Here are recent publications with contributions from K2 based on last week’s search on PubMed (and optionally articles that have not been included in previous lists). This time the list includes in total 8 recent publications. The entries appear in the order they were received from NCBI. If you have publications that are not included in this or previous lists, please send the references to Hege F. Berg.

1. Patient Characteristics and General Practitioners’ Advice to Stop Statins in Oldest-Old Patients: a Survey Study Across 30 Countries.

van der Ploeg MA, Streit S, Achterberg WP, Beers E, Bohnen AM, Burman RA, Collins C, Franco FG, Gerasimovska-Kitanovska B, Gintere S, Gomez Bravo R, Hoffmann K, Iftode C, Peštić SK, Koskela TH, Kurpas D, Maisonneuve H, Mallen CD, Merlo C, Mueller Y, Muth C, Petrazzuoli F, Rodondi N, Rosemann T, Sattler M, Schermer T, Šter MP, Švadlenková Z, Tatsioni A, Thulesius H, Tkachenko V, Torzsa P, Tsopra R, Tuz C, Vaes B, Viegas RPA, Vinker S, Wallis KA, Zeller A, Gussekloo J, Poortvliet RKE.

J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jan 16. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4795-x. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 30652277

2. Risk of having one lifetime pregnancy and modification by outcome of pregnancy and perinatal loss.

Pirnat A, DeRoo LA, Skjaerven R, Morken NH.

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2019 Jan 16. doi: 10.1111/aogs.13534. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 30648732

3. Increased Incidence of Giant Cell Arteritis in Urban Areas?

Brekke LK, Fevang BT, Myklebust G.

J Rheumatol. 2019 Jan 15. pii: jrheum.180714. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.180714. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 30647168

4. How Does the Analytical Quality of the High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Assay Affect the ESC Rule Out Algorithm for NSTEMI?

Haagensen K, Collinson P, Åsberg A, Aakre KM.

Clin Chem. 2019 Jan 15. pii: clinchem.2018.298703. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.298703. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.

PMID: 30647124

5. Plasma growth differentiation factor-15 is an independent marker for aggressive disease in endometrial cancer.

Engerud H, Hope K, Berg HF, Fasmer KE, Tangen IL, Haldorsen IS, Trovik J, Krakstad C.

PLoS One. 2019 Jan 15;14(1):e0210585. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210585. eCollection 2019.

PMID: 30645608 Free Article

6. Prognostic value of uPAR expression and angiogenesis in primary and metastatic melanoma.

Hugdahl E, Bachmann IM, Schuster C, Ladstein RG, Akslen LA.

PLoS One. 2019 Jan 14;14(1):e0210399. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210399. eCollection 2019.

PMID: 30640942 Free Article

7. Health-related quality of life as predictor for mortality in patients treated with long-term mechanical ventilation.

Markussen H, Lehmann S, Nilsen RM, Natvig GK.

BMC Pulm Med. 2019 Jan 11;19(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s12890-018-0768-4.

PMID: 30635052 Free PMC Article

8. Rationale for combination of radiation therapy and immune checkpoint blockers to improve cancer treatment.

Dahl O, Dale JE, Brydøy M.

Acta Oncol. 2019 Jan 11:1-12. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2018.1554259. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 30632870