Fri October 18 – 10 Stories of The Day!
18 Oct, 2019 | 10:25h | UTC
1 – Global tuberculosis report 2019 – World Health Organization (free)
New Release: 7 million people receive record levels of lifesaving TB treatment but 3 million still miss out – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: WHO TB 2019 report: Unprecedented political commitment leads to unprecedented progress – Science Speaks: Global ID News (free) AND World Falling Short Of 2020 Targets For ‘End TB’ Strategy – Health Policy Watch (free) AND Fighting TB: Slow Progress Should Ignite Action – Forbes (free)
2 – Clinical practice guideline on undernutrition in chronic kidney disease – BMC Nephrology (free)
Commentaries: The Important but Rarely Studied Cascade of Care – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Incidental Test Findings and the Burden They Create – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Related: Umbrella Review: Prevalence and Outcomes of Incidental Imaging Findings (free)
4 – Management of blood pressure in stroke – International Journal of Cardiology Hypertension (free)
Related Guidelines: 2018 AHA/ASA Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke (free) AND AHA/ASA Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (free) AND Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Acute Stroke Management (free) AND Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Related: Mobility Programs for the Hospitalized Older Adult: A Scoping Review – Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (free)
7 – Complexity in Assessing the Benefit vs Risk of Vaccines: Experience With Rotavirus and Dengue Virus Vaccines – JAMA (free for a limited period)
“At what threshold does a large reduction in disease burden for society justify the small risk of an adverse reaction to an individual?”
8 – Information Asymmetry: The Untapped Value of the Patient – NEJM Catalyst (free)
9 – Alex Nowbar’s weekly review—17 October 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Commentary: Frequent drinking is greater risk factor for heart rhythm disorder than binge drinking – European Society of Cardiology (free)