Daily Archives: December 13, 2016

Tue, Dec 13 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

13 Dec, 2016 | 01:17h | UTC

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1 – You Want Guidelines? We Got Guidelines! – HIV and ID Observations

Commentary and links to the latest guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (1 – Candidiasis; 2 – Antibiotic Stewardship; 3 – Aspergillosis; 4 – Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia; 5 – Coccidioidomycosis; 6 – Treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis; 7 – Diagnosis of tuberculosis; 8 – Leishmaniasis) (RT @PaulSaxMD)

 

2 – Playbook – Better Care for People with Complex Needs: Five foundations have partnered with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to develop this resource for health system leaders, payers, and policy makers who are seeking to learn more about high-need individuals and promising care approaches

Source: Medscape – Online ‘Playbook’ for High-Need Patients Released (Free registration required)

 

3 – Perioperative management of the bleeding patient – British Journal of Anaesthesia

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

4 – Enhanced recovery after surgery for primary hip and knee arthroplasty: a review of the evidence – British Journal of Anaesthesia

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

5 – Withholding versus Continuing Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers before Noncardiac Surgery: An Analysis of the Vascular events In noncardiac Surgery patIents cOhort evaluatioN Prospective Cohort – F1000Prime (Commentary) (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

 

6 – Expanding universal health coverage from the ground up – The Lancet Global Health

 

7 – Universal Health Coverage Data Portal – World Health Organization

 

8 – Antipsychotics Found Not Helpful in Palliative Delirium – MedPage Today

 

9 – Psychosocial Care for People With Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association

Source: ACP Internist – Clinicians should integrate psychosocial components into diabetes care, ADA recommends

 

10 – Low-Dose Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: 10-year Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial – Circulation (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

Source: ACP Internist – Low-dose aspirin may not reduce cardiovascular events in diabetic patients

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