Daily Archives: October 20, 2017

Fri, October 20 – 10 Stories of The Day!

20 Oct, 2017 | 01:31h | UTC

 

1 – Levels & Trends in Child Mortality – UNICEF (free PDF)

News release: Levels and Trends in Child Mortality (free)

Commentaries: 7,000 newborns die every day, despite steady decrease in under-five mortality, new report says – The World Bank (free) AND New child mortality estimates show that 15,000 children died every day in 2016 – The World Bank (free) AND ‘Unconscionable’: 7,000 babies die daily despite record low for child mortality – The Guardian (free)

 

2 – Report: The Lancet Commission on pollution and health (Report, Executive Summary, Video, Audio and Comments – free registration required)

Commentaries: Report: Pollution Kills 3 Times More than AIDS, TB And Malaria Combined – NPR (free) AND Pollution linked to one in six deaths – BBC (free)

 

3 – 2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea (free)

Commentary: New diarrhea guidelines stress implications of molecular tests – CIDRAP (free)

 

4 – Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management. Position statement on behalf of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (free)

 

5 – Elevated blood pressure and risk of mitral regurgitation: A longitudinal cohort study of 5.5 million United Kingdom adults – PLOS Medicine (free)

Commentaries: High Blood Pressure Is a Risk Factor For Mitral Regurgitation – Medical Research (free) AND High Blood Pressure May Raise Mitral Regurgitation Risk – TCTMD (free) AND Inevitable or preventable? High blood pressure linked to mitral regurgitation – Cardiovascular Business (free)

 

6 – High-flow oxygen via nasal cannulae in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Systematic Reviews (free)

“In patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure HFNC was not associated with a difference in mortality compared to Noninvasive ventilation or standard oxygen”

 

7 – Imaging Studies Offer New Insights Into Inflammation In CV Disease – Cardiobrief (free)

Original article: Colchicine Therapy and Plaque Stabilization in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

“Preliminary evidence that colchicine may reduce coronary plaque”.

 

8 – Evidence-based guidelines for supportive care of patients with Ebola virus disease – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: New Ebola guidelines address immediate supportive care – CIDRAP (free)

 

9 – Update: Interim Guidance for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus Infection – MMWR / CDC (free)

Commentaries: CDC Offers New Guidance on Diagnosing and Managing Zika in Infants – Physician’s First Watch (free)

 

10 – A Highly Pathogenic Avian H7N9 Influenza Virus Isolated from A Human Is Lethal in Some Ferrets Infected via Respiratory Droplets – Cell Host Microbe (free)

Commentaries: H7N9 study finds virus poised to become more lethal, resistant to treatment – CIDRAP (free) AND H7N9 influenza is both lethal and transmissible in animal model for flu – University of Wisconsin–Madison (free) AND Will the World’s Most Worrying Flu Virus Go Pandemic? – The Atlantic (free)

 

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