Family Medicine
Systematic Review: Long-term outcomes among patients with advanced kidney disease who forgo maintenance dialysis.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:11h | UTCCommentaries:
Conservative Care for Kidney Failure—The Other Side of the Coin – JAMA Network Open
Study: Advanced kidney disease patients can survive, with quality life, without dialysis – UPI
Review: Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:34h | UTCPost-acute COVID-19 syndrome – European Respiratory Journal
Related:
ESCMID rapid guidelines for assessment and management of long COVID.
ERS statement on Long COVID-19 follow-up.
Proposed subtypes of long-Covid and their respective potential therapies.
EuGMS Guidance: Management of post-acute COVID-19 patients in geriatric rehabilitation.
Addressing Post-COVID Symptoms: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians.
Update to post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Caring for the ‘long-haulers’.
Systematic Review: Short-term and long-term rates of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
WHO Consensus: A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition (Long Covid).
Characterizing long COVID: a living systematic review.
Long Covid – The illness narratives.
New guidelines to help doctors manage long COVID patients published.
M-A: More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19. (several articles on the subject)
Practical, evidence-based approaches to nutritional modifications to reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:25h | UTC
Cohort Study: Long-term cannabis use is associated with cognitive deficits and smaller hippocampal volume in midlife.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:31h | UTCLong-Term Cannabis Use and Cognitive Reserves and Hippocampal Volume in Midlife – The American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Long-Term Cannabis Use Associated With Cognitive Deficits in Midlife – Psychiatric News Alert
Systematic Review: Point‐of‐care viral load tests to detect high HIV viral load in people living with HIV/AIDS attending health facilities.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:19h | UTC
RCT: Vortioxetine 5, 10, and 20 mg significantly reduces the risk of relapse compared with placebo in patients with remitted major depressive disorder.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:03h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
RCT: In patients with remitted MDD with 10 mg/day of vortioxetine, time to relapse was longer and cumulative relapse rates were lower for vortioxetine 5 mg (19.3%), 10 mg (17.9%), and 20 mg (17.4%) versus placebo (32.5%) over 28 weeks (p<0.05 for all) https://t.co/LzwFaxVt4d pic.twitter.com/Gq3lLTtVcS
— P𝘧OL (@psychopharmacol) March 11, 2022
Diagnostic test interpretation: cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:01h | UTCCardiopulmonary Exercise Testing – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Review: Drug-induced acute kidney injury.
14 Mar, 2022 | 00:48h | UTCDrug-Induced Acute Kidney Injury – Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
RCT: Methenamine Hippurate (a non-antibiotic preventive treatment) is noninferior to prophylactic antibiotics for treating recurrent urinary tract infections in women.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:21h | UTCNews Release: Antiseptic drug as good as antibiotics for preventing recurrent urinary tract infections – BMJ Newsroom
Editorial: Methenamine hippurate for recurrent urinary tract infections – The BMJ
Commentaries:
Trial supports antibiotic alternative for recurrent urinary infections – CIDRAP
Nonantibiotic Prophylaxis Noninferior for Recurrent UTI – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/bmj_latest/status/1501800030608494596
Systematic Review: Inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID‐19.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:18h | UTCInhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID‐19 – Cochrane Library
Related:
[Preprint] M-A: Inhaled corticosteroids in COVID-19 outpatients.
Position Paper: Recommendations for the use of topical inhalant budesonide in COVID-19.
RCT: Inhaled budesonide shortens recovery time in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Phase 2 RCT: Inhaled budesonide shows promise for the treatment of early COVID-19
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
https://twitter.com/CochraneLibrary/status/1501615982208507912
WHO Guidance: Use of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detection rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 self-testing.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:20h | UTC
Another study suggests that a third vaccine dose is necessary to protect populations against the omicron variant.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:14h | UTCNews Release: Third vaccine dose critical for protecting populations against omicron variant – BMJ Newsroom
Commentary on Twitter
mRNA vaccines are highly effective in preventing covid-19 associated hospital admissions related to the alpha, delta, and omicron variants. But three doses are needed to achieve a similar level of protection against omicron, finds a large US study: https://t.co/YMm176gmby
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) March 10, 2022
Retrospective Cohort Study: Frequency and outcomes of MRI-detected axillary adenopathy following COVID-19 vaccination.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:05h | UTCRelated:
2 Case Series and Guidance | Lymphadenopathy in COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients
Systematic Review: Antiplatelet agents for chronic kidney disease.
11 Mar, 2022 | 09:35h | UTCAntiplatelet agents for chronic kidney disease – Cochrane Library
Study Commentary: Telemental health is promising as an effective and engaging alternative for in-person therapy.
11 Mar, 2022 | 09:26h | UTCOriginal Study: Implementation of Telemental Health Services Before COVID-19: Rapid Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews – Journal of Medical Internet Research
Large registry based study showed increased cardiovascular risk in patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder.
11 Mar, 2022 | 09:29h | UTC
RCT: In children with nonsevere, drug-susceptible tuberculosis, treatment for 4 months is noninferior to treatment for 6 months.
10 Mar, 2022 | 11:03h | UTCNews Release: Treatment length reduced for children with tuberculosis – University College London
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/NEJM/status/1501686991888392192
Perspective: What do we know about Covid’s impact on the brain?
10 Mar, 2022 | 10:46h | UTCWhat do we know about Covid’s impact on the brain? – The Guardian
Related: SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank.
AAP Technical Report | Telehealth: Opportunities to improve access, quality, and cost in pediatric care.
10 Mar, 2022 | 10:41h | UTCTelehealth: Opportunities to Improve Access, Quality, and Cost in Pediatric Care – Pediatrics
News Release: New AAP report reviews telehealth’s potential to transform pediatric care – AAP News
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for gastroesophageal reflux disease.
10 Mar, 2022 | 10:34h | UTCRelated:
ACG Clinical Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.
SAGES guidelines for the surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux.
Guideline on Screening for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in Patients with Chronic GERD
NICE Guideline: Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease and Dyspepsia in Adults
NICE Guideline: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Children and Young People
Breast cancer risk evaluation for the primary care physician.
10 Mar, 2022 | 10:30h | UTCBreast cancer risk evaluation for the primary care physician – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
Extending the reach of antimicrobial stewardship to pediatric patients.
10 Mar, 2022 | 10:12h | UTC
RCT: Reliever-triggered inhaled glucocorticoid reduces severe exacerbations in black and latinx adults with moderate-to-severe asthma.
9 Mar, 2022 | 10:06h | UTCReliever-Triggered Inhaled Glucocorticoid in Black and Latinx Adults with Asthma – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Guideline for perioperative care for people living with frailty undergoing elective and emergency surgery.
9 Mar, 2022 | 08:48h | UTC
Position Paper: Mental health-related risk factors and interventions in patients with heart failure.
9 Mar, 2022 | 08:49h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
📢#EAPC_ESC Position paper in #EJPC#MentalHealth & #HeartFailure – overview of the scientific evidence of #psychosocial aspects of #HF https://t.co/5Xr6500zWW#MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness @frank_doyle4 @ma_hamer @HendrikSager @m_piepoli @SilCastelletti pic.twitter.com/DQyAob9y4s
— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) February 20, 2022