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American College of Physicians Ethics Manual: Seventh Edition
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:37h | UTCAmerican College of Physicians Ethics Manual: Seventh Edition – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
News Release: American College of Physicians releases new edition of Ethics Manual (free)
“Genetic testing, telemedicine, end-of-life care, and human subjects research are among issues examined in new edition of ACP Ethics Manual” (from News Release)
Podcast: Perioperative Medicine
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:35h | UTC#135 Perioperative Medicine: Assess & Optimize Risk – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free audio)
Opinion – Acute Infection & Myocardial Infarction: How Afraid Should We Be?
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:35h | UTCAcute infection & myocardial infarction: How afraid should we be? – PulmCrit (free)
Related Commentary: Acute Infection and Myocardial Infarction – American College of Cardiology (free)
Original Article: Acute Infection and Myocardial Infarction – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Opinion: Why Big Pharma Must Disclose Payments to Patient Groups
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:33h | UTCWhy Big Pharma must disclose payments to patient groups – The Conversation (free)
Perspective: Unethical Experiments’ Painful Contributions to Today’s Medicine
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:32h | UTCUnethical experiments’ painful contributions to today’s medicine – CNN (free)
Study: Association Between Adolescent Well-being and Digital Technology Use
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:31h | UTCThe association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use – Nature Human Behavior (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Technology use explains at most 0.4 percent of adolescent wellbeing, new study finds – University of Oxford (free) AND Expert reaction to adolescent well-being and digital technology use – Science Media Centre (free) AND Screen Time May Be No Worse For Kids Than Eating Potatoes – Forbes (free)
Study: Association of Body Mass Index and Waist-to-hip Ratio with Brain Structure
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:30h | UTCAssociation of body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio with brain structure: UK Biobank study – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Excessive body fat around the middle linked to smaller brain, study says – CNN (free) AND Excessive body fat around the middle linked to smaller brain size, study finds – American Academy of Neurology (free)
SEOM Clinical Guidelines on Cardiovascular Toxicity
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:27h | UTCSEOM clinical guidelines on cardiovascular toxicity (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)
Related Guidelines and Reviews: Prevention and Monitoring of Cardiac Dysfunction in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Therapy (free) AND Cardio-Onco-Hematology in Clinical Practice. Position Paper and Recommendations – Revista Espanola de Cardiologia (free) AND Cardiotoxicity of anticancer treatments: Epidemiology, detection, and management – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)
Guidelines for the Treatment of Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:28h | UTC
Viewpoint: Wearable Devices for Cardiac Rhythm Diagnosis and Management
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:24h | UTCWearable Devices for Cardiac Rhythm Diagnosis and Management – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: Wearable technology to screen for atrial fibrillation: does it raise more questions than it answers? (free commentaries)
Update on Heart Failure Management and Future Directions
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:23h | UTCUpdate on heart failure management and future directions – Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (free)
Review: Physical Activity for Children with Chronic Disease
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:22h | UTC
Cohort Study: Maternal Ondansetron Use and Risk of Cardiac Malformations and Oral Clefts in Offspring
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:20h | UTCAssociation of Maternal First-Trimester Ondansetron Use With Cardiac Malformations and Oral Clefts in Offspring – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Does Zofran (ondansetron) for Nausea & Vomiting Cause Birth Defects? – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Risk of malformations in offspring likely minimal with use of ondansetron (Zofran) in first trimester – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Morning sickness pill study finds small link to increased risk of clefts but ‘not a cause for alarm’ – CNN (free)
Perioperative Thrombocytopenia: Evidence, Evaluation, and Emerging Therapies
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:19h | UTC
Challenges and Unanswered Questions in STEMI Management
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:17h | UTCChallenges and unanswered questions in STEMI management – Hellenic Journal of Cardiology (free)
Study: Suicide Among Cancer Patients
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:13h | UTCSuicide among cancer patients – Nature Communications (free)
Commentary: Suicide risk more than quadruples for people with cancer – Penn State (free)
Related Research: Suicidal death within a year of a cancer diagnosis (free study and commentary) AND Risk of Suicide After Cancer Diagnosis in England (free study and commentary)
Meta-analysis: Vitamin D to prevent exacerbations of COPD
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:15h | UTCVitamin D to prevent exacerbations of COPD: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised controlled trials – Thorax (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Vitamin D supplementation reduced COPD exacerbations in deficient patients: meta-analysis – PulmCCM (free) AND Treat vitamin D deficiency to prevent attacks of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – The Conversation (free)
Pharmacological Management of Progressive-fibrosing Interstitial Lung Diseases
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:14h | UTC
Review: Management of Autosomal-dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:12h | UTC
Systematic Review: Antiamoebic Drugs for Treating Amoebic Colitis
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:16h | UTCAntiamoebic drugs for treating amoebic colitis – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Antiamoebic drugs for treating amoebic colitis – Cochrane Library (free)
Epilepsy in Children: From Diagnosis to Treatment with Focus on Emergency
15 Jan, 2019 | 00:07h | UTC
WHO Recommendations: Drug Treatment for Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy
13 Jan, 2019 | 23:35h | UTCWHO recommendations: Drug treatment for severe hypertension in pregnancy – World Health Organization (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Drugs for Treating Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy (free study and commentary)
Related Guideline: Hypertension Canada’s 2018 Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy (free)
WHO Recommendation: Calcium Supplementation During Pregnancy for the Prevention of Pre-eclampsia
13 Jan, 2019 | 23:33h | UTC
WHO Recommendations: Induction of Labor at or Beyond Term
13 Jan, 2019 | 23:34h | UTCWHO recommendations: Induction of labour at or beyond term – World Health Organization (free)
Related Cochrane Review: Induction of Labor for Improving Birth Outcomes for Women at or Beyond Term (free article and summary)
Guidelines for the Peri‐operative Care of People with Dementia
13 Jan, 2019 | 23:21h | UTCGuidelines for the peri‐operative care of people with dementia – Anaesthesia (free)