Chest Medicine
Research: Potential deaths averted in USA by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:20h | UTCPotential deaths averted in USA by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes – Tobacco Control (free)
Commentaries: Switch to vaping could prevent millions of premature deaths – OnMedica (free) AND Tobacco smokers could gain 86 million years of life if they switch to vaping, study finds – eCancer News (free) AND Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6 million American smokers: researchers – Reuters (free)
Related review: Key issues surrounding the health impacts of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and other sources of nicotine – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)
Review: Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:08h | UTCPersistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn – Children (free)
Systematic review: Prognostic variables and scores identifying the end of life in COPD
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:07h | UTC
Review – Rib Fractures: To Fix or Not to Fix? An Evidence-Based Algorithm
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:59h | UTC
How well do flu shots work?
1 Oct, 2017 | 16:23h | UTCHow well do flu shots work? Here’s what the science says – VOX (free)
Review: Respiratory support in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
1 Oct, 2017 | 15:14h | UTCRelated article published recently: Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) vs Low PEEP on Mortality in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free) AND Editorial: Lung Recruitment and Titrated PEEP in Moderate to Severe ARDS: Is the Door Closing on the Open Lung? (free)
Research: Association of Guideline-Adherent Antibiotic Treatment With Readmission of Children With Acute Chest Syndrome
1 Oct, 2017 | 14:53h | UTCAssociation of Guideline-Adherent Antibiotic Treatment With Readmission of Children With Sickle Cell Disease Hospitalized With Acute Chest Syndrome – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Acute Chest Syndrome in Pediatric Sickle-cell Disease: Antibiotic Guidelines Matter – Medscape (free registration required) AND Antibiotic Rx adherence varies widely in sickle cell care – MedicalXpress (free)
Related guideline: Guideline on the management of acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease – British Journal of Haematology (free)
Review: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with lung cancer
1 Oct, 2017 | 14:50h | UTC
Review: Small airways disease
1 Oct, 2017 | 14:48h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated PEEP on Mortality in Patients with ARDS
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:32h | UTCEditorial: Lung Recruitment and Titrated PEEP in Moderate to Severe ARDS: Is the Door Closing on the Open Lung? (free)
Commentary: Open Lung Ventilation May Worsen ARDS Mortality – MedPage Today (free registration required)
“A strategy using a lung recruitment maneuver and titrated PEEP, in association with volume-assist control ventilation, increased mortality of patients with moderate to severe ARDS”.
Review: Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:30h | UTCState of the Art Review: Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome: pathogenesis, clinical features, and therapeutic targets – The BMJ (free)
Systematic review: benefits and risks of phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors in COPD
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:21h | UTCOriginal Article: Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text))
Randomized Trial: Once-Daily Triple Therapy for Patients with COPD
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:19h | UTCFULFIL Trial: Once-Daily Triple Therapy for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Once-Daily Triple Therapy Effective in Patients With COPD – Pulmonology Advisor (free)
Source: Journal Watch ($)
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)