Chest Medicine
Guideline: Oxygen Therapy for Acutely Ill Medical Patients
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:59h | UTCOxygen therapy for acutely ill medical patients: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)
News Release: New guidance recommends minimal oxygen use for most people in hospital – The BMJ (free)
Cohort Study: Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Risk of Lung Cancer
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:43h | UTCEditorial: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and lung cancer (free)
Commentaries: Blood pressure drug linked to possible small increased risk of lung cancer – NHS Choices (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at blood pressure drugs and lung cancer risk – Science Media Centre (free)
Randomized Trial: Low vs Intermediate Tidal Volume Strategy in ICU Patients Without ARDS
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:39h | UTCEffect of a Low vs Intermediate Tidal Volume Strategy on Ventilator-Free Days in Intensive Care Unit Patients Without ARDS: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Lessons From ARDS for Non-ARDS Research: Remembrance of Trials Past (free)
“Among patients in the ICU receiving invasive ventilation, a strategy with low tidal volume was not more effective than a strategy using intermediate tidal volume.”
Pulmonary Embolism: Contemporary Medical Management and Future Perspectives
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:32h | UTCReview: Pulmonary Embolism: Contemporary Medical Management and Future Perspectives – Annals of Vascular Disease (free PDF)
Study: Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism During Pregnancy
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:02h | UTCDiagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism During Pregnancy: A Multicenter Prospective Management Outcome Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Algorithm Rules Out Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Algorithm Validated for Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis in Pregnancy – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Randomized Trial: Protocolized Weaning with Early Extubation to Noninvasive Ventilation vs Invasive Weaning Among Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
26 Oct, 2018 | 01:56h | UTCEffect of Protocolized Weaning with Early Extubation to Noninvasive Ventilation vs Invasive Weaning on Time to Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation Among Patients With Respiratory Failure: The Breathe Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation: What Should Be Done When a Patient’s Spontaneous Breathing Trial Fails? (free for a limited period)
“Among patients requiring mechanical ventilation in whom a spontaneous breathing trial had failed, early extubation to noninvasive ventilation did not shorten time to liberation from any ventilation.”
Randomized Trial: Theophylline Not Effective at Reducing COPD Exacerbations
26 Oct, 2018 | 01:44h | UTCEffect of Theophylline as Adjunct to Inhaled Corticosteroids on Exacerbations in Patients With COPD: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: TWICS results suggest no role for low-dose theophylline as add-on therapy in COPD – Medwire News (free) AND Low-Dose Theophylline Not Effective at Reducing COPD Exacerbations, Study Finds – AJMC (free)
NCCN Guideline: Small Cell Lung Cancer
17 Oct, 2018 | 13:42h | UTC
Guidelines for Chronic Cough in Adults and Children
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:10h | UTCRelated: Managing Patients with Chronic Cough (free CHEST guidelines on the subject)
CDC Report: Current Tobacco Smoking, Quit Attempts, and Knowledge About Harm in 28 Countries
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:22h | UTC
Review: What Treatments are Effective for Common Cold in Adults and Children?
12 Oct, 2018 | 01:51h | UTCWhat treatments are effective for common cold in adults and children? – The BMJ (free review and infographic)
Commentaries: What works for treating children’s colds? – BBC (free) AND Doctors should steer young children away from decongestants – OnMedica (free)
Review: An Update on the Use of Inhaled Therapy in COPD
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:55h | UTCAn update on the use of inhaled therapy in COPD – Clinical Medicine (free)
Review: Management of Severe Acute Exacerbations of COPD
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:56h | UTC
Electronic Cigarette Explosion and Burn Injuries
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:40h | UTCElectronic cigarette explosion and burn injuries, US Emergency Departments 2015–2017 – Tobacco Control (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: E-cigarette explosion and burn injuries have been underestimated by federal agencies – George Mason University (free) AND Study: E-Cigarette Injuries Drastically Underestimated – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Review: Cardiovascular Disease and COPD
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:08h | UTCCardiovascular disease and COPD: dangerous liaisons? – European Respiratory Review (free)
Guideline: Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions
5 Oct, 2018 | 02:21h | UTCRelated Guideline: ERS/EACTS statement on the management of malignant pleural effusions – European Respiratory Journal (free)
Review: Pulmonary Vasculitis
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:41h | UTCPulmonary vasculitis – Journal of Thoracic Disease (free)
Study: CT Screening for Early Lung Cancer Reduces Lung Cancer Mortality
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:31h | UTCWCLC 2018: NELSON Study: CT Screening for Early Lung Cancer Reduces Lung Cancer Mortality – The ASCO Post (free)
Related: NELSON lung cancer study encourages widespread screening, Medicare reimbursement – Health Imaging (free) AND Second Large Study Shows That Lung Cancer Screening Works – Medscape (free registration required)
Study: Deep Learning Algorithm for Detection of Malignant Pulmonary Nodules on Chest Radiographs
27 Sep, 2018 | 23:04h | UTCDevelopment and Validation of Deep Learning–based Automatic Detection Algorithm for Malignant Pulmonary Nodules on Chest Radiographs – Radiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Deep learning algorithm detects malignant pulmonary nodules better than radiologists – Radiology Business (free)
Related Studies: Deep Learning for the Diagnosis of Fibrotic Lung Disease (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Can Artificial Intelligence Reliably Report Chest X-Rays? (free study and commentaries) AND Artificial Intelligence Can Determine Lung Cancer Type (link to abstract and commentaries)
Report: Global Burden of Lower Respiratory Infections
21 Sep, 2018 | 02:07h | UTCInvited Commentary: The global burden of lower respiratory infections: making progress, but we need to do better (free)
Study: Deep Learning for the Diagnosis of Fibrotic Lung Disease
21 Sep, 2018 | 01:49h | UTCDeep learning for classifying fibrotic lung disease on high-resolution computed tomography: a case-cohort study – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Audio: Deep learning and fibrotic lung disease (free)
Commentary: Machine Tops Humans in Fibrotic Lung Disease Classification – Medical Health News (free)
Global Tuberculosis Report 2018
21 Sep, 2018 | 01:44h | UTCGlobal Tuberculosis Report 2018 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Commentaries: UN tuberculosis summit ‘historic opportunity’ to put response ‘back on track’: new WHO report – UN News (free) AND WHO TB Report Sets Stage for Historic U.N.TB Meeting – American Thoracic Society (free) AND WHO report warns efforts to end TB are falling short – CIDRAP (free)
Review: Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
21 Sep, 2018 | 01:43h | UTCPositive Pressure Ventilation in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free for a limited period) (via @Abraham_RMI)
Study: Can Artificial Intelligence Reliably Report Chest X-Rays?
21 Sep, 2018 | 01:42h | UTCNews Release: Qure.ai’s qXR Algorithm can ID Abnormal Chest X-rays With Unprecedented Accuracy (free)
Commentary: AI algorithm IDs abnormal chest x-rays with 90% accuracy – Health Imaging (free) AND AI startup trains algorithm with 1.2M chest x-rays, confirms its accuracy – Radiology Business (free)
Study: Artificial Intelligence Can Determine Lung Cancer Type
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:47h | UTCClassification and mutation prediction from non–small cell lung cancer histopathology images using deep learning – Nature Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Artificial intelligence can determine lung cancer type – eCancer News (free) AND Google AI Tool Identifies a Tumor’s Mutations From An Image – WIRED (free)