Research Review April 2016

ANNALS:

"The Effect of Erythropoietin-Stimulating Agents on Health-Related Quality of Life in  Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis"
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2491918

 "Relationship Among Body Fat Percentage, Body Mass Index, and All-Cause Mortality: A Cohort Study" http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2499472 
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BMJ:

"Methotrexate monotherapy and methotrexate combination therapy with traditional and biologic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis: abridged Cochrane systematic review and network meta-analysis"
http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i1777

"Defibrillation time intervals and outcomes of cardiac arrest in hospital: retrospective cohort study from Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation registry"
http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i1653
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CIRC:  

REVIEW:
"Peripartum Cardiomyopathy"
 http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/133/14/1397.full

"Individualized Statin Benefit for Determining Statin Eligibility in the  Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease"
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/133/16/1574.abstract 
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JAMA:

"Effect of Postextubation High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs Conventional Oxygen Therapy on Reintubation in Low-Risk Patients"
https://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2503420

"Effect of Losmapimod on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction"
https://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2511223    
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NEJM:  

"Fresh Fruit Consumption and Major Cardiovascular Disease in China" http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1501451  
"CONCLUSIONS Among Chinese adults, a higher level of fruit consumption was associated with lower blood pressure and blood glucose levels and, largely independent of these and other dietary and nondietary factors, with significantly lower risks of major cardiovascular diseases. "

"Aliskiren, Enalapril, or Aliskiren and Enalapril in Heart Failure" http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1514859
"CONCLUSIONS    In patients with chronic heart failure, the addition of aliskiren to enalapril led to more adverse events without an increase in benefit. Noninferiority was not shown for aliskiren as compared with enalapril. (Funded by Novartis; ATMOSPHERE ClinicalTrials.gov number,NCT00853658.)"

Guidelines April 2016

April 29, 2016
"AHA Scientific Statement Acute Myocardial Infarction in Women
A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association"
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/133/9/916

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April 22, 2016
"Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes: Synopsis of the 2016 American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes"

http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2498492
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April 15, 2016
"Hematuria as a Marker of Occult Urinary Tract Cancer: Advice for High-Value Care From the American College of Physicians"
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2484287

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April 8, 2016
"2015 International Consensus on First Aid Science With Treatment Recommendations

Part 9: First Aid"
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/132/16_suppl_1/S269.full
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April 1, 2016

"2015 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations

Part 8: Education, Implementation, and Teams"
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/132/16_suppl_1/S242.full