Family Medicine
Prevalence, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management of Microscopic Colitis
18 Jul, 2017 | 22:42h | UTCClinical Review: Prevalence, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management of Microscopic Colitis – Gut and Liver (free PDF)
Hypersensitivity to antipyretics: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management
18 Jul, 2017 | 22:41h | UTCClinical Review: Hypersensitivity to antipyretics: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management – Hong Kong Medical Journal (free)
Evidence-based guidelines for fall prevention
18 Jul, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC
Meta-analysis: Artificial sweeteners do not help with weight loss
18 Jul, 2017 | 00:10h | UTCCommentaries: Artificial Sweeteners Not Tied to Lower BMI and May Even Increase It – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Artificial Sweeteners Don’t Help People Lose Weight, Review Finds – NPR (free) AND The Irony Of Artificial Sweeteners – Forbes (free) AND Low-calorie sweeteners don’t help with weight loss — and may lead to gained pounds – STAT News (free)
Richard Lehman’s weekly review
18 Jul, 2017 | 00:03h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 17 July 2017 – The BMJ Blogs (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Guideline: The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective
17 Jul, 2017 | 01:38h | UTCRelated: The Surgical Infection Society Revised Guidelines on the Management of Intra-Abdominal Infection – Surgical Infections (free)
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
17 Jul, 2017 | 01:34h | UTCRelated article: Lifestyle in progression from hypertensive disorders of pregnancy to chronic hypertension in Nurses’ Health Study II: observational cohort study – The BMJ (free)
Editorial: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy – The BMJ (free)
Commentaries: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Tied to Increased Hypertension Risk Decades Later – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Guideline: Constipation in children and young people: diagnosis and management
17 Jul, 2017 | 01:37h | UTC
Position Statement On Menopause
17 Jul, 2017 | 00:49h | UTCPosition Statement: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists And American College Of Endocrinology Position Statement On Menopause – 2017 Update (free)
Related Position Statement: The 2017 hormone therapy position statement of The North American Menopause Society (free PDF)
Related Draft Recommendation Statement: Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Primary Prevention of Chronic Conditions – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Physicians need to openly discuss medical mistakes and near misses
16 Jul, 2017 | 23:48h | UTCOpinion: Physicians need to openly discuss medical mistakes and near misses – STAT News (free)
Guideline: Human Papillomavirus Vaccination
16 Jul, 2017 | 23:57h | UTCGuideline: Human Papillomavirus Vaccination – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Recommendations and Conclusions (free)
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People
16 Jul, 2017 | 23:35h | UTCClinical Review: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: A Primer – Frontiers in Pediatrics (free)
Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure
16 Jul, 2017 | 23:36h | UTCClinical Review: Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure – American Journal of Medicine (free)
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
16 Jul, 2017 | 23:34h | UTCClinical Review: Long-Acting Reversible Contraception – Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia (free)
Association of Changes in Diet Quality with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality
16 Jul, 2017 | 12:43h | UTCAssociation of Changes in Diet Quality with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Improvement in diet quality linked to decreased all-cause mortality – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Improving Diet Over Time May Reduce Risk of Death – MedPage Today (free registration required) Change in Diet Can Lower Mortality Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND Eating a Little Bit Healthier Helps You Live Longer – TIME (free) AND A Range of Healthy Dietary Changes Could Help You Live Longer – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Insulin pumps not much better than multiple injections for intensive control of type 1 diabetes
16 Jul, 2017 | 12:44h | UTCInsulin pumps not much better than multiple injections for intensive control of type 1 diabetes – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Relative effectiveness of insulin pump treatment over multiple daily injections and structured education during flexible intensive insulin treatment for type 1 diabetes: cluster randomised trial (REPOSE) – The BMJ (free)
Enuresis: practical guidelines for primary care
16 Jul, 2017 | 12:47h | UTCEnuresis: practical guidelines for primary care – British Journal of General Practice (free)
Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adrenal Incidentaloma
16 Jul, 2017 | 12:42h | UTCClinical Guidelines for the Management of Adrenal Incidentaloma – Endocrinology and Metabolism (free)
Surgery for early prostate cancer may not save lives
16 Jul, 2017 | 12:40h | UTCFollow-up of Prostatectomy versus Observation for Early Prostate Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Long-term, surgery for localized prostate cancer offers little extra benefit – Reuters (free) AND No Benefit with Surgery for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Prostatectomy for Localized Prostate Cancer Doesn’t Improve Long-Term Survival – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Surgery for Early Prostate Cancer May Not Save Lives – Washington University in St. Louis, via NewsWise (free)
“Most men just as likely to survive with limited or no treatment” (from NewsWise)
Should we screen for cirrhosis?
13 Jul, 2017 | 20:48h | UTCHead To Head: Should we screen for cirrhosis? – The BMJ (free)
Pros and cons of screening high risk patients for liver cirrhosis.
Review: Supervised Treadmill Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease
13 Jul, 2017 | 20:44h | UTCReview: Supervised Treadmill Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Related guideline: 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary : A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines (free) AND Summary: AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease (free)
Pericarditis as a Marker of Occult Cancer and a Prognostic Factor for Cancer Mortality
13 Jul, 2017 | 20:46h | UTCPericarditis as a Marker of Occult Cancer and a Prognostic Factor for Cancer Mortality – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Pericarditis as a Marker of Occult Cancer – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Study: No effect of commercial cognitive training on cognitive function
13 Jul, 2017 | 20:43h | UTCNo Effect of Commercial Cognitive Training on Neural Activity During Decision-Making – The Journal of Neuroscience (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Brain training has no effect on decision-making or cognitive function – University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, via NewsWise (free) AND Brain Training: No Effect on Cognitive Performance – Medscape (free registration required) AND Brain-training games don’t really train brains, a new study suggests – The Washington Post (a few articles per month are free)
Advances in the causes and management of community acquired pneumonia in adults
12 Jul, 2017 | 15:51h | UTCState of The Art Review: Advances in the causes and management of community acquired pneumonia in adults – The BMJ (free)
Antidepressant Switching vs Augmentation in Resistent Depression?
12 Jul, 2017 | 15:24h | UTCEffect of Antidepressant Switching vs Augmentation on Remission Among Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Unresponsive to Antidepressant Treatment: The VAST-D Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study Compares Switching Meds vs an Additional Med for Patients Unresponsive to an Antidepressant – The Jama Network (free) AND For Treatment-Resistant Depression, Add an Antipsychotic or Switch Antidepressants? – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Augmentation with aripiprazole led to a modestly increased likelihood of remission, but with more adverse effects. “Given the small effect size and adverse effects associated with aripiprazole, further analysis including cost-effectiveness is needed to understand the net utility of this approach”.