Systematic Reviews & Meta-analysis
Meta-Analysis: High-intensity interval training versus moderate-intensity continuous training within cardiac rehabilitation
16 Feb, 2018 | 00:28h | UTC
Meta-analysis: Standard versus extralevator abdominoperineal excision and oncologic outcomes for patients with distal rectal cancer
16 Feb, 2018 | 00:25h | UTC
Review: Fertility, Pregnancy and Lactation in Women with Adrenal Insufficiency
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:31h | UTC
Review: Understanding and Management of Acquired Thrombocytopenia
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:18h | UTCRecent advances in understanding and management of acquired thrombocytopenia – F1000 Research (free)
Intestinal Failure: a Review
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:24h | UTCIntestinal failure: a review – F1000 Research (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Meta-Analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Tranexamic Acid in Total Hip Replacement
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:14h | UTC
Review: Challenges and Achievements in Prevention and Treatment of Smallpox
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:13h | UTCChallenges and Achievements in Prevention and Treatment of Smallpox – Vaccines (free)
Review: Air Pollution and Stroke
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:08h | UTCAir Pollution and Stroke – Journal of Stroke (free)
Review: Sleep Disturbances as a Risk Factor for Stroke
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:07h | UTCSleep Disturbances as a Risk Factor for Stroke – Journal of Stroke (free)
Review: Development of New Endovascular Devices for Aneurysm Treatment
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:06h | UTCDevelopment of New Endovascular Devices for Aneurysm Treatment – Journal of Stroke (free)
Review: Heart Failure as a Risk Factor for Stroke
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:06h | UTCHeart Failure as a Risk Factor for Stroke – Journal of Stroke (free)
Systematic Review: Nursing Interventions for Smoking Cessation
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:51h | UTCNursing interventions for smoking cessation – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Does support and intervention from nurses help people to stop smoking? – Cochrane Library (free)
“There’s moderate quality evidence that behavioural support to motivate & sustain smoking cessation delivered by nurses can lead to a modest increase in the number of people who achieve prolonged abstinence” (via @CochraneUK see Tweet)
Meta-Analysis: Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Addition to Antiplatelet Therapy for Secondary Prevention After Acute Coronary Syndromes
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:34h | UTCDirect Oral Anticoagulants in Addition to Antiplatelet Therapy for Secondary Prevention After Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Could NOACs Have a Role for Secondary Prevention After STEMI? – TCTMD (free) AND Meta-Analysis: ACS Type Matters for DOAC Use in Secondary Prevention – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Adding DOACs Beneficial for STEMI — Not Non-STEMI — But with Bleeding Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
“63 STEMI patients would need to receive a DOAC to prevent one cardiovascular event, while 96 would need to be treated to cause one major bleeding event”. (from Physician’s First Watch)
Overview of Systematic Reviews: Intraoperative Interventions for Preventing Surgical Site Infection
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:40h | UTCIntraoperative interventions for preventing surgical site infection: an overview of Cochrane Reviews – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Overview of Cochrane Reviews of interventions used during surgery for preventing surgical site infection (free)
Meta-Analysis: Risk of Pre-eclampsia in Women Taking Metformin
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:49h | UTCSource: ACP Journal Wise ($)
“Metformin was associated with lower gestational weight gain and a lower risk of pre-eclampsia compared with insulin”
Meta-Analysis: Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Intensive Care Unit Patients Receiving Enteral Nutrition
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:42h | UTC
Systematic Review: Is e-learning more effective than traditional learning for health professionals?
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:38h | UTCIs e-learning more effective than traditional learning for health professionals? – Cochrane Library (free)
E-learning for health professionals – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Indications for the Surgical Management of Benign Goiter in Adults
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:35h | UTC
Review: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:34h | UTCNonsuicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Meta-Analysis: Beta-Blockers for Heart Failure with Reduced, Mid-Range, and Preserved Ejection Fraction
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:34h | UTC
Reviews: CAR T-Cell Therapy Toxicities and Side Effects
5 Feb, 2018 | 16:13h | UTCCAR T-Cell Therapy – What do you need to know for the ED? – emDocs (free)
Related reviews: Toxicities of chimeric antigen receptor T cells: recognition and management – Blood (free) AND Toxicity and management in CAR T-cell therapy – Molecular Therapy Oncolytics (free) AND New drugs, new toxicities: severe side effects of modern targeted and immunotherapy of cancer and their management – Critical Care (free)
Review: Endoscopic Management of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
4 Feb, 2018 | 18:09h | UTCEndoscopic Management of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis – Annals of Hepatology (free PDF)
Review: Coronary Artery Calcium and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
4 Feb, 2018 | 18:02h | UTCThe evolving view of coronary artery calcium and cardiovascular disease risk – Clinical Cardiology (free)
Review: Hemodynamic Instability in Neonatal Shock
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:59h | UTC
Review: Cellular Therapies for Chronic Ischemic Heart Failure
4 Feb, 2018 | 18:00h | UTCCellular Therapies for Chronic Ischemic Heart Failure – Hellenic Journal of Cardiology (free)