Family Medicine
Guidelines Synopsis: Management of a Diabetic Foot
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:08h | UTCManagement of a Diabetic Foot – JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis (free) (RT @adamcifu)
Original guideline: The management of diabetic foot: A clinical practice guideline by the Society for Vascular Surgery in collaboration with the American Podiatric Medical Association and the Society for Vascular Medicine (free)
Research: Increasing prevalence of vascular risk factors in patients with stroke
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:06h | UTCIncreasing prevalence of vascular risk factors in patients with stroke – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Health Conditions That Increase Stroke Risk Rise Across All Ages, Races – NPR (free)
“An estimated 80% of all 1st strokes are due to risk factors that can be changed,” says new study (RT @ACCmediacenter see Tweet)
Review: Management of cardiovascular diseases in patients with obesity
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:03h | UTCManagement of cardiovascular diseases in patients with obesity – Nature Reviews Cardiology (free)
Draft Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer Prevention
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:58h | UTCDraft Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Commentary: USPSTF Draft Statement Recommends Sun-Safe Behavioral Counseling for More Fair-Skinned Youth – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Research: Antibiotic susceptibility testing in less than 30 min using direct single-cell imaging
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:02h | UTCCommentary: Rapid Test for Antibiotic Susceptibility – JAMA (free)
Systematic Review: Blood pressure targets in people with cardiovascular disease
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:59h | UTCBlood pressure targets in people with cardiovascular disease – Cochrane Library (free)
The Revised Declaration of Geneva: A Modern-Day Physician’s Pledge
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:53h | UTCThe Revised Declaration of Geneva: A Modern-Day Physician’s Pledge – JAMA (free)
Guideline: Assessing and managing children at primary health-care facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:55h | UTCGuideline: Assessing and managing children at primary health-care facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition – World Health Organization (free) (RT @equitylist see Tweet)
News release: WHO releases guidelines to address overweight and obesity in children (free)
Related report: Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults – The Lancet (free) AND Commentaries: Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades: new study by Imperial College London and WHO – World Health Organization (free) Double-duty solutions for the double burden of malnutrition (free)
Research: Gastric acid suppression promotes alcoholic liver disease by inducing overgrowth of intestinal Enterococcus
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:31h | UTCCommentaries: Proton pump inhibitors linked to liver disease, researchers find – The Pharmaceutical Journal (free) AND Liver disease risk may be heightened by gastric acid drugs – Medical News Today (free) AND Common acid reflux medications promote chronic liver disease – EurekAlert (free)
Guideline: Clinical Use of a Home Sleep Apnea Test
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:26h | UTCClinical Use of a Home Sleep Apnea Test: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Position Statement (free)
News release: AASM releases position statement on home sleep apnea testing (free)
Commentaries: AASM: Position Statement on Home Sleep Apnea Testing – MPR (free) AND Sleep Medicine Academy Releases Statements on Home Apnea Testing – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Research: Sex Differences and Similarities in Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Mortality in Community Cohorts
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:26h | UTCSex Differences and Similarities in Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Mortality in Community Cohorts: Results From the BiomarCaRE Consortium (Biomarker for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Europe) – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: A-fib strikes men a decade earlier than women – Medical News Today (free) And AHA: Men develop AFib a decade before women do; BMI linked to increased risk – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Research: Association of History of Gestational Diabetes With Long-term Cardiovascular Disease Risk
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:22h | UTCCommentaries: CVD Risk for Women Rises After Gestational Diabetes – TCTMD (free) AND Does Gestational Diabetes Per Se Up Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk? – Medscape (free registration required) AND Gestational Diabetes Raises Heart Attack, Stroke Risk, NIH Study Finds – AJMC (free)
Review: Why and how to step down chronic asthma drugs
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:25h | UTCState of The Art Review: Why and how to step down chronic asthma drugs – The BMJ (free)
Research: Association of Antidepressant Medications With Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Youths
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:24h | UTCAssociation of Antidepressant Medications With Incident Type 2 Diabetes Among Medicaid-Insured Youths – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Antidepressant Use in Youth Tied to Increased Diabetes Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Related study: The risk of new-onset diabetes in antidepressant users – A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Commentary: Type 2 Diabetes and Antidepressant Drug Use: Is There a Causal Link? – Endocrinology Advisor (free)
Review – The oncologic burden of hepatitis C virus infection: A clinical perspective
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:01h | UTC
Review: Calcium and Cardiovascular Disease
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:00h | UTCCalcium and Cardiovascular Disease – Endocrinology and Metabolism (free)
Individual support of nurses using electronic medicine monitors can improve HIV treatment
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:51h | UTCIndividual support of nurses using electronic medicine monitors can improve HIV treatment – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a nurse-delivered intervention to improve adherence to treatment for HIV: a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, randomised clinical trial – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)
Revised Recommendations for the Use of Hormonal Contraception Among Women at High Risk for HIV Infection
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:44h | UTC
Meta-analysis: Adherence to Mediterranean Diet and Risk of Cancer
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:41h | UTC
Review: Severe forms of food allergy
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:42h | UTCSevere forms of food allergy – Jornal de Pediatria (free)
Guideline for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:49h | UTCSee also: Executive Summary (free)
Research: Relative age within the school year and diagnosis of ADHD
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:46h | UTCCommentaries: The role of schools in the diagnosis of ADHD – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND ‘Relative’ school age biases ADHD diagnosis – OnMedica (free) AND Youngest children in school year ‘more likely’ to get ADHD diagnosis – NHS Choices (free)
Social Determinants of Health 101 for Health Care
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:47h | UTCSocial Determinants of Health 101 for Health Care: Five Plus Five – National Academy of Medicine (free)
See also: About social determinants of health – World Health Organization (free) AND WHO’s work on SDoH (free resources)
Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Noncardiac Complications in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:48h | UTCNews release: Looking beyond the heart in adults with congenital heart disease (free)
Commentary: Think Outside the Heart: Noncardiac Complications and Considerations in the Adult Congenital Patient (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Diagnosis and Management of Noncardiac Complications in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (free PDF)
Report: Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:40h | UTCOriginal article: Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults – The Lancet (free) AND Invited Commentary: Double-duty solutions for the double burden of malnutrition (free)
Related report: Ending Childhood Obesity Implementation Plan: executive summary – World Health Organization (free PDF)