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ESC Position Statement: Atrial Fibrillation in Acute Heart Failure
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:12h | UTC
Perspective: Expert Opinion is Not Always Right
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:04h | UTCExpert opinion is not always right – Evidently Cochrane (free)
EULAR Recommendations for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Synthetic and Biological Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:09h | UTC
Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:10h | UTCSmoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (free)
News Release: Surgeon General Releases First Report Focused on Smoking Cessation in 30 Years – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (free)
Commentaries: E-cigarettes don’t help smokers quit, U.S. Surgeon General says – UPI (free) AND New U.S. Surgeon General’s Report Focuses on Smoking Cessation Efforts – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Surgeon General Releases Report Focused on Smoking Cessation – The ASCO Post (free)
Study: Implications of Abnormal Exercise Electrocardiography with Normal Stress Echocardiography
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:06h | UTCImplications of Abnormal Exercise Electrocardiography with Normal Stress Echocardiography – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Implications of Abnormal Exercise ECG With Normal Stress Echo – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Positive Stress ECG + Normal Stress Echo = Slightly Increased Heart Risk – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Podcast: Dialysis for the Internist
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:04h | UTC#192 Dialysis for the Internist with Joel Topf MD – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free)
See also: Episode List
Study: Community-Based Hemoglobin A1C Testing in Barbershops to Identify Black Men with Undiagnosed Diabetes
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:07h | UTCCommunity-Based Hemoglobin A1C Testing in Barbershops to Identify Black Men With Undiagnosed Diabetes – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Barbershop screenings may help find undiagnosed diabetes – Reuters (free) AND Diabetes testing at barbershops effective for screening black men – UPI (free)
Related Studies: Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops (free study and commentaries) AND Randomized Trial: Community-Based Interventions to Improve Cardiovascular Risk in High-Risk Patients (free study and commentaries) AND Cluster Randomized Trial: Sustainability of Blood Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops (free study and commentaries)
WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 27 JANUARY 2020
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:58h | UTCNovel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 27 JANUARY 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Related Commentary on Twitter
In outbreaks of other #coronaviruses (MERS & SARS), person-to-person transmission occurred through droplets, contact and fomites, suggesting that the transmission mode of the 2019-nCoV can be similar
WHO Situation Report 27 January 2020 https://t.co/l1vODXEyD3 pic.twitter.com/vuNl64gZnm
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 27, 2020
Estimating the Magnitude of Cancer Overdiagnosis in Australia
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:59h | UTCEstimating the magnitude of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia – Medical Journal of Australia (free)
Commentary: 29,000 cancers overdiagnosed in Australia in a single year – The Conversation (free)
Related: Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free) AND Overdiagnosis across medical disciplines: a scoping review – The BMJ Open (free) AND Too much medical care: bad for you, bad for health care systems – STAT News (free) AND Position Paper on Overdiagnosis and Action to be Taken – Wonca (free PDF) AND Screening: How overdiagnosis and other harms can undermine the benefits – Health News Review (free) AND Overdiagnosis: causes and consequences in primary health care – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Five warning signs of overdiagnosis – The Conversation (free) AND What is overdiagnosed cancer? And why does it matter? – Croakey (free) AND Blame rising cancer overdiagnosis on ‘irrational exuberance’ for early detection – STAT (free) AND Preventing overdiagnosis and the harms of too much sport and exercise medicine – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free)
China Coronavirus Latest: How Quickly Does the Virus Spread?
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:56h | UTCChina coronavirus latest: how quickly does the virus spread? – Nature (free)
See also: Coronavirus More Infectious Than Suspected; China Expands Quarantine – Health Policy Watch (free) AND Experts: nCoV spread in China’s cities could trigger global epidemic – CIDRAP (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Scientists around the world are trying to estimate how infectious the coronavirus is between people. Latest updates here 👇🏼https://t.co/my1M6CCISx
— nature (@Nature) January 27, 2020
Wuhan Novel Coronavirus: UK Interim Guidance for Primary Care
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:54h | UTCWN-CoV: interim guidance for primary care – Public Health England (free)
Commentary: GPs Given China Coronavirus Guidance – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Interim Guidance: Infection prevention and control during health care when novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection is suspected – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Reverse Cardio‐Oncology: Cancer Development in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:53h | UTC
Isoniazid-resistant Tuberculosis: A Problem we Can no Longer Ignore
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:52h | UTCIsoniazid-resistant tuberculosis: A problem we can no longer ignore – PLOS Medicine (free)
Original Article: Prevalence and genetic profiles of isoniazid resistance in tuberculosis patients: A multicountry analysis of cross-sectional data – PLOS Medicine (free)
Meta-analysis: Fetal Movement Counting and Perinatal Mortality
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:50h | UTC
Position Statement: Use of Drugs in ADHD in Children and Adolescents with a Known Heart Disease, As Well as in the General Pediatric Population
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:48h | UTCRelated: AAP Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of ADHD in Children and Adolescents (free)
A Disclosure Form for Work Submitted to Medical Journals: A Proposal from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:49h | UTC
[Abstract Only] Practice Changing? Randomized Trial of Low-dose Aspirin for the Prevention of Preterm Delivery in Nulliparous Women with a Singleton Pregnancy
26 Jan, 2020 | 23:02h | UTCLow-dose aspirin for the prevention of preterm delivery in nulliparous women with a singleton pregnancy (ASPIRIN): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Low-dose aspirin may reduce preterm birth risk among first-time mothers – NIH News Releases (free) AND Daily aspirin may reduce preterm birth risk among first-time mothers – OnMedica (free)
Studies: Clinical Features of Patients Infected with 2019 Novel Coronavirus in Wuhan, China
26 Jan, 2020 | 22:57h | UTCHomepage: The Lancet Articles on the Coronavirus Outbreak (free)
Studies: Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China – The Lancet (free) AND A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster – The Lancet (free)
Editorial: Emerging understandings of 2019-nCoV – The Lancet (free)
Commentaries: A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern – The Lancet (free) AND Data sharing and outbreaks: best practice exemplified – The Lancet (free) AND New coronavirus can cause infections with no symptoms and sicken otherwise healthy people, studies show – STAT (free)
WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 25 JANUARY 2020
26 Jan, 2020 | 23:00h | UTCNovel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 25 JANUARY 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Related Commentary on Twitter
WHO’s risk assessment of the new #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) situation has not changed:
🔺very high in #China🇨🇳
🔺high at the regional level
🔺moderate at the global levelWHO’s situation report 25 January 2020 https://t.co/HpjfIe2p7d pic.twitter.com/9FjyRCMxJd
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 25, 2020
Evolving Issues in Oxygen Therapy in Acute Care Medicine
26 Jan, 2020 | 22:53h | UTCEvolving Issues in Oxygen Therapy in Acute Care Medicine – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: Systematic Review: Higher vs. Lower Fraction of Inspired Oxygen or Targets of Arterial Oxygenation for Adults Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (several studies on the subject)
Brief Report: A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019
26 Jan, 2020 | 22:58h | UTCA Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019 – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Editorial: Another Decade, Another Coronavirus – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Perspective: A Novel Coronavirus Emerging in China — Key Questions for Impact Assessment – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
See also: Coronavirus Spurs China to Suspend Tours Abroad and Xi to Warn of a ‘Grave Situation’ – The New York Times (free) AND China coronavirus spread is accelerating, Xi Jinping warns – BBC (free)
Doubts Rise About China’s Ability to Contain new Coronavirus
26 Jan, 2020 | 22:56h | UTCDoubts rise about China’s ability to contain new coronavirus – CIDRAP (free)
Report 3: Transmissibility of 2019-nCoV – Imperial College London (free)
BSR Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis
26 Jan, 2020 | 22:54h | UTCExecutive Summary: British Society for Rheumatology guideline on diagnosis and treatment of giant cell arteritis – Rheumatology (free)
Related: Giant Cell Arteritis: An Updated Review of an Old Disease (free review and guidelines)
Consensus Statement: A Management Algorithm for Adult Patients with Both Brain Oxygen and Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
26 Jan, 2020 | 22:50h | UTC
CDC Updated Recommendations: Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccines
26 Jan, 2020 | 22:47h | UTCCommentaries: CDC: Tdap Acceptable Alternative to Td Vaccine – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND ACIP: Updated Recommendations for Tdap Vaccination – MPR (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Vaccine providers: New ACIP recommendations allow more flexibility for use of either #Tdap or #Td for decennial #tetanus boosters, tetanus prophylaxis during wound management, and catch-up immunizations. Learn more: https://t.co/TMQhK5F4aq pic.twitter.com/3CTJpYxEwM
— Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH (@CDCDirector) January 24, 2020