Internal Medicine
Editorial: Vitamin D Screening and Supplementation in Primary Care
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:21h | UTCRelated: Your vitamin D tests and supplements are probably a waste of money – VOX (free) AND Why Are So Many People Popping Vitamin D? – The New York Times (free)
Expert opinion: ‘UTI’ an overused diagnosis in the era of the microbiome
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:18h | UTC‘UTI’ an overused diagnosis in the era of the microbiome – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Review: Delirium in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:19h | UTCDelirium in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Meta-Analysis: Effects of uric acid-lowering therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:05h | UTCCommentary: Gout medication may slow progression of chronic kidney disease – NIHR Signal (free)
Draft Recommendation: Behavioral Interventions for Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:07h | UTCDraft Recommendation Statement: Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Commentaries: USPSTF Again Recommends Offering Behavioral Interventions to Obese Adults – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND USPSTF Posts Draft Recs for Treatment of Adults With Obesity – Medscape (free registration required) AND USPSTF: ‘Yes’ To Behavioral Obesity Therapy – MedPage Today (free)
Research: Breast Biopsy Intensity and Findings Following Breast Cancer Screening in Women With and Without a Personal History of Breast Cancer
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:17h | UTCBreast Biopsy Intensity and Findings Following Breast Cancer Screening in Women With and Without a Personal History of Breast Cancer – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Breast MRIs may lead to more biopsies that catch fewer cancers – Reuters (free) AND MRI-Based Breast Screening Leads to More Biopsies, Lower Cancer Yields – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Review: Breast Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:02h | UTCRelated position statement: Cardiovascular Disease and Breast Cancer: Where These Entities Intersect: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)
Guideline: Modern Diagnosis of GERD
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:04h | UTCModern diagnosis of GERD: the Lyon Consensus – Gut (free)
Sepsis – thoughtful management for the non-expert
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:01h | UTCSepsis – thoughtful management for the non-expert – Clinical Medicine (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Research: Beta-blocker Therapy and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Moderate COPD and Heightened Cardiovascular Risk
22 Feb, 2018 | 22:55h | UTCBeta-blocker Therapy and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Moderate COPD and Heightened Cardiovascular Risk: An Observational Sub-study of SUMMIT – Annals of the American Thoracic Society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related review and meta-analysis: Beta-blockers in patients with chronic obstructive disease and coexistent cardiac illnesses – COPD Research and Practice (free) AND Beta-blocker use and COPD mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis – BMC Pulmonary Medicine (free)
Related observational studies: β-Blockers in COPD: A Cohort Study From the TONADO Research Program – CHEST (free) AND Effect of β blockers in treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a retrospective cohort study – The BMJ (free)
Commentary: Beta-blockers may not change COPD lung function – Univadis (free registration required)
Research: Regular Yogurt Intake and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Hypertensive Adults
22 Feb, 2018 | 22:48h | UTCRegular Yogurt Intake and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Hypertensive Adults – American Journal of Hypertension (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Eating yogurt may decrease the risk of CVD – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Eating yogurt may reduce cardiovascular disease risk – Oxford University Press, via EurekAlert (free)
Review: Mastering the dark arts of BiPAP & HFNC
22 Feb, 2018 | 22:25h | UTCPulmCrit- Mastering the dark arts of BiPAP & HFNC (free)
Review: Evidence Gaps in the Era of Non–Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants
22 Feb, 2018 | 21:50h | UTCReview: Evidence Gaps in the Era of Non–Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Syncope: ED Updates from the 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Clinical Policy
22 Feb, 2018 | 21:50h | UTCSyncope: ED Updates from the 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Clinical Policy – emDocs (free)
Review: When Psychiatric Symptoms Reflect Medical Conditions
22 Feb, 2018 | 21:47h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: A Systematic Approach to the Unconscious Patient
22 Feb, 2018 | 21:43h | UTCA systematic approach to the unconscious patient – Clinical Medicine (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: Thrombotic Microangiopathy and the Kidney
22 Feb, 2018 | 21:46h | UTCThrombotic Microangiopathy and the Kidney – Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: Legal and Practical Issues at the End of Life
22 Feb, 2018 | 21:38h | UTCLegal and practical issues at the end of life – Clinical Medicine (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Updates in Palliative Care – Recent Advancements in the Pharmacological Management of Symptoms
22 Feb, 2018 | 21:36h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: Respiratory Viruses in Transplant Recipients
22 Feb, 2018 | 21:34h | UTC
Updates in Palliative Care – Overview and Recent Advancements in the Pharmacological Management of Cancer Pain
22 Feb, 2018 | 21:37h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Research: Outcomes after Angiography with Sodium Bicarbonate and Acetylcysteine
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:32h | UTCOutcomes after Angiography with Sodium Bicarbonate and Acetylcysteine – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: No benefit of sodium bicarbonate or acetylcysteine for prevention of complications after angiography: The PRESERVE trial – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Outcomes after Angiography with Sodium Bicarbonate and Acetylcysteine – NEJM Resident 360 (free)
“Among patients at high risk for renal complications who were undergoing angiography, there was no benefit of intravenous sodium bicarbonate over intravenous sodium chloride or of oral acetylcysteine over placebo for the prevention of death, need for dialysis, or persistent decline in kidney function at 90 days or for the prevention of contrast-associated acute kidney injury”.
Guideline: Antiarrhythmic drugs–clinical use and clinical decision making
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:31h | UTCGuideline: Antiarrhythmic drugs–clinical use and clinical decision making: a consensus document from EHRA, ESC, HRS, APHRS and ISCP (free)
Source: Antiarrhythmics: multinational consensus recommendations – Univadis (free registration required)
Systematic Reviews – Vaccines for Preventing Influenza and Its Complications
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:30h | UTCNew Cochrane Systematic Reviews – Vaccines for Preventing Influenza and Its Complications
In Healthy Children (free) / Summary (free)
In The Elderly (free) / Summary (free)
In Immunosuppressed Adults With Cancer (free) / Summary (free)
In Healthy Adults (free) / Summary (free)
The Hypertension Guideline War Is Not A Fake War
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:25h | UTCThe Hypertension Guideline War Is Not A Fake War – Cardiobrief (free)
Related: The Fake Hypertension War: Medical politics and mud fights – MedPage Today (free registration required)