperial College London (free) AND Dietary sodium’s impact may not be offset by other aspects of a diet – AHA / ASA Newsroom (free)
Opioid Wisely – Choosing Wisely Canada
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:29h | UTCOpioid Wisely – Choosing Wisely Canada (free)
Related Guideline: Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)
See complete lists from Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
This campaign encourages thoughtful conversation between clinicians and patients to reduce harms associated with opioid prescribing, with recommendations relevant to different specialties.
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 5 March 2018
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:32h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 5 March 2018 – The BMJ (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Guidelines for the management of cryptococcal disease in HIV-infected adults, adolescents and children
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:30h | UTCSee also: Key Messages AND Policy Brief (free PDF)
Research: Escalating Inhaled Glucocorticoids to Prevent Asthma Exacerbations
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:28h | UTCEditorial: Escalating Inhaled Glucocorticoids to Prevent Asthma Exacerbations (free for a limited period)
Trial 1: Quintupling Inhaled Glucocorticoids to Prevent Childhood Asthma Exacerbations – The New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Trial 2: Quadrupling Inhaled Glucocorticoid Dose to Abort Asthma Exacerbations – The New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Nursing Now campaign: empowering nurses to improve global health
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:28h | UTCNew campaign: Nursing Now campaign: empowering nurses to improve global health – World Health Organization (free)
Related: Global nursing movement launches – Devex (free) AND Nursing Now campaign: raising the status of nurses – The Lancet (free registration required)
See also: Nursing Now Website
Source: International Health Policies Newsletter
Systematic Review: Vision screening for correctable visual acuity deficits in school-age children and adolescents
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:25h | UTCVision screening for correctable visual acuity deficits in school-age children and adolescents – Cochrane Library (free)
Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:26h | UTC
Open access, data capitalism and academic publishing
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:46h | UTCOpen access, data capitalism and academic publishing – Swiss Medical Weekly (free)
Zika, chikungunya and dengue: the causes and threats of new and re-emerging arboviral diseases
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:45h | UTC
Research: Opioid Tapering in Community Outpatients With Chronic Pain
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:43h | UTCCommentary: Chronic Opioid Users May Wish to Taper Opioid Use – Physician’s Weekly (free)
Research: Comparative cardiovascular safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with hypertension
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:44h | UTCComparative cardiovascular safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with hypertension: a population-based cohort study – British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Cardiovascular Risk Compared Among COX-2 Selective, Nonselective NSAIDs – MPR (free)
Reducing Overtreatment of Cancer With Precision Medicine
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:42h | UTCReducing Overtreatment of Cancer With Precision Medicine: Just What the Doctor Ordered – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Bad results from drug trials no longer have a place to hide
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:42h | UTCBad results from drug trials no longer have a place to hide – Wired (free)
Related: Tool ‘names and shames’ hidden drug trials – BBC (free) AND Trials Tracker brings out in the open institutions that hide their drug trials – thealtweb (free)
Key design considerations for adaptive clinical trials: a primer for clinicians
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:41h | UTCResearch Methods & Reporting: Key design considerations for adaptive clinical trials: a primer for clinicians – The BMJ (free)
Research: Colistin alone versus colistin plus meropenem for treatment of severe infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:31h | UTCColistin alone versus colistin plus meropenem for treatment of severe infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: an open-label, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Combination therapy was not superior to monotherapy”.
Meta-Analysis: Tight glycemic control in critically ill pediatric patients
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:40h | UTC
Review: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:41h | UTCProgressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy – Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (free)