Daily Archives: September 5, 2018

Wed, September 5 – 10 Stories of The Day!

5 Sep, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – cOAlition S: Making Open Access a Reality by 2020 – Science Europe (free)

See also: 10 principles of Plan S (free PDF) AND Press Release (free PDF)

Commentaries: Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions – Nature News (free) AND ‘Plan S’ and ‘cOAlition S’ – Accelerating the transition to full and immediate Open Access to scientific publications – European Commission (free) AND Science without publication paywalls: cOAlition S for the realisation of full and immediate Open Access – PLOS Biology (free)

“…free access to all scientific publications from publicly funded research is a moral right of citizens.” (from European Comission)

 

2 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline on the Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Among Children – JAMA Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: CDC releases updated guideline on diagnosis and management of pediatric mTBI – Kennedy Krieger Institute, via EurekAlert (free) AND CDC Seeks to Standardize Mild TBI Management in Kids – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND New advice on kids’ concussions calls for better tracking – Associated Press (free) AND CDC issues first guidelines to treat youth concussions – CNN (free)

 

3 – Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Editorial: Congenital Syphilis—Still a Shadow on the Land (free)

“The USPSTF recommends early screening for syphilis infection in all pregnant women. (A recommendation)”

 

4 – Experts brace for more super-resistant gonorrhea – CIDRAP (free)

 

5 – Perspective: Good Documentation – JAMA (free for a limited period)

“In this narrative medicine essay, the author, who transitioned from paper and pen to computer-generated electronic health record keeping wonders whether the self-select menu items ultimately dehumanizes both the patient and the physician.” (via @JAMA_current see Tweet)

 

6 – Margaret McCartney: A summary of four and a half years of columns in one column – The BMJ (free) (via @oncology_bg)

 

7 – 2018 Korean Clinical Imaging Guideline for Hemoptysis – Korean Journal of Radiology (free)

 

8 – Policy Statement: Child Passenger Safety – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

News Release: AAP Updates Recommendations on Car Seats for Children (free)

Commentary: Children Should Remain in Rear-Facing Car Seats as Long as Possible – Physician’s First Watch (free)

 

9 – Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1·9 million participants – The Lancet Global Health (free)

Commentaries: Quarter of world’s population ‘not active enough to stay healthy’ – The Guardian (free) AND A quarter of adults are too inactive, putting health at risk – Reuters (free)

 

10 – Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Physician Burnout Poses Risks to Patient Safety – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Burnout in doctors doubles risk of patient safety incidents, study finds – Pulse (free)

 

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