Fri January 31 – 10 Stories of The Day!
31 Jan, 2020 | 01:40h | UTC
Situation Report: WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 30 JANUARY 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Commentaries: WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency – STAT (free) AND The coronavirus outbreak is now a global health emergency, WHO says – Vox (free) AND WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak A Global Health Emergency – NPR (free) AND W.H.O. Declares Global Emergency as Wuhan Coronavirus Spreads – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND WHO declares China virus outbreak an international emergency – Reuters (free)
Latest Articles: Viewpoint: The Novel Coronavirus Originating in Wuhan, China Challenges for Global Health Governance – JAMA (free) AND Genomic characterisation and epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus origins and receptor binding – The Lancet (free) AND Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study – The Lancet (free)
Related guidelines: Cardio-Oncology: Vascular and Metabolic Perspectives: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF) AND Prevention and Monitoring of Cardiac Dysfunction in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND Cardio-Onco-Hematology in Clinical Practice. Position Paper and Recommendations – Revista Espanola de Cardiologia (free)
3 – Five-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: NEJM: transcatheter aortic valve replacement shows similar safety outcomes as open-heart surgery – Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai (free)
4 – Yield of a Public Health Screening of Children for Islet Autoantibodies in Bavaria, Germany – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: General population screening reduces life-threatening diabetic ketoacidosis – JDRF (free)
5 – Antimicrobial-associated harm in critical care: a narrative review – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)
6 – What is new in decompressive craniectomy in neurological emergencies: the good, the bad and the ugly – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)
Related Systematic Review: Decompressive Craniectomy for the Treatment of High Intracranial Pressure in Closed Traumatic Brain Injury – Cochrane Library (free article, guideline and randomized trial)
7 – Cannabinoids for adult cancer-related pain: systematic review and meta-analysis – BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Cannabinoids No Help for Cancer Pain, Concludes Meta-Analysis – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: NICE Guideline: Cannabis-Based Medicinal Products (free guideline and resources on the subject)
8 – Outcomes of Online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Patients With Residual Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Researcher: New online therapy for lingering depression symptoms could fill ‘gap in care’ – University of Toronto (free)
9 – Restrictive versus routine episiotomy among Southeast Asian term pregnancies: a multicentre randomised controlled trial – BJOG (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Cochrane Review: Selective versus routine use of episiotomy for vaginal birth (free) AND Summary (free)
Source: FDA Strengthens Constipation Warning on Clozapine – NEJM Journal Watch (free)