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Guidance to best tools and practices for systematic reviews

14 Jun, 2023 | 14:12h | UTC

Guidance to best tools and practices for systematic reviews – Systematic Reviews

 

M-A | Oseltamivir fails to lower hospitalization risk in adult and adolescent influenza patients

13 Jun, 2023 | 14:12h | UTC

Evaluation of Oseltamivir Used to Prevent Hospitalization in Outpatients With Influenza: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Viewpoint | Detecting selection bias in observational studies—when interventions work too fast

13 Jun, 2023 | 14:09h | UTC

Detecting Selection Bias in Observational Studies—When Interventions Work Too Fast – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

 

Commentary from the author on Twitter

 

Review | Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems

13 Jun, 2023 | 14:07h | UTC

Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems – The Lancet Global Health

Related:

Use of Wastewater for Mpox Outbreak Surveillance in California – New England Journal of Medicine

Wastewater network infrastructure in public health: Applications and learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic – PLOS Global Public Health

Opinion: Wastewater analysis can be a powerful public health tool—if it’s done sensibly.

CDC unveils its latest weapon in Covid-19 detection: wastewater.

CDC Report: Using Wastewater Surveillance Data to Support the COVID-19 Response — United States, 2020–2021.

Rapid, large-scale wastewater surveillance and automated reporting system enabled early detection of nearly 85% of COVID-19 cases on a University campus.

[Preprint] Wastewater genomic testing can effectively track COVID-19 variants of concern.

Human Waste Could Be The Next Big Weapon in Controlling COVID-19 – TIME

Next steps for wastewater testing to help end this pandemic — and prevent the next one – STAT

Sewage sleuths helped an Arizona town beat back Covid-19. For wastewater epidemiology, that’s just the start – STAT

The myriad ways sewage surveillance is helping fight COVID around the world – Nature

Testing sewage can give school districts, campuses and businesses a heads-up on the spread of COVID-19 – The Conversation

It’s time to begin a national wastewater testing program for Covid-19 – STAT

Coronavirus: Testing sewage an ‘easy win’ – BBC

Development of wastewater pooled surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 from congregate living settings – high sensitivity, but unable to distinguish new infectious cases from persistent convalescent shedding.

 

Saving time and money in biomedical publishing: the case for free-format submissions with minimal requirements

13 Jun, 2023 | 14:08h | UTC

Saving time and money in biomedical publishing: the case for free-format submissions with minimal requirements – BMC Medicine

Commentary: Revealed: the millions of dollars in time wasted making papers fit journal guidelines – Nature

 

Review | Diagnosis and management of depression in adolescents

13 Jun, 2023 | 14:05h | UTC

Diagnosis and management of depression in adolescents – Canadian Medical Association Journal

News Release: How to diagnose and manage depression in adolescents: A new review for clinicians – Canadian Medical Association Journal

 

AHA Scientific Statement | Contaminant metals as cardiovascular risk factors

13 Jun, 2023 | 14:04h | UTC

Contaminant metals as cardiovascular risk factors: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association – Journal of the American Heart Association

News Release: Chronic exposure to lead, cadmium and arsenic increases risk of cardiovascular disease – American Heart Association

Top Things to Know: Contaminant Metals as CV Risk Factors – American Heart Association

Commentary: Toxic Metals: The Poisons that are “Killing Us Softly” – American Heart Association

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Consensus Statement | Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

13 Jun, 2023 | 14:02h | UTC

Three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography: how to use and when to use—a clinical consensus statement from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the European Society of Cardiology – European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging

 

RCT | No change in delayed graft function with normothermic perfusion vs. cold storage in kidney transplants

13 Jun, 2023 | 14:00h | UTC

Normothermic machine perfusion versus static cold storage in donation after circulatory death kidney transplantation: a randomized controlled trial – Nature Medicine

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Review | The cervical spine in tension type headache

13 Jun, 2023 | 13:58h | UTC

The cervical spine in tension type headache – Musculoskeletal Science and Practice

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Machine learning proves effective in predicting left ventricular hypertrophy through ECG analysis, study shows

13 Jun, 2023 | 13:57h | UTC

Predicting left ventricular hypertrophy from the 12-lead electrocardiogram in the UK Biobank imaging study using machine learning – European Heart Journal – Digital Health

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Review | Challenges and opportunities in antimicrobial stewardship among hematopoietic stem cell transplant and oncology patients

13 Jun, 2023 | 13:55h | UTC

Challenges and Opportunities in Antimicrobial Stewardship among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant and Oncology Patients – Antibiotics

 

Review | Screening for prostate cancer: evidence, ongoing trials, policies and knowledge gaps

13 Jun, 2023 | 13:52h | UTC

Screening for prostate cancer: evidence, ongoing trials, policies and knowledge gaps – BMJ Oncology

 

RCT | Capivasertib–fulvestrant improves PFS vs. fulvestrant alone in HR+ advanced breast cancer

13 Jun, 2023 | 13:54h | UTC

Capivasertib in Hormone Receptor–Positive Advanced Breast Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Video: Capivasertib in Advanced Breast Cancer | NEJM

Commentary: Capivasertib-fulvestrant therapy increases PFS in HR-positive breast cancer – MedicalXpress

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Review | How to use cardiac troponin in non-cardiac surgery

13 Jun, 2023 | 13:50h | UTC

How to use cardiac troponin in non-cardiac surgery – European Heart Journal. Acute Cardiovascular Care

 

Consensus Statement | Clinical quantitative coronary artery stenosis and coronary atherosclerosis imaging

13 Jun, 2023 | 13:49h | UTC

Clinical quantitative coronary artery stenosis and coronary atherosclerosis imaging: a Consensus Statement from the Quantitative Cardiovascular Imaging Study Group – Nature Reviews Cardiology (if the link is paywalled, try this one)

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Review | How to improve the efficiency and the safety of real-time ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization

13 Jun, 2023 | 13:47h | UTC

How to improve the efficiency and the safety of real-time ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization in 2023: a narrative review – Annals of Intensive Care

 

Consensus Statement | Use of liothyronine (T3) in hypothyroidism

13 Jun, 2023 | 13:46h | UTC

Use of liothyronine (T3) in hypothyroidism: Joint British Thyroid Association/Society for endocrinology consensus statement – Clinical Endocrinology

 

Review | Post-intensive care syndrome

13 Jun, 2023 | 13:44h | UTC

Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS): recent updates – Journal of Intensive Care

 

M-A | Kangaroo mother care reduces mortality in preterm and low birth weight infants

13 Jun, 2023 | 13:41h | UTC

Kangaroo mother care for preterm or low birth weight infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis – BMJ Global Health

News Release: Effects of KMC in preterm and low birth weight infants – BMJ / News Medical

Related:

M-A | The efficacy of Kangaroo-Mother care to the clinical outcomes of LBW and premature infants

Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight – New England Journal of Medicine

Effect of community-initiated kangaroo mother care on survival of infants with low birthweight: a randomised controlled trial – The Lancet

Effect of Community-Initiated Kangaroo Mother Care on Postpartum Depressive Symptoms and Stress Among Mothers of Low-Birth-Weight Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Network Open

Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants – Cochrane Library

Preterm care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative risk analysis of neonatal deaths averted by kangaroo mother care versus mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 infection – EclinicalMedicine

 

IDSA 2023 Guidance on the treatment of antimicrobial resistant gram-negative infections

12 Jun, 2023 | 13:58h | UTC

IDSA 2023 Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial Resistant Gram-Negative Infections – Infectious Diseases Society of America

Related:

Guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli – Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

A position paper for the diagnosis and management of infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria: Endorsed by the Italian Society of Infection and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT), the Italian Society of Anti-Infective Therapy (SITA), the Italian Group for Antimicrobial Stewardship (GISA), the Italian Association of Clinical Microbiologists (AMCLI), and the Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM) – International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

The threat of multidrug-resistant/extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative respiratory infections: another pandemic – European Respiratory Review

 

M-A | Elevated HbA1c in gestational diabetes mellitus tied to 1.7-fold rise in large for gestational age incidence

13 Jun, 2023 | 13:39h | UTC

Association between HbA1c Levels and Fetal Macrosomia and Large for Gestational Age Babies in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 17,711 Women – Journal of Clinical Medicine

 

RCT | Noninferior survival rates with hearts donated after circulatory death versus brain death

12 Jun, 2023 | 13:57h | UTC

Transplantation Outcomes with Donor Hearts after Circulatory Death – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Video summary: Outcomes with Donor Hearts after Circulatory Death | NEJM

News Release: Multicenter Trial Finds Using Circulatory Death Donors is Safe and Effective for Heart Transplantation – Northwestern Medicine

Commentary: Transplantation Outcomes With Donor Hearts After Circulatory Death – American College of Cardiology

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

2ry Analysis of a RCT | Metformin linked to 41% reduction in long COVID incidence in outpatient treatment

12 Jun, 2023 | 13:55h | UTC

Outpatient treatment of COVID-19 and incidence of post-COVID-19 condition over 10 months (COVID-OUT): a multicentre, randomised, quadruple-blind, parallel-group, phase 3 trial – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

News Release: Study shows metformin lowers the risk of getting long COVID – University of Minnesota Medical School

Commentary: Expert reaction to study on Metformin after testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 and risk of developing long COVID – Science Media Centre

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Pre-clinical Study | Taurine deficiency and aging, a correlation found in mice, monkeys, and worms

12 Jun, 2023 | 13:53h | UTC

Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging – Science

Invited Commentary: Taurine linked with healthy aging – Science

News Release: Taurine May Be a Key to Longer and Healthier Life – Columbia University

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

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