Medicine and Man

• Significant bleeding after cardiac cath due to anti-platelet agents are an important predictor of mortality http://is.gd/DWhy #
• Acid-suppressive meds (Proton pump inhibitors) use associated with 30% increased odds of hospital-acquired pneumonia http://is.gd/FANr #
• “Metabolically obese” phenotype (ie, normal body weight with increased abdominal adiposity) is common in Asian populations #
• Incidence of diabetes rapidly increasing in Asia – onset in younger age and in “metabolically obese” (low to normal BMI) http://is.gd/FBaL #
• Vaccine refusal puts kids at 20 fold higher risk for whooping cough http://is.gd/FBzm #
• Preop cardiac cath in high-risk patients undergoing major vascular surgery not any better than medical treatment http://is.gd/G8jy #
• No patient can be “cleared” for surgery. They can only be risk stratified – risk of procedure and patient’s risk based on his co-morbities #
• Google Wave – a new realtime method of communication http://wave.google.com/ #
• UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has new portal to access best evidence medicine http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/ #
• Maybe an Asteroid Didn’t Kill the Dinosaurs – a controversial paper argues against the established theory of extinction http://is.gd/IAwH #
• The risk for death after atrial fibrillation ablation is 1 in 1000 patients http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/19/1798 #
• Echo measurements for pulmonary hypertension should be treated as “ballpark estimates” and interpreted cautiously http://is.gd/IB5U #
• Voglibose, in addition to lifestyle modification, reduces risk of diabetes in individuals with impaired glucose tolerance http://is.gd/IBrJ #
• Lancet Metanalysis: Using aspirin in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease is “of uncertain net value” http://bit.ly/3Ca0Ip #
• Resistance to enterococci to vancomycin occurs due to antibiotics overuse. New study finds superbugs in sewage sludge http://bit.ly/q28Td #
• Video of a person with advanced dementia (from British Medical Journal) http://bit.ly/dqyMA #

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