Chest Medicine (all articles)
Review: Radiation Therapy in Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:09h | UTCRadiation Therapy in Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer – Frontiers in Oncology (free)
Review: Cystic Fibrosis – Diagnosis and Treatment
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:45h | UTCCystic Fibrosis: Diagnosis and Treatment – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Related guidelines: Brazilian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis – Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (free) AND Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis: Consensus Guidelines from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – The Journal of Pediatrics (free)
Guideline: Treating tobacco dependence
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:19h | UTC
Effects of a rise in cigarette price on cigarette consumption, tobacco taxation revenues, and of smoking-related deaths
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:05h | UTCSee also: Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories in our April 7th issue (see #1) AND WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2017 in our July 20th issue (see #1) AND “Tobacco Endgame” policies in our May 12th issue (see #3).
This map shows how many years could be added to you life – if the air you breathe was less polluted
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:26h | UTCRelated: The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO – World Health Organization (free) AND Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015 – The Lancet (free) AND Death in the Air: Air Pollution Costs Money and Lives – World Bank (free infographic and report)
Adverse drug reactions of montelukast in children and adults
24 Sep, 2017 | 21:34h | UTCAdverse drug reactions of montelukast in children and adults – Pharmacology Research & Perspectives (free)
Commentaries: Montelukast Tied to Psychiatric Adverse Events in Kids, Adults – Medscape (free registration required) AND Asthma Drug, Montelukast, Tied to Nightmares, Depression – Drugs.com (free)
Systematic Review: Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis
24 Sep, 2017 | 21:32h | UTCInterventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis – Cochrane Library (free)
News release: Treatment for tuberculosis infection of the membrane around the heart (free)
“For HIV-negative patients, corticosteroids may reduce death. For HIV-positive patients not on antiretroviral drugs, corticosteroids may reduce constriction. For HIV-positive patients with good antiretroviral drug viral suppression, clinicians may consider the results from HIV-negative patients more relevant”.
Guideline: interstitial lung disease
24 Sep, 2017 | 21:28h | UTC
Lung Cancer Mortality Associated With Smoking and Smoking Cessation Among People Living With HIV
24 Sep, 2017 | 21:23h | UTCEditorial: If We Are Smart Enough to Stop HIV From Replicating, Why Can’t We Help People to Stop Smoking? (free)
Commentaries: People with HIV who smoke are more likely to die from lung cancer than from HIV itself – eCancer (free) AND Smoking cuts life expectancy in HIV more than AIDS does – OnMedica (free)
Do interventions that reduce the cost of smoking cessation treatment increase quit rates, quit attempts or use of treatments?
24 Sep, 2017 | 21:22h | UTCOriginal article: Healthcare financing systems for increasing the use of tobacco dependence treatment – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Full financial interventions directed at smokers when compared to no financial interventions increase the proportion of smokers who attempt to quit, use smoking cessation treatments, and succeed in quitting”.
Review: Clinical staging of malignant pleural mesothelioma
24 Sep, 2017 | 00:17h | UTCClinical staging of malignant pleural mesothelioma: current perspectives – Lung Cancer (free)
Review: Pulmonary Embolism in Children
20 Sep, 2017 | 21:09h | UTCPulmonary Embolism in Children – Frontiers in Pediatrics (free)
Review: Diaphragm Dysfunction in Critical Illness
20 Sep, 2017 | 20:53h | UTCDiaphragm Dysfunction in Critical Illness – Chest (free PDF)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Study: Addiction Potential of Cigarettes With Reduced Nicotine Content
20 Sep, 2017 | 20:41h | UTCAddiction Potential of Cigarettes With Reduced Nicotine Content in Populations With Psychiatric Disorders and Other Vulnerabilities to Tobacco Addiction – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lowering Nicotine in Cigarettes Could Help Most Vulnerable – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Could Nicotine Reduction Help Curb Addiction? – Science Newsline (free)
Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:34h | UTCCorticosteroids in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia: systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis – Clinical Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Meta-analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Corticosteroids Therapy for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroids for Community-Acquired Pneumonia – Chest (free) AND Adjunctive Systemic Corticosteroids for Hospitalized Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2015 Update – Scientific Reports (free)
Study: Association of Cigarette Price Differentials With Infant Mortality
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:30h | UTCCommentaries: Budget cigs linked to higher infant mortality: Stopping their sale could reduce deaths – Irish Health (free) AND The Fatal Toll of Cheap Cigarettes – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Review: Impact of Electronic Cigarettes on the Cardiovascular System
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:29h | UTC
Review: Viral bronchiolitis in young infants
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:57h | UTC
Guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:34h | UTCEuropean Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis (free)
Guideline: Prevention of COPD exacerbations
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:35h | UTCPrevention of COPD exacerbations: a European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society guideline (free)
Guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:27h | UTCInternational ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia (free) (RT @CritCareReviews see Tweet)
Review: Heritable pulmonary hypertension
16 Sep, 2017 | 17:54h | UTCHeritable pulmonary hypertension: from bench to bedside – European Respiratory Review (free)
Review: Tuberculosis: Presentation and ED Management
16 Sep, 2017 | 17:51h | UTCTuberculosis: Presentation and ED Management – emDocs (free)
Study: Tiotropium in Early-Stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
14 Sep, 2017 | 20:51h | UTCTiotropium in Early-Stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – The New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Drug may slow early lung disease damage – Reuters (free) AND Tiotropium Boosts Lung Function in Early COPD – MedPage Today (free)
Meta-analysis: Effectiveness of Apneic Oxygenation During Intubation
9 Sep, 2017 | 22:54h | UTCRelated meta-analysis: Apneic oxygenation during intubation in the emergency department and during retrieval: A systematic review and meta-analysis – The American Journal of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Meta-analysis Apneic oxygenation reduces the incidence of hypoxemia during emergency intubation: A systematic review and meta-analysis – The American Journal of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full text)
Source: ACP Journal Wise ($)