Internal Medicine
Research: Lorazepam With Haloperidol vs Haloperidol Alone on Agitated Delirium in Patients Receiving Palliative Care
1 Oct, 2017 | 15:04h | UTCEffect of Lorazepam With Haloperidol vs Haloperidol Alone on Agitated Delirium in Patients With Advanced Cancer Receiving Palliative Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lorazepam, Haloperidol, and Delirium – Pallimed (free) AND Drug Combo Found Helpful in End-of-Life Delirium – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Lorazepam Plus Haloperidol Improves Agitation in Cancer-Related Delirium – OncologyNurse Advisor (free)
Meta-Analysis: Antidepressant Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation
1 Oct, 2017 | 15:01h | UTCMeta-Analysis of the Antidepressant Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation – The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Summary of studies on sleep deprivation didn’t caution that depression benefits are short lived – HealthNewsReview (free) AND Sleep Deprivation May Treat Depression. But Would It Ever Be Prescribed? – Forbes (free) AND Sleep Deprivation a Rapid, Effective Depression Treatment – Medscape (free registration required) AND Sleep deprivation rapidly reduces depression symptoms in nearly half of depressed patients – News Medical (free)
Review: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with lung cancer
1 Oct, 2017 | 14:50h | UTC
Review: Small airways disease
1 Oct, 2017 | 14:48h | UTC
Review – Concussion: Evaluation and management
1 Oct, 2017 | 14:44h | UTCConcussion: Evaluation and management – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Review: Combined hormonal contraceptives and migraine
1 Oct, 2017 | 14:45h | UTC
Review: Delirium in hospitalized patients: Risks and benefits of antipsychotics
1 Oct, 2017 | 14:43h | UTC
Review: Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
1 Oct, 2017 | 14:47h | UTCA Review of Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome – Journal of Kidney Cancer and VHL (free)
Local nerve blocks can improve outcomes for people with hip fracture
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:43h | UTCLocal nerve blocks can improve outcomes for people with hip fracture – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Peripheral nerve blocks for hip fractures – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“One case of pneumonia prevented for every 7 hip fracture patients given pain relief with nerve block” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Systematic Review: Methods to improve healthcare worker hand hygiene to decrease infection in patient care
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:40h | UTCOriginal article: Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Randomized Trial: Effect of Systematic Intensive Care Unit Triage Among Critically Ill Elderly Patients
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:35h | UTC#LIVES2017 – Effect of Systematic Intensive Care Unit Triage on Long-term Mortality Among Critically Ill Elderly Patients in France: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free)
Editorial: Admitting Elderly Patients to the Intensive Care Unit—Is it the Right Decision? (free)
Randomized Trial: Age of Red Cells for Transfusion and Outcomes in Critically Ill Adults
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:37h | UTC#LIVES2017 – Age of Red Cells for Transfusion and Outcomes in Critically Ill Adults – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Red blood cells for transfusion like a good red: A little older, a little better – Monash University, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Is Older Blood OK to Use in a Transfusion? – WebMD (free)
Randomized Trial: Individualized vs Standard Blood Pressure Management in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Major Surgery
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:33h | UTCEditorial: Perioperative Management of High-Risk Patients: Going Beyond “Avoid Hypoxia and Hypotension” (free)
Commentary: Individualized SBP tx cuts risk for post-op organ dysfunction – MedicalXpress (free)
Randomized Trial: Routine Low-Dose Oxygen Supplementation in Adults With Acute Stroke
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:30h | UTCEffect of Routine Low-Dose Oxygen Supplementation on Death and Disability in Adults With Acute Stroke: The Stroke Oxygen Study Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Low-dose oxygen no benefit in adults with acute stroke – MedicalXpress (free) AND UK study ‘settles debate’ over whether to give routine oxygen to stroke patients – Nursing Times (free)
Routine oxygen was also of no benefit in a recent trial in patients with acute myocardial infarction, see Original Article (link to abstract – $ for full-text) and Quick Take Video Summary (free)
Randomized Trial: Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated PEEP on Mortality in Patients with ARDS
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:32h | UTCEditorial: Lung Recruitment and Titrated PEEP in Moderate to Severe ARDS: Is the Door Closing on the Open Lung? (free)
Commentary: Open Lung Ventilation May Worsen ARDS Mortality – MedPage Today (free registration required)
“A strategy using a lung recruitment maneuver and titrated PEEP, in association with volume-assist control ventilation, increased mortality of patients with moderate to severe ARDS”.
Review: Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:30h | UTCState of the Art Review: Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome: pathogenesis, clinical features, and therapeutic targets – The BMJ (free)
A Scientific Statement: Meditation and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:26h | UTCNews releases: Meditation may decrease the risk of heart disease – AHA News (free) AND Meditation might be useful addition to heart-healthy lifestyle and medical treatment – AHA / ASA Newsroom (free)
Commentary: AHA: Meditation Might Lower Cardiovascular Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Systematic review: benefits and risks of phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors in COPD
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:21h | UTCOriginal Article: Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text))
Systematic Review: Strategies for detecting colon cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:23h | UTCStrategies for detecting colon cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease – Cochrane Library (free)
Original article: Strategies for detecting colon cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Randomized Trial: Once-Daily Triple Therapy for Patients with COPD
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:19h | UTCFULFIL Trial: Once-Daily Triple Therapy for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Once-Daily Triple Therapy Effective in Patients With COPD – Pulmonology Advisor (free)
Source: Journal Watch ($)
Randomized Trial: Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Receiving Multiple Daily Insulin Injections
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:15h | UTCContinuous Glucose Monitoring Versus Usual Care in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Receiving Multiple Daily Insulin Injections: A Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Continuous glucose monitoring associated with better glucose control for patients receiving insulin for type 2 diabetes – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Can continuous glucose monitoring help with type 2 diabetes? – Reuters (free)
Review – Behçet’s syndrome: providing integrated care
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:12h | UTCBehçet’s syndrome: providing integrated care – Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare (free)
Review: Acute and chronic hepatobiliary manifestations of sickle cell disease
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:13h | UTC
Review: Preventing catastrophic haemorrhage in pancreatitis
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:11h | UTCPancreatitis: Preventing catastrophic haemorrhage – World Journal of Gastroenterology (free)
Review: Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:08h | UTCPrimary Immunodeficiency Diseases: Current and Emerging Therapeutics – Frontiers in Immunology (free)