Chest Medicine
Guideline: Screening for Lung Cancer
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:32h | UTCNews release: American College of Chest Physicians unveils new lung cancer screening guidelines at CHEST 2017 (free)
Review: The Practice and Implications of Finding Fluid During Point-of-Care Ultrasonography
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:21h | UTCRelated JAMA Video: Finding Fluid With Point-of-Care Ultrasonography (free)
Systematic review: Aerosol delivery during invasive mechanical ventilation
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:05h | UTCAerosol delivery during invasive mechanical ventilation: a systematic review – Critical Care (free)
Research: Prognostic Effect and Longitudinal Hemodynamic Assessment of Borderline Pulmonary Hypertension
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:08h | UTCCommentary: Borderline Pulmonary Hypertension Tied to Mortality Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Guidelines for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:48h | UTC
Review: Thrombophilia Testing and Venous Thrombosis
23 Oct, 2017 | 20:46h | UTCSummary with 10 key points to remember: Thrombophilia Testing and Venous Thrombosis – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
See also: Thrombophilia Testing and Venous Thrombosis – NEJM Resident 360 (free)
Original article: Thrombophilia Testing and Venous Thrombosis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Report: the economic costs of lung disease and the cost effectiveness of policy and service interventions
23 Oct, 2017 | 20:43h | UTCLiterature review: the economic costs of lung disease and the cost effectiveness of policy and service interventions – British Lung Foundation and British Thoracic Society (free PDF)
News release: New report identifies the most cost effective NHS activities and programmes to improve lung health – British Thoracic Society (free)
Source: Most cost effective treatments for lung disease identified – The BMJ News ($)
“The most cost effective treatments are: patient education and self management for asthma; stop smoking support for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); vaccination programmes for pneumonia; and awareness campaigns for lung cancer” (from The BMJ).
Report: The Lancet Commission on pollution and health
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:24h | UTCThe Lancet Commission on pollution and health (Report, Executive Summary, Video, Audio and Comments – free registration required)
Commentaries: Report: Pollution Kills 3 Times More than AIDS, TB And Malaria Combined – NPR (free) AND Pollution linked to one in six deaths – BBC (free)
Meta-analysis: High-flow oxygen via nasal cannulae in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:20h | UTC“In patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure HFNC was not associated with a difference in mortality compared to Noninvasive ventilation or standard oxygen”
Research: Comparative safety of direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin in venous thromboembolism
21 Oct, 2017 | 17:30h | UTCCommentary: New Anticoagulants Not Linked To Excess Bleeding Rates – Cardiobrief (free)
Report: Roadmap for zoonotic tuberculosis
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:05h | UTCRoadmap for zoonotic tuberculosis – Worl Health Organization (free)
WHO News release: TB partners launch first roadmap to jointly stop the transmission of bovine and zoonotic tuberculosis (free)
Systematic review: Testing blood procalcitonin levels to decide when to start and stop antibiotics in adults with acute respiratory tract infections
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:00h | UTCOriginal Article: Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“the use of procalcitonin to guide initiation and duration of antibiotic treatment results in lower risks of mortality, lower antibiotic consumption, and lower risk for antibiotic-related side effects”.
Guideline: Clinical Use of a Home Sleep Apnea Test
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:26h | UTCClinical Use of a Home Sleep Apnea Test: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Position Statement (free)
News release: AASM releases position statement on home sleep apnea testing (free)
Commentaries: AASM: Position Statement on Home Sleep Apnea Testing – MPR (free) AND Sleep Medicine Academy Releases Statements on Home Apnea Testing – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Review: Why and how to step down chronic asthma drugs
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:25h | UTCState of The Art Review: Why and how to step down chronic asthma drugs – The BMJ (free)
Review: Recent Updates of the Diagnosis and Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with a Hip Fracture
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:58h | UTC
Review: Angiogenesis Inhibitors in NSCLC
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:42h | UTCAngiogenesis Inhibitors in NSCLC – International Journal of Molecular Sciences (free)
Review: Pharmacotherapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:40h | UTC
Review – Pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis: different phenotypes
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:39h | UTCPulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis: different phenotypes – European Respiratory Review (free)
Review: New insights in lymphangioleiomyomatosis and pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:38h | UTC
Review – Severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: what can be done?
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:38h | UTCSevere idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: what can be done? – European Respiratory Review (free)
Review – Acute exacerbations of COPD: risk factors for failure and relapse
12 Oct, 2017 | 17:52h | UTC
Guideline: Treatment for Acute Cough Associated With the Common Cold
11 Oct, 2017 | 01:43h | UTCSee also other recent CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in specific populations: Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults (free) AND Symptomatic Treatment of Cough Among Adult Patients With Lung Cancer (free) AND Cough in the athlete (free) AND Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults (free) AND Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough (free) AND Use of Management Pathways or Algorithms in Children With Chronic Cough: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free)
Meta-Analysis: Vitamin D supplementation to prevent asthma exacerbations
11 Oct, 2017 | 01:41h | UTCCommentaries: Vitamin D and asthma: a case to answer – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (free) AND Vitamin D may prevent asthma worsening for some – NHS Choices (free)
Interventions to reduce harm in people who use tobacco
11 Oct, 2017 | 01:36h | UTCInterventions to reduce harm in people who use tobacco. The latest Cochrane Evidence – Cochrane Tobbaco Edition (free summaries) (RT @CochraneUK see Tweet)
Comprehensive resource on evidence-based interventions to reduce tobacco related harm.
Review: When to start and when to stop antifibrotic therapies
9 Oct, 2017 | 20:54h | UTCWhen to start and when to stop antifibrotic therapies – European Respiratory Review (free)