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Position Statement | Telehealth policy, practice, and education
4 May, 2023 | 14:01h | UTC
4 or more CT scans in childhood correlate with elevated cancer risk
4 May, 2023 | 13:59h | UTCNews Release: Single CT scan in kids low risk for cancers, but 4 or more CTs increases risk – Canadian Medical Association Journal
RCT | BCG vaccine did not protect health care workers against Covid-19
4 May, 2023 | 13:56h | UTCCommentary: The BCG vaccine does not decrease the risk of COVID-19 in healthcare workers – News Medical
Commentary on Twitter
The bacille Calmette–Guérin vaccine may enhance generic antiviral immunity. In a randomized, controlled trial, health care workers received BCG vaccination or placebo. The BCG vaccine did not reduce Covid-19 risk. https://t.co/f2Uu4yhYZP
— NEJM (@NEJM) April 26, 2023
Diagnostic Stewardship | A continuum of antibiotic stewardship in combating antimicrobial resistance
4 May, 2023 | 13:58h | UTC
Comparing scientific abstracts generated by ChatGPT to real abstracts with detectors and blinded human reviewers
4 May, 2023 | 13:54h | UTCRelated:
ChatGPT et al? Not So Fast, Say Journal Editors – TCTMD
Chat GPT will change Medicine – Vinay Prasad’s Observations and Thoughts
The use of ChatGPT and other large language models in surgical science – BJS Open
ChatGPT vs. NCI: analyzing the quality of cancer information on myths and misconceptions
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine & ChatGPT: De-Tether the Physician – Journal of Medical Systems (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Can artificial intelligence help for scientific writing? – Critical Care
Artificial intelligence in academic writing: a paradigm-shifting technological advance
Perspective | ChatGPT-assisted diagnosis: is the future suddenly here?
Perspective | Generating scholarly content with ChatGPT: ethical challenges for medical publishing
ChatGPT: Will It Transform the World of Health Care? – UCSF Department of Medicine
ChatGPT and the future of medical writing (ChatGPT itself wrote this paper)
ChatGPT: five priorities for research – Nature
The path forward for ChatGPT in academia – Lumo’s Newsletter
ChatGPT is fun, but not an author – Science
Tools such as ChatGPT threaten transparent science; here are our ground rules for their use – Nature
ChatGPT listed as author on research papers: many scientists disapprove – Nature
Abstracts written by ChatGPT fool scientists
RCT | Prolonged higher dose methylprednisolone vs. conventional dexamethasone in COVID-19 pneumonia
4 May, 2023 | 13:53h | UTC
Guideline | Perioperative management of patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
4 May, 2023 | 13:52h | UTC
Scoping review of rational polytherapy in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy
4 May, 2023 | 13:50h | UTCScoping review of rational polytherapy in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy – Pharmacotherapy
SR | Perampanel add‐on for drug‐resistant focal epilepsy
4 May, 2023 | 13:49h | UTCPerampanel add‐on for drug‐resistant focal epilepsy – Cochrane Library
Summary: Perampanel add-on for drug-resistant focal epilepsy – Cochrane Library
Researchers develop an AI-based method to replace chemical staining of tissue
4 May, 2023 | 13:48h | UTCNews Release: Researchers develop an AI-based method to replace chemical staining of tissue – University of Turku
Original Study: Unstained Tissue Imaging and Virtual Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining of Histologic Whole Slide Images – Laboratorial Investigation
Cohort Study | Comparison of propylthiouracil vs. methimazole for thyroid storm in critically ill patients
4 May, 2023 | 13:47h | UTCNews Release: Study: No significant differences in mortality, adverse events in patients taking thyroid medications – Boston University
ASTRO/ESTRO Guideline | Treatment of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer
4 May, 2023 | 13:44h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
ASTRO & ESTRO partnered to issue the first guideline on local therapy for oligometastatic lung cancer, out today in #PracticalRadOnc https://t.co/ZiM2RWX394 @ESTRO_RT @IyengarPuneeth @Mat_Guc pic.twitter.com/5DV3fRdn1o
— ASTRO (@ASTRO_org) April 25, 2023
ACP Position Paper | Performance measures for physicians providing clinical care using telemedicine
4 May, 2023 | 13:46h | UTCNews Release: ACP Calls for Appropriate and Meaningful Performance Measures to Evaluate Telemedicine
AAP Policy Statement | Protecting children and adolescents from tobacco and nicotine
4 May, 2023 | 13:43h | UTCProtecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine – Pediatrics
Clinical Report: Protecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine – Pediatrics
Commentaries:
Protecting Kids From Tobacco’s Harms: AAP Policy Explained – Health Children
Treating long-lasting low back pain without surgery: the latest evidence
4 May, 2023 | 13:40h | UTCTreating long-lasting low back pain without surgery: the latest evidence – Evidently Cochrane
Cohort Study | Risk factors for mortality from aortic aneurysm and dissection
4 May, 2023 | 13:41h | UTCCommentary: Aortic Disease Deaths Tied to Modifiable Risk Factors, Japanese Data Confirm – TCTMD
Stoma reversal after Hartmann’s procedure: a retrospective study on patients with acute diverticulitis
4 May, 2023 | 13:37h | UTCStoma reversal after Hartmann’s procedure for acute diverticulitis – Surgery
Commentary on Twitter
Very important OPEN ACCESS #colorectalsurgery publication in @SurgJournal by @LauraKoskenvuo @villesallinen 🇫🇮 https://t.co/B1V4pRMNZT “After the Hartmann’s procedure for acute diverticulitis, one-third died, half underwent stoma reversal, and one-fifth did not undergo stoma…
— Steven D Wexner MD, PhD (@SWexner) March 11, 2023
Review | Identifying, understanding and managing fecal urgency in inflammatory bowel diseases
4 May, 2023 | 13:38h | UTC
Review | Carvedilol as the new non-selective beta-blocker of choice in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension
4 May, 2023 | 13:36h | UTC
What’s new in reducing the impact of tracheostomy on communication and swallowing in the ICU
4 May, 2023 | 13:34h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
💨 Tracheostomy? Profound impact on functional communication, swallowing/oral intake & other comorbidities in #ICU. Early strategies to restore laryngo‑pharyngeal airflow/subglottic P likely to ⬇️ negative impact ⬆️ short/longer-term sequelae.#ICUrehab
🖇️ https://t.co/Jslkv04Djf pic.twitter.com/YKLNKYvabC— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) April 23, 2023
Clinical Trial Update | Adjuvant Osimertinib for resected EGFR-mutated stage IB-IIIA non–small-cell lung cancer
4 May, 2023 | 13:33h | UTCOriginal Study: Osimertinib in Resected EGFR-Mutated Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine
News Release: Trial shows significant disease-free survival for patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer – Yale University
Cohort Study | There is no association between labor epidural analgesia and risk of offspring autism and ADHD
4 May, 2023 | 13:30h | UTC
Commentary with video on Twitter
AJOG Presents: Labor epidural analgesia and subsequent risk of offspring autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a cross-national cohort study of 4.5 million individuals and their siblings https://t.co/XFbedq7SAz pic.twitter.com/J4Mu5xSwT6
— AJOG (@AJOG_thegray) February 4, 2023
Review | A practical guide to hidradenitis suppurativa
4 May, 2023 | 13:29h | UTCA practical guide to hidradenitis suppurativa – Family Practice
SR | In people with prediabetes, Vitamin D may have a small benefit in decreasing the risk of diabetes
4 May, 2023 | 13:28h | UTCVitamin D and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in People With Prediabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data From 3 Randomized Clinical Trials – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries:
How Helpful Is Vitamin D in Prediabetes? – ConscienHealth
Review | Rapid sequence induction in pediatric anesthesia
4 May, 2023 | 13:26h | UTC