Internal Medicine
Book: Diabetes in America, 3rd Edition – National Institutes of Health
17 Aug, 2018 | 02:01h | UTCDiabetes in America, 3rd Edition – National Institutes of Health (free chapters)
News Release: New NIH reference book is one-stop resource for diabetes medical information – National Institutes of Health (free)
Guideline: Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Diseases in Hematology and Oncology
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:50h | UTC
Guideline: Screening for Urinary Incontinence in Women
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:52h | UTCCommentaries: WPSI says screen all women annually for urinary incontinence – American College of Physicians, via EurekAlert (free)
Choosing Wisely: Twenty Low-Value Practices in Family Medicine
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:48h | UTCAmerican Academy of Family Physicians: Twenty Things Physicians and Patients Should Question (free)
Commentary: Choosing Wisely: New Practices to Avoid in Family Medicine – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
Study: Evaluating Shared Decision Making for Lung Cancer Screening
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:46h | UTCEvaluating Shared Decision Making for Lung Cancer Screening – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Failing Grade for Shared Decision Making for Lung Cancer Screening (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Evaluating Shared Decision Making for Lung Cancer Screening (free audio)
Commentaries: Doctors may not explain pros, cons of lung cancer screening – Reuters (free) AND Shared Decision-Making Flops for Lung Ca Screening – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Study: Analysis of Clinical Benefit, Harms, and Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Women for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:48h | UTCCommentaries: Should we screen women for abdominal aortic aneurysm? – The Lancet (free) AND Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Women for AAA – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Women Likely Not Good Targets for AAA Screening, Study Suggests – TCTMD (free)
Guideline: Corticosteroid Therapy for Sepsis
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:43h | UTCCorticosteroid therapy for sepsis: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)
Analysis: Renaming Low-Risk Conditions Labelled as Cancer
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:39h | UTCRenaming low risk conditions labelled as cancer – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Is it time to remove the cancer label from low-risk conditions? – The Conversation (free) AND Doctors should avoid saying ‘cancer’ for minor lesions – study – The Guardian (free) Drop ‘cancer’ label to protect patients from over-treatment, researchers say – The Sidney Morning Herald (free)
Cohort Study: Risk Factors Associated With Major Cardiovascular Events 1 Year After Acute Myocardial Infarction
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:41h | UTCCommentaries: Algorithm IDs Patients at Risk of Post-MI Events – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Risk Model Helps Predict CV Events 1 Year After Acute MI – Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Dos and Don’ts in the Management of Cirrhosis
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:39h | UTCDos and Don’ts in the Management of Cirrhosis: A View from the 21st Century – American Journal of Gastroenterology (free for a limited period) (via @Abraham_RMI)
The Multivitamin Industry Rakes in Billions of Dollars. But Science Says We’re Not Getting Healthier
17 Aug, 2018 | 01:38h | UTCRelated Study: Association of Multivitamin and Mineral Supplementation and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free) AND Editorial: Multivitamins Do Not Reduce Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality and Should Not Be Taken for This Purpose: How Do We Know That? (free)
“Unless you have a clinically identified deficiency, the research tells us there is little reason to consume supplements.”
Review: Clinical Applications of Machine Learning in Cardiovascular Disease and its Relevance to Cardiac Imaging
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:21h | UTCGrand Rounds: Alcoholic Hepatitis – Journal of Hepatology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Study: Immediate Hypersensitivity to Contrast Agents
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:13h | UTCImmediate Hypersensitivity to Contrast Agents: The French 5-year CIRTACI Study – EclinicalMedicine (free)
Study: Sex and BMI Alter the Benefits and Risks of Sulfonylureas and Thiazolidinediones in Type 2 Diabetes
16 Aug, 2018 | 23:09h | UTCSex and BMI Alter the Benefits and Risks of Sulfonylureas and Thiazolidinediones in Type 2 Diabetes: A Framework for Evaluating Stratification Using Routine Clinical and Individual Trial Data – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Doctors should use gender and body mass to personalise diabetes care, study says – The Irish News (free)
Source: The BMJ Research News ($)
Study: Opioid Prescribing Decreases After Learning of a Patient’s Fatal Overdose
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:25h | UTCOpioid prescribing decreases after learning of a patient’s fatal overdose – Science (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Notification of patient overdose deaths reduces clinician opioid prescriptions – NIH News Releases (free) AND Clinicians were told their patient had died of an overdose. Then opioid prescribing dropped – STAT (free)
Cohort Study: Urinary Sodium Excretion, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:21h | UTCUrinary sodium excretion, blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: a community-level prospective epidemiological cohort study – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Lancet Paper Adds To Evidence That Reducing Salt To Very Low Levels May Be Dangerous – CardioBrief (free)
Related Report: Salt intake and Cardiovascular Disease (free report and commentaries)
AAN Guideline: Disorders of Consciousness
11 Aug, 2018 | 03:14h | UTCRelated: Ethical, palliative, and policy considerations in disorders of consciousness – Neurology (free PDF) AND Comprehensive systematic review update summary: Disorders of consciousness – Neurology (free PDF)
Commentaries: New Guideline Released for Managing Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States – American Academy of Neurology, via NewsWise (free) AND Groups Issue New Disorders of Consciousness Guidelines – MedPage Today (free registration required)
USPSTF: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation with Electrocardiography Not Recommended
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:40h | UTCEditorials: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation Comes With Many Snags (free for a limited period) AND Electrocardiography Screening for Atrial Fibrillation: We Can Do Better (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation With Electrocardiography (free audio)
“The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for atrial fibrillation with ECG. (I statement)”
Study: Mortality Effects of Timing Alternatives for Hip Fracture Surgery
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:38h | UTCCommentaries: Lower death rate when senior hip fractures are repaired quickly – Reuters (free) AND Delayed surgery for hip fractures cause of preventable deaths, study finds – The Globe and Mail (free) AND The sun should not set twice before hip fracture repair – CMAJ, via ScienceDaily (free)
Guideline: Viscoelastic Hemostatic Assays in the Management of Major Bleeding
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:35h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroid use and Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:36h | UTC
Study: Cardiotoxicity and Cardiac Monitoring Among Chemotherapy-Treated Breast Cancer Patients
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:30h | UTCCardiotoxicity and Cardiac Monitoring Among Chemotherapy-Treated Breast Cancer Patients – JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Prioritize cardiac monitoring for high-risk breast cancer patients, study suggests – ACP Internist (free) AND Cardiac monitoring may benefit high-risk breast cancer patients against heart failure – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND After Cardiotoxic Chemo, Less Than Half of Women With Breast Cancer Get Recommended Monitoring – TCTMD (free) AND Study Shows Importance of Cardiac Monitoring in High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients – American College of Cardiology (free)
Review: Oxygen Treatment in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:19h | UTCOxygen Treatment in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine – Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (free)
Review: Elevation of Liver Enzymes
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:17h | UTCLiver enzymes: No trivial elevations, even if asymptomatic – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
ESMO Guideline: Delirium in Adult Cancer Patients
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:12h | UTCDelirium in adult cancer patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines – Annals of Oncology (free)