Internal Medicine

“Review is first publication from national consortium of academic medical centers working to eliminate unnecessary medical tests, treatments and procedures” (from Science Daily)

Day-to-Day Blood Pressure Variability and Risk of Dementia

14 Aug, 2017 | 16:12h | UTC

Day-to-Day Blood Pressure Variability and Risk of Dementia in a General Japanese Elderly Population: The Hisayama Study – Circulation (free)

Commentaries: Fluctuations in home-monitored blood pressure may raise dementia risk – Circulation Journal Report (free) AND Fluctuations in Blood Pressure Linked to Vascular Dementia – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Fluctuating Home Blood Pressure Linked to Dementia – Medscape (free registration required) AND Blood pressure fluctuations linked to dementia – Reuters (free)

Self-management interventions for patients with COPD

14 Aug, 2017 | 15:28h | UTC

Self-management interventions including action plans for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) – Cochrane Library (free)

Full review: Self-management interventions including action plans for exacerbations versus usual care in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (link to summary – $ for full-text)

Related: Asthma self-management programmes can reduce unscheduled care – NIHR Signal (free)

Self-management interventions that include a COPD exacerbation action plan are associated with improvements in health-related quality of life and lower probability of respiratory-related hospital admissions.

Risk of Stroke With Various Types of Menopausal Hormone Therapies

14 Aug, 2017 | 14:42h | UTC

Risk of Stroke With Various Types of Menopausal Hormone Therapies: A National Cohort Study – Stroke (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Source: EvidenceAlerts

This large cohort confirms an increased stroke risk with oral hormone therapies, but suggests no increased risk of stroke with transdermal or vaginal estrogen application.

Asthma-Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome

14 Aug, 2017 | 14:35h | UTC

Review: Asthma-Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS): current evidence and future research directions – COPD Research and Practice (free)

Review: Palliative and end-of-life care in nephrology

11 Aug, 2017 | 17:08h | UTC

Narrative review: Palliative and end-of-life care in nephrology: moving from observations to interventions – Current Opinion in Nephrology & Hypertension, via Medscape (free registration required)

Review: General Care of the Pregnant Patient in the Intensive Care Unit

11 Aug, 2017 | 17:11h | UTC

Narrative Review: General Care of the Pregnant Patient in the Intensive Care Unit – Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, via Medscape (free registration required)

Review: Lyme Disease: Emergency Department Considerations

11 Aug, 2017 | 17:15h | UTC

Narrative review: Lyme Disease: Emergency Department Considerations – The Journal of Emergency Medicine, via Medscape (free registration required)

Lifestyle Risk Factors Increase the Risk of Hospitalization for Sciatica

11 Aug, 2017 | 16:04h | UTC

Lifestyle Risk Factors Increase the Risk of Hospitalization for Sciatica: Findings of Four Prospective Cohort Studies – The American Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Walking and biking tied to lower risk of hospitalization with sciatica – Reuters (free)

Related guideline: Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management – NICE (free)

Review: My Treatment Approach to Gout

11 Aug, 2017 | 15:54h | UTC

Review: My Treatment Approach to Gout – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)

Lithium Associated With a Higher Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Older Adults

11 Aug, 2017 | 15:53h | UTC

Lithium Use, but Not Valproate Use, Is Associated With a Higher Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Older Adults With Mental Illness – The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (link to abstract -$ for full-text)

Case-control study suggests Lithium is associated with increased risk of chronic kidney disease.

Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients with an Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

11 Aug, 2017 | 15:27h | UTC

Systematic review: Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients with an Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention – The American Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related narrative review: Duration of dual antiplatelet therapy in acute coronary syndrome – Heart (free)

Source: EvidenceAlerts

Aspirin Does Not Increase Heart Failure Events in Heart Failure Patients

11 Aug, 2017 | 15:17h | UTC

Aspirin Does Not Increase Heart Failure Events in Heart Failure Patients – JACC: Heart Failure (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Study: Aspirin Safe for HF Patients – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND New data show aspirin safe for heart failure patients – Clinical Advisor (free)

Addressing Alcohol Use Practice Manual: An Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Program

11 Aug, 2017 | 14:56h | UTC

Addressing Alcohol Use Practice Manual: An Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Program – American Academy of Family Physicians (free PDF)

Press release: AAFP, Baylor Partner to Create Alcohol Screening Practice Manual (free)

Commentary: Alcohol screening and brief intervention: A practice manual for clinicians – Clinical Advisor (free)

Mechanical Thrombectomy Outcomes With and Without Intravenous Thrombolysis in Stroke Patients

11 Aug, 2017 | 13:41h | UTC

Mechanical Thrombectomy Outcomes With and Without Intravenous Thrombolysis in Stroke Patients: A Meta-Analysis – Stroke (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Better outcomes seen in patients who received IV thrombolysis before thrombectomy – ACP Hospitalist (free)

“The results support current guideline recommendations to give intravenous thrombolysis to eligible patients even if they are being considered for mechanical thrombectomy, according to the meta-analysis authors” (from ACP)

Anticoagulation for stroke prevention in very elderly patients with atrial fibrillation

11 Aug, 2017 | 13:04h | UTC

Thromboembolic Risk, Bleeding Outcomes and Effect of Different Antithrombotic Strategies in Very Elderly Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Sub‐Analysis From the PREFER in AF (PREvention oF Thromboembolic Events–European Registry in Atrial Fibrillation) – Journal of The American Heart Association (free)

Observational study suggests anticoagulation for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation is beneficial even for very elderly subjects.

“it is unlikely that a single biomarker serve as an effective diagnosis tool”

Interventions for emergency contraception

10 Aug, 2017 | 22:29h | UTC

Interventions for emergency contraception – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Summary: Methods of emergency contraception (free)

Neurologic Complications Associated With the Zika Virus

Advances in the diagnosis and management of neck pain

Midlife Vascular Risk Factors and Incident Dementia

Effect of 0.5 mg versus 1 mg varenicline for smoking cessation

Eliminating CK–MB Testing in Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome