Internal Medicine
Case Report – Snap, Crackle and Pop: When Sneezing Leads to Crackling in the Neck
21 Jan, 2018 | 14:08h | UTCSnap, crackle and pop: when sneezing leads to crackling in the neck – BMJ Case Reports (free)
Commentaries: Man Ruptures His Throat By Stifling A Big Sneeze, Prompting Doctors’ Warning – NPR (free) AND Here Is What Can Happen If You Hold In A Sneeze – Forbes (free)
Interest in the Ketogenic Diet Grows for Weight Loss and Type 2 Diabetes
21 Jan, 2018 | 14:11h | UTCMedical News & Perspectives: Interest in the Ketogenic Diet Grows for Weight Loss and Type 2 Diabetes – JAMA (free for a period)
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:16h | UTCEuropean Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation: 2017 update (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Related guidelines: 2017 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations Summary – Resuscitation (free) 2017 American Heart Association Focused Update on Adult Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality (free PDF) AND 2017 American Heart Association Focused Update on Pediatric Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality (free PDF)
Research: Effect of Work Stressors on the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:14h | UTCEffect of Changing Work Stressors and Coping Resources on the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: The OHSPIW Cohort Study – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Increased stress at work linked to higher risk of diabetes – Reuters (free)
Review: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:07h | UTCAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis – Nature Reviews, Disease Primers (free)
Research: Effect of the School-Based Telemedicine Enhanced Asthma Management (SB-TEAM) Program on Asthma Morbidity
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:10h | UTCCommentaries: School-based telemedicine enhances asthma management in children – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND For City Kids with Asthma, Telemedicine and In-School Care Cut ER Visits in Half – University of Rochester (free)
Guideline: Prophylaxis of Invasive Fungal Infections in Patients with Haematological Malignancies
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:05h | UTC
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 15 January 2018
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:06h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 15 January 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Research: Reversing the Cardiac Effects of Sedentary Aging in Middle Age
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:56h | UTCCommentaries: Exercise Study Hints at Volume, Intensity Levels Needed to Improve Cardiac Fitness in Middle Age – TCTMD (free) AND Exercise in middle age can reverse heart effects of sedentary lifestyle – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Exercise May Reverse Negative Cardiac Effects of Sedentary Life – Medscape (free registration required) AND Exercise is good for you, but did this study actually show it can ‘reverse damage from heart aging’? – HealthNewsReview (free)
What I’ve Learned from My Tally of 757 Doctor Suicides
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:54h | UTCWhat I’ve learned from my tally of 757 doctor suicides – The Washington Post (free)
Related: Why are doctors killing themselves? – MJA InSight (free) AND Why are doctors plagued by depression and suicide? A crisis comes into focus – STAT (free) AND Protecting interns and other physicians from depression and suicide – STAT (free)
Research: Antipsychotics and the Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia in Individuals Hospitalized for Nonpsychiatric Conditions
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:48h | UTCAntipsychotics and the Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia in Individuals Hospitalized for Nonpsychiatric Conditions – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, via Medscape (free registration required)
Commentary: Antipsychotics May Increase Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia in Older Adults – Psychiatric News Alert (free)
Related: Antipsychotic use in elderly patients and the risk of pneumonia – Expert Opinion on Drug Safety (free) AND Antipsychotic drug exposure and risk of pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies – Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety (free)
Which Stent is Best for Heart Attacks?
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:28h | UTCWhich stent is best for heart attacks? – Evidently Cochrane (free)
Original article: Drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents for acute coronary syndrome – Cochrane Library (free)
“The current review suggests that using DES rather than BMS may reduce the need for future coronary procedures but there is no evidence that it saves lives or reduces major cardiovascular events”.
Meta-Analysis: Subclinical Device-Detected Atrial Fbrillation and Stroke Risk
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:29h | UTCSee related opinion and commentaries in Get Ready For A Tsunami Of ECGs
Research: Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Children’s Language Development
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:24h | UTCPrenatal exposure to acetaminophen and children’s language development at 30 months – European Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Is acetaminophen really safe in pregnancy? – Medical News Today (free) AND Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Associated With Elevated Rate of Language Delay in Girls, Mount Sinai Researchers Find – Mount Sinai Health System, via NewsWise (free)
Research: Mediterranean Diet May Improve Mental Health
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:21h | UTCCommentaries: Mediterranean Diet Improves Mental Health, Study Finds – Mad in America (free) AND Mediterranean Diet Improves Depression – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Mediterranean Diet May Reduce Frailty Risk
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:23h | UTCAdherence to Mediterranean Diet Reduces Incident Frailty Risk: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail – Wiley, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Mediterranean Diet May Lessen Frailty Risk in Older Adults – Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Pharmacotherapy for Obesity
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:05h | UTCPharmacotherapy for obesity: What you need to know – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Review: Aging, Hematopoiesis, and the Myelodysplastic Syndromes
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:22h | UTCAging, hematopoiesis, and the myelodysplastic syndromes – Blood Advances (free)
Review: Acute Pyelonephritis in Adults
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:09h | UTCAcute Pyelonephritis in Adults – NEJM Resident 360 (free)
Review: Ultrasound for Pleural Procedures in Critically Ill Patients
16 Jan, 2018 | 16:55h | UTCBetter With Ultrasound: Pleural Procedures in Critically Ill Patients – Chest (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guideline: Preoperative Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
16 Jan, 2018 | 16:53h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review of the Extra-Pulmonary Complications of Influenza Infection
16 Jan, 2018 | 16:43h | UTCSource: Emergency Medicine Literature of Note (free)
Consensus on Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:21h | UTCInternational Consensus on Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring – Diabetes Care (free)
Meta-analysis of Interventions to Reduce Adverse Drug Reactions in Older Adults
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:17h | UTCMeta-analysis of Interventions to Reduce Adverse Drug Reactions in Older Adults – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Interventions designed to optimize medication use reduced the risk of any and serious ADRs in older adults. Implementation of these successful interventions in healthcare systems may improve medication safety in older adults”.
What Is the Optimal Intraoperative Blood Pressure Among High-Risk Patients?
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:15h | UTCWhat Is the Optimal Intraoperative Blood Pressure Among High-Risk Patients? – Medscape (free registration required)
Original article: Effect of Individualized vs Standard Blood Pressure Management Strategies on Postoperative Organ Dysfunction Among High-Risk Patients Undergoing Major Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)