Published: 01-09-2017

Our database updates daily from PubMed, regardless of summer holidays! Here, we list the 90 most interesting and useful articles we added during August 2017, with links to each abstract in PubMed. This brings the current total number of abstracts in the heoro.com database to over 193,500.

PRO studies

• The Patient-Reported Specatcle Independence Questionnaire (PRISQ) has been developed and validated in patients following cataract surgery in  the US. Morlock 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Remission of social anxiety disorder, meassured on the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, was 9% after 25 sessions from practitioners trained in manual short term psychodynamic psychotherapy compared with 16% with treatment as usual. Wiltink 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• The feeding Swallowing Impact Survey has been validated as a measure of quality of life improvement after surgery in children with laryngeal cleft. Fracchia 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Seven PRO instruments were found to correlate with each other and to 14 clinical diagnostic criteria for neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome. Balderman 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Resistance training plus a lean red meat diet increased SF-36 overall and physical quality of life values in elderly women compared with resistance training alone. Torres 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• High dose (80mg) simvastatin improved the Frontal Assessment Battery and SF-36 physical component scores compared with placebo in patients with multiple sclerosis. Chan 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• A systematic review concluded that specialist palliative care had a small impact on quality of life in adults with incurable disease, and was most likely to be effective if started early. Gaertner 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• A review of reviews concluded that physical activity may improve chronic pain, but the evidence remains weak. Geneen 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• A systematic review found that multifocal lenses achieved higher rates of spectacle independence after cataract surgery than monofocal lenses but also worsened dysphotopsia and contrast sensitivity. Wang 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• There were no significant differences in Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Scores, EQ-5D values or UCLA Activity scores with posterior or lateral approaches for total hip arthroplasty in Denmark. Rosenlund 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• A standardised set of patient-reported outcomes has been developed to inform value-based health care in colorectal cancer. Zerillo 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Erinotecan pegol improved global health status in patients with locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer compared with physician's choice of treatment. Twelves 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Patients with neurologic deficits have worse quality of life than those without after surgery for symptomatic lumbar scoliosis in the US. Kang 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Mean SF-36 PCS scores were 42.3 in adults with Marfan syndrome in the US. Goldfinger 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• 10-2 Visual field damage was more strongly associated with NEI VFQ-25 scores in patients with open-angle glaucoma than 24-2 visual field damage.  Blumberg 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire scores improved more with sacubitril/valsartan than enalapril in patients with heart failure. Lewis 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Orthognathic Quality of Life Questionnaire and Oral Health Impact Profile scores were better in patients with malocclusion treated with surgery first compared with traditional orthognathic approaches. Pelo 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Eischens yoga twice weekly can improve fatigue and urinary and sexual dysfunction compared with no yoga in people receiving radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Ben-Josef 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• A systematic review found that Tai Chi can improve pain, general health, vitality and mental health components of the SF-36 in perimenopausal women. Wang 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• WOMAC scores, Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), SF-36 and VAS pain scores were not significantly different in patients who received debridement of unstable chondral lesions during partial meniscectomy in the US compared with those who had observation only. Bisson 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Acupuncture at the Si Guan Xue may reduce pain at 5 days in patients with cancer, but made no difference to EORTC QLQ-C30 or Karnofsky Performance Status scores compared with an active control. Lam 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Anxiety scores were higher in people who had 2 or more inappropriate or appropriate implantable cardioverter/defibrillator shocks for tachycardia than those with no more than one shock, but EQ-5D values were not significantly different. Perini 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) improved mental health SF-36 values and PHQ-9 scores compared with nocturnal supplemental oxygen in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and coronary heart disease, but was less effective at improving physical function. Lewis 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Individualised interventions based on Q methodology reduced State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scores in adult orthodontic patients compared with a control group. Lin 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• SF-36 values were lower in patients with myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) than in healthy controls in Sweden, and mental component scores were lower than patients with other coronary heart disease. Daniel 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Thrust spinal manipulation in people with chronic low back pain in the US improved pain and Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire scores after 6 weeks, but did not affect spinal stiffness or flexion-relaxation ratio. Xia 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Adding cetuximab to chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer did not affect EORTC QLQ-C30 scores over 12 cycles of therapy. Patients with BRAF mutations had worse QOL scores and a worse prognosis. Thomsen 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• The Duke Activity Status Index was better correlated with exercise stress test achievements than the PROMIS SF-12 in US cardiac patients. Coute 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Mini Mental State Examination scores and complication rates were similar up to 48 months after stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with 2 to 4 brain metastases, compared with those with 5 to 10 metastases in Japan. Yamamoto 2017 Go to paper on PubMed

Cost and resource use studies

•  The median cost for outpatient surgery for melanoma and non-melanoma sklin cancer in the US was $1,745 in 2010-2014, compared with £11,323 for in-patient surgery. Johnson 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Only 64.9% of youths aged 21 years and under with type 1 diabetes and 42.2% of those with type 2 diabetes in the US had undergone ophthalmic screening in 2001 to 2014. Wang 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Ambulatory haemodynamic monitoring reduced health failure hospitalisations over 6 months in the US from 1020 to 381 per 1,114 patients, saving $7,344 per patient. Desai 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• 58% of patients in a US managed care network with acute conjunctivitis filed a prescription for topical antibiotics, and a further 11% filed a prescription for topical antibiotics plus corticosteroids, which are contrindicated in this condition. Shekhawat 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• 1% of Scottish schoolchildren were receiving treatment for ADHD in 2009-2013, with an increased risk of poor educational outcomes, leaving school early, being unemployed subsequently and needing hospitalisations in the treated group. Fleming 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• A systematic review concluded that there is still insufficient evidence to know whether mobile phone text messages can improve adherence to medications for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Adler 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Emergency room visits and hospital admissions for hypoglycaemia were higher at the end of a month than at the beginning in an insured population of the US, and eliminating this variation could save $54 million a year per 595,000 population. The difference was thought to be due to exhaustion of monthly food budgets. Basu 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• An enriched medical home intervention reduced emergency department visits in children with ambulatory care-sensitive conditions in the US, without reducing hospitalisations. Anugu 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Patients who had robotic colorectal resections in the US had a longer operative time but lower length of stay compared with laparoscopic surgery, with no significant difference in total cost. Rashid 2017 Go to paper in PubMed
• A systematic review concluded that there is insufficient evidence to know whether long-term home care is better than nursing home care for preventing hospital admissions or increasing happiness in functionally dependent elderly people. Young 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Early discharge reduced costs of care by 655 Euros per patient undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in Norway, but increased the risks of readmission in all patients except those with stable angina. Abdelnoor 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Patients with diabetes had greater need for medication and catheterisation for urinary retention after transurethral resection of the prostate compared with non-diabetics in China. Lin 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Yoga, physical therapy and patient education have similar effects on pain and function in chronic low back pain in the US. Saper 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Mean total procedural costs for bariatric surgery were calculated to be US$14,389 by the authors of a systematic review, but no study included all the important costs. Doble 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• In utero exposure to the 1918 influenza pandemic increased the number of hospital visits by 10 per 100 people over the age of 70 years in the US. Acquah 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• The mean cost per case of dengue in China in 2013-14 was US$499.64, with a mean length of stay of 7.2 days. Zhang 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• 11% of children discharged from PICU in the US were readmitted within 1 year in 2009-2010, with higher mortality and length of stay than children not readmitted. Edwards 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Early admission to a specialist acute spinal cord injury centre in Canada was associated with a significantly longer length of stay and higher costs compared with those transferred after surgery. Richard-Denis 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Cardiac resynchronisation therapy was used in just 26% of eligible patients hospitalised for heart failure in the US, but led to a reduced mortality and fewer readmissions. Randolph 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Use of the MitraClip device for transcatheter mitral valve repair in the US was associated with a fall in hospitalisations and similar overall costs compared with data from before the device was introduced. Vemulapalli 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Hospital in-patient costs in children undergoing the Fontan procedure for single ventricle in Australia and New Zealand were $390,601 to the age of 18 years, with a mean 164 inpatient days in that period. Huang 2017 Go to paper on Pubmed

Economic evaluations

• All dengue vaccination programmes that were considered were cost-effective in Brazil, in particular routine vaccination of 9 year-old children, as long  as vaccination cost less than $262 per child. Shim 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Early corneal cross-linking is cost-effective in the management of keratoconus in Canada compared with traditional management, with an ICER of Can$9,090/QALY gained. Leung 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• A systematic review found that switching to a quadrivalent from trivalent influenza vaccination programme could be cost-effective, but more research was needed. de Boer 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Using oral omeprazole immediate release suspension instead of intravenous pantoprazole in critically ill patients could save $4 per member in a US health care system. Foroutan 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Allowing a choice of influenza vaccines for children or adults could reduce the number of cases and dominates no choice when this increases vaccine coverage by 3.25% or more in the US. DePasse 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Ceftolozane/tazobactam is cost-effective compared with piperacillin/tazobactam as empiric therpay in complicated urianry tract infection in the US, with an ICER of $6,128/QALY. Kauf 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Prenatal screening for toxoplasmosis could save 323 Euros per birth compared with no screening in Austria, and could save 15 million Euros per year nationally. Prusa 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• A systematic review concluded that outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy was cost-saving by 57% compared with inpatient care. Psaltikidis 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• A day camp weight loss intervention was cost-effective in overweight children in Denmark compared with standard care, with an ICER of DDK 24,928 per BMI point lost. Larsen 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Any increase in use of long-lasting insecticidal nets would be cost-effective to prevent malaria in Mozambique, with an ICER of $114/DALY averted or less compared with increasing indoor residual spraying in moderate to high transmission areas. Lee 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• The Haiti Animal Rabies Surveillance Program, an integrated bite case-management program, is cost-effective for the control of human rabies in Haiti compared with passive animal rabies surveillance, averting 9-11 deaths annually and costing $2,891 to $8,453 per death averted. Undurraga 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Adjunctive azithromycin is cost-saving compared with cefazolin prophylaxis in caesarian deliveries in the US, saving $360 per unscheduled caesarian section and $143 for a planned section. Harper 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Point-of-care ultrasound screening of optic nerve sheath diameter is cost-effective in suspected acute cranial shunt failure compared with CT or MRI scans in the US. Pershad 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Buccal midazolam was the most cost-effective non-intravenous rescue medication for children with status epilepticus in the US, followed by nasal midazolam. Rectal diazepam was not cost-effective at any willingness to pay threshold. Sanchez Fernandez 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• A range of population-based tobacco control strategies were cost-effective for preventing cardiovascular diseases in Tanzania, but increasing tobacco taxes was the most cost-effective and a workplace smoking ban was the least cost-effective. Ngalesoni 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• A multicomponent self-management intervention was cost-effective in adults with epilepsy in the Netherlands,  with an ICER of 1,105 Euros per point increase in the Epilepsy Self-Efficacy Scale at 12 months compared with usual care. Wijned 2017 Go to paper on PubMed

Mortality studies

• Mortality rates were 6 to 12 times that of the US general population in perinatally HIV-infected youth with a mean age of 14.6 years. Neilan 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• 0.7% of patients in Italy treated for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia subsequently developed Hodgkin lymphoma, at a mean age of 70 years. Response to ABVD chemotherapy was the only independent predictor of survival. Mauro 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Mortality in primary sclerosing cholangitis was 49.5 per 1,000 person-years in the UK, compared with 16.1/1,000 in population controls. Liang 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• One year mortality after stroke was 3.4% in the US in 2010-2015; a model identified 10 significant factors that predicted mortality. DeMartino 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• A systematic review concluded that endarterectomy  has a lower 30-day mortality or recurrent stroke rate than coronary artery stenting in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Kakkos 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Haemodialysis increased survival in patients with salicylate poisoning requiring intubation in the US in 2003-2014. McCabe 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Temozolomide improved overall survival in aggressive pituitary tumours and carcinomas in France, with a 51.2% response rate. Lasolle 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Overall mortality declined by almost two-thirds in children in rural Guinea-Bissau between 1990 and 2013, but remained higher in the rainy season than dry season. Nielsen 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Five-year overall survival was 100% in Korean women with breast cancer detected on screening ultrasound, with a 5-year recurrence-free survival of 98%. Kim 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
•  Mortality was 10% in Canadian people with HIV since 2010, and is higher in indigenous people than other ethnicities. Benoit 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Left ventricular assist devices decreased 1-year mortality in people with heart failure compared with medical management in the US, and improved EQ-5D values in those with worse baseline values. Stehlik 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Beta blockers did not reduce 1-year mortality in survivors of acute myocardial infarction who did not have impaired left ventricular function in the UK, France, Spain and Sweden. Dondo 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• 6.8% of 1,493 patients with multiple myeloma in the US had early mortality, dying within 6 months of diagnosis. A risk matrix identified the factors that predicted early mortality. Terebelo 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Patients with acute myocardial infarction in Korea who had atrial fibrillation at admission had higher mortality at 1 year, 22.7% compared with 9.5% in those without AF. Hwang 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Mortality was 18.1% in infants with oesophageal atresia in China in 2004-2016. A scoring system was able to predict mortality in infants scoring 5 or more. Li 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Mortality in patients hospitalised for heart failure in the US between 2000 and 2013 was 3.0% in hospital, 6.7% at 30 days, 14.7% at 90 days and 21.5% at 180 days after discharge. Win 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement was 4.4 to 8.2% in hospital and 5.4 to 10.1% at 30 days in France. Auffret 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Elderly people in France with 5 or more metrics at the ideal level had a 29% decreased risk of all-cause mortality and 67% reduced risk of cardiovascular mortality compared with those with 2 or fewer favourable metrics. Gaye 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Cumulative all-cause mortality was 30.8% at 1 year after admission for acute heart failure in India, with the greatest risk in the first 3 months after discharge (18.1%). Harikrishnan 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• The presence of three high-risk echocardiographic features was associated with an increased risk of mortality in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension in the US, with a relative risk of 4.86 at 1 year and 3.35 at 3 years. Austin 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• After adjustment for baseline risk, obese patients admitted to hospital in the US with pulmonary arterial hypertension had lower in-hospital mortality than non-obese, 3.5% versus 8.1% respectively. Agarwal 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• In the four years after the Japanese tsunami of 2011, the risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction did not increase in survivors, but fatal MI risk was increased (standardised incidence ratio 1.8) in people who had been in a high impact zone, and remained high for the 3 following years. Nakamura 2017 Go to paper on PubMed
• Low and moderate alcohol drinkers had lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality than lifetime abstainers in the US. Heavy drinkers and those who binge drank once or more a week had higher all-cause and cancer mortality than non-drinkers. Xi 2017 Go to paper on PubMed