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Expert panel consensus on management of advanced cancer–related pain in individuals with opioid use disorder.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:49h | UTCCommentaries:
Guidance Offered for Managing Pain in Patients With Cancer and OUD – HealthDay
AASLD Practice Guidance: Palliative care and symptom-based management in decompensated cirrhosis.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:51h | UTCRelated: Meta-Analysis: Symptom Prevalence and Quality of Life of Patients with End-stage Liver Disease
Practice guidelines for office and out-of-office blood pressure measurement.
8 Feb, 2022 | 10:02h | UTC
Guideline: Therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:48h | UTC
In patients taking anticoagulants (DOAC or Warfarin), a respiratory tract infection not treated with antibiotics is associated with a greater than twofold increase in the risk of bleeding during the next 0-14 days.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:46h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
In new research of 1208 oral anticoagulant users, a greater than twofold increase was seen in the risk of major bleeding & clinically relevant non-major bleeding in the 0-14 days after a respiratory tract infection for which no antibiotics were prescribed https://t.co/wMIb2eDBKk
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) December 21, 2021
The CanPain SCI clinical practice guidelines for rehabilitation management of neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:47h | UTC
Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Pediatric Sepsis Definition Taskforce.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:40h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Menon et al: Peds sepsis criteria
👨🏾💻data validation
👨👩👧👦 #PedsICU #Sepsis Definition Taskforce📚Sys Rev & MA
🔖106 studies, 81 in MALink: https://t.co/0CdRgwMPcA#CritCareMed @SCCM
Fig: Pooled Mortality rates pic.twitter.com/QcfwmFUylS
— Critical Care Medicine (@CritCareMed) January 1, 2022
Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase (γ-GT) – an old dog with new tricks?
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:35h | UTCGamma-Glutamyl Transferase (γ-GT) – an old dog with new tricks? – Liver International
Cluster-Randomized Trial: A multicomponent diagnostic strategy (on-site molecular testing for tuberculosis, guided restructuring of clinic workflows, and monthly feedback of quality metrics) significantly improved the rates of a confirmed diagnosis of tuberculosis within 14 days after presentation.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:43h | UTCMulticomponent Strategy with Decentralized Molecular Testing for Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
A cluster-randomized trial in 20 Ugandan health centers compared a multicomponent TB strategy with routine care. The intervention led to greater numbers of patients being tested for, receiving a diagnosis of, and being treated for confirmed TB. https://t.co/PcJDC1I0CY pic.twitter.com/AT99QVOn2S
— NEJM (@NEJM) December 28, 2021
Podcast: Palpitation Pearls.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:34h | UTC#320 Palpitations with Dr. Joshua Cooper – The Curbsiders
M-A: In women with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes, azithromycin is associated with lower rates of clinical chorioamnionitis compared to erythromycin.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:37h | UTCErythromycin versus azithromycin for treatment of preterm prelabor rupture of membranes: A systematic review and meta-analysis – American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Expert opinion on management of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in pancreatic cancer.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:31h | UTCExpert opinion on management of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in pancreatic cancer – ESMO Open
Podcast: Dyslipidemia in Children.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:33h | UTC
Review | AI and the cardiologist: when mind, heart and machine unite.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:28h | UTCAI and the cardiologist: when mind, heart and machine unite – OpenHeart
New developments in systemic lupus erythematosus.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:27h | UTCNew developments in systemic lupus erythematosus – Rheumatology
Peer review guidance for evaluating the narrative review: lessons applied from the systematic review.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:29h | UTC
Recent progress in treatments of rheumatoid arthritis: an overview of developments in biologics and small molecules, and remaining unmet needs.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:24h | UTC
New developments in osteoarthritis pharmacological therapies.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:25h | UTCNew developments in osteoarthritis pharmacological therapies – Rheumatology
New developments in ankylosing spondylitis.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:26h | UTCNew developments in ankylosing spondylitis—status in 2021 – Rheumatology
New developments in Sjogren’s syndrome.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:23h | UTCNew developments in Sjogren’s syndrome – Rheumatology
Clinical update on COVID-19 for the emergency clinician: Presentation and evaluation.
7 Feb, 2022 | 08:56h | UTC
Editorial: “Excess deaths” is the best metric for tracking the pandemic.
7 Feb, 2022 | 08:54h | UTC“Excess deaths” is the best metric for tracking the pandemic – The BMJ
Related:
The pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official counts.
Global Covid-19 deaths surpass five million.
Under-reporting of deaths limits our understanding of true burden of covid-19.
Study shows COVID-19 has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II.
Just how do deaths due to COVID-19 stack up?
Exploring the gap between excess mortality and COVID-19 deaths in 67 countries.
COVID-19 has caused 6.9 million deaths globally, more than double what official reports show
Commentaries on Twitter
If you want to track the pandemic and compare performance, then 'excess deaths' is the best metric. @_Nazrul_Islam explains.
For example, UK excess deaths have been running at higher than predicted levels since the middle of 2021.@bmj_latest https://t.co/fiMpk4tiIj pic.twitter.com/SKIvStmxm8
— Kamran Abbasi (@KamranAbbasi) February 4, 2022
The pandemic has far reaching effects—direct and indirect—beyond illnesses and deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2. Using the metric of excess deaths can help us to track this, argues @_Nazrul_Islam https://t.co/PzxgPbkqk0
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) February 4, 2022
CDC unveils its latest weapon in Covid-19 detection: wastewater.
7 Feb, 2022 | 08:49h | UTCCDC unveils its latest weapon in Covid-19 detection: wastewater – CNN
Related:
[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
The myriad ways sewage surveillance is helping fight COVID around the world – Nature
It’s time to begin a national wastewater testing program for Covid-19 – STAT
Coronavirus: Testing sewage an ‘easy win’ – BBC
Critical appraisal of the new CDC article on the effectiveness of masks for the prevention of Covid-19.
7 Feb, 2022 | 08:52h | UTCMask studies reach a new scientific low point – Vinay Prasad’s Observations and Thoughts
Related Studies:
Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered.
Modeling COVID-19 mortality across 44 Countries: Face covering may reduce deaths.
What can masks do? Part 2: What makes for a good mask study — and why most fail.
Opinion | Why Are Americans Still—Still!—Wearing Cloth Masks?
Evidence shows that, yes, masks prevent COVID-19 – and surgical masks are the way to go.
[Preprint] Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19.
Commentary on Twitter
A new @CDCMMWR study shows that people who reported always wearing masks or respirators in indoor public settings in California were less likely to test positive for #COVID19 compared with those who reported not wearing a face covering. Learn more. https://t.co/T8gaqiPHyI pic.twitter.com/6UJ9cs60NK
— CDC (@CDCgov) February 4, 2022
EULAR recommendations for cardiovascular risk management in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome.
7 Feb, 2022 | 08:43h | UTC