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CDC, AAP update developmental milestones for surveillance program.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:47h | UTCNews Release: CDC, AAP update developmental milestones for surveillance program – AAP News
See Guidance: Evidence-Informed Milestones for Developmental Surveillance Tools – Pediatrics
Commentaries:
Revised Developmental Milestone Guidelines For Infants And Toddlers: Explained Here – Forbes
Much Awaited – Development Milestone Checklists Updated by CDC & AAP – Pediatric OnCall
Guidelines on management of persons with multimorbidity and polypharmacy.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:41h | UTC
Guideline for perioperative management of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:43h | UTC
Fighting against sudden cardiac death: need for a paradigm shift—Adding near-term prevention and pre-emptive action to long-term prevention.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:39h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Fighting against #SuddenCardiacDeath: need for a paradigm shift—Adding near-term prevention and pre-emptive action to long-term prevention https://t.co/5xLeUAB9QD @escardio #EHJ #ESCYoung #cardiotwitter @ehj_ed @rladeiraslopes pic.twitter.com/IGzZ8dmLd6
— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) March 7, 2022
Case report: Nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism secondary to cyanoacrylate embolization of gastric varices.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:35h | UTC
RCT: Little long-term benefit from a small change approach to prevent weight gain in adults with overweight and obesity.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:37h | UTC
RCT: Role of thoracic ultrasonography in pleurodesis pathways for malignant pleural effusions.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:28h | UTCRole of thoracic ultrasonography in pleurodesis pathways for malignant pleural effusions (SIMPLE): an open-label, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
Thoracic ultrasonography-guided pleurodesis in patients with malignant pleural effusions results in shorter hospital stay without reducing the success rate of the procedure at 3 monthshttps://t.co/hof4Rd2nUt
— K Pavithran (@drkpavithran) March 2, 2022
Degree of myopia and glaucoma risk: a dose-response meta-analysis.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:32h | UTC
FDA issues warning after 2 children strangled by enteral feeding set tubing.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:33h | UTCFDA issues warning after 2 children strangled by enteral feeding set tubing – AAP News
Original Report: Potential Risk of Strangulation in Children who Use Enteral Feeding Delivery Sets – U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Associations between alcohol consumption and gray and white matter volumes in the UK Biobank.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:31h | UTCCommentaries:
Just one drink per day can shrink your brain, study says – CNN
Study suggests switching among different generic levothyroxine products is not associated with clinically significant changes in TSH level.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:30h | UTCAssociation Between Generic-to-Generic Levothyroxine Switching and Thyrotropin Levels Among US Adults – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Generic Levothyroxine Switching and Thyrotropin Levels – American College of Cardiology
Podcast: Pediatric cancer survivorship.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:26h | UTC#44: Pediatric Cancer Survivorship – Focusing on Thriving, Not Just Surviving – The Cribsiders
Podcast: Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:27h | UTC
M-A: Site-specific therapy in cancers of unknown primary site.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:23h | UTC
Systematic Review: Diagnostic test accuracy and cost‐effectiveness of tests for codeletion of chromosomal arms 1p and 19q in people with glioma.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:24h | UTC
Review | Unsedated transnasal endoscopy: an alternative to standard diagnostic peroral endoscopy.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:21h | UTCUnsedated Transnasal Endoscopy: A Safe, Well-Tolerated and Accurate Alternative to Standard Diagnostic Peroral Endoscopy – Digestive Diseases and Sciences (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Process evaluation of implementation strategies to reduce potentially inappropriate medication prescribing in older population: A scoping review.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:16h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
A scoping review of implementation strategies to reduce #PIMs in older adults finds multifaceted interventions were the most studied implementation strategies and knowledge gaps exist around sustainability and implementation costs #deprescribinghttps://t.co/vfUtizxmrn
— deprescribing.org (@deprescribing) March 3, 2022
Review: Primary lymphedema.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:19h | UTCPrimary lymphoedema – Nature Reviews Disease Primers (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Infographic: Primary Lymphoedema (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Commentary on Twitter
Primary #lymphoedema can be classified into a hypoplastic form (in which lymphatic growth is impaired) and a hyperplastic form (in which the number or size of the lymphatic vessels is increased).#LymphoedemaAwarenesshttps://t.co/TDRhMQg7Aj pic.twitter.com/W2duCpKT7H
— Nature Reviews Disease Primers (@DiseasePrimers) March 7, 2022
Review: Innovating medication reviews through a technology-enabled process.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:13h | UTC
RCT: In patients with stable chest pain with intermediate pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease, an initial diagnostic imaging strategy based on CT angiography resulted in similar risks of major adverse cardiovascular events compared to invasive coronary angiography.
7 Mar, 2022 | 00:55h | UTCCT or Invasive Coronary Angiography in Stable Chest Pain – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: DISCHARGE Hailed as a Big Step Forward for CTA in Stable Chest Pain – TCTMD
Commentary on Twitter
Among patients referred for invasive coronary angiography because of stable chest pain and intermediate pretest probability of CAD, the risk of major adverse CV events was similar in the CT group and the ICA group. #ECR22 https://t.co/KnuQo0juxE pic.twitter.com/Sf70dqfgKP
— NEJM (@NEJM) March 4, 2022
Global burden of heart failure: a comprehensive and updated review of epidemiology.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:11h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Seeing the big picture🖼️
Assessing the global🌍burden of #HeartFailure❤️, from prevalence to cost & the #inequities faced by developing countries https://t.co/1klLCTMLTL@CVR_TomaszGuzik @DrMikeDrozd @glenpyle #epidemiology #PublicHealth #HF #CardiovascularResearch pic.twitter.com/XX9iV0C8Mj
— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) March 4, 2022
RCT: Anterior–lateral electrode position is more effective compared to anterior–posterior electrode position for cardioverting atrial fibrillation.
7 Mar, 2022 | 00:45h | UTCCommentary: Anterior-Lateral or Anterior-Posterior Pads for A-fib Cardioversion? – JournalFeed
Commentary on Twitter
#OriginalResearch In this multicenter RCT of 468 patients, anterior-lateral electrode position was more effective than anterior-posterior electrode position for ⚡cardioversion of #Afib #AHAJournalshttps://t.co/XJlxe7e7Ed pic.twitter.com/hA4wGb6Pak
— Circulation (@CircAHA) November 24, 2021
Systematic Review: Anticoagulants for people hospitalized with COVID‐19.
7 Mar, 2022 | 00:48h | UTCAnticoagulants for people hospitalised with COVID‐19 – Cochrane Library
Related: Anticoagulation in Patients With COVID-19: JACC Review Topic of the Week.
COVID-19: How Omicron overtook Delta in three charts.
7 Mar, 2022 | 00:46h | UTCCOVID-19: How Omicron overtook Delta in three charts – Nature
Systematic Review: Prediction of good neurological outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest.
7 Mar, 2022 | 00:40h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Predicting good neuro outcome in comatose cardiac arrest survivors? Look at
🧠 GCS motor 4/5
🧠 normal NSE
🧠 SSEP N20 wave amplitude > 4 μV or continuous EEG background without discharges
🧠 no diffusion restriction in cortex or deep grey matter on MRI
SR https://t.co/ixkMvErdux pic.twitter.com/GjeuTLgDlb— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) March 4, 2022