Internal Medicine
M-A: Comparative impact of pharmacological therapies on cluster headache management.
12 May, 2022 | 08:01h | UTC
Systematic Review: Prevention of peripheral distal polyneuropathy in patients with diabetes.
12 May, 2022 | 07:58h | UTC
USPSTF recommends against screening for COPD in asymptomatic adults.
11 May, 2022 | 11:26h | UTCEditorial: Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Challenges and Opportunities – JAMA
Evidence Report: Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force – JAMA
Patient Page: Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – JAMA
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – JAMA
Commentary: USPSTF Continues to Recommend Against COPD Screening in Asymptomatic Adults – AJMC
Commentary on Twitter
The 🇺🇸 USPSTF, again, recommends against screening for #COPD jn asymptomatic adults: ‘using a reaffirmation process, the USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that screening for COPD in asymptomatic adults has no net benefit’. https://t.co/msBtDBKngx
— John Hurst (@ProfHurst) May 10, 2022
Use of novel strategies to develop guidelines for management of pyogenic osteomyelitis in adults: a WikiGuidelines group consensus statement.
11 May, 2022 | 11:23h | UTCCommentary: A new approach to medical guidelines, taking inspiration from Wikipedia – University of Michigan
Commentary on Twitter
This consensus statement & systematic review uses a WikiGuidelines methodology for clinical guideline development (precluding recommendations based on low-quality data/opinion), addressing 7 questions regarding osteomyelitis management. @BradSpellberg https://t.co/MVjkzC5rdf
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) May 10, 2022
Study suggests tailoring diabetes screening by race and ethnicity may lead to earlier diagnosis.
11 May, 2022 | 11:19h | UTCCommentary: Tailoring diabetes screening by race, ethnicity may lead to earlier diagnosis – ACP Internist
Original Study: Diabetes Screening by Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Equivalent Body Mass Index and Age Thresholds – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)
1/In her 40s, my mother, an Indian American, was diagnosed with diabetes, though she was not indicated for screening
This led me to ask…do we appropriately screen for diabetes by race/ethnicity?
Now answered in @AnnalsofIM with⭐️mentor @kardiologykazihttps://t.co/xTM9WmIbaL pic.twitter.com/IK5v76KMxh
— Rahul Aggarwal (@RahulAggarwalMD) May 9, 2022
AHA: Call to action for cardiovascular disease in women: epidemiology, awareness, access, and delivery of equitable health care.
11 May, 2022 | 11:22h | UTCNews Release: Investment, action urged to improve access, quality and equity in women’s heart health – American Heart Association
RCT: Doxycycline vs. azithromycin for treating anorectal Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women.
11 May, 2022 | 11:15h | UTCDoxycycline versus azithromycin for the treatment of anorectal Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women concurrent with vaginal infection (CHLAZIDOXY study): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, superiority trial – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Doxycycline Bests Azithromycin for Anogenital Chlamydia in Women — Open-label randomized trial set out to duplicate results from prior studies in men – MedPage Today (free registration required)
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M-A: Interventions to reduce falls in hospitals.
11 May, 2022 | 11:12h | UTCInterventions to reduce falls in hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Age and Ageing
Systematic Review: Doppler trans‐thoracic echocardiography for detection of pulmonary hypertension in adults.
11 May, 2022 | 11:06h | UTCCommentary: Doppler trans-thoracic echocardiography for detection of pulmonary hypertension in adults – Cochrane Library
Review: The increasing role of rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation.
11 May, 2022 | 11:07h | UTCKey Points: The Increasing Role of Rhythm Control in Atrial Fibrillation – American College of Cardiology
Systematic Review: The impact of long-acting muscarinic antagonists on mucus hypersecretion and cough in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
11 May, 2022 | 11:02h | UTC
Cohort Study: Community-acquired bacterial meningitis in patients of 80 years and older.
11 May, 2022 | 10:51h | UTC
Review | Time-restricted eating: integrating the what with the when.
11 May, 2022 | 10:50h | UTCTime-Restricted Eating: Integrating The What With The When – Advances in Nutrition
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Calorie Restriction with or without Time-Restricted Eating in Weight Loss- New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Systematic Review: Prevalence of opioid use disorder among patients with cancer-related pain.
11 May, 2022 | 10:46h | UTC
Metabolic Alkalosis Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment: Core Curriculum 2022.
10 May, 2022 | 11:31h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Metabolic Alkalosis Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment: Core Curriculum 2022https://t.co/5ujfpBDwBz (FREE) pic.twitter.com/e1RvYVAzC8
— AJKD (@AJKDonline) May 8, 2022
Legionnaires’ Disease: Update on diagnosis and treatment.
10 May, 2022 | 11:06h | UTCLegionnaires’ Disease: Update on Diagnosis and Treatment – Infectious Diseases and Therapy
Commentary on Twitter
Legionellosis is becoming increasingly important as a public health problem throughout the world; although it is an underreported disease!
Fantastic 🆕💥Review Article @InfectDis_Ther
Legionnaires’ Disease: Update on Diagnosis and Treatment #IDTwitter https://t.co/OvmZZZRz6n pic.twitter.com/vCu7MZdnKs— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 (@ABsteward) May 7, 2022
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Review: First-generation oral antivirals against SARS-CoV-2.
10 May, 2022 | 11:08h | UTCFirst-generation Oral Antivirals Against SARS-CoV-2 – Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Podcast: Inpatient Covid Management.
10 May, 2022 | 11:03h | UTC#332 Inpatient Covid Management with Dr. Nathan Erdmann. – The Curbsiders
Time to clinical benefit of intensive blood pressure lowering in patients 60 years and older with hypertension: a secondary analysis of randomized clinical trials.
10 May, 2022 | 10:57h | UTC
Recommendations for change in infection prevention programs and practice.
10 May, 2022 | 10:56h | UTC
Rapidly progressive dementias — etiologies, diagnosis and management.
10 May, 2022 | 10:59h | UTCRapidly progressive dementias — aetiologies, diagnosis and management – Nature Reviews Neurology (if the link is paywalled, try this one in PMC)
Cardio-Obstetrics: The next frontier in cardiovascular disease prevention.
10 May, 2022 | 10:37h | UTCCardio-Obstetrics: the Next Frontier in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention – Current Atherosclerosis Reports (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
WHO launches first ever global report on infection prevention and control.
9 May, 2022 | 02:19h | UTCNews Release: WHO launches first ever global report on infection prevention and control – World Health Organization
Executive Summary: Global report on infection prevention and control – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that good Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) programmes where good hand hygiene and other cost-effective practices are followed, 70% of those infections can be prevented #IDTwitter #MedEd https://t.co/qo954eXMm8
— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 (@ABsteward) May 6, 2022
Brief Review | Oxygen targets.
9 May, 2022 | 01:48h | UTCOxygen targets – Intensive Care Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
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Commentary on Twitter
Oxygen targets in #ICU?? Supplemental O2 often required in critically ill, but balancing opposing risks hypo/hyperxaemia required to choose right amount to give. Hyperoxaemia associated with negative cellular/physiological effects: O2 can harm!#FOAMcc
🫧 https://t.co/F4r3Qg7hXg pic.twitter.com/EizwMNjjnc— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) May 7, 2022
Systematic Review: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for community‐dwelling, high‐risk, frail, older people.
9 May, 2022 | 01:43h | UTC