Systematic Reviews & Meta-analysis
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)
Systematic Review: Needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing hepatitis C transmission
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:22h | UTCNews release: Interventions for reducing hepatitis C infection in people who inject drugs – Cochrane Library (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)
Review: Continuous Spinal Anesthesia for Obstetric Anesthesia and Analgesia
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:14h | UTCContinuous Spinal Anesthesia for Obstetric Anesthesia and Analgesia – Frontiers in Medicine (free)
Review – Behçet’s syndrome: providing integrated care
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:12h | UTCBehçet’s syndrome: providing integrated care – Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare (free)
Meta-analysis: monotherapy of donepezil versus combination with memantine for Alzheimer disease
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:17h | UTCSource: Journal Watch ($)
Review: Treating children with inflammatory bowel disease
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:10h | UTC
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: Effects of Vegetables on Cardiovascular Diseases and Related Mechanisms
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:09h | UTCEffects of Vegetables on Cardiovascular Diseases and Related Mechanisms – Nutrients (free)
Review: Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:08h | UTCPrimary Immunodeficiency Diseases: Current and Emerging Therapeutics – Frontiers in Immunology (free)
Review: Radiation Therapy in Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:09h | UTCRadiation Therapy in Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer – Frontiers in Oncology (free)
Review: Low Back Pain Management in Primary Care
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:04h | UTCAn Updated Overview of Low Back Pain Management in Primary Care – Asian Spine Journal (free)
Review: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:07h | UTCPrimary sclerosing cholangitis – a comprehensive review – Journal of Hepatology (free)
Systematic Review: Neuropathic Pain Related with Spinal Disorders
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:06h | UTCNeuropathic Pain Related with Spinal Disorders: A Systematic Review – Asian Spine Journal (free)
Review: Neuropathic Pain after Spinal Surgery
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:03h | UTCNeuropathic Pain after Spinal Surgery – Asian Spine Journal (free)
Meta-analysis: Efficacy of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy in chronic pancreatitis
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:47h | UTCSource: Medscape
Review: The Role of Nutritional Aspects in Food Allergy
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:07h | UTCThe Role of Nutritional Aspects in Food Allergy: Prevention and Management – Nutrients (free)
Review: Cystic Fibrosis – Diagnosis and Treatment
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:45h | UTCCystic Fibrosis: Diagnosis and Treatment – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Related guidelines: Brazilian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis – Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (free) AND Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis: Consensus Guidelines from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – The Journal of Pediatrics (free)
Review: Using Best Evidence for the Management of Hypertension
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:46h | UTCUsing Best Evidence for the Management of Hypertension – Therapeutics Initiative (free)
Review: New Laboratory Tools for Emerging Bacterial Challenges
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:43h | UTCNew Laboratory Tools for Emerging Bacterial Challenges – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)
Review: A Test in Context: Lipid Profile, Fasting Versus Nonfasting
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:06h | UTCA Test in Context: Lipid Profile, Fasting Versus Nonfasting – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract and free infographic – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Is fasting before a lipid panel necessary? – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Related guideline: Fasting is not routinely required for determination of a lipid profile: clinical and laboratory implications including flagging at desirable concentration cut-points—a joint consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society and European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (free) AND Commentary: New guidelines simplify cholesterol tests: no fasting needed – STAT (free)
Meta-analysis: Efficacy of recommended drugs against soil transmitted helminths
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:04h | UTCCommentary: Reduced Efficacy of Anthelmintic Drugs – MyScience (free)
Meta-analysis: Diagnostic Accuracy of Tests for Influenza
27 Sep, 2017 | 13:58h | UTCDiagnostic Accuracy of Novel and Traditional Rapid Tests for Influenza Infection Compared With Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Newer influenza diagnostic tests more accurate than traditional tests – Clinical Advisor (free) AND Rapid tests linked to quicker and more accurate results for influenza diagnosis than traditional tests – 2 Minute Medicine (free)