Daily Archives: February 9, 2018
Guideline: Antibiotics After Incision and Drainage for Uncomplicated Skin Abscesses
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:48h | UTCRapid Recommendations: Antibiotics after incision and drainage for uncomplicated skin abscesses: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free text and infographics)
Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:46h | UTCPolicy Statement: Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules: United States, 2018 – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
The Immunization Schedules for 2018 are available in the Red Book Online (free) and in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website (free)
Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:47h | UTC
How Fake Surgery Exposes Useless Treatments
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:45h | UTCHow Fake Surgery Exposes Useless Treatments – Scientific American (free)
Related: Sham surgeries: A tale of medical reversals & the role of the media – HealthNewsReview (free)
Opinion: This flu season, physicians need to scrap the ‘martyr culture’ of working while sick
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:43h | UTCThis flu season, physicians need to scrap the ‘martyr culture’ of working while sick – STAT (free) (via @CMichaelGibson)
Related study: Working with influenza-like illness: Presenteeism among US health care personnel during the 2014-2015 influenza season – American Journal of Infection Control (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Commentaries: Working while sick – ACP Internist (free) AND Health worker survey reveals many work during flu illness – CIDRAP (free)
Care-Centered Clinical Documentation in the Digital Environment: Solutions to Alleviate Burnout
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:44h | UTCRelated Infographic: Date Night with the EHR – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Related Commentary: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Related Guideline: Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians(free)
Free Online Course – The Lancet Maternal Health Series: Global Research and Evidence
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:45h | UTCFree online course. Starts 12 February 2018. The Lancet Maternal Health Series: Global Research and Evidence – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, via Future Learn
“Hear the latest expert evidence from The Lancet Maternal Health Series and learn what you can do to improve maternal healthcare”.
Research: Five and 10 minute Apgar scores and risks of cerebral palsy and epilepsy
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:39h | UTCInfographic: The vital first 10 minutes (free PDF)
Even slight changes within the normal Apgar score range (7-10) from five to 10 minutes have a major influence in the risks of cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
Overview of Systematic Reviews: Intraoperative Interventions for Preventing Surgical Site Infection
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:40h | UTCIntraoperative interventions for preventing surgical site infection: an overview of Cochrane Reviews – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Overview of Cochrane Reviews of interventions used during surgery for preventing surgical site infection (free)
Meta-Analysis: Prognostic Accuracy of qSOFA and SIRS criteria for Mortality in Patients With Suspected Infection
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:42h | UTCPrognostic Accuracy of the Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment for Mortality in Patients With Suspected Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: For mortality prediction, qSOFA has poor sensitivity, moderate specificity, review finds – ACP Hospitalist (free) AND Systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria may be more sensitive than quick sequential organ failure assessment for predicting mortality in patients with suspected infection – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
NICE Guideline: Pancreatic Cancer in Adults
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:38h | UTCNews release: Pancreatic cancer patients should be offered early scans to avoid unnecessary surgery, says NICE (free)
Research: Effectiveness of Family Integrated Care in neonatal intensive care units on infant and parent outcomes
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:37h | UTCEffectiveness of Family Integrated Care in neonatal intensive care units on infant and parent outcomes: a multicentre, multinational, cluster-randomised controlled trial – The Lancet child & Adolescent Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Premature babies healthier when parents help with hospital care, study shows – The Guardian (free) AND Preemies Fared Better When Parents Helped with NICU Care – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Parents’ care can help premature babies in hospital, says study – BBC News (free)
Review: The Management of Multi-vessel disease (MVD) in STEMI
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:35h | UTC
Guideline: Management of patients on antithrombotic agents undergoing emergency and elective endoscopy
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:36h | UTC
Update: Stroke in Women
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:24h | UTC– Stroke in Women: Recognizing Opportunities for Prevention and Treatment – Stroke (free PDF for a limited period)
– Impact of Conventional Stroke Risk Factors on Stroke in Women – Stroke (free PDF for a limited period)
– Stroke Risk Factors Unique to Women – Stroke (free PDF for a limited period)
Research: Effectiveness of a childhood obesity prevention programme delivered through schools, targeting 6 and 7 year olds
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:35h | UTCEditorial: The failure of anti-obesity programmes in schools (free)
Commentary: Obesity crisis can’t be solved by schools – major new study – The Conversation (free) AND Schools are not the answer to childhood obesity epidemic, study shows – The Guardian (free)
““In the words of Winston Churchill, “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”” (from editorial)
Report: Top 10 Health Economics and Outcomes Research Trends
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:21h | UTCISPOR 2018 – Top 10 Health Economics and Outcomes Research Trends (free PDF)
Commentary: Top 10 Trends Driving Healthcare in 2018 – NewsWise (free)
New Cellphone and Health Studies Don’t Eliminate Uncertainty
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:22h | UTCNew cellphone and health studies don’t eliminate uncertainty – Science (free)
Other commentaries: Largest Animal Study of Cell Phone Radiation and Cancer Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND High doses of cellphone radiation linked to some cancers in rats – STAT (free) AND Cell phone radiation: Could high exposure cause tumors? – Medical News Today (free)
2018 annual review of the Blueprint list of priority diseases
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:22h | UTC2018 annual review of the Blueprint list of priority diseases – World Health Organization (free) (via @equitylist)
Key actions: Diseases for which R&D preparedness activities are already in development – World Health Organization (free)
Systematic review: Preoperative exercise halves the postoperative complication rate in patients with lung cancer
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:18h | UTCPreoperative exercise halves the postoperative complication rate in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review of the effect of exercise on complications, length of stay and quality of life in patients with cancer – British Journal of Sports Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Regular exercise halves complication rate after lung cancer surgery – eCancer News (free) AND Lung Cancer Postoperative Complications Reduced With Preoperative Exercise – Pulmonology Advisor (free)
Report: Global Monitoring of Disease Outbreak Preparedness
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:20h | UTCReport: Global Monitoring of Disease Outbreak Preparedness: Preventing the Next Pandemics – Harvard Global Health Institute (free PDF)
See also: News Release (free) AND Summary report (free PDF)
EAU Guidelines on Assessment and Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:20h | UTCEAU Guidelines on Assessment and Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence – European Urology (free)
Research: Association of Preoperatively Diagnosed Patent Foramen Ovale With Perioperative Ischemic Stroke
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:17h | UTCAssociation of Preoperatively Diagnosed Patent Foramen Ovale With Perioperative Ischemic Stroke – JAMA (free for a period)
Commentaries: PFO Diagnosis Linked With Increased Risk of Perioperative Ischemic Stroke After Noncardiac Surgery – TCTMD (free) AND Preoperatively Diagnosed PFO and Perioperative Stroke – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
AASLD Guidelines for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:19h | UTCAASLD guidelines for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma – Hepatology (free)
Report: E-cigarettes and Heated Tobacco Products
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:15h | UTCReport: E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products: evidence review – Public Health England (free PDF)
News release: PHE publishes independent expert e-cigarettes evidence review (free)
Commentaries: UK experts urge smokers to switch to e-cigs for big health gains – Reuters (free) AND E-cigarettes ‘should be on prescription’ – BBC News (free) AND Doctors should encourage smokers to switch to vaping – OnMedica (free)
See related report recently released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free report and commentaries)