January 26th, 2015
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: January 26th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include dietary sodium content, mortality, and CVD risk in older adults, the ROX CONTROL HTN study, and more.
NEJM — Recent Cardiology Articles- Improving Global Air-Quality Indices — The WHO’s New Roadmap June 25, 2026Many countries rely on air-quality indices to inform the public and help protect people during short-term increases in air pollution. Their use has important societal and economic implications.
- Hospital Policy of Tranexamic Acid to Reduce Transfusion in Major Noncardiac Surgery June 25, 2026In a cluster-randomized trial involving patients having major noncardiac surgery, tranexamic acid reduced the need for red-cell transfusion during hospitalization and was noninferior to placebo for venous thromboembolism within 90 days.
- When Health Costs No Longer Count — Air Pollution and EPA Rulemaking June 25, 2026The EPA has decided to stop considering the monetary value of public health benefits in federal rulemaking related to air pollution. This decision could have profound health consequences.
- TRACTION for Greater Surgical Use of Tranexamic Acid June 25, 2026Every year, many millions of surgical patients worldwide are unnecessarily exposed to a higher-than-necessary risk of blood transfusion because they do not receive a single dose of tranexamic acid just before the surgery. This failing is due not to a lack of high-quality scientific evidence on the overall safety, efficacy,...
- Catheter Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation June 25, 2026Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common cardiac conditions and is associated with important adverse effects on quality of life, major cardiovascular and neurovascular outcomes, survival, and health care use. Improved outcomes have been seen with pursuit of sinus rhythm,1 and catheter ablation has been more effective...
- Improving Global Air-Quality Indices — The WHO’s New Roadmap June 25, 2026