Family Medicine
Guideline: Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:16h | UTCGuideline: Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)
See also: Summary
Review: The female athlete triad: special considerations for adolescent female athletes
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:16h | UTC
Study: Factors Associated With Choice of Infant Sleep Position
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:07h | UTCFactors Associated With Choice of Infant Sleep Position – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Less than half of mothers place sleeping infants supine – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Most moms aren’t putting babies to sleep safely, study says – CNN (free) AND Less Than Half of Mothers Report Always Putting Babies to Sleep in Supine Position – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Parents still failing to put babies to sleep on their backs – Reuters (free)
Placing infants in the supine position for sleep reduces the risk of sudden unexpected infant death and has been recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics since 2005. Nevertheless, in this survey only 43,7% of mothers placed their infants exclusively in supine position for sleep.
Review: Sports participation recommendations for patients with bleeding disorders
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:16h | UTCSports participation recommendations for patients with bleeding disorders – Translational Pediatrics (free)
Perspectives on Cognition-Enhancing Drugs
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:05h | UTCMedical News & Perspectives: Chess Study Revives Debate Over Cognition-Enhancing Drugs – JAMA (free)
Related: Growing use of smart drugs by students could be a recipe for disaster – The Conversation (free) AND Brain Hackers Seeking Peak Performance Use Risky Chemical Cocktails: “Smart drugs” are not clinically proven and could be dangerous – Scientific American (free) AND Universities must do more to tackle use of smart drugs, say experts – The Guardian (free) AND Tweaking brains with ‘smart drugs’ to get ahead in Silicon Valley – The Washington Post (free) AND Professors take same ‘smart drugs’ as students to keep up with workloads, claims academic – Independent (free)
Guideline: Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:08h | UTCNews release: AAP issues new pediatric hypertension clinical practice guideline – AAP News (free)
Study: Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy and the Risk of Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:07h | UTCCommentaries: Study: Hypertension in pregnancy may affect long-term heart health – UPI (free) AND Hypertension during pregnancy may affect women’s long-term cardiovascular health – Wiley, via EurekAlert (free)
Related: Women with High-Risk Pregnancies Are More Likely To Develop Heart Disease – NPR (free) AND Adverse Pregnancy Conditions, Infertility, and Future Cardiovascular Risk: Implications for Mother and Child – Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy (free)
Study: Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Among Smokers Hospitalized for Coronary Heart Disease
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:02h | UTCCommentaries: Smokers hospitalized for heart attacks often don’t get cessation drugs – Reuters (free) AND Smokers Hospitalized for CHD Rarely Receive Cessation Pharmacotherapy During Hospitalization – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Re-analysis of the USPSTF 2016 Evidence Report on Colorectal Cancer Screening
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:01h | UTCRe-analysis of All-Cause Mortality in the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force 2016 Evidence Report on Colorectal Cancer Screening – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Tied to Lower Mortality Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Reduces All-Cause Mortality – Medscape (free registration required)
Study: energy drink consumption and subsequent drug use during young adulthood
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:40h | UTCTrajectories of energy drink consumption and subsequent drug use during young adulthood – Drug & Alcohol Dependence (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study suggests energy drinks can lead to cocaine use – News.com.au (free text and video) AND Energy Drinks May Trigger Future Substance Use – Medscape (free registration required)
Study: association of obesity and metabolic health with coronary heart disease
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:46h | UTCSeparate and combined associations of obesity and metabolic health with coronary heart disease: a pan-European case-cohort analysis – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: ‘Fat but fit’ people may still be at risk of heart disease – NHS Choices (free) AND ‘Fat but fit’ still has higher risk of heart disease, study confirms – CNN (free) AND ‘Fat but Fit’ is Myth; New UK Study Finds BMI>25 Ups MI Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND ‘Fat but fit’ still risk heart disease – BBC (free)
When Sports Injuries Lead to Arthritis in Joints
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:34h | UTCWhen Sports Injuries Lead to Arthritis in Joints – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related guideline: The Role of Athletic Trainers in Preventing and Managing Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis in Physically Active Populations: a Consensus Statement of the Athletic Trainers’ Osteoarthritis Consortium (free)
Study: Sleep Duration and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:38h | UTCSleep Duration and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lack of sleep tied to higher risk of diabetes in kids – Reuters (free) AND Sleep in Children Linked to Later Risk of Type 2 Diabetes – AJMC (free) AND Insufficient sleep raises type 2 diabetes risk in children – Medical News Today (free) AND Sleep duration inversely related to childhood type 2 diabetes risk makers – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
The global burden of tuberculosis mortality in children
17 Aug, 2017 | 18:33h | UTCCommentaries: Tuberculosis in children: under-counted and under-treate – The Lancet Global Health (free) AND TB killed an estimated 239,000 children in 2015, nearly all of them untreated, study finds – Science Speaks Blog (free)
Study: probiotics can prevent sepsis in newborns
17 Aug, 2017 | 21:41h | UTCA randomized synbiotic trial to prevent sepsis among infants in rural India – Nature (free PDF)
Commentaries: At Last, a Big, Successful Trial of Probiotics – The Atlantic (free) AND Probiotic Bacteria Could Protect Newborns From Deadly Infection – NPR Goats and Soda (free) AND Seeding the Gut Microbiome Prevents Sepsis in Infants – The Scientist (free)
Too much medicine: Mapping the drivers of overdiagnosis to potential solutions
17 Aug, 2017 | 21:37h | UTCAnalysis – Too much medicine: Mapping the drivers of overdiagnosis to potential solutions – The BMJ (free)
Related: Overdiagnosis, ethics, and trolley problems: why factors other than outcomes matter – The BMJ (free) AND The overdiagnosis community targets solutions – The BMJ (free) AND Are expanding disease definitions unnecessarily labelling women with polycystic ovary syndrome? – The BMJ (free) AND When technology creates uncertainty: pulse oximetry and Overdiagnosis of hypoxaemia in bronchiolitis – The BMJ (free)
Stop Treating 70- and 90-Year-Olds the Same
17 Aug, 2017 | 16:31h | UTCOpinion: Stop Treating 70- and 90-Year-Olds the Same – New York Times (free)
The role of bariatric surgery to treat diabetes
17 Aug, 2017 | 15:45h | UTCReview: The role of bariatric surgery to treat diabetes: current challenges and perspectives – BMC Endocrine Disorders (free)
Recommendations for HIV Screening of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men
17 Aug, 2017 | 16:25h | UTC“@CDC_HIVAIDS recommends men who have sex with men be tested for HIV at least annually”. (RT @CDCMMWR see Tweet)
A National Implementation Project to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents
17 Aug, 2017 | 15:57h | UTCA National Implementation Project to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study Shows 54 Percent Drop in CAUTIs Among Nursing Home Residents – Infection Control Today (free) AND AHRQ safety program helps cut catheter infections by more than 50% among nursing home patients, JAMA study shows – Healthcare Finance (free) AND Implementing technical and socioadaptive bundles may decrease catheter-associated urinary tract infections in nursing homes – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Nursing homes cut urinary tract infections in half through focused effort on catheter care – Michigan University, via EurekAlert (free)
Related: Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (free resources)
Cardiac Toxicity Of Cancer Chemotherapy
17 Aug, 2017 | 16:40h | UTCReview: Cardiac Toxicity Of Cancer Chemotherapy – US Cardiology Review (free)
Related Guidelines and Reviews: Prevention and Monitoring of Cardiac Dysfunction in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Therapy (free) AND Cardiotoxicity of anticancer treatments: Epidemiology, detection, and management – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free) AND Radiation Associated Cardiac Disease – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Benefits and safety of gabapentinoids in chronic low back pain
16 Aug, 2017 | 23:04h | UTCCommentaries: Gabapentinoids Seem to Offer Little Benefit, Substantial Risks in Low Back Pain – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Evidence does not support the use of gabapentinoids for chronic low back pain – PLOS, via Science Daily (free) AND Gabapentinoids for Chronic Low Back Pain? Not So Fast – Practical Pain Management (free)
Pregabalin and gabapentin have significant risk of adverse effects without any demonstrated benefit in chronic low back pain.
Talking therapy given by parents shows promise for childhood anxiety disorders
16 Aug, 2017 | 20:33h | UTCTalking therapy given by parents shows promise for childhood anxiety disorders – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of brief guided parent-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy and solution-focused brief therapy for treatment of childhood anxiety disorders: a randomised controlled trial – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND Commentary: Low-intensity interventions for anxiety disorders (free)
“70% of children receiving guided parent-delivered CBT had recovered from anxiety six months after treatment” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Sexual health concerns after cancer treatment in women
16 Aug, 2017 | 20:08h | UTCCommentary: Sexual Dysfunction in Women With Cancer: A Review of Available Interventions – Oncology Nurse Adviser (free)
An order not to hospitalize
16 Aug, 2017 | 15:17h | UTCAn order not to hospitalize – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Original article: Are Hospital/ED Transfers Less Likely Among Nursing Home Residents With Do-Not-Hospitalize Orders? – Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)