TOP 10 Medical News Stories

Weekly reviews by others

23 Feb, 2016 | 12:02h | UTC

Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals – 22 February 2016

The 219th Critical Care Reviews Newsletter – February 21^st 2016

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AHA Scientific Statement – Preventing and Experiencing Ischemic Heart Disease as a Woman

1 Mar, 2016 | 11:30h | UTC

Preventing and Experiencing Ischemic Heart Disease as a Woman: State of the Science – A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (PDF) (free full text)

Summary – Top Ten Things To Know (PDF) (free full text)

Other Supporting Materials

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Aspirin before cardiac surgery is not harmful or helpful

28 Feb, 2016 | 20:16h | UTC

Stopping vs. Continuing Aspirin before Coronary Artery Surgery – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – subscription required for full text)

Discontinue Aspirin before Coronary Artery Surgery? – NEJM Physician’s First Watch Commentary (free full text)

Aspirin Before CABG Does Not Increase Bleeding Risk, Says Study – Medscape Commentary (free registration required)

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New Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock

23 Feb, 2016 | 11:03h | UTC

The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) – JAMA (free full text)

Editorial: New Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock: Continuing Evolution but With Much Still to Be Done – JAMA (free full text)

Assessment of Clinical Criteria for Sepsis: For the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) – JAMA (free full text)

Developing a New Definition and Assessing New Clinical Criteria for Septic Shock: For the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) – JAMA (free full text)

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Review article: cost effective strategies to reduce cardiovascular disease and related mortality

26 Feb, 2016 | 01:00h | UTC

Resource Effective Strategies to Prevent and Treat Cardiovascular Disease – Circulation (free full text)

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Cochrane review: mild therapeutic hypothermia improves neurological outcome after cardiac arrest

22 Feb, 2016 | 12:57h | UTC

Hypothermia for neuroprotection in adults after cardiopulmonary resuscitation – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – subscription required for full text)

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IDSA and AASLD new guidelines for the treatment of Hepatitis C

26 Feb, 2016 | 00:22h | UTC

HCV Guidance: Recommendations for Testing, Managing, and Treating Hepatitis C – Infectious Diseases Society of America and American Association (IDSA) for The Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)

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ESC position paper on acute heart failure: which patients can be safely discharged from the emergency department and which require hospitalization?

22 Feb, 2016 | 13:34h | UTC

European Society of Cardiology – Acute Cardiovascular Care Association position paper on safe discharge of acute heart failure patients from the emergency department – European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care (free full text)

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Cochrane review: dopamine increases the risk of arrhythmia compared with norepinephrine and might increase mortality

23 Feb, 2016 | 11:25h | UTC

Vasopressors for hypotensive shock – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – subscription required for full text)

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Canadian guidelines on screening for colorectal cancer recommend against colonoscopy

24 Feb, 2016 | 11:26h | UTC

Colorectal Cancer (2016): summary of recommendations for clinicians and policy makers – Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (free full text)

Recommendations on screening for colorectal cancer in primary care [PDF] – Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (free full text)

Canadian Guidelines Recommend Against Colonoscopy for Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Patients – NEJM Physician’s First Watch Commentary (Free)

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Meta-analysis: treating anemia with erythropoietin-stimulating agents does not seem to improve health-related quality of life for patients with chronic Kidney Disease

19 Feb, 2016 | 19:04h | UTC

The Effect of Erythropoietin-Stimulating Agents on Health-Related Quality of Life in Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – subscription required for full text)

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Higher nurse to patient ratio linked to lower inpatient mortality

16 Feb, 2016 | 21:36h | UTC

Registered nurse, healthcare support worker, medical staffing levels and mortality in English hospital trusts: a cross-sectional study – BMJ Open (free full text)

Higher nurse to patient ratio linked to reduced risk of inpatient death – BMJ Blogs (free full text)

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Meta-analysis: renin angiotensin system blockers are not superior to other antihypertensive drugs in people with diabetes

17 Feb, 2016 | 15:43h | UTC

Diabetes mellitus as a compelling indication for use of renin angiotensin system blockers: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials – BMJ (free full text)

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High-dose Vitamin D supplementation may increase risk of falls in elderly individuals

18 Feb, 2016 | 10:04h | UTC

Monthly High-Dose Vitamin D Treatment for the Prevention of Functional Decline: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – subscription required for full text)

High-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation Ups Elderly Fall Risk – Medscape Commentary (free registration required)

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Meta-analysis: prevention strategies for contrast-induced nephropathy

21 Feb, 2016 | 14:18h | UTC

Effectiveness of Prevention Strategies for Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (free full text)

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Warning symptoms frequently precede sudden cardiac arrest

14 Feb, 2016 | 18:05h | UTC

Warning Symptoms Are Associated With Survival From Sudden Cardiac Arrest – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – subscription required for full text)

Warning Symptoms Can Often Precede Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Cohort Study – Medscape Commentary (free registration required)

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Videos explaining systematic reviews by Cochrane and NCCMT

12 Feb, 2016 | 12:50h | UTC

What are systematic reviews? – Cochrane

Types of Reviews: What kind of review do we need? – NCCMT (National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools)

Cochrane website

NCCMT website

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Point of view: antibiotics may do more harm than good at the end of life

19 Feb, 2016 | 18:54h | UTC

Antibiotics may carry more cost than benefit for patients at end of life – ACP Hospitalist (free full text)

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#HTA Free online course begins today

15 Feb, 2016 | 10:48h | UTC

Health Technology Assessment (HTA): Choosing Which Treatments Get Funded – Before new drugs or treatments are adopted, their effectiveness and cost must be assessed. Find out how in this online course

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Proton pump inhibitors might increase dementia risk

16 Feb, 2016 | 16:22h | UTC

Association of Proton Pump Inhibitors With Risk of Dementia: A Pharmacoepidemiological Claims Data Analysis – Jama Neurology (link to abstract – subscription required for full text)

Proton Pump Inhibitors Linked to Dementia – Medscape Commentary (free registration required)

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Major trauma guidelines have just been released by NICE

17 Feb, 2016 | 15:33h | UTC

Major trauma: assessment and initial management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free full text)

Ensuring trauma care is delivered effectively and consistently – NICE news release (free full text)

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New ISDA Guidelines for the Management of Candidiasis

10 Feb, 2016 | 15:21h | UTC

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Candidiasis: 2016 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (free full text)

New Guideline Calls for Aggressive Treatment of Candidiasis – Medscape Commentary (free registration required)

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New guidelines for antibiotic use in acute respiratory tract infections

9 Feb, 2016 | 13:04h | UTC

Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in Adults: Advice for High-Value Care From the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free full text)

CDC, ACP Issue Guideline on Antibiotic Use for RTIs – Medscape Commentary (free registration required)

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Medscape slideshow – summary of new guidelines and recommendations from several different organizations

8 Feb, 2016 | 15:25h | UTC

New Guidelines and Recommendations – Medscape (free registration required)

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NICE has published new guidance to improve and standardize the care for multiple myeloma

11 Feb, 2016 | 14:40h | UTC

Myeloma: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free full text)

Improving and standardizing care for people with incurable blood cancer – NICE news and features (free full text)

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