Chest Medicine (all articles)

Anti-leukotriene agents in persistent asthma

3 Apr, 2017 | 19:15h | UTC

Addition of anti-leukotriene agents to inhaled corticosteroids for adults and adolescents with persistent asthma – Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (link to summary – $ required for full-text)

Source: EvidenceAlerts

In patients with asthma not controlled with daily low-dose inhaled corticosteroids, adding anti-leukotriene agents reduced by half the number of patients with asthma exacerbations requiring an oral corticosteroid and improved lung function and asthma control.

 

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HERDOO2 rule to guide treatment duration for women with unprovoked venous thrombosis

29 Mar, 2017 | 17:07h | UTC

Validating the HERDOO2 rule to guide treatment duration for women with unprovoked venous thrombosis: multinational prospective cohort management study – The BMJ (free)

Source: Richard Lehman’s weekly review

HERDOO2 rule stands for Hyperpigmentation, Edema, or Redness in either leg; D-dimer level ≥250 μg/L; Obesity with body mass index ≥30; or Older age, ≥65 years. The authors concluded that women with a first unprovoked VTE event and none or one of the HERDOO2 criteria have a low risk (3.0% per patient year) of recurrent VTE and can safely discontinue anticoagulants after completing short term treatment.

 

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Diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

28 Mar, 2017 | 16:41h | UTC

Review: Diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension – European Respiratory Review (free)

 

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#WorldTBDay, 24 March 2017

24 Mar, 2017 | 17:19h | UTC

 

#WorldTBDay, 24 March 2017 – Highlights from Today’s Campaigns and Resources

 

1 – #WorldTBDay – World Health Organization Campaign (free)

See also: WHO’s work on TB (free)

 

2 – #WorldTBDay – Ethics guidance for the implementation of the End TB strategy 2017 – World Health Organization (free)

News Release: WHO issues ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients (free)

 

3 – #WorldTBDay – The End TB Strategy – World Health Organization (free)

See also: Implementing the end TB strategy: the essentials (free)

 

4 – #WorldTBDay – Global tuberculosis report 2016 – World Health Organization (free)

News release: WHO report warns global actions and investments to end tuberculosis epidemic are falling far short (free)

 

5 #WorldTBDay – WHO treatment guidelines for drug-resistant tuberculosis (2016 update) – World Health Organization (free)

See also: WHO resources on drug-resistant tuberculosis (free)

 

6 – #WorldTBDay – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Campaign (free)

 

7 – #WorldTBDay – The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (free registration required)

See also: Decades of TB progress threatened by drug-resistant bacteria, warn experts – The Guardian (free)

“Rise of multi-drug resistant strains of tuberculosis could derail global efforts to eradicate the disease, according to a new report”

 

8 – #WorldTBDay – Open Access Special collection from Elsevier Journals  (free)

 

9 – #WorldTBDay – Clinical management of adults and children with multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis – Clinical Microbiology and Infection (free)

 

10 – #WorldTBDay – Preventing the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and protecting contacts of infectious cases – Clinical Microbiology and Infection (free)

 

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Adoption of tobacco control policies and reduction in smoking prevalence

23 Mar, 2017 | 17:03h | UTC

Implementation of key demand-reduction measures of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and change in smoking prevalence in 126 countries: an association study – The Lancet Public Health (free)

Related Commentary: Understanding the association between the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, adoption of tobacco control policies, and reduction in smoking prevalence (free)

“The authors deserve ample credit for reinforcing, with solid empirical evidence, the core message in the FCTC: tobacco control policy matters”

 

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Mechanical ventilation in obese ICU patients

23 Mar, 2017 | 17:05h | UTC

Review: Mechanical ventilation in obese ICU patients: from intubation to extubation – Critical Care (free)

 

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