Pneumonia Etiology: bacterial or viral?

Chickenpox, acute pneumonia

Biomarker: C-Reactive Protein (Pubmed)

Biomarker: Procalcitonin (Pubmed)

Biomarkers: Systematic Review (Pubmed)

Clinical Trials

Hydatidiform Mole: Use of Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Hydatidiform Moles

UpToDate: Gestational trophoblastic disease: Epidemiology, clinical manifestations and diagnosis

National Guidelines Clearing House

Routine pre-evacuation ultrasound diagnosis of hydatidiform mole: experience of more than 1000 cases from a regional referral center. Free Article

Fowler DJ, Lindsay I, Seckl MJ, Sebire NJ.

Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Jan;27(1):56-60.

PMID: 16273594 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Related citations

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Hydatidiform mole ultrasonography: Standards (Pubmed)

Hydatidiform mole ultrasonography: Case Reports (English) (Pubmed)

Hydatidiform mole ultrasonography: Practice Guideline  (Pubmed)

Hydatidiform mole ultrasonography: Systematic Reviews  (Pubmed)

Hydatidiform mole ultrasonography: Specificity/Sensitivity  (Pubmed)

Hydatidiform mole ultrasonography: (not indexed in Medline) (Pubmed)

Do Human Lungs and Urinary Bladder Have a Normal Flora?

Hot off the press 09/28/2012:
Identification of microbes in healthy lungs sheds light on cystic fibrosis
Healthy people's lungs are home to a diverse community of microbes that differs markedly from the bacteria found in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. That's the result of new research from Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, which has wide implications for treatment of cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases. "The lung is not a sterile organ," said David Cornfield, MD, an author of the new study, which will be published Sept. 26 in Science Translational Medicine. Eurekalert!

Urinary Bladder Metagenome (PubMed)

Evidence of uncultivated bacteria in the adult female bladder.

Wolfe AJ, Toh E, Shibata N, Rong R, Kenton K, Fitzgerald M, Mueller ER, Schreckenberger P, Dong Q, Nelson DE, Brubaker L. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Apr;50(4):1376-83. Epub 2012 Jan 25. PMID: 22278835 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Related citations

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Lung Metagenome (PubMed)

Analysis of the lung microbiome in the "healthy" smoker and in COPD.

Erb-Downward JR, Thompson DL, Han MK, Freeman CM, McCloskey L, Schmidt LA, Young VB, Toews GB, Curtis JL, Sundaram B, Martinez FJ, Huffnagle GB. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 22;6(2):e16384. PMID: 21364979 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article Related citations

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Osteomyelitis in the Diabetic Foot

Diabetic Foot AND Diabetic Angiopathies (Practice Guidelines - PubMed)

Diabetic Foot AND Diabetic Angiopathies AND Osteomyelitis (Practice Guidelines - PubMed)

Diabetic Foot AND Diabetic Angiopathies AND Osteomyelitis AND Anti-Bacterial Agents (Practice Guidelines - PubMed)

Diabetic Foot AND Diabetic Angiopathies AND Osteomyelitis AND Anti-Bacterial Agents (Systematic Reviews- PubMed)

Diabetic Foot AND Diabetic Angiopathies AND Non-specific Therapies (Practice Guidelines - PubMed)

Diabetic Foot AND Diabetic Angiopathies AND Osteomyelitis AND (Implants OR Prostheses) (PubMed)

Diabetic Foot AND Diabetic Angiopathies AND Osteomyelitis AND Orthotics (PubMed)

Diabetic Foot AND Diabetic Angiopathies AND Osteomyelitis AND C-reactive Protein (PubMed)

Diabetic Foot AND Diabetic Angiopathies AND Osteomyelitis AND Procalcitonin (PubMed)

2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections. Cited by  (Google Scholar)

Current Clinical Trials

UpToDate

Core Temperatures in Adults and Children

UpToDate Pediatric

UpToDate Adult (ICU)

Adults (PubMed)

 

Children (Pubmed)

Age Factors (PubMed)

Sensitivity & Specificity/Reproducibility

Circadain Rhythm

Practice Guidelines (PubMed - no results to date)

Validation (PubMed)

Systematic Reviews (PubMed)

Comparative Studies (Adult & Children in PubMed)

Body Temperature/Standards (PubMed)

Is There Evidence for the Routine Screening for Bladder Cancer or Lung Cancer?

Urinary Bladder Neoplasm Screening  (PubMed - Systematic Reviews)

Urinary Bladder Neoplasm Screening  (PubMed - "evidence" as MAJOR topic)

Urinary Bladder Neoplasm Screening and USPSTF (PubMed)

Urinary Bladder Neoplasm Screening  (National Guideline Clearing House) 

Lung Neoplasm Screening  (PubMed - Systematic Reviews)

Lung Neoplasm Screening  (PubMed - "evidence" as MAJOR topic)

Lung Neoplasm Screening and USPSTF (PubMed)

Lung Cancer Screening (National Guideline Clearing House)

Rotavirus Vaccines and Incidence of Intussusception

Transient, short segment intussusception
 is frequently seen on abdominal CT's.



"Intussusception"[MAJR] AND "Rotavirus Vaccines"[MAJR] Filters: Systematic Reviews

"Intussusception"[MAJR] AND "Rotavirus Vaccines"[MAJR] Filters: Review

"Intussusception"[MAJR] AND "Rotavirus Vaccines"[MAJR] Filters: Randomized Controlled Trial

((Intussusception OR Intussusceptions) AND (Rotavirus AND (Vaccine OR vaccines))) NOT medline[sb]  (includes recent articles not yet indexed in PubMed)

Potential Intussusception Risk versus Benefits of Rotavirus Vaccination in the United States.
The burden of severe rotavirus disease averted due to vaccination compared with the vaccine-associated intussusception events offers a side-by-side analysis of the benefits and potential risks. If an intussusception risk similar to that seen internationally exists in the US, it is substantially exceeded by the benefits of rotavirus disease burden averted by vaccination. Desai R, Cortese MM, Meltzer MI, Shankar M, Tate JE, Yen C, Patel MM, Parashar UD. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Aug 27. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22929172

Diverticulitis: self-updating searches from PubMed with Limits: Human, English

Etiology

Epidemiology

Diagnosis

Drug Therapy

Surgery

Ultrasonography

Immunology

Microbiology

Diet Therapy

Psychology

Prevention & Control

Practice Guidelines

Probiotics/Microbiome

"Diverticulitis"[Mesh] NOT "Diverticulitis, Colonic"[Mesh]

Transitioning from IV Infusion to SubQ Insulin in Diabetic Ketoacidosis

PubMed Search
((insulin OR "Insulin"[Mesh]) AND (diabetic ketoacidosis OR "Diabetic Ketoacidosis"[Mesh]) AND (subcutaneous insulin OR "Injections, Subcutaneous"[Mesh]) AND (intravenous insulin OR "Infusions, Intravenous"[MeSH Terms])) AND ( transition* OR guidelines OR guideline OR algorithms OR algorithm OR "Drug Administration Schedule"[MeSH Terms])

Hyperglycemic crises in adult patients with diabetes  (Google Scholar)
AE Kitabchi, GE Umpierrez, MB Murphy… - Diabetes …, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc ... Hyperglycemic Crises in Adult Patients With Diabetes. ... Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) are the two most serious acute metabolic ... 8). Death in these conditions is rarely due to the metabolic complications of hyperglycemia or ketoacidosis ...
Cited by 154 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 23 versions
Above 154 citations narrowed by inclusion of terms: subcutaneous intravenous ketoacidosis insulin transition OR transitional OR transitioning OR guideline OR algorithm OR guidelines OR algorithms

Results: 43 citations

Hyperglycemic crises in adult patients with diabetes (Google Scholar)
AE Kitabchi, GE Umpierrez, MB Murphy… - Diabetes …, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc ... Hyperglycemic Crises in Adult Patients With Diabetes. ... Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) are the two most serious acute metabolic ... 8). Death in these conditions is rarely due to the metabolic complications of hyperglycemia or ketoacidosis ...
Cited by 154 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 23 versions
Above 154 citations narrowed by inclusion of terms: subcutaneous ketoacidosis insulin OR algorithm OR algorithms
Results: 19 citations

Gouty Arthritis

Since colchicine is anti-inflammatory is it considered a NSAID? (MeSH)
Colchicine is considered an alkaloid not a NSAID as seen  by their classification in the MeSH.  Scroll down the MeSH links to view the hierarchical classifications in the MeSH thesaurus.

Gouty Arthritis Reviews  (Pubmed)
Limits: English, Humans, Reviews

Timing the Initial Dose of Allopurinol (Pubmed)

Allopurinol and Organ Transplants (Pubmed)

Colchicine and Organ Transplantation (Pubmed)

Progestins as an Etiological Factor in Venous Thrombosis

Practice Guidelines (PubMed)

National Guideline Clearinghouse

Comparitive Studies (PubMed)

Meta-Analysis OR Systematic Reviews (PubMed)

Review from Past 5 Years (PubMed)

Progestins & IUD

Progestogens and venous thromboembolism among postmenopausal women using hormone therapy.

In conclusion, progestogens may have differential effects on VTE risk according to the molecules and therefore represent an important potential determinant of the thrombotic risk among postmenopausal women using estrogens. Canonico M, Plu-Bureau G, Scarabin PY. Maturitas. 2011 Dec;70(4):354-60. Epub 2011 Oct 22. Review. PMID: 22024394

Assessing the risk of venous thromboembolic events in women taking progestin-only contraception: a meta-analysis
Published data assessing the risk of venous thromboembolism in women prescribed progestin-only contraception are limited. In this meta-analysis of eight observational studies, the use of progestin-only contraception was not associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism compared with non-users of hormonal contraception. The potential association between injectable progestins and thrombosis requires further study. Mantha S, Karp R, Raghavan V, Terrin N, Bauer KA, Zwicker JI. BMJ. 2012 Aug 7;345:e4944. PMID: 22872710 [PubMed - in process] PDF

Cinnamon for Type 2 Diabetes

A PubMed search for Cinnamomum sp. and Type 2 Diabetes using Filters: Humans, Systematic Reviews, Meta-Analysis, English produced 7 results.  Most of the results confirmed a modest beneficial effect on FBG but no effect on HbA1c.

A systematic review and meta-analysis not yet indexed in PubMed concluded that the "use of cinnamon showed a beneficial effect on glycaemic control (both HbA1c and FPG) and the short term (<4 months) effects of the use of cinnamon on glycaemic control looks promising." (Cinnamon in glycaemic control: Systematic review and meta analysis. Akilen R, Tsiami A, Devendra D, Robinson N. Clin Nutr. 2012 May 12. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22579946)

Current Clinical Trials

Lexicomp

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database


Coumarin is present in significant quantities (up to 1%) in  cassia cinnamon (Cinnamomum aromaticum).  Coumarin has shown hepatotoxic effects in animal models.   Although only somewhat dangerous to humans, coumarin is a potent rodenticide: Rats and other rodents metabolize it largely to 3,4-coumarin epoxide, a toxic compound that can cause internal hemorrhage and death. Humans metabolize it largely to 7-hydroxycoumarin, a compound of lower toxicity. [1]


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1. Relative bioavailability of coumarin from cinnamon and cinnamon-containing foods compared to isolated coumarin: a four-way crossover study in human volunteers. Abraham K, Pfister M, Wöhrlin F, Lampen A. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2011 Apr;55(4):644-53. Epub 2010 Dec 20. PMID: 21462332

Ultrasound Guided Lumbar Puncture

Lumbar relaxed from ACEP

CME From ACEP

MedScape

NEJM Video
(Practice signing in with Athens)

Lumbar curled from ACEP

PubMed articles
Broad search

Narrow search

Pre-indexed (hot off the press)

Google Scholar (drilling-up)
Diagnostic and interventional ultrasonography in neonatal and infant lumbar puncture.
Coley BD, Shiels WE 2nd, Hogan MJ.)
Pediatr Radiol. 2001 Jun;31(6):399-402.)
PMID: 11436885 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] )
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Predictive value of CRP in neonatal sepsis

Neonatal as Major topic


Systematic Reviews


Meta-analysis


Comparative Study

Herpes Simplex Virus - Human (HSP-1 & HSP-2)

CAM treatment (PubMed)

Current articles (PubMed)

Drug effects (PubMed)

Images (Google)      Images (Medscape)

MoSpace

National Guidelines Clearinghouse

Practice Guideline; Randomized Controlled Trial; Review; Meta-Analysis (PubMed)

Systematic Reviews

UpToDate