Internal Medicine
Diabetes-Related Cardiac Dysfunction
27 Jul, 2017 | 16:55h | UTCReview: Diabetes-Related Cardiac Dysfunction – Endocrinology and Metabolism (free)
Approach to Patient with Sarcoidosis in the ED setting
27 Jul, 2017 | 17:41h | UTCPractical Review: Approach to Patient with Sarcoidosis in the ED setting – emDocs (free)
Update on Modern Management of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
27 Jul, 2017 | 16:54h | UTCReview: Update on Modern Management of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma – Endocrinology and Metabolism (free)
Recent Progress in the Medical Therapy of Pituitary Tumors
27 Jul, 2017 | 16:53h | UTCReview: Recent Progress in the Medical Therapy of Pituitary Tumors – Endocrinology and Metabolism (free)
One year in review 2017: fibromyalgia
27 Jul, 2017 | 16:49h | UTCOne year in review 2017: fibromyalgia – Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology (free PDF)
Pushing Hospitals To Reduce Readmissions Hasn’t Increased Deaths
27 Jul, 2017 | 16:38h | UTCAssociation of Changing Hospital Readmission Rates With Mortality Rates After Hospital Discharge – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Pushing Hospitals To Reduce Readmissions Hasn’t Increased Deaths – NPR (free) AND Reduction in Hospital Readmission Rate Not Associated With Increased Risk of Death Following Discharge – The JAMA Network (free) AND Lower Readmissions Not Linked to Post-Discharge Mortality Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Study: Reducing readmissions does not harm patients – Becker’s Hospital Review (free)
Guidelines for the understanding and management of pain in chronic pancreatitis
27 Jul, 2017 | 16:06h | UTCGuidelines for the understanding and management of pain in chronic pancreatitis – Pancreatology (free)
Guidance for Health Care Providers Caring for Pregnant Women with Possible Zika Virus Exposure
27 Jul, 2017 | 16:01h | UTCCommentaries: CDC Updates Guidelines on Caring for Pregnant Women with Possible Zika Exposure – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Updated CDC Guidance on Zika in Pregnancy – Medscape (free registration required)
Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football
27 Jul, 2017 | 16:03h | UTCAuthor interview: Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Football Players (free video)
Commentaries: High Prevalence of Evidence of CTE in Brains of Deceased Football Players – JAMA Network (free) AND Brain disease CTE seen in most football players in large report – STAT News (free) AND 110 N.F.L. Brains – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Signs of brain disease in 99 percent of ex-NFL players studied: paper – Reuters (free) AND Study: CTE Found In Nearly All Donated NFL Player Brains – NPR (free)
“A neuropathologist has examined the brains of 111 N.F.L. players — and 110 were found to have C.T.E., the degenerative disease linked to repeated blows to the head” (from NYT).
E-cigarette use and associated changes in population smoking cessation
27 Jul, 2017 | 01:14h | UTCEditorial: Rise in e-cigarette use linked to increase in smoking cessation rates (free)
Commentaries: Rise in e-cigarettes linked to rise in smokers quitting, say researchers – The BMJ, via EurekAlert (free) AND Study links rising U.S. e-cigarette use to rise in smokers quitting – Reuters (free) AND Rise in E-Cigarettes Linked to Rise in Smokers Quitting – Scoop Health (free)
Related: The shadow of Big Tobacco looms over e-cigarettes and harm reduction – STAT (free) (“Should we settle for lesser harms?”)
Update in Management of Severe Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure – Chest
27 Jul, 2017 | 01:17h | UTC
“The antibiotic course has had its day”
27 Jul, 2017 | 01:12h | UTCAnalysis: The antibiotic course has had its day – The BMJ (free)
Commentaries: Some Doctors Now Say to Stop Antibiotics When You Feel Better – TIME (free) AND Rule that patients must finish antibiotics course is wrong, study says – The Guardian (free)
“Experts suggest patients should stop taking the drugs when they feel better rather than completing their prescription” (from The Guardian)
Early Orthostatic Hypotension and Orthostatic Intolerance
25 Jul, 2017 | 14:59h | UTCInvited commentary: Early Orthostatic Hypotension and Orthostatic Intolerance—More Than an Observation or Annoyance (free)
Practice Changing – Orthostatic hypotension within 1 min of standing (rather than at 3 minutes) has greater relation to falls, fracture, syncope, motor vehicle crash, and mortality.
Clinical Impact of Baseline RBBB in Patients Undergoing TARV
25 Jul, 2017 | 00:57h | UTCClinical Impact of Baseline Right Bundle Branch Block in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement – JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: RBBB in TAVR Recipients (free)
“Pre-existing RBBB was found in 10% of TAVR recipients and was associated with poorer clinical outcomes”
Early vs Later Orthostatic Hypotension Assessment Times
25 Jul, 2017 | 20:53h | UTCInvited commentary: Early Orthostatic Hypotension and Orthostatic Intolerance—More Than an Observation or Annoyance (free)
Practice Changing – Orthostatic hypotension within 1 min of standing (rather than at 3 minutes) has greater relation to falls, fracture, syncope, motor vehicle crash, and mortality.
Inconsistent Guideline Recommendations for Cardiovascular Prevention
25 Jul, 2017 | 00:55h | UTCViewpoint: Inconsistent Guideline Recommendations for Cardiovascular Prevention and the Debate About Zeroing in on and Zeroing LDL-C Levels With PCSK9 Inhibitors – JAMA (free)
Sharing Knowledge for Health Care
25 Jul, 2017 | 00:49h | UTCViewpoint: Sharing Knowledge for Health Care – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Related: Editorial: Sharing Medicine – A JAMA Internal Medicine Series (free) AND
Other “Sharing Medicine” articles: Sharing as the Future of Medicine – JAMA Internal Medicine (free) AND Shared Decision Making: The Importance of Diagnosing Preferences – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Viewpoint: Treatment of Cholesterol in 2017
25 Jul, 2017 | 00:50h | UTCViewpoint: Treatment of Cholesterol in 2017 – JAMA (free)
Parkinson Disease and Melanoma
25 Jul, 2017 | 00:51h | UTCParkinson Disease and Melanoma – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
Commentary: Melanoma, Parkinson’s: See One, Be Aware of the Other – Medscape (free registration required)
Updates in Management of Hyperkalemia
25 Jul, 2017 | 00:43h | UTCPractical Review: Updates in Management of Hyperkalemia – emDocs Cases (free)
Long-term morbidity and mortality in patients without early complications after stroke or transient ischemic attack
25 Jul, 2017 | 00:39h | UTCCommentaries: Stroke, TIA Survivors Without Early Complications Still Face Increased Long-Term Risks – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Stroke survivors without early complications at long-term risk of death, stroke – Canadian Medical Association Journal, via EurekAlert (free)
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Hemoptysis
25 Jul, 2017 | 00:42h | UTCReview: The Diagnosis and Treatment of Hemoptysis – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Management of elderly patients with a non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndrome
25 Jul, 2017 | 00:38h | UTCReview: Management of elderly patients with a non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndrome – Netherlands Heart Journal (free) (RT @Gas_Craic see Tweet)
Cardiocerebral and cardiopulmonary resuscitation – 2017 update
25 Jul, 2017 | 00:41h | UTCCardiocerebral and cardiopulmonary resuscitation – 2017 update – Acute Medicine & Surgery (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Recent advances in the treatment of venous thromboembolism in the era of the direct oral anticoagulants
25 Jul, 2017 | 00:39h | UTCReview: Recent advances in the treatment of venous thromboembolism in the era of the direct oral anticoagulants – F1000 Research (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter