Family Medicine
Self-management interventions for patients with COPD
14 Aug, 2017 | 15:28h | UTCFull review: Self-management interventions including action plans for exacerbations versus usual care in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (link to summary – $ for full-text)
Related: Asthma self-management programmes can reduce unscheduled care – NIHR Signal (free)
Self-management interventions that include a COPD exacerbation action plan are associated with improvements in health-related quality of life and lower probability of respiratory-related hospital admissions.
Delayed breastfeeding initiation and infant survival
14 Aug, 2017 | 15:23h | UTCThis systematic review and meta-analysis mostly of observational studies suggests early breastfeeding initiation is associated with increased survival. The authors acknowledge that there are many reasons for delayed breastfeeding initiation that may confound the relationship between breastfeeding initiation and mortality, but remember that randomized trials would not be considered ethical, so we must rely on high quality observational data. Based on their analysis, the authors suggest the implementation of programs that emphasize the importance of early initiation of breastfeeding, in addition to promoting exclusive breastfeeding.
Online parental training may help to improve behaviour in children
14 Aug, 2017 | 14:49h | UTCOnline parental training may help to improve behaviour in children – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Technology-Assisted Parent Training Programs for Children and Adolescents With Disruptive Behaviors: A Systematic Review – The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Risk of Stroke With Various Types of Menopausal Hormone Therapies
14 Aug, 2017 | 14:42h | UTCRisk of Stroke With Various Types of Menopausal Hormone Therapies: A National Cohort Study – Stroke (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
This large cohort confirms an increased stroke risk with oral hormone therapies, but suggests no increased risk of stroke with transdermal or vaginal estrogen application.
Asthma-Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome
14 Aug, 2017 | 14:35h | UTC
Review: Palliative and end-of-life care in nephrology
11 Aug, 2017 | 17:08h | UTCNarrative review: Palliative and end-of-life care in nephrology: moving from observations to interventions – Current Opinion in Nephrology & Hypertension, via Medscape (free registration required)
Lifestyle Risk Factors Increase the Risk of Hospitalization for Sciatica
11 Aug, 2017 | 16:04h | UTCLifestyle Risk Factors Increase the Risk of Hospitalization for Sciatica: Findings of Four Prospective Cohort Studies – The American Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Walking and biking tied to lower risk of hospitalization with sciatica – Reuters (free)
Related guideline: Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management – NICE (free)
Review: My Treatment Approach to Gout
11 Aug, 2017 | 15:54h | UTCReview: My Treatment Approach to Gout – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
Lithium Associated With a Higher Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Older Adults
11 Aug, 2017 | 15:53h | UTCLithium Use, but Not Valproate Use, Is Associated With a Higher Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Older Adults With Mental Illness – The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (link to abstract -$ for full-text)
Case-control study suggests Lithium is associated with increased risk of chronic kidney disease.
Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients with an Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
11 Aug, 2017 | 15:27h | UTCSystematic review: Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients with an Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention – The American Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related narrative review: Duration of dual antiplatelet therapy in acute coronary syndrome – Heart (free)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
Aspirin Does Not Increase Heart Failure Events in Heart Failure Patients
11 Aug, 2017 | 15:17h | UTCAspirin Does Not Increase Heart Failure Events in Heart Failure Patients – JACC: Heart Failure (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study: Aspirin Safe for HF Patients – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND New data show aspirin safe for heart failure patients – Clinical Advisor (free)
Preventing Asthma Exacerbations With Mite-Impermeable Bedcovers
11 Aug, 2017 | 14:13h | UTCPreventing Severe Asthma Exacerbations in Children. A Randomized Trial of Mite-Impermeable Bedcovers – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Mite-proof covers may reduce severity of asthma exacerbations in allergic children – News Medical (free)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
Addressing Alcohol Use Practice Manual: An Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Program
11 Aug, 2017 | 14:56h | UTCPress release: AAFP, Baylor Partner to Create Alcohol Screening Practice Manual (free)
Commentary: Alcohol screening and brief intervention: A practice manual for clinicians – Clinical Advisor (free)
Treatments for reducing menopausal hot flushes are ranked for effectiveness
11 Aug, 2017 | 13:34h | UTCTreatments for reducing menopausal hot flushes are ranked for effectiveness – NIHR Signal (free)
Counseling Adolescents About Contraception
11 Aug, 2017 | 13:12h | UTCGuideline: Counseling Adolescents About Contraception – American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)
Commentary: Contraception and adolescents: ACOG releases counseling recommendations for clinicians – Clinical Advisor (free)
Breast-feeding for economic growth and prosperity
11 Aug, 2017 | 13:47h | UTCOpinion: Breast-feeding for economic growth and prosperity – Devex (free)
Source: Global Health Now Newsletter
Anticoagulation for stroke prevention in very elderly patients with atrial fibrillation
11 Aug, 2017 | 13:04h | UTCObservational study suggests anticoagulation for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation is beneficial even for very elderly subjects.
Early Childhood Caries: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Prevention
11 Aug, 2017 | 12:51h | UTCReview: Early Childhood Caries: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Prevention – Frontiers in Pediatrics (free)
Diarrhea after bariatric procedures: Diagnosis and therapy
11 Aug, 2017 | 12:49h | UTCReview: Diarrhea after bariatric procedures: Diagnosis and therapy – World Journal of Gastroenterology (free)
Gout: An old disease in new perspective
11 Aug, 2017 | 12:45h | UTCReview: Gout: An old disease in new perspective – Journal of Advanced Research (free)
Tall stature: a difficult diagnosis?
11 Aug, 2017 | 12:46h | UTCReview: Tall stature: a difficult diagnosis? – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free)
Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management of uric acid urolithiasis
11 Aug, 2017 | 12:41h | UTCReview: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management of uric acid urolithiasis: A narrative review – Journal of Advanced Research (free)
Interventions for emergency contraception
10 Aug, 2017 | 22:29h | UTCInterventions for emergency contraception – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: Methods of emergency contraception (free)
On-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV
10 Aug, 2017 | 22:31h | UTCEfficacy, safety, and effect on sexual behaviour of on-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV in men who have sex with men: an observational cohort study – The Lancet HIV (free registration required)
Commentaries: PrEP on demand or every day? – The Lancet HIV (free registration required) AND HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis can be taken as needed – Reuters (free)
“four doses of PrEP around the time of sexual activity cut the risk of HIV by 97 percent” (from Reuters Health)
Nephrolithiasis more common in patients with gout
10 Aug, 2017 | 22:32h | UTCCommentaries: Gout Patients Run Higher Risk of Kidney Stones – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Gout associated with elevated risk for kidney stones – MedWire News (free)
“60% increased risk of first-time nephrolithiasis versus general population, with little protection from allopurinol” (from MedPage Today)