Chest Medicine (all articles)
The impact of the environment on children’s health – New WHO Reports
7 Jun, 2017 | 15:14h | UTCThe impact of the environment on children’s health – New WHO Reports
News release: The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO – World Health Organization (free)
Report 1: Don’t pollute my future! The impact of the environment on children’s health – World Health Organization (free)
Report 2: Inheriting a sustainable world: Atlas on children’s health and the environment – World Health Organization (free)
Related links: WHO’s work on environmental health (free) AND 10 facts on children’s environmental health (free)
Current Tobacco Smoking and Desire to Quit Smoking Among Students Aged 13–15 Years
7 Jun, 2017 | 15:17h | UTCCommentaries: What’s The Rate Of Smoking In The 13- To 15-Year-Old Crowd? – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
Simplified diagnostic management of suspected pulmonary embolism
7 Jun, 2017 | 15:12h | UTCSimplified diagnostic management of suspected pulmonary embolism (the YEARS study): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study – The Lancet(link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Simplified Diagnosis of Acute PE: The YEARS Study – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND A Simple, Safe Approach to Decrease Use of CT for Pulmonary Embolism – Journal Watch (free)
Recent Advances in Bronchoscopic Treatment of Peripheral Lung Cancers
4 Jun, 2017 | 19:10h | UTCReview: Recent Advances in Bronchoscopic Treatment of Peripheral Lung Cancers – Chest (free)
Improving the Management of COPD in Women
1 Jun, 2017 | 18:30h | UTCReview: Improving the Management of COPD in Women – Chest (free)
World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2017
31 May, 2017 | 16:41h | UTCWorld No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2017: Beating tobacco for health, prosperity, the environment and national development – World Health Organization (free)
Press release: World No Tobacco Day 2017: Beating tobacco for health, prosperity, the environment and national development (free)
See more on the Beating Tobacco Campaign in our May 29th issue, see #1.
Healthcare Providers Shouldn’t Come to Work While Sick, but They Do — Here’s Why
31 May, 2017 | 16:35h | UTC
Preparing for the next WHO Campaign: World No Tobacco Day
29 May, 2017 | 15:25h | UTCPreparing for the next WHO Campaign: World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2017 – World Health Organization (free infographics, posters, banners, publications and other resources for the upcoming campaign)
See also: “Tobacco Endgame” policies in our May 12th issue, see #3.
See also: Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories in our April 7th issue, see #1.
“Wednesday 31 May is World No Tobacco Day. Tweet using #NoTobacco “Protect health, reduce poverty, promote development” (RT @gmacscotland see Tweet)
Antibiotic therapy for nearly one in four adults with pneumonia does not work
29 May, 2017 | 15:20h | UTC#ATS2017 – Antibiotic therapy for nearly one in four adults with pneumonia does not work – American Thoracic Society, via Science Daily (free) (RT @IDSAInfo see Tweet)
See also: Pneumonia Treatment Failure Rates High – Medscape (free registration required) AND Adults With Pneumonia Often Fail First Antibiotic – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in adults: diagnosis and management
26 May, 2017 | 15:04h | UTCIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in adults: diagnosis and management – NICE Guideline (free)
COPD National Action Plan – National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
24 May, 2017 | 14:38h | UTC#ATS2017 – COPD National Action Plan – National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (link to summary) PDF report available for download (free)
Source: ATS 2017: New COPD Action Plan Outlines Strategies for Improved Care – University of Michigan, via NewsWise (free)
Perioperative management of patients on direct oral anticoagulants
24 May, 2017 | 14:42h | UTCReview: Perioperative management of patients on direct oral anticoagulants – Thrombosis Journal (free)
Home Noninvasive Ventilation to Reduce Readmissions for COPD
23 May, 2017 | 14:30h | UTCEditorial: Home Noninvasive Ventilation to Reduce Readmissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (free)
Commentary: Addition of Home Noninvasive Ventilation Tied to Fewer Readmissions After COPD Exacerbation – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Directly Observed Therapy for Multidrug-Resistant TB Decreases Mortality
23 May, 2017 | 14:29h | UTC#ATS2017 – Directly Observed Therapy for Multidrug-Resistant TB Decreases Mortality – ATS 2017 Conference (free summary)
Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) was associated with a 77 percent decrease in mortality in observational study.
Time to Treatment and Mortality during Mandated Emergency Care for Sepsis
19 May, 2017 | 18:08h | UTCCommentary: Doctors have resisted guidelines to treat sepsis. New study suggests those guidelines save lives – STAT News (free)
“For every hour you delay antibiotics in sepsis, mortality goes up” (RT @CMichaelGibson see Tweet)
“Trauma: Golden Hour
Cardiology: Time is muscle
Neurology: Time is brain
Sepsis: Early antibiotics to survive”
(interesting remark by @CMichaelGibson see Tweet)
Long-term oxygen therapy shows no benefit for moderate lung disease
18 May, 2017 | 17:51h | UTCLong-term oxygen therapy shows no benefit for moderate lung disease – NIHR Signal: Dissemination Centre Discover Portal (free)
Original article: A Randomized Trial of Long-Term Oxygen for COPD with Moderate Desaturation – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Patients with stable COPD and moderate resting desaturation (Spo2, 89 to 93%) or moderate exercise-induced desaturation (during the 6-minute walk test, Spo2 ≥80% for ≥5 minutes and <90% for ≥10 seconds) don’t seem to benefit from supplemental oxygen therapy.
Cough in Children – Chest Guidelines
17 May, 2017 | 20:21h | UTCCough in Children – Chest Guidelines
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)
See also other recent CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in Adults: 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)
Therapeutic Approach to Adult Fibrotic Lung Diseases
17 May, 2017 | 20:15h | UTCTherapeutic Approach to Adult Fibrotic Lung Diseases – Chest (free)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
BTS guideline for oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings
16 May, 2017 | 20:05h | UTCBTS guideline for oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings – British Thoracic Society (free PDF via Critical Care Reviews)
Can Endgame Tobacco radically reduce cigarette smoking?
12 May, 2017 | 19:35h | UTCCan Endgame Tobacco radically reduce cigarette smoking? – Healthy Debate (free) (RT @IrfanDhalla see Tweet)
Related: The tobacco endgame: a qualitative review and synthesis – Tobacco Control (free) AND It’s time to focus on an endgame for tobacco regulation – The Conversation (free)
“The “Tobacco Endgame” concept moves thinking away from the mere control of tobacco towards plans for ending the tobacco pandemic, and foresees a tobacco-free future” (from The Conversation)
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in India, the Philippines, Russia, and South Africa
11 May, 2017 | 18:41h | UTCEstimating the future burden of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in India, the Philippines, Russia, and South Africa: a mathematical modelling study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Drug Resistant TB Is Predicted To Steadily Spread In 4 Countries – NPR Goats and Soda (free) AND The Deadliest Form Of Tuberculosis Is Snowballing In Countries That Are Already Hard Hit – Huffington Post (free) AND Researchers Predict Increase in Drug-resistant TB – VOA News (free) AND Drug-resistant tuberculosis strains gain foothold – Science (free)
See also our coverage of #WorldTBDay in our March 24th issue
Guidelines for Management of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Detected on CT Images
6 May, 2017 | 20:34h | UTCSource: Management of Pulmonary Nodules Found Incidentally on Computed Tomography Scans – Journal Watch (free)
Incidental pulmonary nodules discovered outside the context of screening or cancer follow-up are increasingly common in clinical practice. The purpose of these updated recommendations is to reduce the number of unnecessary follow-up examinations while providing practical guidance on follow-up intervals for selected larger nodules.
World Asthma Day (May 2, 2017)
3 May, 2017 | 17:33h | UTCWorld Asthma Day (May 2, 2017): Asthma Updated Fact Sheet – World Health Organization (free)
Related: Cochrane Evidence resources related to World Asthma Day (free summaries)
CPAP Use in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: What a Cardiologist Needs to Know
2 May, 2017 | 17:17h | UTCReview: CPAP Use in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: What a Cardiologist Needs to Know – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology(free)
Echocardiography and lung ultrasonography for the assessment and management of acute heart failure
2 May, 2017 | 17:18h | UTCExpert consensus document: Echocardiography and lung ultrasonography for the assessment and management of acute heart failure – Nature Reviews Cardiology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter