Internal Medicine
Guideline: Management of Immune Thrombocytopenia
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:35h | UTCManagement of immune thrombocytopenia: Korean experts recommendation in 2017 – Blood Research (free)
Meta-analysis: Anti-hypertensives in Chronic Kidney Disease
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:12h | UTC
Research: Risk Factors of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:04h | UTCRisk Factors of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young: A Multiple-Year Community-Wide Assessment – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Risk Factors of Sudden Death in the Young – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Review: Treating Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
4 Feb, 2018 | 16:56h | UTC
Review: Management of Functional Dyspepsia
4 Feb, 2018 | 16:53h | UTC
Review: Managing Hyponatremia in Lung Cancer
4 Feb, 2018 | 16:52h | UTC
Review: Hospitalisation in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
4 Feb, 2018 | 16:48h | UTC
Review: The Incidental Thyroid Nodule
30 Jan, 2018 | 20:00h | UTCReview: The incidental thyroid nodule – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)
Review: Current Approaches to Epistaxis Treatment in Primary and Secondary Care
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:56h | UTC
Guidelines for the Investigation and Management of Generalized pruritus
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:50h | UTC
Guidelines for the Management of Iatrogenic Colonoscopy Perforation
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:46h | UTC
Guideline: Acute Sore throat
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:48h | UTCGuideline: Sore throat (acute): antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)
News release: Use paracetamol to relieve a sore throat rather than antibiotics (free)
Commentaries: GPs should cut back on antibiotic prescriptions for sore throats, NICE says – GP (free) AND ‘Painkillers best option for sore throats’ say new NHS guidelines – NHS Choices (free)
Related guideline: Corticosteroids for sore throat – The BMJ (free)
Guideline: Imaging in Large Vessel Vasculitis in Clinical Practice
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:47h | UTC
Research: Gestational Diabetes and Risk of Future Ischemic Heart Disease, hypertension, and Type 2 Diabetes
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:45h | UTCCommentaries: Women who have gestational diabetes in pregnancy are at higher risk of future health issues – University of Birmingham, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Target Patients With Gestational Diabetes After Birth to Reduce Risks – Medscape (free registration required)
Related article and commentaries: Association of History of Gestational Diabetes With Long-term Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 29 January 2018
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:45h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 29 January 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Meta-Analysis: Shorter Versus Longer Courses of Antibiotics for Infection in Hospitalized Patients
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:41h | UTCShorter Versus Longer Courses of Antibiotics for Infection in Hospitalized Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Editorial: Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:39h | UTCOverdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free) (via @MaryDixonWoods)
Systematic Review of Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines for Average-Risk Adults
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:24h | UTC
Systematic Review: Bisphosphonates for Paget’s disease of bone in adults
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:19h | UTCBisphosphonates for Paget’s disease of bone in adults – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Systematic Review: Peritoneal Dialysis for Acute Kidney Injury
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:20h | UTCPeritoneal dialysis for acute kidney injury – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:44h | UTCCommentaries: More stroke patients eligible for crucial treatments under new guidelines – American Heart Association News (free) AND More stroke patients may receive crucial treatments under new guideline – AHA/ASA Newsroom (free)
“A new guideline for treating acute ischemic stroke recommends an increased treatment window for mechanical clot removal from six hours to up to 24 hours in certain patients with clots in large vessels”. (from AHA/ASA Newsroom)
Research: Thrombectomy for Stroke at 6 to 16 Hours with Selection by Perfusion Imaging
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:43h | UTCCommentaries: Brain-scan guided emergency stroke treatment can save more lives – NIH News Releases (free) AND Study confirms late clot extraction can save brain cells of stroke victims – Reuters (free) AND New Findings Could Save Lives of More Stroke Patients – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related article: Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke with a Mismatch between Deficit and Infarct – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Guideline: Deprescribing Antipsychotics for Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia and Insomnia
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:37h | UTCRelated: Canadian Deprescribing Network (CaDeN) (free) AND CaDeN Deprescribing Guidelines and Algorithms (free) AND Deprescribing guidelines for the elderly – Ontario Pharmacy Evidence Network (free) AND Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND 11 Drugs You Should Seriously Consider Deprescribing – Medscape Slideshow (free registration required) AND Current and future perspectives on the management of polypharmacy – BMC Family Practice (free)
Research: Trends in Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest During Nights and Weekends
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:26h | UTCTrends in Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest During Nights and Weekends – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Survival From In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Improves But Still Worse on Nights and Weekends – MedicalResearch.com (free)
AND Hospital patients less likely to survive ‘off-hours’ cardiac arrest – Reuters (free) AND You are still more likely to die in a hospital on the weekend – CNN (free)
See also a recent meta-analysis showing the “weekend effect” in surgical patients
Report: Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:24h | UTCReport: Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free PDF)
Press release: New Report One of the Most Comprehensive Studies on Health Effects of E-Cigarettes; Finds That Using E-Cigarettes May Lead Youth to Start Smoking, Adults to Stop Smoking (free)
Commentaries: E-Cigarettes Likely Encourage Kids To Try Tobacco But May Help Adults Quit – NPR (free) AND 4 big takeaways from the most comprehensive report on e-cigarettes yet – VOX (free) AND Vaping Can Be Addictive and May Lure Teenagers to Smoking, Science Panel Concludes – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)