Efficacy of 13-valent polysaccharide conjugate vaccine (PCV13) against Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Adults

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1408544

CONCLUSIONS

Among older adults, PCV13 was effective in preventing vaccine-type pneumococcal, bacteremic, and nonbacteremic community-acquired pneumonia and vaccine-type invasive pneumococcal disease but not in preventing community-acquired pneumonia from any cause. 

Actualización 2015 de la guía de asma GINA

The 2015 update of the Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention incorporates new scientific information about asthma based on a review of recent scientific literature by an international panel of experts on the GINA Science Committee. It is the first annual update of the document since a major revision was launched on World Asthma Day, May 6, 2014. This comprehensive and practical resource about one of the most common chronic lung diseases worldwide contains extensive citations from the scientific literature and forms the basis for other GINA documents and programs.

http://www.ginasthma.org/documents/4

Toma de decisiones compartida y medicina mínimamente impertinente en pacientes con EPOC

Shared decision making and minimally disruptive medicine for COPD patients

http://minimallydisruptivemedicine.org/2015/04/08/shared-decision-making-and-minimally-disruptive-medicine-for-copd-patients/

Sobre la medicina mímimamente impertinente :

https://rafabravo.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/con-uds-victor-montori-y-la-medicina-minimamente-impertinente/

Interpretación de las pruebas funcionales respiratorias

A Stepwise Approach to the Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests

http://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0301/p359.html?hootPostID=e30450f8fc066d9372a5b6359954d7f5#.VR_7tlwYsUU.twitter

Atorvastatina en bronquiectasias

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(14)70050-5/abstract?cc=y

6 months of atorvastatin improved cough on a quality-of-life scale in patients with bronchiectasis. Multicentre studies are now needed to assess whether long-term statin treatment can reduce exacerbations.