Internal Medicine
Guidelines for the Management of COPD: Algorithm of Pharmacologic treatment
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:33h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Addition to Antiplatelet Therapy for Secondary Prevention After Acute Coronary Syndromes
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:34h | UTCDirect Oral Anticoagulants in Addition to Antiplatelet Therapy for Secondary Prevention After Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Could NOACs Have a Role for Secondary Prevention After STEMI? – TCTMD (free) AND Meta-Analysis: ACS Type Matters for DOAC Use in Secondary Prevention – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Adding DOACs Beneficial for STEMI — Not Non-STEMI — But with Bleeding Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
“63 STEMI patients would need to receive a DOAC to prevent one cardiovascular event, while 96 would need to be treated to cause one major bleeding event”. (from Physician’s First Watch)
Guideline: Antibiotics After Incision and Drainage for Uncomplicated Skin Abscesses
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:48h | UTCRapid Recommendations: Antibiotics after incision and drainage for uncomplicated skin abscesses: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free text and infographics)
Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:47h | UTC
Opinion: This flu season, physicians need to scrap the ‘martyr culture’ of working while sick
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:43h | UTCThis flu season, physicians need to scrap the ‘martyr culture’ of working while sick – STAT (free) (via @CMichaelGibson)
Related study: Working with influenza-like illness: Presenteeism among US health care personnel during the 2014-2015 influenza season – American Journal of Infection Control (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Commentaries: Working while sick – ACP Internist (free) AND Health worker survey reveals many work during flu illness – CIDRAP (free)
Review: The Management of Multi-vessel disease (MVD) in STEMI
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:35h | UTC
Guideline: Management of patients on antithrombotic agents undergoing emergency and elective endoscopy
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:36h | UTC
Update: Stroke in Women
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:24h | UTC– Stroke in Women: Recognizing Opportunities for Prevention and Treatment – Stroke (free PDF for a limited period)
– Impact of Conventional Stroke Risk Factors on Stroke in Women – Stroke (free PDF for a limited period)
– Stroke Risk Factors Unique to Women – Stroke (free PDF for a limited period)
Systematic review: Preoperative exercise halves the postoperative complication rate in patients with lung cancer
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:18h | UTCPreoperative exercise halves the postoperative complication rate in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review of the effect of exercise on complications, length of stay and quality of life in patients with cancer – British Journal of Sports Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Regular exercise halves complication rate after lung cancer surgery – eCancer News (free) AND Lung Cancer Postoperative Complications Reduced With Preoperative Exercise – Pulmonology Advisor (free)
EAU Guidelines on Assessment and Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:20h | UTCEAU Guidelines on Assessment and Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence – European Urology (free)
Research: Association of Preoperatively Diagnosed Patent Foramen Ovale With Perioperative Ischemic Stroke
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:17h | UTCAssociation of Preoperatively Diagnosed Patent Foramen Ovale With Perioperative Ischemic Stroke – JAMA (free for a period)
Commentaries: PFO Diagnosis Linked With Increased Risk of Perioperative Ischemic Stroke After Noncardiac Surgery – TCTMD (free) AND Preoperatively Diagnosed PFO and Perioperative Stroke – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Report: E-cigarettes and Heated Tobacco Products
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:15h | UTCReport: E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products: evidence review – Public Health England (free PDF)
News release: PHE publishes independent expert e-cigarettes evidence review (free)
Commentaries: UK experts urge smokers to switch to e-cigs for big health gains – Reuters (free) AND E-cigarettes ‘should be on prescription’ – BBC News (free) AND Doctors should encourage smokers to switch to vaping – OnMedica (free)
See related report recently released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free report and commentaries)
Research: Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on the Risk of Readmission
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:15h | UTCEffect of an In-Hospital Multifaceted Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on the Risk of Readmission: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Clinical Pharmacist Intervention Can Reduce ED Visits and Hospital Readmissions – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Pharmacist-led extended medication review and follow-up on discharge may decrease risk of readmission – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Editorial: Nutritional Management During Noninvasive Ventilation
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:13h | UTC
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 5 February 2018
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:14h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 5 February 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Research: Hot Tea Consumption and Risk for Esophageal Cancer
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:09h | UTCEffect of Hot Tea Consumption and Its Interactions With Alcohol and Tobacco Use on the Risk for Esophageal Cancer: A Population-Based Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Hot tea tied to higher cancer risk for smokers and drinkers – Reuters (free) AND Very hot tea can raise risk of oesophageal cancer, suggests study – The Guardian (free) AND Hot Tea and Increased Risk for Esophageal Cancer – Medscape (free registration required)
Vitamin and Mineral Supplements: What Clinicians Need to Know
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:10h | UTCViewpoint: Vitamin and Mineral Supplements: What Clinicians Need to Know – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a period)
Hydroxyethyl-starch Solutions (HES) Should no Longer be Used
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:47h | UTCPress release: Hydroxyethyl-starch solutions for infusion to be suspended (free)
Source: EMA calls for hydroxyethyl starch solutions to be taken off market – The BMJ News ($)
Review: Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography in Patients with Possible Angina
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:46h | UTCHeartbeat: Computed tomographic coronary angiography in patients with possible angina – Heart (free)
Guideline: Diagnosis and Treatment of Catheter-Related Bloodstream infection
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:45h | UTCDiagnosis and treatment of catheter-related bloodstream infection: Clinical guidelines of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology and (SEIMC) and the Spanish Society of Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC) (free PDF)
Meta-Analysis: Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Intensive Care Unit Patients Receiving Enteral Nutrition
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:42h | UTC
Systematic review: Inotropic agents and vasodilator strategies for the treatment of cardiogenic shock or low cardiac output syndrome
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:41h | UTCInotropic agents and vasodilator strategies for the treatment of cardiogenic shock or low cardiac output syndrome – Cochrane Library (free)
An Evidence-Based Approach to Pressors in Shock: Part I
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:39h | UTCAn Evidence-Based Approach to Pressors in Shock: Part I – emDocs (free)
Review: New Developments in Hepatorenal Syndrome
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:40h | UTCNew Developments in Hepatorenal Syndrome – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (free)
Review: Indications for the Surgical Management of Benign Goiter in Adults
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:35h | UTC