Internal Medicine
ADA Guideline Synopsis: Diabetes Technology
13 Aug, 2019 | 08:00h | UTCOriginal Guideline: ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free)
Review: Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Septic Shock
13 Aug, 2019 | 06:17h | UTCAdjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Septic Shock – Anesthesiology (free)
Related Guideline: Corticosteroid therapy for sepsis: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids in Sepsis: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Low-dose corticosteroids for adult patients with septic shock: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis – Critical Care Medicine (free) AND Association of Corticosteroid Treatment With Outcomes in Adult Patients With Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
[Abstract Only] Observational Study Links Bariatric Surgery to Lower Mortality but Higher Risk of Adverse Events
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:51h | UTCLong-term adverse events after sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass: a 7-year nationwide, observational, population-based, cohort study – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Death Risk Drops After Bariatric Surgery in Obese Patients – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Related Research: Association of Bariatric Surgery vs Usual Care Obesity Management With All-Cause Mortality (free study and commentaries)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Long-term adverse events after #sleeve #gastrectomy or #gastric #bypass: a 7-year nationwide, observational, population-based, cohort study https://t.co/yRJg3y1SUp #bariatricsurgery pic.twitter.com/KP6u5cQWf6
— The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (@TheLancetEndo) August 8, 2019
Podcast: Things We Do For No Reason, Part 2
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:55h | UTC#165 Things We Do For No Reason™ Part 2 – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free audio and summary)
See also: Part 1: #109: Things We Do For No Reason: A High Value Episode – The Curbsiders internal Medicine Podcast (free audio and summary)
Related Series: Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free articles)
“Discover common practices that persist in the hospital wards despite no proven benefit!”
[Abstract Only] Diabetes Subgroups Have Different Risk of Diabetes-associated Diseases
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:53h | UTCRisk of diabetes-associated diseases in subgroups of patients with recent-onset diabetes: a 5-year follow-up study – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract and commentaries)
Commentaries: Different diabetes phenotypes associated with varying prevalence of complications – ACP Diabetes (free) AND Cluster analysis may help to predict diabetic complications – medwire News (free)
Related Study: Novel subgroups of adult-onset diabetes and their association with outcomes (link to abstract and commentaries)
Related Commentary on Twitter
What is the risk of diabetes-associated diseases in #subgroups of patients with recent-onset #diabetes? Find out in this 5-year follow-up study https://t.co/ZPYUv4IsQd #clusters #PrecisionMedicine #NAFLD #diabetic #neuropathy pic.twitter.com/9VZnl3DjKj
— The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (@TheLancetEndo) August 9, 2019
When Less is More in the Active Management of Elevated Body Temperature of ICU Patients
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:45h | UTCRelated: Fever control in critically ill adults. An individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Giant Cell Arteritis: An Updated Review of an Old Disease
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:10h | UTCGiant cell arteritis: An updated review of an old disease – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Related Guidelines: Swedish Society of Rheumatology 2018 guidelines for investigation, treatment, and follow-up of giant cell arteritis – Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology (free) AND 2018 Update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)
Cohort Study: Association of Hearing Loss with Dementia
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:24h | UTCAssociation of Hearing Loss With Dementia – JAMA Network Open (free)
Commentary: Middle-age hearing loss linked to dementia – Reuters (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Association of Age-Related Hearing Loss With Cognitive Function (free study and commentaries)
Review: Nutritional Management of Medical Inpatients
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:22h | UTCNutritional Management of Medical Inpatients – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free)
Related Guideline: ESPEN guidelines on nutritional support for polymorbid internal medicine patients (free)
Review: The Role of Exercise in Preventing and Treating Depression
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:23h | UTCThe Role of Exercise in Preventing and Treating Depression – Current Sports Medicine Reports (free)
News Release: ‘Exercise as Medicine’ for Depression – A Key But Often Overlooked Role In Prevention And Treatment – Wolters Kluwer Health (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Physical Activity and Incident Depression (free study and commentaries) AND Resistance Exercise for Depressive Symptoms (free study and commentaries) AND Aerobic Exercise for Adult Patients with Major Depressive Disorder (free study and commentaries)
Asian Consensus on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
13 Aug, 2019 | 00:57h | UTCSecond Asian Consensus on Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (free)
Related Guidelines: Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE – UK) (free) AND AGA Guideline on the Laboratory Evaluation of Functional Diarrhea and Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adults (IBS-D) – Gastroenterology (free) AND Clinical Practice Guidelines for Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Korea, 2017 Revised Edition (free) AND Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for irritable bowel syndrome – Journal of Gastroenterology (free) AND Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) (free)
Guideline: Management of Acute Liver Failure
11 Aug, 2019 | 22:27h | UTCManagement of acute liver failure. Clinical guideline from the Catalan Society of Digestology – Gastroenterología y Hepatología (free for a limited period)
Related Guideline: American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Liver Failure – Gastroenterology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guidelines for Esophageal Manometry and Esophageal Reflux Monitoring
11 Aug, 2019 | 22:26h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Medications that Reduce or Increase the Risk of New Onset Diabetes
11 Aug, 2019 | 22:24h | UTC“α-Glucosidase inhibitors, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, metformin, orlistat, phentermine/topiramate, and pioglitazone significantly reduced the risk of biochemical conversion to T2DM, whereas statins and nateglinide increased the risk”
Too Much Medicine: Not Enough trust?
11 Aug, 2019 | 22:18h | UTCToo Much Medicine: Not Enough trust? – Journal of Medical Ethics (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
A really thoughtful + interesting piece by @DrZoeFritz and #RichardHolton
Are doctors ordering unnecessary tests + over-prescribing because they want patients to trust them?
What are better more ethical ways to gain patient trust? (open access) https://t.co/KPJqC8tTIz— Celia Kitzinger (@KitzingerCelia) August 9, 2019
Management of Malnutrition in Older Patients—Current Approaches, Evidence and Open Questions
11 Aug, 2019 | 22:20h | UTCRelated: ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition and hydration in geriatrics (free)
Myocardial Injury in the Era of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Assays: A Practical Approach for Clinicians
11 Aug, 2019 | 21:18h | UTCMyocardial Injury in the Era of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Assays: A Practical Approach for Clinicians – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)
Related: Turkish Society of Cardiology Consensus Paper on The Rational Use of Cardiac Troponins in Daily Practice – The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (free PDF) AND Randomized Trial: High-Sensitivity Troponin in the Evaluation of Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome (free study and commentaries) AND Cohort Study: The Introduction of High-sensitive Troponins Had No Impact on Survival (free study and commentaries)
Risk, Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Post-Operative Cutaneous Infection
11 Aug, 2019 | 21:15h | UTCRelated: Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 – JAMA Surgery(free) AND Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection – World Health Organization
Multispecialty Consensus: Imaging in Suspected Renal Colic
9 Aug, 2019 | 08:14h | UTC
NCCN Guideline: Adult Cancer Pain
9 Aug, 2019 | 08:12h | UTCRelated Guidelines: WHO Guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents – World Health Organization (free PDF) AND Management of cancer pain in adult patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines – Annals of Oncology (free) AND Optimal pain management for patients with cancer in the modern era – CA: A Cancer Journal of Clinicians (free) AND 2017 SEOM clinical guideline for treatment of cancer pain – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)
Randomized Trial: Five Days of Treatment Not Better than Three Days for Uncomplicated Lower Urinary Tract Infection
9 Aug, 2019 | 07:50h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
Three versus five days of pivmecillinam for #community acquired uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled superiority trial @EClinicalMed @uni_copenhagen #clinicaltrials
Have a read at: https://t.co/RiOIS1686B pic.twitter.com/VUyf5jhwmh
— eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science (@eClinicalMed) August 1, 2019
Cohort Study: Women with a History of Preeclampsia 5 Times More Likely to Develop End-stage kidney Disease
9 Aug, 2019 | 07:58h | UTCPreeclampsia and risk of end stage kidney disease: A Swedish nationwide cohort study – PLOS Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Pre-eclampsia increases risk of end stage kidney disease, study finds – PLOS (free) AND Preeclampsia Increases Kidney Failure Risk, Study Finds – Renal & Urology News (free)
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Narrative Review for the Practicing Clinician
9 Aug, 2019 | 07:24h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Standards for the diagnosis and management of complex regional pain syndrome: Results of a European Pain Federation task force – European Journal of Pain (free) AND Complex regional pain syndrome in adults (2nd edition) – UK guidelines for diagnosis, referral and management in primary and secondary care 2018 – Royal College of Physicians (free PDF)
Cohort Study: Ideal Cardiovascular Health at Age 50 Linked to Lower Dementia Later in Life
9 Aug, 2019 | 06:34h | UTCEditorial: The determinants of cognitive decline and dementia (free)
Commentaries: Good heart health at age 50 linked to lower dementia risk later in life – The BMJ (free) AND The implications of cardiovascular health for dementia – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Position Statement: Palliative Care for People Living with Heart Failure
8 Aug, 2019 | 08:28h | UTCRelated Reviews: Palliative Care for Patients With Heart Failure – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Approach to advanced heart failure at the end of life – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Palliative Care in Heart Failure: Rationale, Evidence, and Future Priorities – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free) AND How Medicine Has Changed the End of Life for Patients With Cardiovascular Disease – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free) AND Dilemmas in end-stage heart failure – Journal of Geriatric Cardiology (free) AND It’s Time to Talk: Challenges in Providing Integrated Palliative Care in Advanced Congestive Heart Failure. A Narrative Review – Cardiology Reviews (free) AND Palliative Care Interventions for Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (free)
Related Randomized Trial: Palliative Care in Heart Failure (link to abstract and commentaries)