Internal Medicine
Meta-Analysis: Effects of weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer
20 Nov, 2017 | 17:50h | UTC
Guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests
20 Nov, 2017 | 17:47h | UTCGuidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests – Gut (free)
Research: Aspirin in Patients With Previous Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery
20 Nov, 2017 | 17:43h | UTCCommentaries: Perioperative aspirin may improve short-term outcomes after noncardiac surgery in patients with prior PCI – ACP Internist (free) AND Aspirin can prevent heart attacks after noncardiac surgery in patients with prior PCI – University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Aspirin Protective Against Early Death/MI in Prior PCI Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery – TCTMD (free)
Review: The Diagnosis of Chronic Coronary Heart Disease
20 Nov, 2017 | 17:44h | UTCThe Diagnosis of Chronic Coronary Heart Disease – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
2017 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:19h | UTCSee also: High Blood Pressure Guidelines Hub / Executive Summary / ACC/AHA Slide Set / ACC Key Points to Remember (free resources)
Research: Outcomes after Angiography with Sodium Bicarbonate and Acetylcysteine
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:18h | UTCCommentaries: Neither Sodium Bicarbonate nor Oral Acetylcysteine Prevents Contrast-Induced Kidney Injury – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND PRESERVE: No Benefit from Sodium Bicarbonate, Acetylcysteine After Angiography – Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Eosinophilic esophagitis: update on management and controversies
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:15h | UTCEosinophilic esophagitis: update on management and controversies – The BMJ (free for 2 weeks)
Research: Sexual Activity as a Trigger for Sudden Cardiac Arrest
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:17h | UTCSexual Activity as a Trigger for Sudden Cardiac Arrest – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Sex poses little risk of triggering sudden cardiac arrest – Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, via EurekAlert (free) AND Instances of cardiac arrest after sex are low, but so are the survival rates – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Research: Restrictive or Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:17h | UTCRestrictive or Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentaries: TRICS III: Restrictive Red-Cell Transfusion Noninferior to Liberal Use in Cardiac Surgery – TCTMD (free) AHA: Restrictive Blood Transfusion OK for Select Patients – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Related article: Transfusion Requirements After Cardiac Surgery: The TRACS Randomized Controlled Trial – JAMA (free)
Research: Comparison of Hospital Resource Use and Outcomes Among Hospitalists, Primary Care Physicians, and Other Generalists
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:16h | UTCEditorial: The Costs and Benefits of Hospital Care by Primary Physicians: Continuity Counts (free)
Audio interview: Hospital Resource Use and Outcomes Among Generalist Physicians (free)
Commentaries: Study: For Inpatients, Primary Care Docs Outperform Hospitalists – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Mortality Lower When Inpatients See Their Own PCP in Hospital – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Risks for blood clot in a vein may rise with increased TV viewing
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:14h | UTCCommentary: More TV viewing linked to higher risk of blood clots in veins – Medical News Today (free)
Research: Nut Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:13h | UTCNut Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (free)
Commentary: Eating Regular Variety of Nuts Associated With Lower Risk of Heart Disease – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Variety of nuts tied to lower risk of heart disease – Reuters (free)
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 13 November 2017
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:12h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 13 November 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Research: Mechanical or Biologic Prostheses for Aortic-Valve and Mitral-Valve Replacement
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:08h | UTCMechanical or Biologic Prostheses for Aortic-Valve and Mitral-Valve Replacement – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Mechanical heart valve often the safest choice – Stanford Medicine (free) AND Mechanical or Biologic Prostheses for Aortic-Valve and Mitral-Valve Replacement? – NEJM 360 Resident (free) AND Mechanical or Tissue Valve for AVR and MVR – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Mechanical Valves Show Mortality Benefit Over Biologic Valves – Medscape (free registration required) AND Heart valve replacement success may depend on age, valve type – Reuters (free)
Guideline: Bipolar disorder
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:08h | UTCNICE Guideline: Bipolar disorder: assessment and management (free)
Research: Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke with a Mismatch between Deficit and Infarct
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:10h | UTCEditorial: A New DAWN for Imaging-Based Selection in the Treatment of Acute Stroke (free)
Commentaries: Landmark study may impact standard stroke treatment guidelines – MedicalXpress (free) AND Thrombectomy Works While Infarct Core is Small – MedPage Today (free registration required)
“DAWN data: Consider a “tissue window” rather than a “time window”” (from MedPage Today)
Meta-Analysis: Exercise for the Prevention of Low Back Pain
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:05h | UTCExercise for the Prevention of Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials – American Journal of Epidemiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Exercise may help prevent low back pain or make it less severe – Reuters (free)
Related meta-analysis: Prevention of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Research: Circulating vitamin D concentration and risk of seven cancers
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:04h | UTCCommentary: Vitamin D level not associated with cancer risk – Clinical Adviser (free)
“These results, in combination with previous literature, provide evidence that population-wide screening for vitamin D deficiency and subsequent widespread vitamin D supplementation should not currently be recommended as a strategy for primary cancer prevention”.
Meta-Analysis: Long-term Sustainability of Diabetes Prevention Approaches
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:03h | UTCLong-term Sustainability of Diabetes Prevention Approaches: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lifestyle Modifications Slow Progression To Diabetes As Effectively As Medications – Medical Research (free) AND Lifestyle changes successfully reduce incidence of diabetes – MedicalXpress (free) AND Lifestyle changes—not medications—linked to sustained risk reduction for diabetes – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Review: Management of anticoagulation in hip fractures
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:36h | UTCManagement of anticoagulation in hip fractures – Effort Open Reviews (free)
Review: Cardiocerebral and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:25h | UTCCardiocerebral and cardiopulmonary resuscitation – 2017 update – Acute Medicine & Surgery (free)
Review: Role of liver magnetic resonance imaging in hyperferritinaemia and the diagnosis of iron overload
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:27h | UTC
Review: Drug‐induced anaphylaxis in the emergency room
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:26h | UTCDrug‐induced anaphylaxis in the emergency room – Acute Medicine & Surgery (free)
Review: Diagnostic approach to TSH-producing pituitary adenoma
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:15h | UTCDiagnostic approach to TSH-producing pituitary adenoma – European Journal of Endocrinology (free)
Review: l-Thyroxine replacement therapy in the frail elderly
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:15h | UTC