Systematic Reviews & Meta-analysis
Review: Drug-induced liver injury
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:48h | UTCReview: Drug-induced liver injury: recent advances in diagnosis and risk assessment – Gut (free)
Review: Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement in high risk patient groups
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:45h | UTC
Review: Papillary muscle approximation in mitral valve repair for secondary MR
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:43h | UTCPapillary muscle approximation in mitral valve repair for secondary MR – Journal of Thoracic Disease (free)
Review: Hybrid repair of aortic arch aneurysms
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:43h | UTCHybrid repair of aortic arch aneurysms: a comprehensive review – Journal of Thoracic Disease (free)
Review: Infections causing central airway obstruction: role of bronchoscopy in diagnosis and management
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:39h | UTC
Review: Blunt vertebral vascular injury in trauma patients
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:42h | UTC
Review: Pediatric airway surgery
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:37h | UTCPediatric airway surgery – Journal of Thoracic Disease (free)
Review: Surgical treatment of large and giant cavernous carotid aneurysms
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:35h | UTCSurgical treatment of large and giant cavernous carotid aneurysms – Asian Journal of Neurosurgery (free)
Review: Whole lung lavage-technical details, challenges and management of complications
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:38h | UTC
Review: Advances in the treatment of relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:36h | UTCAdvances in the treatment of relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia – Annals of Hematology (free)
Review: Oral health of adult patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:35h | UTC
Review: Coma After Acute Head Injury
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:33h | UTCComa After Acute Head Injury – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: Screening for Occult Cancer in Patients With Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism
24 Aug, 2017 | 20:41h | UTCScreening for Occult Cancer in Patients With Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Outcomes of limited cancer screening after unprovoked VTE similar to extensive screening – ACP Hospitalist (free) AND Cancer Screening Not Recommended in Patients With VTEs – Medscape (free registration required) AND Extensive cancer screening may not improve outcomes for patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Screening for Occult Cancer in Patients With Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism – ASCO Post (free)
Review: Incidence, prevalence, and management of MRSA bacteremia
22 Aug, 2017 | 20:04h | UTC
Review: Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa – from policy to practice to progress
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:05h | UTC
Review: Oncological patients in the intensive care unit
22 Aug, 2017 | 00:53h | UTCSource: Critical Care Review Newsletter
Coma After Acute Head Injury
17 Aug, 2017 | 18:39h | UTCReview: Coma After Acute Head Injury – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Comparison of early versus late initiation of renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury in critically ill patients
17 Aug, 2017 | 17:55h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Early initiation of RRT in critically ill patients did not result in reduced mortality, change in renal function recovery, dependence, duration of RRT, renal recovery time, mechanical ventilation time or complications.
Decompensated Heart Failure
17 Aug, 2017 | 18:11h | UTCSpecial issue: Topical Collection on Decompensated Heart Failure – Current Heart Failure Reports
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
– Inpatient Monitoring of Decompensated Heart Failure: What Is Needed? (free)
– Acute Heart Failure: Definition, Classification and Epidemiology (free)
– Mechanical Circulatory Support for Decompensated Heart Failure (free)
– Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Treatment for Decompensated Heart Failure: What Is New? (free)
– Current Approach to Decongestive Therapy in Acute Heart Failure (free)
The role of bariatric surgery to treat diabetes
17 Aug, 2017 | 15:45h | UTCReview: The role of bariatric surgery to treat diabetes: current challenges and perspectives – BMC Endocrine Disorders (free)
Cardiac Toxicity Of Cancer Chemotherapy
17 Aug, 2017 | 16:40h | UTCReview: Cardiac Toxicity Of Cancer Chemotherapy – US Cardiology Review (free)
Related Guidelines and Reviews: Prevention and Monitoring of Cardiac Dysfunction in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Therapy (free) AND Cardiotoxicity of anticancer treatments: Epidemiology, detection, and management – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free) AND Radiation Associated Cardiac Disease – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Benefits and safety of gabapentinoids in chronic low back pain
16 Aug, 2017 | 23:04h | UTCCommentaries: Gabapentinoids Seem to Offer Little Benefit, Substantial Risks in Low Back Pain – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Evidence does not support the use of gabapentinoids for chronic low back pain – PLOS, via Science Daily (free) AND Gabapentinoids for Chronic Low Back Pain? Not So Fast – Practical Pain Management (free)
Pregabalin and gabapentin have significant risk of adverse effects without any demonstrated benefit in chronic low back pain.
Sexual health concerns after cancer treatment in women
16 Aug, 2017 | 20:08h | UTCCommentary: Sexual Dysfunction in Women With Cancer: A Review of Available Interventions – Oncology Nurse Adviser (free)
Melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer chemoprevention
15 Aug, 2017 | 19:40h | UTCReview: Melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer chemoprevention: A role for nicotinamide? – Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine (free)
Related article: A Phase 3 Randomized Trial of Nicotinamide for Skin-Cancer Chemoprevention – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Sepsis in the burn patient
15 Aug, 2017 | 19:29h | UTCReview: Sepsis in the burn patient: a different problem than sepsis in the general population – Burns & Trauma (free)