Internal Medicine
Perspective: Smoking Even One Cigarette a Day Raises Risk for Coronary Heart Disease
18 Apr, 2018 | 01:11h | UTCSmoking even one cigarette a day raises risk for coronary heart disease – The Washington Post (a few articles per month are free) (via @DrFrieden see Tweet)
See original article: Meta-Analysis: Just One Cigarette a Day Seriously Elevates Cardiovascular Risk (free article and commentaries)
Perspective: Incremental Benefits and Harms of the 2017 ACC/AHA High Blood Pressure Guideline
18 Apr, 2018 | 01:03h | UTCIncremental Benefits and Harms of the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association High Blood Pressure Guideline – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: New blood pressure guidelines may make millions anxious that they’re at risk of heart disease – The Conversation (free) AND New blood pressure guidelines could put lives at risk – The University of Sydney (free)
Related: AAFP Decides to Not Endorse AHA/ACC Hypertension Guideline – American Academy of Family Physicians (free) AND The Hypertension Guideline War Is Not A Fake War – Cardiobrief (free) AND Redefining Hypertension: Assessing the New Blood-Pressure Guidelines – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Review: Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death in Cardiovascular Intensive Care
17 Apr, 2018 | 20:06h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Cohort Study: Nut Consumption and Incidence of Seven Cardiovascular Diseases
18 Apr, 2018 | 01:04h | UTCNut consumption and incidence of seven cardiovascular diseases – Heart (free)
Commentaries: Nuts May Be Good for the Heart, but Are Hardly a Miracle Food – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Opinion: The Case Against Thrombolytic Therapy in Stroke
18 Apr, 2018 | 01:01h | UTCThe Case Against Thrombolytic Therapy in Stroke – By John Mandrola, in Medscape (free registration required)
Related: For Many Strokes, There’s an Effective Treatment. Why Aren’t Some Doctors Offering It? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Meta-Analysis: Lung Ultrasound vs Chest Radiograph in Critically Ill Patients With Respiratory Symptoms
17 Apr, 2018 | 20:04h | UTCDiagnostic Accuracy of Chest Radiograph, and When Concomitantly Studied Lung Ultrasound, in Critically Ill Patients With Respiratory Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Lung ultrasound accuracy beats X-ray in critically ill patients with respiratory symptoms – Univadis (free registration required)
Meta-Analysis: Association Between Newer Antidiabetic Drug Classes and Mortality
18 Apr, 2018 | 00:56h | UTCMultimedia (2 minute video): Association Between Newer Antidiabetic Drug Classes and Mortality in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes (free)
Commentary: Diabetes drug may not reduce risk of death – Imperial College London (free)
Position Statement: Pain Management at the End of Life
17 Apr, 2018 | 20:01h | UTCSource: Medscape (free registration required)
USPSTF Statement: Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
17 Apr, 2018 | 15:19h | UTCEditorials: Preventing Fractures and Falls: A Limited Role for Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements? (free) AND New Prevention Guidelines for Falls and Fractures—Looking Beyond the Letters (free)
Review: Hypomagnesemia in Critically ill Patients
16 Apr, 2018 | 22:09h | UTCHypomagnesemia in critically ill patients – Critical Care (free)
Social Determinants of Health: An American College of Physicians Position Paper
16 Apr, 2018 | 21:37h | UTC
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 16 April 2018
16 Apr, 2018 | 17:51h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 16 April 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Guidelines for the Investigation of Chronic Diarrhoea in Adults: British Society of Gastroenterology
16 Apr, 2018 | 16:58h | UTCSource: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
AHA Position Statement: Moving Beyond Atrial Fibrillation as a Binary Entity
16 Apr, 2018 | 17:45h | UTCCommentary: Atrial Fibrillation beyond “All or None”: The Missing Piece in Understanding Atrial Fibrillation? (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Atrial Fibrillation Burden—Moving Beyond AF as a Binary Entity (free PDF)
Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies: Proton Pump Inhibitors are Associated with Increased Risk of Kidney Disease
16 Apr, 2018 | 16:54h | UTCAcid‐suppressive drugs and risk of kidney disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis – Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Proton pump inhibitors were associated with higher risks of acute interstitial nephritis (HR, 2.78; 95% CI, 1.25‐6.17), acute kidney injury (HR, 1.85; 95% CI, 1.33‐2.59), chronic kidney disease (HR, 1.47; 95% CI, 1.03‐2.09), and end‐stage renal disease (HR, 1.61; 95% CI, 1.26‐2.04) than non‐PPI therapy. Similar risks were not identified for H2RA therapy.
Registry Analysis: Safety of Low-Dose Glucocorticoid Exposure Was Assessed
15 Apr, 2018 | 23:48h | UTCAssociation Between Glucocorticoid Exposure and Healthcare Expenditures for Potential Glucocorticoid-related Adverse Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis – The Journal of Rheumatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: How Safe Are Low-Dose Steroids in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis? – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)
Cohort Study: β-Blockers Linked with Increased Mortality in Diabetic Patients
14 Apr, 2018 | 20:21h | UTCRisk of All-Cause Mortality in Diabetic Patients Taking β-Blockers – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Beta-blockers associated with mortality risk in patients with diabetes, study finds – ACP Diabetes (free)
Meta-analysis: Risk Thresholds for Alcohol Consumption
14 Apr, 2018 | 19:51h | UTCEditorial: Thresholds for safer alcohol use might need lowering (free)
Commentaries: Drinking a pint of beer may lower your life expectancy by the same amount as smoking a cigarette – new research – The Conversation (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at drinking alcohol, life expectancy and alcohol limits – Science Media Centre (free) AND More than six weekly glasses of wine could curb life expectancy by up to five years – OnMedica (free) AND Consuming more than five drinks a week could shorten your life – University of Cambridge, via ScienceDaily (free) AND How much alcohol is too much? A new study says it’s found the number – PBS News Hour (free)
Guideline: Primary Care of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
14 Apr, 2018 | 19:44h | UTCRelated guideline: Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Review: The Female Athlete Triad
14 Apr, 2018 | 19:34h | UTCThe female athlete triad: It takes a team – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Review: Recent Advances in Managing Tricuspid Regurgitation
14 Apr, 2018 | 19:33h | UTCRecent advances in managing tricuspid regurgitation – F1000 Research (free)
Review: Latest Innovations in the Treatment of Venous Disease
14 Apr, 2018 | 19:30h | UTCLatest Innovations in the Treatment of Venous Disease – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free)
Review: microbiology and antimicrobial therapy for diabetic foot infections
14 Apr, 2018 | 19:28h | UTCMicrobiology and Antimicrobial Therapy for Diabetic Foot Infections – Infection & Chemotherapy (free)
Review: consider expectant management for asymptomatic gallstones
14 Apr, 2018 | 18:33h | UTCGallstones: Watch and wait, or intervene? – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Review: topical nonsteroid therapy in atopic dermatitis
14 Apr, 2018 | 18:26h | UTCAtopic dermatitis: a review of topical nonsteroid therapy – Drugs in Context (free)