Geriatria
Estudo randomizado | Tratamento com laser não é melhor que tratamento simulado quanto à gravidade dos sintomas vaginais pós-menopausa.
13 Out, 2021 | 13:19hEffect of Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser vs Sham Treatment on Symptom Severity in Women With Postmenopausal Vaginal Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (gratuito por tempo limitado)
Comunicado de imprensa: This laser is supposed to rejuvenate vaginal tissue. But scientists say it’s no better than a placebo – University of New South Wales
Editorial: Time for a “Pause” on the Use of Vaginal Laser (free for a limited period)
Entrevista com os autores: Effect of Carbon Dioxide Laser vs Sham Therapy on Women With Postmenopausal Vaginal Symptoms
Comentário: Vagina lasering for postmenopausal women ‘may be placebo’ – The Guardian
Comentário no Twitter
In a randomized clinical trial among women with postmenopausal vaginal symptoms, treatment with fractional carbon dioxide laser vs sham treatment did not improve vaginal symptoms after 12 months https://t.co/XXv5edTLiL
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) October 12, 2021
Pesquisa mostra a disseminação de uma percepção equivocada sobre cuidados paliativos – O estigma pode ser perpetuado por aqueles que acreditam que compreendem o significado desses cuidados.
13 Out, 2021 | 12:26hPublic knowledge and attitudes concerning palliative care – BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
Comentário no Twitter
Public misperceptions & stigma around palliative care are significant issues even for very well developed health systems. 29% of Canadian sample believed pall care meant doctors were 'giving up'. https://t.co/gpCFwFrk8z pic.twitter.com/TZsqwdbQnt
— Richard Sullivan (@SullivanProf) October 10, 2021
Dados norte-americanos | Infecções resistentes a medicamentos levaram a custos de $1,9 bilhão em cuidados de saúde e mais de 10.000 mortes entre idosos em 1 ano.
8 Out, 2021 | 12:13hComunicado de imprensa: Drug-resistant Infections Led to $1.9 Billion in Health Care Costs, More Than 10,000 Deaths Among Older Adults in One Year – Infectious Diseases Society of America
Comentários:
Study highlights impact of antibiotic resistance on older Americans – CIDRAP
Retirada de prescrições de medicamentos em pacientes paliativos com câncer: revisão concisa de ferramentas e diretrizes.
8 Out, 2021 | 12:10hChoosing Wisely | Sete perguntas que médicos e residentes/pacientes deveriam fazer nos cuidados de longo prazo.
8 Out, 2021 | 11:48hVer listas completas de práticas de baixo valor: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia E Choosing Wisely Canada
Estudo randomizado SILENCE | Em pacientes em fim de vida, o butilbrometo de escopolamina subcutâneo profilático reduz a ocorrência de estertor da morte (respiração ruidosa causada pelo muco presente no trato respiratório superior).
8 Out, 2021 | 11:12hEffect of Prophylactic Subcutaneous Scopolamine Butylbromide on Death Rattle in Patients at the End of LifeThe SILENCE Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (gratuito por tempo limitado)
Editorial: Preventing Death Rattle With Prophylactic Subcutaneous Scopolamine Butylbromide – JAMA (gratuito por tempo limitado)
Entrevista com os autores: Scopolamine Butylbromide for Preventing End-of-Life Death Rattle – JAMA
Comentário no Twitter
In a randomized clinical trial among patients near the end of life, prophylactic subcutaneous scopolamine butylbromide significantly reduced the occurrence of death rattle https://t.co/e6BDI5yirY pic.twitter.com/hHfhC2iYHh
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) October 5, 2021
Séries do Lancet | Malignidades hematológicas em idosos.
8 Out, 2021 | 10:57hPágina principal: Haematological malignancies in older people – The Lancet Haematology
Comentário: Living longer and better with haematological malignancies: a promise for older adults too? (necessário cadastro gratuito)
A comprehensive approach to therapy of haematological malignancies in older patients (necessário cadastro gratuito)
Frailty assessment in the care of older people with haematological malignancies
Haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in older adults: geriatric assessment, donor considerations, and optimisation of care (necessário cadastro gratuito)
Revisão | Aprimoramento do cuidado de idosos criticamente doentes.
5 Out, 2021 | 11:15hOptimizing care for critically ill older adults – Canadian Medical Association Journal
Revisão sistemática | Exercício é uma terapia efetiva para tratar dor lombar de longa duração?
4 Out, 2021 | 10:00hResumo: Is exercise an effective therapy to treat long-lasting low back pain? – Cochrane Library
Estudo original: Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain – Cochrane Library
Comentário no Twitter
New @CochraneBack Cochrane review – 249 RCTs – ~25,000 participants – consistent, moderately strong evidence that #exercise treatment was more effective than no treatment or usual care for the management of chronic #backpain 📚 #systematicreview: https://t.co/X10rUtnNNb pic.twitter.com/O0AtZK2gZq
— Cochrane UK (@CochraneUK) October 2, 2021
Revisão | COVID-19 em idosos.
1 Out, 2021 | 21:58hCOVID-19 in older adults – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine