Internal Medicine
Systematic Review: Strategies to reduce antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in primary care
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:18h | UTCOriginal article: Clinician-targeted interventions to influence antibiotic prescribing behaviour for acute respiratory infections in primary care: an overview of systematic reviews – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Trends in standardized mortality among individuals with schizophrenia
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:20h | UTCCommentaries: Schizophrenia linked to threefold increase in death risk – Medical News Today (free) AND People with schizophrenia have threefold risk of dying – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free)
Study: Safety of Medical Abortion Provided Through Telemedicine
18 Sep, 2017 | 16:33h | UTCCommentaries: Abortion via telemedicine as safe as seeing doctor in person – Reuters (free) AND Abortion Via Telemedicine Is Totally Safe, Study Says – HuffPost (free) AND Medical Abortion Via Telemedicine Found Safe – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Report: Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Colorectal Cancer
18 Sep, 2017 | 15:38h | UTCDiet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Colorectal Cancer – American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) (Free PDF)
News release: New Report finds whole grains lower colorectal cancer risk, processed meat increases risk (free)
Infographic: Preventing Colorectal Cancer (free)
Almost half cases of colorectal cancer can be prevented by staying lean, eating healthy, and moving more.
Guideline: Type 2 diabetes – prevention in people at high risk
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:14h | UTC
Study: Blood Management Program Reduces Unnecessary Transfusions and Costs
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:54h | UTCImplementing a Health System–wide Patient Blood Management Program with a Clinical Community Approach – Anesthesiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Johns Hopkins Health System Reduces Unnecessary Transfusions With New Blood Management Program (free)
Related: High value quality improvement – High Value Practice Academic Alliance (free)
Study: Antidepressant Use and Depressive Symptoms in Intensive Care Unit Survivors
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:41h | UTCCommentary: Many ICU survivors depressed: IU study finds young and African-Americans at highest risk – Indiana University, via EurekAlert (free)
Cohort Study: Meat, Dietary Heme Iron, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:09h | UTCMeat, Dietary Heme Iron, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Singapore Chinese Health Study – American Journal of Epidemiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Eating meat linked to higher risk of diabetes – DukeNUS Medical School, via EurekAlert (free)
Related articles: Meat Consumption as a Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes – Nutrients (free) AND Meat consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies – Diabetologia (free) AND Red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: 3 cohorts of US adults and an updated meta-analysis – American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (free)
“The Singapore Chinese Health Study reveals increased risk of diabetes with higher intake of red meat and poultry, partially attributed to the dietary iron content in these meats” (from EurekAlert)
Meta-Analysis: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention vs Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:10h | UTCCommentary: CABG, PCI show similar long-term outcomes – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: Surgery in the elderly
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:05h | UTC
Evaluation of a Rapid Molecular Drug-Susceptibility Test for Tuberculosis
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:07h | UTCEvaluation of a Rapid Molecular Drug-Susceptibility Test for Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Detecting Tuberculosis Resistance (free)
Commentary: New rapid molecular test for MDR-TB shows promise – CIDRAP (free)
Meta-analysis: Low-FODMAP Diet Improves Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:57h | UTCLow-FODMAP Diet Improves Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis – Nutrients (free)
Study: pioglitazone versus sulfonylureas in patients with type 2 diabetes
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:04h | UTCEffects on the incidence of cardiovascular events of the addition of pioglitazone versus sulfonylureas in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with metformin (TOSCA.IT): a randomised, multicentre trial – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Sulfonylureas, Pioglitazone Similarly Safe for Add-On Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Study: Effects of acarbose on cardiovascular and diabetes outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease and impaired glucose tolerance
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:56h | UTCEffects of acarbose on cardiovascular and diabetes outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease and impaired glucose tolerance (ACE): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Acarbose Offers No CVD Protection in ACE, but May Cut Diabetes Risk – Medscape (free registration required)
Antibiotic stewardship: Why we must, how we can
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:50h | UTCAntibiotic stewardship: Why we must, how we can – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Review: Poems Syndrome
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:49h | UTCPoems Syndrome: an Update – Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases (free)
Renal denervation: What happened, and why?
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:52h | UTCRenal denervation: What happened, and why? – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Expert consensus document: A personalized treatment of angina
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:40h | UTC
Studies: Benefit of Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Seen in Selected Patients with Cryptogenic Stroke
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:36h | UTCOriginal articles from the New England Journal of Medicine: Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Antiplatelet Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Anticoagulation vs. Antiplatelets after Stroke (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Long-Term Outcomes of Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Medical Therapy after Stroke (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:34h | UTCEuropean Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis (free)
Guideline: Prevention of COPD exacerbations
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:35h | UTCPrevention of COPD exacerbations: a European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society guideline (free)
Guideline: Cervical Cancer Screening
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:26h | UTCDraft Recommendation Statement: Cervical Cancer: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Commentaries: USPSTF Draft Recommendation Eliminates Cervical Cytology-HPV Cotesting for Women Over 30 – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND USPSTF: Pap Test or HPV Test, Not Both, For Most Cervical Ca Screening – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND USPSTF Has New Draft Guidance for Cervical Cancer Screening – Medscape (free registration required) AND Age matters when it comes to screening for cervical câncer – STAT (free)
Study: Recurrence of Gastroesophageal Reflux After Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:32h | UTCAssociation Between Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery and Recurrence of Gastroesophageal Reflux – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery Associated With High Rate of Recurrence of GERD – The JAMA Network (free) AND GERD Recurrence Fairly Common Following Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND High recurrence of gastroesophageal reflux disease in patients treated with laparoscopic antireflux surgery – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Systematic Review: Risk of relapse after antidepressant discontinuation in anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:33h | UTCCommentary: Researchers: Antidepressants for Anxiety Should Be Continued for at Least a Year After Treatment Response – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:27h | UTCInternational ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia (free) (RT @CritCareReviews see Tweet)