Daily Archives: December 10, 2018

Mon, December 10 – 10 Stories of The Day!

10 Dec, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – Guideline: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (acute exacerbation): antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Commentary: GPs should consider restricting antibiotics for COPD – OnMedica (free)

 

2 – Guideline: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

 

3 – Guideline: Post-traumatic stress disorder – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

 

4 – Essential points from Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease 2018 – Japanese Society of Nephrology (free)

 

5 – Quantifying the benefits and harms of various preventive health activities – Australian Journal of General Practice (free) (via @PaulGlasziou)

 

6 – Dr. Lisa Schwartz, Critic of Medical Excess, Is Dead at 55 – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

 

7 – Critical review of the evidence underlying management of glucocorticoid-induced hyperglycaemia – European Journal of Endocrinology (free)

 

8 – Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Patient Nondisclosure of Medically Relevant Information to Clinicians – JAMA Network Open (free)

Commentaries: Threats to the Validity of the Clinical Interview: Can Anything Be Done? – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Patients often withhold relevant information from doctors – Reuters (free) AND Most Patients Have Held Back the Truth From Doctors, JAMA Results Show – AJMC (free) AND Why patients lie to their doctors – University of Utah Health (free) AND Majority of Patients Withhold Important Information From Their Health Care Providers – MedicalResearch.com (free)

 

9 – The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move (free articles – registration required)

Commentaries: Harmful myths about migration and health used to justify policies of exclusion are unfounded – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND Report: Facts About Migrants Don’t Always Match What The Headlines Say – NPR (free) AND Myths about migrants spreading disease ‘inform hostile policies’ – The Guardian (free)

 

10 – Effects of fluoxetine on functional outcomes after acute stroke (FOCUS): a pragmatic, double-blind, randomised, controlled trial – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Fluoxetine and recovery after stroke – The Lancet (free) AND Fluoxetine (Prozac) Did Not Reduce Risk of Depression After Stroke, But Did Raise Risk of Fractures – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Common antidepressant does not aid stroke recovery, study finds – University of Edinburgh (free)

 

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