Internal Medicine
Research: Gastric acid suppression promotes alcoholic liver disease by inducing overgrowth of intestinal Enterococcus
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:31h | UTCCommentaries: Proton pump inhibitors linked to liver disease, researchers find – The Pharmaceutical Journal (free) AND Liver disease risk may be heightened by gastric acid drugs – Medical News Today (free) AND Common acid reflux medications promote chronic liver disease – EurekAlert (free)
Guideline: Clinical Use of a Home Sleep Apnea Test
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:26h | UTCClinical Use of a Home Sleep Apnea Test: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Position Statement (free)
News release: AASM releases position statement on home sleep apnea testing (free)
Commentaries: AASM: Position Statement on Home Sleep Apnea Testing – MPR (free) AND Sleep Medicine Academy Releases Statements on Home Apnea Testing – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Research: Long-term Outcomes of Multiple Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:29h | UTCCommentaries: Study: Triple-Vessel CABG Strategy Matters in the Long Run – MedPage Today (free registration required)
In patients with multivessel disease who are undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, multiple arterial grafting (MAG) is associated with reduced mortality, repeated revascularization, myocardial infarction, and heart failure when compared with left internal thoracic artery (LITA) supplemented by saphenous vein grafts (LITA+SVG).
Research: Sex Differences and Similarities in Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Mortality in Community Cohorts
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:26h | UTCSex Differences and Similarities in Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Mortality in Community Cohorts: Results From the BiomarCaRE Consortium (Biomarker for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Europe) – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: A-fib strikes men a decade earlier than women – Medical News Today (free) And AHA: Men develop AFib a decade before women do; BMI linked to increased risk – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Research: Association of History of Gestational Diabetes With Long-term Cardiovascular Disease Risk
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:22h | UTCCommentaries: CVD Risk for Women Rises After Gestational Diabetes – TCTMD (free) AND Does Gestational Diabetes Per Se Up Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk? – Medscape (free registration required) AND Gestational Diabetes Raises Heart Attack, Stroke Risk, NIH Study Finds – AJMC (free)
Review: Why and how to step down chronic asthma drugs
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:25h | UTCState of The Art Review: Why and how to step down chronic asthma drugs – The BMJ (free)
Research: Association of Antidepressant Medications With Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Youths
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:24h | UTCAssociation of Antidepressant Medications With Incident Type 2 Diabetes Among Medicaid-Insured Youths – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Antidepressant Use in Youth Tied to Increased Diabetes Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Related study: The risk of new-onset diabetes in antidepressant users – A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Commentary: Type 2 Diabetes and Antidepressant Drug Use: Is There a Causal Link? – Endocrinology Advisor (free)
Review – The oncologic burden of hepatitis C virus infection: A clinical perspective
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:01h | UTC
Review: Calcium and Cardiovascular Disease
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:00h | UTCCalcium and Cardiovascular Disease – Endocrinology and Metabolism (free)
Review: Recent Updates of the Diagnosis and Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with a Hip Fracture
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:58h | UTC
Individual support of nurses using electronic medicine monitors can improve HIV treatment
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:51h | UTCIndividual support of nurses using electronic medicine monitors can improve HIV treatment – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a nurse-delivered intervention to improve adherence to treatment for HIV: a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, randomised clinical trial – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)
Revised Recommendations for the Use of Hormonal Contraception Among Women at High Risk for HIV Infection
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:44h | UTC
Meta-analysis: Adherence to Mediterranean Diet and Risk of Cancer
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:41h | UTC
Review: Pharmacotherapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:40h | UTC
Review – Pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis: different phenotypes
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:39h | UTCPulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis: different phenotypes – European Respiratory Review (free)
Review: Severe forms of food allergy
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:42h | UTCSevere forms of food allergy – Jornal de Pediatria (free)
Guideline for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:49h | UTCSee also: Executive Summary (free)
Social Determinants of Health 101 for Health Care
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:47h | UTCSocial Determinants of Health 101 for Health Care: Five Plus Five – National Academy of Medicine (free)
See also: About social determinants of health – World Health Organization (free) AND WHO’s work on SDoH (free resources)
Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Noncardiac Complications in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:48h | UTCNews release: Looking beyond the heart in adults with congenital heart disease (free)
Commentary: Think Outside the Heart: Noncardiac Complications and Considerations in the Adult Congenital Patient (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Diagnosis and Management of Noncardiac Complications in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (free PDF)
Research: Insulin Pump vs Insulin Injection in Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:41h | UTCAssociation of Insulin Pump Therapy vs Insulin Injection Therapy With Severe Hypoglycemia, Ketoacidosis, and Glycemic Control Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Insulin Pumps Associated With Lower Risk of Serious Complications among Young Patients with Type 1 Diabetes – The JAMA Network (free) AND Insulin-Pump Use Benefits Young People With Type 1 Diabetes – Medscape (free registration required) AND Can insulin pumps work better than injections for kids with diabetes? – Reuters (free)
Guideline: Candida auris
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:36h | UTCCandida auris Clinical Update – September 2017 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
Commentary: CDC Updates Guidance as Candida auris Cases Grow – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Candida auris: A rapidly emerging cause of hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant fungal infections globally – PLOS Pathogens (free) AND A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention – STAT (free) AND CDC keeping a watchful eye on Candida auris – CIDRAP (free) AND CDC reports uptick in Candida auris cases – CIDRAP (free)
Review: The Treatment of Illnesses Arising in Pregnancy
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:34h | UTCThe Treatment of Illnesses Arising in Pregnancy – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Meta-analysis on shift work and risks of specific obesity types
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:38h | UTCMeta-analysis on shift work and risks of specific obesity types – Obesity Reviews (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Meta-Analysis Links Night Shift to Obesity Risk, Especially “Belly Fat” – AJMC (free) AND Night Shift Work Linked To Increased Risk of Obesity – Medical Research (free) AND Shift Work Increases Risk of Apple-Shaped Overweight/Obesity – Medscape (free registration required) AND Night shift work linked to an increased risk of obesity – Wiley, via EurekAlert (free)
Research: Changes in marital quality and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors in men
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:33h | UTCChanges in marital quality over 6 years and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors in men: findings from the ALSPAC prospective cohort study – Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (free)
Commentaries: Marital ups and downs affect heart health – OnMedica (free) AND Marital ups and downs may impact men’s heart health – Medical News Today (free) AND Cardiovascular risk factors for married men linked to changes in relationship quality over time – News Medical (free)
Review: The Sick ESRD Patient
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:23h | UTCThe Sick ESRD Patient – emDocs Cases (free)