Indispensable Reads - Archive: 2015

 
Alison Nohara, MD

A Randomized Trial of Intraarterial Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke​

NEJM. Jan 2015.

"This article shows rigorous science, to back up what we already knew.  Improvement of outcomes (modified rankin 0 -2) at 90 days"

Aditya Arya, NP

Grain Brain by David Perlmutter, MD

"A great read on diet and lifestyle management towards healthy living with a special focus on brain health​."

John Choi, MD

"One-Minute Test Predicts How Well a Patient May Recover After an Operation​" American College of Surgeons. Feb. 25, 2015

"Interesting article that predicts how pts may do post op​."

 
JR Nitzkorski, MD

"Isolated limb perfusion for malignant melanoma: 
systematic review on effectiveness and safety." The Oncologist. Mar 2010.

"Isolated limb infusion is a minimally invasive technique available in only a few centers in the US to treat advanced/unresectable melanoma.  It can also be used for Merkel cell carcinoma, sarcoma, and others.  We have performed this treatment twice at VBMC to date."

 
James J. Lyons, MD

"A Cold Taken to Heart" Circulation. May 2015.

"Please congratulate our very own Dr. Lyons, on the distinguished honor of having been published in Circulation."

Alain Broccard, MD

"Procalcitonin as Biomarker of Infection: Implications for Evaluation and Treatment" American Journal of Therapeutics. Mar 2015.

"Procalcitonin has been made available at VBMC. This article is a recent review that emphasis the potential use and benefit of this test to diagnosis sepsis and monitor response to therapy. Like any other test, it is not a substitute for clinical judgment. I hope this article will get you interested in learning more about Procalcitonin and sepsis, which remains the first cause of death in hospitals across the US."

The abstract is available at the above link.  Due to copyright reasons we cannot post the full length article.  To request a copy, please contact Knowledge Resources at vbmclibrary@health-quest.org.

John Choi, MD

"Small bites versus large bites for closure of abdominal midline incisions (STITCH): a double-blind, multicentre, randomised controlled trial." Lancet. Jul 2015.

"The debate is over. There is new evidence that shows how we close laparotomies makes a difference in preventing incisional hernias."

Only the abstract is available online.  If you would like a copy of the full-text, please e-mail vbmclibrary@health-quest.org.

Dr. Google

"Dr. Google should be sued for malpractice. Here’s why." Aug 2015.

"I can give out a lot of information, unfortunately it is not always reliable." - Dr. Google

John Choi, MD

"Why Do We Love To Hate Surgical Robots?" General Surgery News. Sep 2015.

Aditya Arya, NP

"Overdiagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection in the Molecular Test Era" JAMA. Sep 2015.

"Every test ordered has implications. This article shares interesting data on PCR Testing for c-diff associate diarrhea."