Internal Medicine
Research: Serum Calcium and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the General Population
10 Oct, 2017 | 01:02h | UTCSerum Calcium and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the General Population – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Low serum calcium may increase risk of sudden cardiac arrest – EurekAlert (free) AND Low calcium may raise cardiac arrest risk by twofold – Medical News Today (free)
Research: Anticoagulant Use and Risk of Ischemic Stroke and Bleeding in Patients With Secondary Atrial Fibrillation
10 Oct, 2017 | 01:03h | UTCAnticoagulant Use and Risk of Ischemic Stroke and Bleeding in Patients With Secondary Atrial Fibrillation Associated With Acute Coronary Syndromes, Acute Pulmonary Disease, or Sepsis – JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Anticoagulation didn’t benefit patients with afib secondary to ACS, pulmonary disease, or sepsis – ACP Hospitalist (free) AND No Anticoagulation Benefit, High Bleeding Risk Seen in Patients With Secondary A-fib – TCTMD (free)
Review: Ophthalmic manifestations in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
9 Oct, 2017 | 20:38h | UTC
Review: Current Practice of State-of-the-Art Surgical Coronary Revascularization
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:41h | UTCCurrent Practice of State-of-the-Art Surgical Coronary Revascularization – Circulation (free)
Systematic Review: 2017 Update on Medical Overuse
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:39h | UTC2017 Update on Medical Overuse: A Systematic Review – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Study highlights 10 most unnecessary and overused medical tests and treatments – University of Maryland School of Medicine, via EurekAlert (free)
Report: Trends in Incidence of Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:40h | UTCNews Release: Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States (free)
Commentaries: Excessive Weight Gain, Obesity, and Cancer Opportunities for Clinical Intervention – JAMA Viewpoint (free) AND Cancer: 40 percent of all cases related to obesity, overweight – Medical News Today (free)
New Choosing Wisely Recommendations – American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Endocrinology & Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:35h | UTCNew Choosing Wisely Recommendations
Choosing Wisely US: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question: American Academy of Pediatrics – Section on Endocrinology (free) AND Commentary: Choosing Wisely: 5 Pediatric Endocrinology Tests to Avoid – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Choosing Wisely Canada: Nine Things Nurse Practitioners and Patients Should Question – Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada (free)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
Research: Use of Non–Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants With and Without Concurrent Medications and Risk of Major Bleeding
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:37h | UTCAssociation Between Use of Non–Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants With and Without Concurrent Medications and Risk of Major Bleeding in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Use of Non-Vitamin K Blood-Thinners with Certain Medications Associated With Increased Risk of Major Bleeding – The JAMA Network (free) AND Drug reactions with NOACs in AFib patients could result in major bleeding problems – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Research: Exercise and the Prevention of Depression
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:32h | UTCCommentary: Just One Hour of Exercise a Week May Help Prevent Depression – TIME Magazine (free) AND One hour of exercise a week can prevent depression – EurekAlert (free) AND What’s the ultimate way to defy depression, disease and early death? Exercise – The Guardian (free)
“Explaining and apologizing to patients after a medical error does not increase lawsuits, large US study finds” (RT @bmj_latest see Tweet)
Research: Communication-And-Resolution Programs
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:33h | UTCOutcomes In Two Massachusetts Hospital Systems Give Reason For Optimism About Communication-And-Resolution Programs – Health Affairs (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: After medical error, apology goes a long way – Stanford University Medical Center, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Conflict Resolution Program: ‘Cause for Optimism’ – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Research: Association Between Use of Antithrombotic Medication and Hematuria-Related Complications
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:29h | UTCAssociation Between Use of Antithrombotic Medication and Hematuria-Related Complications – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Antithrombotics Associated with Gross Hematuria – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Haematuria more common in people taking antithrombotics – OnMedica (free)
Meta-analysis: Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography vs Functional Stress Testing for Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:19h | UTCInvited commentary: Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography—The First Test for Evaluating Patients With Chest Pain? (free)
Commentary: Coronary CT Angiography vs. Stress Testing: Meta-Analysis Offers Mixed Results – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Coronary Computed Tomografic Angiography (CCTA) was associated with a very small reduction in the incidence of myocardial infarction (0.7% vs 1.1% = 0.4% absolute risk reduction), but without differences in death or cardiac hospitalization. Patients undergoing CCTA were significantly more likely to undergo invasive coronary angiography (11.7% vs 9.1%), revascularization (7.2% vs 4.5%) and were also more likely to receive a diagnosis of new CAD and to have initiated aspirin or statin therapy.
Research: Potential deaths averted in USA by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:20h | UTCPotential deaths averted in USA by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes – Tobacco Control (free)
Commentaries: Switch to vaping could prevent millions of premature deaths – OnMedica (free) AND Tobacco smokers could gain 86 million years of life if they switch to vaping, study finds – eCancer News (free) AND Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6 million American smokers: researchers – Reuters (free)
Related review: Key issues surrounding the health impacts of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and other sources of nicotine – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)
Research: Carbohydrate-last meal pattern lowers postprandial glucose and insulin excursions in type 2 diabetes
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:10h | UTCCommentary: People with type 2 diabetes should ‘save carbs for last’, study claims – NHS Choices (free)
Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:16h | UTCSource: Critical Care Review Newsletter
Research: Olfactory Dysfunction Predicts Subsequent Dementia in Older U.S. Adults
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:15h | UTCOlfactory Dysfunction Predicts Subsequent Dementia in Older U.S. Adults – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Elderly Who Have Trouble Identifying Odors Face Risk of Dementia – NewsWise (free) AND Poor Sense of Smell May Signal Impending Dementia – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Sniffing out dementia with a simple smell test – Medical News Today (free)
Review: Palliative Care in Neurology
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:09h | UTCPalliative Care in Neurology – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
Meta-analysis: The risk of new-onset diabetes in antidepressant users
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:13h | UTCCommentary: Type 2 Diabetes and Antidepressant Drug Use: Is There a Causal Link? – Endocrinology Advisor (free)
Systematic review: Prognostic variables and scores identifying the end of life in COPD
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:07h | UTC
Review: Perioperative management and monitoring of antiplatelet agents
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:58h | UTC
Review: Preoperative cardiac evaluation with echocardiography before non-cardiac surgery
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:57h | UTC
Review: Multiple Sclerosis in the ED
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:45h | UTCMultiple Sclerosis in the ED: Pearls & Pitfalls – emDocs (free)
Meta-analyses on nalmefene, naltrexone, acamprosate, baclofen and topiramate for drinking disorder
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:43h | UTCCommentary: Pills prescribed for alcoholism might not work, study finds – The Guardian (free)
Research: Pharmacologic Differences of Sulfonylureas and the Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular and Hypoglycemic Events
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:41h | UTCPharmacologic Differences of Sulfonylureas and the Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular and Hypoglycemic Events – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Cardiac Risk the Same With All Sulfonylureas in Diabetes – Medscape (free registration required)
Guidelines of Insulin Pump Therapy and Continuous Glucose Monitor Management of Diabetes
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:17h | UTCKeeping Up with the Diabetes Technology: 2016 Endocrine Society Guidelines of Insulin Pump Therapy and Continuous Glucose Monitor Management of Diabetes – Current Diabetes Reports (free) – checar acesso