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“Another solution might be to capitalize on patients’ vested interest in their own health care by actively engaging them in the entry of their own medical history information into the EHR.”

Perspective: The Community Health Worker Boom

31 Aug, 2018 | 01:50h | UTC

The Community Health Worker Boom – NEJM Catalyst (free)

“The key question is not whether community health workers are effective, but how we can make them as effective as possible.”

Review: Treatment of Invasive Candidiasis

31 Aug, 2018 | 01:47h | UTC

Treatment of Invasive Candidiasis: A Narrative Review – Journal of Fungi (free)

Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club

Cochrane Review: Xpert® MTB/RIF Test for Diagnosing Extrapulmonary TB

31 Aug, 2018 | 01:48h | UTC

Xpert^® MTB/RIF assay for extrapulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)

Summary: Xpert® MTB/RIF test for diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance – Cochrane Library (free)

Commentary: Cochrane review looks at the accuracy of Xpert® MTB/RIF for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (free)

Viewpoint: Navigating the Ethical Boundaries of Grateful Patient Fundraising

31 Aug, 2018 | 01:46h | UTC

Navigating the Ethical Boundaries of Grateful Patient Fundraising – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Opinion: Publish Peer Reviews

31 Aug, 2018 | 01:47h | UTC

Publish peer reviews – Nature News (free)

“Jessica K. Polka and colleagues call on journals to sign a pledge to make reviewers’ anonymous comments part of the official scientific record.”

Study: Emergency Department Visits for Adverse Drug Events from Antibiotics in Children

31 Aug, 2018 | 01:44h | UTC

US Emergency Department Visits for Adverse Drug Events From Antibiotics in Children, 2011–2015 – Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (free)

Commentaries: Antibiotic side effects send 70,000 children to ER each year, study says – UPI (free) AND Antibiotic side-effects in kids lead to nearly 70,000 ER visits in the US each year – Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, via ScienceDaily (free)

PURE Study: Redefined ‘High-Quality’ Diet Lowers Risk of All-Cause Mortality

31 Aug, 2018 | 01:43h | UTC

Redefined ‘High-Quality’ Diet Lowers Risk of All-Cause Mortality: PURE – TCTMD (free)

Guideline: Intestinal Failure in Adults

31 Aug, 2018 | 01:41h | UTC

Intestinal failure in adults: Recommendations from the ESPEN expert groups – Clinical Nutrition (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Review: Imaging in Trauma in Limited-Resource Settings

31 Aug, 2018 | 01:42h | UTC

Imaging in trauma in limited-resource settings: A literature review – African Journal of Emergency Medicine (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Systematic Review: Antibiotics for Prolonged Wet Cough in Children

31 Aug, 2018 | 01:40h | UTC

Antibiotics for prolonged wet cough in children – Cochrane Library (link to abstract and plain language summary – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Antibiotics for pediatric chronic wet cough: Cochrane review – Univadis (free registration required)

Study: Combination Immunotherapy for Melanoma Brain Metastases

31 Aug, 2018 | 01:40h | UTC

Combined Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Melanoma Metastatic to the Brain – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Combination immunotherapy shrinks melanoma brain metastases – University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Immunotherapy Drugs Slow Skin Cancer That Has Spread to the Brain – The New York Times (free)

Report: Examining Special Nutritional Requirements in Disease States

31 Aug, 2018 | 01:38h | UTC

Examining Special Nutritional Requirements in Disease States – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free PDF)

Perspective: Adolescents’ Use of “Pod Mod” E-Cigarettes — Urgent Concerns

23 Aug, 2018 | 23:51h | UTC

Adolescents’ Use of “Pod Mod” E-Cigarettes — Urgent Concerns – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

NICE Draft Guidance: Antibiotics Should Not Be Issued as First Line of Treatment for a Cough

23 Aug, 2018 | 23:52h | UTC

Antibiotics should not be issued as first line of treatment for a cough, says NICE and PHE – NICE News and Features (free)

Commentaries: Promote honey rather than antibiotics for coughs, doctors told – The Guardian (free) AND Use honey first for a cough, new guidelines say – BBC (free)

Related: Honey for acute cough in children – Cochrane Library (free systematic review and commentary)

Study: Alcohol Use and Burden for 195 Countries and Territories

23 Aug, 2018 | 23:53h | UTC

Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: No level of alcohol consumption improves health – The Lancet (free) AND No amount of alcohol is good for your overall health, global study says – CNN (free) AND New scientific study: no safe level of alcohol – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)

“Alcohol was responsible for nearly 3 million deaths in 2016, the study says. It was the leading risk factor for disease and premature death in men and women between the ages of 15 and 49 worldwide in 2016, accounting for nearly one in 10 deaths.” (from @cnni see Tweet)

Viewpoint: The Challenge of Reforming Nutritional Epidemiologic Research

23 Aug, 2018 | 23:48h | UTC

The Challenge of Reforming Nutritional Epidemiologic Research – JAMA (free for a limited period)

“…the emerging picture of nutritional epidemiology is difficult to reconcile with good scientific principles. The field needs radical reform.”

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