Daily Archives: October 24, 2017
Tue, October 24 – 10 Stories of The Day!
24 Oct, 2017 | 00:51h | UTC
1 – Guideline: Hepatitis B (chronic): diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
3 – A toolkit for reducing repetitive routine blood draws in hospitals – Choosing Wisely Canada (free PDF)
News release: Toolkit: Pause the Draws (free)
4 – Policy Statement: Infection Prevention and Control in Pediatric Ambulatory Settings – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
News release: Updated policy offers guidance on infection prevention, control in ambulatory settings (free)
Commentaries: Pediatrician’s New Germ-Control Advice: Bring Your Own Toys (10 articles per month are free) AND AAP: Hygiene, isolation protocols critical for infection control in pediatric office – Healio (free registration required)
5 – Clinical Report: Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services in the Pediatric Setting – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
News release: Pediatricians have key role in providing sexual, reproductive health care services (free)
6 – Incidence, Demographics, and Clinical Characteristics of Diabetes of the Exocrine Pancreas (Type 3c): A Retrospective Cohort Study – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Newly-identified third type of diabetes is being wrongly diagnosed as type 2 – The Conversation (free)
“Diabetes of the exocrine pancreas is frequently labeled type 2 diabetes but has worse glycemic control and a markedly greater requirement for insulin”.
7 – Concussion in adolescence and risk of multiple sclerosis – Annals of Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Concussions in Teenagers Tied to Multiple Sclerosis Risk – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Teenage concussion linked to later risk of MS – Medical News Today (free)
9 – Clinical Management of Insomnia Disorder – JAMA (free)
“Cognitive Behavior Therapy for insomnia is recommended as 1st-line Tx; pharmacotherapy, if used, should be on a short-term basis” (RT @JAMAInternalMed see Tweet)
10 – Review: The challenge of Takotsubo syndrome: heterogeneity of clinical features – Swiss Medical Weekly (free)
How Hospitals Are Using Patient-Reported Outcomes to Improve Care
24 Oct, 2017 | 16:37h | UTCHow Hospitals Are Using Patient-Reported Outcomes to Improve Care – Harvard Business Review (a few articles per month are free)