Mon November 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Potassium homeostasis and management of dyskalemia in kidney diseases: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference – Kidney International (free)

Related: Physiology and Pathophysiology of Potassium Homeostasis: Core Curriculum 2019 – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (free)

2 – Diagnosis and treatment of xerosis cutis – a position paper – Journal of the German Society of Dermatology (free)

3 – Guidelines on suicide amongst anaesthetists 2019 – Anaesthesia (free)

4 – The mental health of PhD researchers demands urgent attention – Nature (free)

Related: PhDs: the tortuous truth – Nature’s survey of more than 6,000 graduate students reveals the turbulent nature of doctoral research – Nature (free)

5 – 17-OHPC to Prevent Recurrent Preterm Birth in Singleton Gestations (PROLONG Study): A Multicenter, International, Randomized Double-Blind Trial – American Journal of Perinatology (free)

Commentary: Advice to pull a drug used to prevent premature birth sparks controversy – News Medical (free) AND Unexpected Findings in Confirmatory Trial of Preterm Birth Drug – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Related Study: A Randomized Trial of Progesterone in Women with Recurrent Miscarriages – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

6 – Alex Nowbar’s weekly review, 22 November 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

7 – Imaging Tests for the Detection of Osteomyelitis: A Systematic Review – Health Technology Assessment (free)

Source: EvidenceAlerts

8 – Comparisons of exacerbations and mortality among regular inhaled therapies for patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis – PLOS Medicine (free)

Related Guidelines: 2020 Global Strategy for Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of COPD – GOLD Reports 2020 (free PDF) AND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

9 – Low-volume bowel prep appears as effective as high-volume for colonoscopy – ACP Gastroenterology (free)

Original Study: Efficacy and Tolerability of High- vs Low-Volume Split-Dose Bowel Cleansing Regimens for Colonoscopy: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

10 – Evaluation of Long-term Risk of Epilepsy, Psychiatric Disorders, and Mortality Among Children With Recurrent Febrile Seizures: A National Cohort Study in Denmark – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Risk of Epilepsy with Febrile Seizure – Journal Feed (free) AND Repeated febrile convulsions linked to epilepsy and psychiatric disorders – Aarhus University (free) AND Kids’ Fever-Related Convulsions Tied to Greater Risk of Epilepsy, Schizophrenia – PsychCentral (free)