Internal Medicine
Guideline: Cardiovascular Health in African Americans
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:53h | UTCNews releases: African Americans live shorter lives due to heart disease and stroke – AHA / ASA Newsroom (free) AND New report raises concerns about the cardiovascular health of African-Americans – AHA News (free)
Commentaries: Blacks Face Higher Mortality from Heart Disease, Stroke – Cardiobrief (free) AND Heart health disparities take toll on African-Americans – Reuters (free)
Head position after acute stroke does not affect disability outcomes
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:50h | UTCHead position after acute stroke does not affect disability outcomes – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Cluster-Randomized, Crossover Trial of Head Positioning in Acute Stroke – The New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Guideline – Hepatitis B (chronic): diagnosis and management
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:49h | UTCGuideline: Hepatitis B (chronic): diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Guidelines for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:48h | UTC
Toolkit for reducing repetitive routine blood draws in hospitals
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:20h | UTCA toolkit for reducing repetitive routine blood draws in hospitals – Choosing Wisely Canada (free PDF)
News release: Toolkit: Pause the Draws (free)
Research: Incidence, Demographics, and Clinical Characteristics of Diabetes of the Exocrine Pancreas
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:17h | UTCIncidence, Demographics, and Clinical Characteristics of Diabetes of the Exocrine Pancreas (Type 3c): A Retrospective Cohort Study – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Newly-identified third type of diabetes is being wrongly diagnosed as type 2 – The Conversation (free)
“Diabetes of the exocrine pancreas is frequently labeled type 2 diabetes but has worse glycemic control and a markedly greater requirement for insulin”.
Review: Clinical Management of Insomnia Disorder
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:13h | UTCClinical Management of Insomnia Disorder – JAMA (free)
“Cognitive Behavior Therapy for insomnia is recommended as 1st-line Tx; pharmacotherapy, if used, should be on a short-term basis” (RT @JAMAInternalMed see Tweet)
Research: Concussion in adolescence and risk of multiple sclerosis
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:16h | UTCConcussion in adolescence and risk of multiple sclerosis – Annals of Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Concussions in Teenagers Tied to Multiple Sclerosis Risk – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Teenage concussion linked to later risk of MS – Medical News Today (free)
Review: The challenge of Takotsubo syndrome
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:06h | UTCThe challenge of Takotsubo syndrome: heterogeneity of clinical features – Swiss Medical Weekly (free)
Review: Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies for Eosinophilic Esophagitis
28 Oct, 2017 | 23:32h | UTC
Reviews: Treatment of Intracranial Atherosclerosis
28 Oct, 2017 | 23:34h | UTCMedical Treatment of Intracranial Atherosclerosis: An Update – Journal of Stroke (free)
Guideline: Insulin therapy for adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
28 Oct, 2017 | 23:30h | UTC
Report: Global causes of blindness and distance vision impairment
23 Oct, 2017 | 20:48h | UTCInvited commentary: Global causes of vision loss in 2015: are we on track to achieve the Vision 2020 target? (free)
Related study: Magnitude, temporal trends, and projections of the global prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Global Health (free) AND Invited Commentary: Universal eye health: are we getting closer? (free)
Review: Thrombophilia Testing and Venous Thrombosis
23 Oct, 2017 | 20:46h | UTCSummary with 10 key points to remember: Thrombophilia Testing and Venous Thrombosis – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
See also: Thrombophilia Testing and Venous Thrombosis – NEJM Resident 360 (free)
Original article: Thrombophilia Testing and Venous Thrombosis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Research: Azithromycin, levofloxacin or rifaximin for travelers diarrhea?
23 Oct, 2017 | 20:45h | UTCTrial Evaluating Ambulatory Therapy of Travelers’ Diarrhea (TrEAT TD) Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing 3 Single-Dose Antibiotic Regimens With Loperamide – Clinical Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Azithromycin, levofloxacin, rifaximin all effective for travelers diarrhea – Healio (free registration required)
Review: Weight Gain in Women at Midlife
23 Oct, 2017 | 20:39h | UTCCommentary: Docs Call Attention to Women Piling on Pounds in Midlife – Medscape (free registration required)
Report: the economic costs of lung disease and the cost effectiveness of policy and service interventions
23 Oct, 2017 | 20:43h | UTCLiterature review: the economic costs of lung disease and the cost effectiveness of policy and service interventions – British Lung Foundation and British Thoracic Society (free PDF)
News release: New report identifies the most cost effective NHS activities and programmes to improve lung health – British Thoracic Society (free)
Source: Most cost effective treatments for lung disease identified – The BMJ News ($)
“The most cost effective treatments are: patient education and self management for asthma; stop smoking support for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); vaccination programmes for pneumonia; and awareness campaigns for lung cancer” (from The BMJ).
Carefully managed antibiotic use could halve antibiotic-resistant infections
23 Oct, 2017 | 20:38h | UTCCarefully managed antibiotic use could halve antibiotic-resistant infections – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Effect of antibiotic stewardship on the incidence of infection and colonisation with antibiotic-resistant bacteria and Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:23h | UTCCommentary: New diarrhea guidelines stress implications of molecular tests – CIDRAP (free)
Guideline: Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:22h | UTC
Meta-analysis: High-flow oxygen via nasal cannulae in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:20h | UTC“In patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure HFNC was not associated with a difference in mortality compared to Noninvasive ventilation or standard oxygen”
Research: Elevated blood pressure and risk of mitral regurgitation
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:21h | UTCCommentaries: High Blood Pressure Is a Risk Factor For Mitral Regurgitation – Medical Research (free) AND High Blood Pressure May Raise Mitral Regurgitation Risk – TCTMD (free) AND Inevitable or preventable? High blood pressure linked to mitral regurgitation – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Guidelines for supportive care of patients with Ebola virus disease
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:18h | UTCEvidence-based guidelines for supportive care of patients with Ebola virus disease – The Lancet (free)
Commentaries: New Ebola guidelines address immediate supportive care – CIDRAP (free)
Guideline: Update to Practice Standards for Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Hospital Settings
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:14h | UTCCommentaries: 12 key points to remember: Standards for Inpatient Electrocardiographic Monitoring – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND AHA updates practice standards for electrocardiographic monitoring – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Dark chocolate is now a health food. Here’s how that happened
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:13h | UTCDark chocolate is now a health food. Here’s how that happened – VOX (free)
Related: Chocolate health: advice by Thomas Lüscher and peer review by Jonas Malmstedt – For Better Science (by @schneiderleonid)
“Big Chocolate’s investment in health science was a marketing masterstroke…” Interesting tale by @juliaoftoronto (RT @hildabast see Tweet)