
About this episode
Chest pain evaluation in the ED, peer review, the NordICC trial, and a surgeon lost too early are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic
I. Chest Pain Consensus Pathway
- ACC Issues Guidance on ED Evaluation of Acute Chest Pain https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/982302
- 2022 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on the Evaluation and Disposition of Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.08.750
- 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001030#d20522356e1
II. Peer Review
- Big Name Researchers May Get Special Treatment, Limiting New Science https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/982193
- Nobel and Novice: Author Prominence Affects Peer Review https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4190976
- Editorial peer review for improving the quality of reports of biomedical studies https://www.cochrane.org/MR000016/METHOD_editorial-peer-review-for-improving-the-quality-of-reports-of-biomedical-studies
III. NordICC
- Colonoscopy Lowers CRC Risk and Death, but Not by Much: NordICC https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/982143
- Effect of Colonoscopy Screening on Risks of Colorectal Cancer and Related Death https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2208375
- The arrogance of preventive medicine https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC117852/
- Five-Year Outcomes of the Danish Cardiovascular Screening (DANCAVAS) Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2208681
IV. Domenico Pagano
- Surgeon Domenico Pagano Has Died, EACTS Announces https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/982351
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Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, on Medicine and the Machine https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine
The Bob Harrington Show with Stanford University Chair of Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington
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