Family Medicine
Guidelines for Ultrasound Malignancy Risk Stratification of Thyroid Nodules in Adults
5 Dec, 2017 | 18:27h | UTCRelated guideline: ACR Thyroid Imaging, Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS): White Paper of the ACR TI-RADS Committee – Journal of the American College of Radiology (free PDF)
Research: Disparities in the Quality of Cardiovascular Care Between HIV‐Infected Versus HIV‐Uninfected Adults
5 Dec, 2017 | 18:29h | UTCCommentaries: HIV-positive adults are under-treated for cardiovascular problems compared to those without HIV – UCLA Research Alert (free) AND HIV patients less likely to be prescribed aspirin, statins despite increased cardiovascular risk – Cardiovascular Research (free)
Related: Cardiovascular risk and dyslipidemia among persons living with HIV: a review – BMC Infectious Diseases (free)
Review – Hyponatremia in the elderly: challenges and solutions
5 Dec, 2017 | 18:09h | UTCHyponatremia in the elderly: challenges and solutions – Clinical Interventions in Aging (free)
Review – ADHD: Overdiagnosed and overtreated, or misdiagnosed and mistreated?
5 Dec, 2017 | 18:04h | UTC
Meta-analysis: Marriage and risk of dementia
3 Dec, 2017 | 20:17h | UTCCommentaries: Single people have a higher risk of dementia – OnMedica (free) AND Marriage linked to lower dementia risk – Reuters (free)
Research: Conventional Polysomnography Is Not Necessary for the Management of Most Patients with Suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea
3 Dec, 2017 | 20:15h | UTCConventional Polysomnography Is Not Necessary for the Management of Most Patients with Suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Noninferiority, Randomized Controlled Trial – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Conventional Polysomnography vs. Home Testing for Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Journal Watch (free) AND Home Sleep Testing OK for Evaluating Suspected Sleep Apnea – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Guideline for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia in women and in men
3 Dec, 2017 | 20:05h | UTC
A review of Neuropathic Pain: From Guidelines to Clinical Practice
3 Dec, 2017 | 20:04h | UTCA review of Neuropathic Pain: From Guidelines to Clinical Practice – Pain and Therapy (free)
Review: Risk of overtreatment in patients with adrenal insufficiency
3 Dec, 2017 | 17:40h | UTC
Guideline: Diabetes in Older People
3 Dec, 2017 | 17:36h | UTC
Review: Cardiovascular manifestations of primary hyperparathyroidism
3 Dec, 2017 | 17:16h | UTC
Review: Community-acquired pneumonia in children — a changing spectrum of disease
3 Dec, 2017 | 17:07h | UTCCommunity-acquired pneumonia in children — a changing spectrum of disease – Pediatric Radiology (free)
Guidelines for the use of chest radiographs in community-acquired pneumonia in children and adolescents
3 Dec, 2017 | 17:06h | UTC
Review: The management of functional dyspepsia in clinical practice
3 Dec, 2017 | 17:05h | UTC
Guideline – Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management
30 Nov, 2017 | 18:18h | UTCGuideline: Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
News release: New ways to diagnose and manage asthma can improve care, says NICE (free)
Commentaries: NICE changes guidelines on asthma – PharmaTimes (free) AND NICE releases the latest asthma management standards – News Medical (free)
Review: Evaluation and Management of Retropharyngeal Abscess in the Adult
3 Dec, 2017 | 17:02h | UTCMore Than a Sore Throat: Evaluation and Management of Retropharyngeal Abscess in the Adult – emDocs (free)
Review – Primary sclerosing cholangitis: diagnostic and management challenges
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:47h | UTC
Review: Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:55h | UTC
Review: Acute Exacerbation in Interstitial Lung Disease
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:41h | UTCAcute Exacerbation in Interstitial Lung Disease – Frontiers in Medicine (free)
Review: Clostridium difficile infection in the elderly
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:38h | UTC
Meta-analysis: Oral anticoagulants for prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:50h | UTCCommentary: Comparison of Oral Anticoagulants for Preventing Stroke in AF – MPR (free)
Research: Effect of Oral Capsule– vs Colonoscopy-Delivered Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:57h | UTCEffect of Oral Capsule– vs Colonoscopy-Delivered Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Comparison of Fecal Transplant Using Capsule vs Colonoscopy to Prevent Clostridium Difficile Infection – The JAMA Network (free) AND New evidence suggests there’s a much easier way to get a fecal transplant – Quartz (free) AND Fecal transplant by capsule may match colonoscopy for C diff – CIDRAP (free)
Related: Faecal transplant effectively treats recurrent or unresponsive Clostridium difficile – NIHR Signal (free)
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 27 November 2017
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:47h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 27 November 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Research: Long-term effects of glucocorticoids in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:46h | UTCCommentaries: Glucocorticoids offer long-term benefits for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy – Children’s National Health System, via ScienceDaily (free)
Aerobic exercise moderately reduces depressive symptoms in new mothers
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:44h | UTCAerobic exercise moderately reduces depressive symptoms in new mothers – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Does aerobic exercise reduce postpartum depressive symptoms? a systematic review and meta-analysis – British Journal of General Practice (free)
“Involving new mothers in group exercise programmes, or advising them on an exercise of their choice, reduced depressive symptoms compared with usual care” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)