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Review: The Value of Preoperative Assessment Before Noncardiac Surgery in the Era of Value-Based Care
11 Nov, 2017 | 16:55h | UTCRelated guidelines: 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 2014 ESC/ESA Guidelines on non-cardiac surgery: cardiovascular assessment and management (free) AND Routine preoperative tests for elective surgery – NICE Guideline (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management for Patients Who Undergo Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 3rd Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (free)
Blog Post: Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali – October 2017
11 Nov, 2017 | 16:57h | UTCLast Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: October 2017 – eCancer News (free)
Thu, November 9 – 10 Stories of The Day!
9 Nov, 2017 | 00:05h | UTC
1 – European guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis – European Journal of Anaesthesiology (free PDF articles):
– Patients with preexisting coagulation disorders and after severe perioperative bleeding
– Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
– Surgery in the obese patient
– Surgery during pregnancy and the immediate postpartum period
– Day surgery and fast-track surgery
– Chronic treatments with antiplatelet agents
– Aspirin
2 – Vancomycin Plus Piperacillin-Tazobactam and Acute Kidney Injury in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Vancomycin plus piperacillin-tazobactam associated with higher AKI risk – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Related article: Association of Acute Kidney Injury With Concomitant Vancomycin and Piperacillin/Tazobactam Treatment Among Hospitalized Children – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
4 – Clinical Practice Guideline of Korean Diabetes Association (free articles):
– Antihyperglycemic Agent Therapy for Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 2017
– Insulin Therapy for Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
– Monotherapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
– Combination Therapy of Oral Hypoglycemic Agents in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
6 – Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research – The Lancet Neurology (free registration required)
7 – Being overweight or obese is linked with heart disease even without other metabolic risk factors – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Separate and combined associations of obesity and metabolic health with coronary heart disease: a pan-European case-cohort analysis – European Heart Journal (free)
Commentaries: Drivers not always told about their prescriptions’ potentially impairing effects – ACP Internist (free) AND Many People Prescribed Drugs That Could Impair Driving Aren’t Warned About Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Commentaries: Air pollution as great a risk as hypertension, obesity, diabetes for CVD – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Commentaries: All babies in Europe should be screened for heart defects at birth – OnMedica (free) AND Call for Europe-wide screening of babies for heart defects – MedicalXpress (free)
Fri, November 10 – 10 Stories of The Day!
10 Nov, 2017 | 00:45h | UTC
1 – Book: Major Infectious Diseases: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (free)
Press Release: Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition Launches Major Infectious Diseases Volume (free)
Previous volumes: 1 – Essential Surgery / 2 – Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health / 3 – Cancer / 4 – Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders / 5 – Injury Prevention and Environmental Health (all free)
2 – Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 4th Edition – Australian Guidelines for General Practitioners and Physicians (free PDF)
Source: Gastroenterology Research Review Australia
Editorial: Antibiotics or NSAIDs for uncomplicated urinary tract infection? (free)
Commentary: NSAID Compared to Antibiotic for Symptomatic Treatment of UTI – MPR (free)
4 – Regeneration of the entire human epidermis using transgenic stem cells – Nature (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: A Dying Boy Gets a New, Gene-Corrected Skin – The Atlantic (free) Gene Therapy Creates Replacement Skin to Save a Dying Boy – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND ‘Extraordinary’ tale: Stem cells heal a young boy’s lethal skin disease – STAT (free) AND Scientists grow replacement skin for boy suffering devastating genetic disorder – The Guardian (free) Boy with rare disease gets brand new skin with gene therapy – Associated Press (free)
Commentary: Primary care consultations last less than 5 minutes for half the world’s population – BMJ, via ScienceDaily (free)
“Global assessment of the length of doctor visits (primary care): range of 48 seconds to 22 minutes” (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)
6 – The case against hospital beds – Politico (free)
Commentaries: Dry mouth symptoms can be side effect of certain medications for older adults – American Geriatrics Society, via EurekAlert (free) AND Certain medication use associated with dry mouth in older adults – Clinical Advisor (free)
Commentaries: Risk Classification by CAC Score in Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND CAC Score Aids in CVD Risk Prediction in Diabetes – MedPage Today (free registration required)
10 – Viewpoint: Placebo Effect of the Heart – The Atlantic (free)
Related viewpoints: 12 Seconds of Placebo – An Outsider’s View of ORBITA – The HealthCare Blog (free) AND ORBITA Trial Puts Interventional Cardiologists On The Defensive – Cardiobrief (free) AND ORBITA: Another clinical trial demonstrating the need for sham controls in surgical trials – Science-Based Medicine (free) AND Coronary Stents Humbled Yet Again in Stable CAD – Medscape (free)
See original ORBITA trial and commentaries in our November 3rd issue (see #1)
Guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive adults
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:43h | UTCEuropean Guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive adults – European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS)
Commentary: New EACS treatment guidelines – Aidsmap (free) AND EACS updates HIV guidelines for adults – Healio (free registration required)
Wed, November 8 – 10 Stories of The Day!
8 Nov, 2017 | 01:20h | UTC
1 – News Release and Summary: More Cardiac Arrest Victims Could Survive with Dispatcher CPR Instruction, Rescue Breaths for Children (free)
See Guidelines: 2017 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations Summary (free PDF) AND 2017 American Heart Association Focused Update on Adult Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality (free PDF) AND 2017 American Heart Association Focused Update on Pediatric Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality (free PDF)
Top Ten Things to Know: AHA Focused Update on Adult and Pediatric Basic Life Support and CPR Quality (free PDF)
News release: Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance (free)
Related Article: Restricting the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals and its associations with antibiotic resistance in food-producing animals and human beings: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Planetary Health (free) and Editorial: Antimicrobial use and resistance in animals and human beings (free)
Commentaries: WHO calls for restrictions on use of antibiotics in food animal production – STAT (free) AND WHO Moves to Contain Superbugs on the Farm – Scientific American (free) WHO calls for an end to antibiotic use in healthy animals – CIDRAP (free)
Commentaries: Tranexamic acid: is it about time? – The Lancet (free) Rapid use of blood drug could save thousands of lives, study finds – The Guardian (free) AND Severely bleeding patients must receive lifesaving drug within minutes, not hours – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, via EurekAlert (free)
Commentary: New USPSTF Draft Recommendations for Osteoporosis Screening – Medscape (free registration required)
5 – Effect of a Single Dose of Oral Opioid and Nonopioid Analgesics on Acute Extremity Pain in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: No Significant Difference in Pain Relief for Opioids vs Non-Opioid Analgesics for Treating Arm or Leg Pain – The JAMA Network (free) AND Acetaminophen plus Ibuprofen Noninferior to Low-Dose Oral Opioids for Acute Extremity Pain – Journal Watch (free)
6 – Comparisons of Interventions for Preventing Falls in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Exercise, Vision Testing and Osteoporosis Evaluation Are Keys To Fall Prevention – Medical Research (free) AND Exercise may be best intervention to prevent falls among elderly, according to new study – MedicalXpress (free) AND Adding other therapy to exercise may be best for fall prevention – Reuters (free) AND How to Prevent Falls in Older Adults – Consumer Reports (free)
Commentaries: Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Cutting back on alcohol can prevent cancers: experts – Reuters (free) ASCO links alcohol to cancer, calls for reduced consumption – eCancer News (free)
Commentary: Study Names Top Apps for Patients to Manage Illnesses – Medscape (free registration required)
“An impressive, in-depth report on digital health, shows how the field is taking hold” (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)
9 – Clinical Guidelines Synopsis: Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – JAMA (free)
Original Guideline: GOLD 2017 Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD (free PDF)
Related Guidelines: Final Recommendation Statement: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free) AND Diagnosis and Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline Update from the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, and European Respiratory Society (free)
10 – Projecting the impact of a nationwide school plain water access intervention on childhood obesity: a cost–benefit analysis – Pediatric Obesity (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Making water available to school chilren at lunch may save $13B in health costs – UPI (free) AND Serving water with school lunches could curb obesity, save billions – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Serving water with school lunches could prevent child, adult obesity: study – MedicalXpress (free)
Tue, November 7 – 10 Stories of The Day!
7 Nov, 2017 | 00:06h | UTC
1 – The Burden of Group B Streptococcus Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children – Clinical Infectious Diseases Supplement (free articles)
Commentaries: Group B Streptococcus infection causes an estimated 150,000 preventable stillbirths and infant deaths every year – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND Streptococcus vaccine ‘could prevent over 100,000 baby deaths worldwide’ – The Guardian (free)
2 – Effectiveness of β-Lactam Monotherapy vs Macrolide Combination Therapy for Children Hospitalized With Pneumonia – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study: Azithromycin overprescribed for kids’ pneumonia – CIDRAP (free) AND Vanderbilt study shows azithromycin overprescribed for childhood pneumonia – Vanderbilt University Medical Center, via EurekAlert (free)
3 – Position Paper: Patient Safety in the Office-Based Practice Setting – American College of Physicians (free PDF)
Commentaries: ACP says patient safety must be improved in office-based practice setting – American College of Physicians, via EurekAlert (free) AND ACP: Recommendations for Improving Patient Safety in Ambulatory Settings – MPR (free)
4 – Debate: the case for and against screening for breast cancer with mammography:
The case for mammography: Routine mammograms do save lives: The Science – The Conversation (free)
The case against mammography: Routine mammograms do not save lives: The research is clear – The Conversation (free)
Related: Make Screening Mammography Personal, Say the French – Medscape (free registration required)
“The debate over breast cancer screening continues, with disagreements about the start age, frequency, mortality effect, overdiagnosis, and overtreatment” (from Medscape)
5 – ORBITA: Another clinical trial demonstrating the need for sham controls in surgical trials – Science-Based Medicine (free) (via @gorskon)
6 – Viewpoint: Advance Directives for Dementia: Meeting a Unique Challenge – JAMA (free)
7 – Richard Lehman’s journal reviews, 6 November 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
8 – Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: October 2017 – eCancer News (free)
“In this population-based cohort study of 1.256.725 persons, there was a significantly lower age- and sex-adjusted incidence rate ratio of cancer among warfarin users vs nonusers”.
Related guidelines: 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 2014 ESC/ESA Guidelines on non-cardiac surgery: cardiovascular assessment and management (free) AND Routine preoperative tests for elective surgery – NICE Guideline (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management for Patients Who Undergo Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 3rd Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (free)
Working with influenza-like illness: Presenteeism among health care personnel
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:41h | UTCCommentaries: 4 in 10 healthcare professionals work when they’re sick, risking patients – HealthCare Finance (free) AND Four in 10 Healthcare Personnel Work While Sick – Medscape (free registration required) AND Four in 10 HCPs Work While Experiencing Flu-Like Illness, Says Survey – MPR (free)
Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:40h | UTCCardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition – The Lancet (free registration required)
Research: Effect of Sertraline on Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:43h | UTCEditorial: Treating Depression in Patients With Advanced CKD: Beyond the Generalizability Frontier (free)
Commentary: Standard Antidepressant May Not Help Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease – UT Southwestern Medical Center, via NewsWise (free)
“Not only doesn’t help treat moderate depression, sertraline causes worse nausea (NNH=8) & diarrhea (NNH=10)” (RT @AnilMakam see Tweet 1 and Tweet 2)
Testing for chronic hepatitis B and C: a global perspective
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:39h | UTCTesting for chronic hepatitis B and C: a global perspective – BMC Infectious Diseases (free)
Choosing Wisely: Twenty Things Physicians and Patients Should Question
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:34h | UTCChoosing Wisely: Twenty Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – American Society for Clinical Pathology (free)
Commentary: More Lab Tests Deemed Inappropriate – Medscape (free registration required)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
Research: Frequent sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and the onset of cardiometabolic diseases
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:35h | UTCCommentaries: Just two sugary drinks per week may raise type 2 diabetes risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Sugar-sweetened drinks raise risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome – The Endocrine Society, via EurekAlert (free)
Systematic Review: Glucocorticosteroids for people with alcoholic hepatitis
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:30h | UTCGlucocorticosteroids for people with alcoholic hepatitis – Cochrane Library (free)
Original article: Glucocorticosteroids for people with alcoholic hepatitis – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“We found no evidence of a difference between glucocorticosteroids and placebo or no intervention on all-cause mortality, health-related quality of life, and serious adverse events during treatment”.
Review: What We Know About Tuberculosis Transmission
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:33h | UTCWhat We Know About Tuberculosis Transmission: An Overview – The Journal of Infectious Diseases (free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)
Research: Fiber Intake and Survival After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:32h | UTCFiber Intake and Survival After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis – JAMA Oncology (free)
Commentaries: Is Eating Fiber After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Associated with Lower Death Risk? – The JAMA Network (free) AND Higher Fiber Intake After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Tied to Improved Survival – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Mon, November 6 – 10 Stories of The Day!
6 Nov, 2017 | 00:03h | UTC
1 – European Guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive adults – European AIDS Clinical Society (free)
Commentary: New EACS treatment guidelines – Aidsmap (free) AND EACS updates HIV guidelines for adults – Healio (free registration required)
Editorial: Treating Depression in Patients With Advanced CKD: Beyond the Generalizability Frontier (free)
Commentary: Standard Antidepressant May Not Help Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease – UT Southwestern Medical Center, via NewsWise (free)
“Not only doesn’t help treat moderate depression, sertraline causes worse nausea (NNH=8) & diarrhea (NNH=10)” (RT @AnilMakam see Tweet 1 and Tweet 2)
Commentaries: 4 in 10 healthcare professionals work when they’re sick, risking patients – HealthCare Finance (free) AND Four in 10 Healthcare Personnel Work While Sick – Medscape (free registration required) AND Four in 10 HCPs Work While Experiencing Flu-Like Illness, Says Survey – MPR (free)
4 – Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition – The Lancet (free registration required)
5 – Testing for chronic hepatitis B and C: a global perspective – BMC Infectious Diseases (free)
Commentaries: Just two sugary drinks per week may raise type 2 diabetes risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Sugar-sweetened drinks raise risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome – The Endocrine Society, via EurekAlert (free)
7 – Choosing Wisely: Twenty Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – American Society for Clinical Pathology (free)
Commentary: More Lab Tests Deemed Inappropriate – Medscape (free registration required)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
8 – What We Know About Tuberculosis Transmission: An Overview – The Journal of Infectious Diseases (free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)
9 – Fiber Intake and Survival After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis – JAMA Oncology (free)
Commentaries: Is Eating Fiber After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Associated with Lower Death Risk? – The JAMA Network (free) AND Higher Fiber Intake After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Tied to Improved Survival – Physician’s First Watch (free)
10 – Glucocorticosteroids for people with alcoholic hepatitis – Cochrane Library (free)
Original article: Glucocorticosteroids for people with alcoholic hepatitis – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“We found no evidence of a difference between glucocorticosteroids and placebo or no intervention on all-cause mortality, health-related quality of life, and serious adverse events during treatment”.
Guideline: Familial hypercholesterolaemia
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:37h | UTCFamilial hypercholesterolaemia: identification and management – NICE Guideline (free)
News release: Inherited risk of high cholesterol should be identified and treated as early as possible, NICE says in updated guidance (free)
Research: Percutaneous coronary intervention in stable angina (ORBITA)
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:39h | UTCPercutaneous coronary intervention in stable angina (ORBITA): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Small Trial Raises Big Concerns That PCI In Stable Angina Is Just A Placebo – Cardiobrief (free) AND Diving Deep Into The ORBITA Trial – Cardiobrief (free) AND ‘Unbelievable’: Heart Stents Fail to Ease Chest Pain – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND ORBITA: PCI Offers No Symptom Improvement Over Sham Procedure – TCTMD (free)
Report: Cancer incidence and mortality among young adults aged 20–39 years worldwide in 2012
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:35h | UTCCommentaries: Reducing the global cancer burden among young adults – The Lancet Oncology (free) AND Global burden of cancer among young adults aged 20–39 years – eCancer News (free) AND Cancer in Young Adults Disproportionately Affects Women – Medical Research (free)
Research: Balanced Crystalloids vs Saline for Critically Ill Adults
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:38h | UTCBalanced Crystalloids vs Saline for Critically Ill Adults – American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting (free abstract)
Related Study: Balanced Crystalloids vs Saline for Noncritically Ill Adults in the Emergency Department – American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting (free abstract)
Commentaries: Landmark Trials Deliver Evidence to Rethink Saline Use – Medscape (free registration required) AND Saline on the Ropes? Studies find balanced crystalloid fluids safer – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Guideline: Treatment and Outcome of Hemorrhagic Transformation After Intravenous Alteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:36h | UTCCommentary: Intracranial Hemorrhage After Stroke Thrombolysis: More Questions Than Answers (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Treatment and Outcome of Hemorrhagic Transformation After Intravenous Alteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke (free PDF)
Slide Set: Treatment and Outcome of Hemorrhagic Transformation After Intravenous Alteplase in AIS (free PDF)
Related AHA/ASA Guidelines: Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke (free) AND Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (free)
A ‘smart’ approach to performance drugs
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:35h | UTCA ‘smart’ approach to performance drugs – ACP Internist (free)
Related: Growing use of smart drugs by students could be a recipe for disaster – The Conversation (free) AND Brain Hackers Seeking Peak Performance Use Risky Chemical Cocktails: “Smart drugs” are not clinically proven and could be dangerous – Scientific American (free) AND Universities must do more to tackle use of smart drugs, say experts – The Guardian (free) AND Tweaking brains with ‘smart drugs’ to get ahead in Silicon Valley – The Washington Post (free) AND Professors take same ‘smart drugs’ as students to keep up with workloads, claims academic – Independent (free)
Using Visual Abstracts to Disseminate Scientific Research
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:34h | UTC
Untreatable Gonorrhea Is Rapidly Spreading. Here’s What You Need to Know
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:31h | UTCUntreatable Gonorrhea Is Rapidly Spreading. Here’s What You Need to Know – TIME Health (free)