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Guidelines for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease

29 Oct, 2017 | 00:48h | UTC

British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) – Thorax (free)

Toolkit for reducing repetitive routine blood draws in hospitals

29 Oct, 2017 | 00:20h | UTC

A toolkit for reducing repetitive routine blood draws in hospitals – Choosing Wisely Canada (free PDF)

News release: Toolkit: Pause the Draws (free)

Research: Incidence, Demographics, and Clinical Characteristics of Diabetes of the Exocrine Pancreas

29 Oct, 2017 | 00:17h | UTC

Incidence, Demographics, and Clinical Characteristics of Diabetes of the Exocrine Pancreas (Type 3c): A Retrospective Cohort Study – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Newly-identified third type of diabetes is being wrongly diagnosed as type 2 – The Conversation (free)

“Diabetes of the exocrine pancreas is frequently labeled type 2 diabetes but has worse glycemic control and a markedly greater requirement for insulin”.

Clinical Report: Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services in the Pediatric Setting

29 Oct, 2017 | 00:18h | UTC

Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services in the Pediatric Setting – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

News release: Pediatricians have key role in providing sexual, reproductive health care services (free)

Review: Clinical Management of Insomnia Disorder

29 Oct, 2017 | 00:13h | UTC

Clinical Management of Insomnia Disorder – JAMA (free)

“Cognitive Behavior Therapy for insomnia is recommended as 1st-line Tx; pharmacotherapy, if used, should be on a short-term basis” (RT @JAMAInternalMed see Tweet)

Guideline: Infection Prevention and Control in Pediatric Ambulatory Settings

29 Oct, 2017 | 00:19h | UTC

Policy Statement: Infection Prevention and Control in Pediatric Ambulatory Settings – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

News release: Updated policy offers guidance on infection prevention, control in ambulatory settings (free)

Commentaries: Pediatrician’s New Germ-Control Advice: Bring Your Own Toys (10 articles per month are free) AND AAP: Hygiene, isolation protocols critical for infection control in pediatric office – Healio (free registration required)

Guideline: screening for, diagnosis and management of fetal growth restriction

29 Oct, 2017 | 00:15h | UTC

Multidisciplinary consensus on screening for, diagnosis and management of fetal growth restriction in the Netherlands – BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (free)

Review: Surgical Management of Musculoskeletal Trauma

28 Oct, 2017 | 23:38h | UTC

Surgical Management of Musculoskeletal Trauma – Surgical Clinics of North America (free)

Research: Concussion in adolescence and risk of multiple sclerosis

29 Oct, 2017 | 00:16h | UTC

Concussion in adolescence and risk of multiple sclerosis – Annals of Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Concussions in Teenagers Tied to Multiple Sclerosis Risk – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Teenage concussion linked to later risk of MS – Medical News Today (free)

Review: The challenge of Takotsubo syndrome

29 Oct, 2017 | 00:06h | UTC

The challenge of Takotsubo syndrome: heterogeneity of clinical features – Swiss Medical Weekly (free)

Guideline: When does atopic dermatitis warrant systemic therapy?

28 Oct, 2017 | 23:37h | UTC

When does atopic dermatitis warrant systemic therapy? Recommendations from an expert panel of the International Eczema Council – Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology (free)

Review: Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies for Eosinophilic Esophagitis

28 Oct, 2017 | 23:32h | UTC

Current Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies for Eosinophilic Esophagitis – Gastroenterology & Hepatology (free)

Reviews: Treatment of Intracranial Atherosclerosis

28 Oct, 2017 | 23:34h | UTC

Medical Treatment of Intracranial Atherosclerosis: An Update – Journal of Stroke (free)

Angioplasty, Stenting and Other Potential Treatments of Atherosclerotic Stenosis of the Intracranial Arteries: Past, Present and Future – Journal of Stroke (free)

Intracranial Atherosclerosis: From Microscopy to High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging – Journal of Stroke (free)

Review: Modern Cartilage Imaging of the Ankle

28 Oct, 2017 | 23:37h | UTC

Modern Cartilage Imaging of the Ankle – Rofo (free)

Guidelines for the management of aggressive pituitary tumours and carcinomas

28 Oct, 2017 | 23:35h | UTC

European Society of Endocrinology clinical practice guidelines for the management of aggressive pituitary tumours and carcinomas – European Journal of Endocrinology (free PDF)

Clinical guidelines for anaplastic gliomas

28 Oct, 2017 | 23:31h | UTC

SEOM clinical guidelines for anaplastic gliomas (2017) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

Recommendations on investigating children with global developmental delay

28 Oct, 2017 | 23:28h | UTC

Current evidence-based recommendations on investigating children with global developmental delay – Archives of Disease in Childhood (free)

Fri, October 27 – 10 Stories of The Day!

27 Oct, 2017 | 00:22h | UTC

1 – Screening for Lung Cancer: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report – American College of Chest Physicians (free)

News release: American College of Chest Physicians unveils new lung cancer screening guidelines at CHEST 2017 (free)

2 – Guideline: Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused – World Health Organization (free)

News release: Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused (free)

3 – Payments by US pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to US medical journal editors: retrospective observational study – The BMJ (free)

“Industry payments to journal editors are common and often large, particularly for certain subspecialties. Journals should consider the potential impact of such payments on public trust in published research”.

4 – Pregnancy, thrombophilia, and the risk of a first venous thrombosis: systematic review and bayesian meta-analysis – The BMJ (free)

“Women with antithrombin, protein C, or protein S deficiency or with homozygous factor V Leiden should be considered for antepartum or postpartum thrombosis prophylaxis, or both”.

5 – Regular antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in young children with sickle cell disease – Cochrane Library (free)

Original article: Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in children with sickle cell disease – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Source: EvidenceAlerts

6 – World leaders rehearse for a pandemic that will come ‘sooner than we expect’ – The Washington Post (free)

7 – Perspective: HIV Drug Resistance: An Emerging Threat to Epidemic Control – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

8 – Terbinafine is probably first choice oral drug for fungal toenail infection – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Oral antifungal medication for toenail onychomycosis – Cochrane Library (free)

9 – Clinical guidelines for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis: summary statements and recommendations from the Italian Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology – Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (free)

10 – Austrian consensus guidelines on the management and treatment of portal hypertension (Billroth III) – Wiener klinische Wochenschrift (free)

Guideline: Insulin therapy for adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

28 Oct, 2017 | 23:30h | UTC

Insulin therapy for adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a position statement of the Korean Diabetes Association, 2017 – Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (free PDF)

Guideline: Radiation Therapy for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

28 Oct, 2017 | 23:29h | UTC

Radiation Therapy for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: American Society of Clinical Oncology Endorsement of the American Society for Radiation Oncology Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline (free)

Tue, October 24 – 10 Stories of The Day!

24 Oct, 2017 | 00:51h | UTC

1 – Guideline: Hepatitis B (chronic): diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

2 – British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) – Thorax (free)

3 – A toolkit for reducing repetitive routine blood draws in hospitals – Choosing Wisely Canada (free PDF)

News release: Toolkit: Pause the Draws (free)

4 – Policy Statement: Infection Prevention and Control in Pediatric Ambulatory Settings – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

News release: Updated policy offers guidance on infection prevention, control in ambulatory settings (free)

Commentaries: Pediatrician’s New Germ-Control Advice: Bring Your Own Toys (10 articles per month are free) AND AAP: Hygiene, isolation protocols critical for infection control in pediatric office – Healio (free registration required)

5 – Clinical Report: Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services in the Pediatric Setting – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

News release: Pediatricians have key role in providing sexual, reproductive health care services (free)

6 – Incidence, Demographics, and Clinical Characteristics of Diabetes of the Exocrine Pancreas (Type 3c): A Retrospective Cohort Study – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Newly-identified third type of diabetes is being wrongly diagnosed as type 2 – The Conversation (free)

“Diabetes of the exocrine pancreas is frequently labeled type 2 diabetes but has worse glycemic control and a markedly greater requirement for insulin”.

7 – Concussion in adolescence and risk of multiple sclerosis – Annals of Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

8 – Multidisciplinary consensus on screening for, diagnosis and management of fetal growth restriction in the Netherlands – BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (free)

9 – Clinical Management of Insomnia Disorder – JAMA (free)

“Cognitive Behavior Therapy for insomnia is recommended as 1st-line Tx; pharmacotherapy, if used, should be on a short-term basis” (RT @JAMAInternalMed see Tweet)

10 – Review: The challenge of Takotsubo syndrome: heterogeneity of clinical features – Swiss Medical Weekly (free)

Thu, October 26 – 10 Stories of The Day!

26 Oct, 2017 | 00:29h | UTC

1 – Modifiers of the effect of maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation on stillbirth, birth outcomes, and infant mortality: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from 17 randomised trials in low-income and middle-income countries – The Lancet Global Health (free)

Commentaries: Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation: benefits beyond iron-folic acid alone – The Lancet Global Health (free) AND Multiple micronutrient supplements to mothers improve survival for newborn girls – Harvard School of Public health (free)

Related systematic review: Multiple-micronutrient supplementation for women during pregnancy – Cochrane Library (free summary)

2 – Less dementia with oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation – European Heart Journal (free)

Commentaries: Blood-thinning drugs appear to protect against dementia in AF patients – OnMedica (free) AND Blood-thinning drugs ‘can reduce risk of dementia by up to 48%’ – The Guardian (free) AND Oral Anticoagulants Tied to Less Dementia in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation – Physician’s First Watch (free)

3 – Surgery for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in Children – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: First test of anti-epilepsy surgeries in children shows dramatic benefit – Reuters (free) AND Surgery Cuts Seizures in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy – MedPage Today (free registration required)

4 – Guideline: Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Implants and Intrauterine Devices – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)

News release: LARC and Reproductive Choice (free)

Commentary: New Guidelines on LARC Released by ACOG – Medscape (free registration required)

5 – Review: The Practice and Implications of Finding Fluid During Point-of-Care Ultrasonography – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Related JAMA Video: Finding Fluid With Point-of-Care Ultrasonography (free)

6 – Depression and mortality in a longitudinal study: 1952–2011 – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentaries: Depression strongly linked to higher long-term risk of early death for both women, men – ScienceDaily (free) AND Depression raises risk of early death – Medical News Today (free) AND Depression tied to shorter lifespan – Reuters (free)

7 – Is It Possible to Predict the Next Pandemic? – The Atlantic (free)

“Large initiatives are underway to pinpoint the next big viral threats—but some virologists believe the task is too hard”.

8 – Prognostic Effect and Longitudinal Hemodynamic Assessment of Borderline Pulmonary Hypertension – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Commentary: Borderline Pulmonary Hypertension Tied to Mortality Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required)

9 – Here’s Why Vaccines Are So Crucial – National Geographic Magazine (free) (via @filiamd)

10 – Aerosol delivery during invasive mechanical ventilation: a systematic review – Critical Care (free)

Wed, October 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!

25 Oct, 2017 | 00:19h | UTC

1 – Statin use and risk of developing diabetes: results from the Diabetes Prevention Program – BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care (free)

Commentaries: Statins increase the risk of developing diabetes in at-risk people – Medical News Today (free) AND Statin use link to heightened type 2 diabetes risk in some people – OnMedica (free)

2 – Synopsis of the 2017 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs/U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline: Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

3 – Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review – The Lancet Global Health (free)

Commentary: New research highlights worldwide risk of HIV, Hepatitis C epidemics – University of New South Wales, via ScienceDaily (free)

4 – Effect of Robotic-Assisted vs Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery on Risk of Conversion to Open Laparotomy Among Patients Undergoing Resection for Rectal Cancer: The ROLARR Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Comparison of Outcomes for Robotic-Assisted vs Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures – The JAMA Network (free) AND Robotic docs can boost surgery time and cost – Science News (free) AND Robot-assisted surgery for kidney removal associated with longer operating times, higher cost – Stanford Medicine (free) AND Robotic-assisted surgery: more expensive, but not always more effective – Reuters (free)

5 – Psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression: fMRI-measured brain mechanisms – Scientific Reports (free)

Other Commentaries: Magic mushrooms ‘reboot’ brain in depressed people – study – The Guardian (free) AND Magic mushrooms can ‘reset’ depressed brain – BBC News (free)

6 – Cardiovascular Health in African Americans: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

News releases: African Americans live shorter lives due to heart disease and stroke – AHA / ASA Newsroom (free) AND New report raises concerns about the cardiovascular health of African-Americans – AHA News (free)

Commentaries: Blacks Face Higher Mortality from Heart Disease, Stroke – Cardiobrief (free) AND Heart health disparities take toll on African-Americans – Reuters (free)

7 – A baby with a disease gene or no baby at all: Genetic testing of embryos creates an ethical morass – STAT (free)

8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 23 October 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals.

9 – Protection of the house against Chagas disease, dengue, leishmaniasis, and lymphatic filariasis: a systematic review – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free registration required)

10 – Head position after acute stroke does not affect disability outcomes – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Cluster-Randomized, Crossover Trial of Head Positioning in Acute Stroke – The New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

How Hospitals Are Using Patient-Reported Outcomes to Improve Care

24 Oct, 2017 | 16:37h | UTC

How Hospitals Are Using Patient-Reported Outcomes to Improve Care – Harvard Business Review (a few articles per month are free)

Research: Upright versus lying down position in second stage of labour in nulliparous women with low dose epidural

23 Oct, 2017 | 20:47h | UTC

Upright versus lying down position in second stage of labour in nulliparous women with low dose epidural: BUMPES randomised controlled trial – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: During Labor, Lie Down – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Normal birth more likely when lying down in late stages, post epidural – OnMedica (free)

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