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Review | Interventions using digital technology to promote family engagement in the adult intensive care unit
19 Jan, 2023 | 13:59h | UTC
Vestibular migraine treatment: a comprehensive practical review
19 Jan, 2023 | 13:57h | UTCVestibular migraine treatment: a comprehensive practical review – Brain
Review | An FP’s guide to identifying—and treating—postpartum depression
19 Jan, 2023 | 13:56h | UTCAn FP’s guide to identifying—and treating—postpartum depression – Journal of Family Practice
RCT | Aqueous povidone-iodine vs. normal saline for intraoperative wound irrigation on the incidence of SSI after GI surgery
19 Jan, 2023 | 13:54h | UTCAqueous Povidone-Iodine Versus Normal Saline For Intraoperative Wound Irrigation On The Incidence Of Surgical Site Infection In Clean-Contaminated Wounds After Gastroenterological Surgery: A Single Institute, Prospective, Blinded-Endpoint, Randomized Controlled Trial – Annals of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
M-A | Optimal timing of perioperative chemical thromboprophylaxis in elective major abdominal surgery
19 Jan, 2023 | 13:52h | UTCOptimal Timing of Perioperative Chemical Thromboprophylaxis in Elective Major Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Post-trial follow-up | Efficacy and safety of first-line lorlatinib vs. crizotinib in patients with advanced, ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer
19 Jan, 2023 | 13:49h | UTCEfficacy and safety of first-line lorlatinib versus crizotinib in patients with advanced, ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer: updated analysis of data from the phase 3, randomised, open-label CROWN study – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Original Study: First-Line Lorlatinib or Crizotinib in Advanced ALK-Positive Lung Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
NEW—Updated, long-term data from the CROWN study show durable benefit of lorlatinib vs crizotinib in pts w/ treatment-naive, ALK-positive #NSCLC
From Prof Benjamin Solomon & colleagues https://t.co/jfOEMRNEgl pic.twitter.com/SBaRCBEGIy
— The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (@LancetRespirMed) December 19, 2022
Review | Management of patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes
19 Jan, 2023 | 13:47h | UTCManagement of patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes – Blood Cancer Journal
RCT | Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab vs. EXTREME regimen as first-line treatment for recurrent/metastatic head and neck cancer
19 Jan, 2023 | 13:41h | UTC
WHO Report | Close to one billion people globally are served by health-care facilities with no electricity access or with unreliable electricity
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:42h | UTCExecutive Summary: Energizing health: accelerating electricity access in health-care facilities: executive summary – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Only half of hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa have energy access with rural health facilities suffering the most.
🔌 Reliable electricity in health-care facilities is essential to save lives https://t.co/LeIlWdmO31 pic.twitter.com/HulrvN6RPF
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 14, 2023
ACG Clinical Guideline | Diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:39h | UTC
Recurrent venous thromboembolism and bleeding with extended anticoagulation: the VTE-PREDICT risk score
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:37h | UTCSee calculator: https://vtepredict.com/
Commentary on Twitter
The effect of extended anticoagulant treatment for individual patients with venous thromboembolism: the results from the VTE-PREDICT risk score! #venous #thromboembolism #anticoagulant #bleeding #score#EHJ #cardiotwitter @ESC_Journals @escardio
https://t.co/u3NHWyB9rv pic.twitter.com/ifOFxaXV1I— EHJ Editor-in-Chief (@ehj_ed) January 17, 2023
ACC Guidelines Update | Diagnosis and management of celiac disease
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:40h | UTCCommentaries:
ACG Updates Clinical Guidance on Diagnosing Celiac Disease – HCP Live
RCT | Early high-flow nasal oxygen did not improve outcomes in hospitalized children with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:34h | UTCEffect of Early High-Flow Nasal Oxygen vs Standard Oxygen Therapy on Length of Hospital Stay in Hospitalized Children With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: The PARIS-2 Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
See also: Visual Abstract
Cohort Study | Brain cancer after radiation exposure from CT examinations of children and young adults
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:36h | UTCBrain cancer after radiation exposure from CT examinations of children and young adults: results from the EPI-CT cohort study – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries:
CT brain cancer risk quantified for children and young adults – medwire News
Abstracts written by ChatGPT fool scientists
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:29h | UTCAbstracts written by ChatGPT fool scientists – Nature
Original Study (preprint): Comparing scientific abstracts generated by ChatGPT to original abstracts using an artificial intelligence output detector, plagiarism detector, and blinded human reviewers – bioRxiv
Review | Surgical site infection prevention
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:31h | UTCSurgical Site Infection Prevention: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Author interview: Surgical Site Infection Prevention – JAMA
Related:
Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection – World Health Organization
AAOS Guideline: Prevention of surgical site infections after major extremity trauma.
Report | The COVID-19 pandemic and the future of telemedicine
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:28h | UTCNews Release: New report looks to the future of telemedicine – Imperial College London
M-A | Adverse maternal, fetal, and newborn outcomes among pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:27h | UTCNews Release: COVID-19 infection at any time during pregnancy boosts mother’s risk of death – BMJ
Commentary: Getting COVID in Pregnancy Greatly Raises a Woman’s Odds for Death – HealthDay
Consensus statement | Use of a 4-month treatment regimen for drug susceptible TB in children with uncomplicated disease
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:25h | UTC
Consensus Statement | Management of patients with advanced prostate cancer
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:26h | UTC
Retrospective study | Supernumerary sex chromosome aneuploidies are associated with increased risk of VTE
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:22h | UTCAssociation of Supernumerary Sex Chromosome Aneuploidies With Venous Thromboembolism – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Guideline | Diagnosis and treatment of lateral meniscal lesions
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:23h | UTC
Review | Organization-wide approaches to foster effective unit-level efforts to improve clinician well-being
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:19h | UTC
Cohort Study | Hydroxychloroquine dose and risk for incident retinopathy
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:21h | UTCHydroxychloroquine Dose and Risk for Incident Retinopathy: A Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: Long-term low-dose hydroxychloroquine use associated with low risk for retinopathy – American College of Physicians
Commentary: Long-term low-dose hydroxychloroquine use associated with low risk for retinopathy – ACP Internist
SR | Pre‐emptive antifungal therapy vs. empirical antifungal therapy for febrile neutropenia in people with cancer
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:18h | UTC