Daily Archives: December 14, 2018

Fri, December 14 – 10 Stories of The Day!

14 Dec, 2018 | 00:06h | UTC

 

1 – Guideline: Antenatal care for uncomplicated pregnancies – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

 

2 – 2019 Global Strategy for Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of COPD – GOLD Reports 2019 (free PDF)

Related Guidelines: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (acute exacerbation): antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence(free)

 

3 – Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting in Prostate Cancer — 29-Year Follow-up – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Long-term study shows most prostate cancer patients don’t need aggressive treatment – STAT (free) AND Radical surgery for some prostate cancers adds three years to life – Reuters (free)

 

4 – Neurodevelopment in Infants Exposed to Zika Virus In Utero – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Developmental delays persist as Brazil’s Zika babies grow up – STAT (free) AND Study: 15 percent of infants exposed to Zika develop abnormalities – UPI (free)

 

5 – Seven versus fourteen Days of Antibiotic Therapy for uncomplicated Gram-negative Bacteremia: a Non-inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free abstract)

Commentary: Study supports shorter antibiotic treatment for bacteremia – CIDRAP (free)

 

6 – Molecular analysis of bacterial contamination on stethoscopes in an intensive care unit – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (free)

Commentaries: DNA study shows stethoscopes loaded with bacteria, including staphylococcus – Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (free) AND ICU Stethoscopes Teeming With Bacteria – MedPage Today (free)

 

7 – Report: Survive and Thrive: Transforming care for every small and sick newborn – UNICEF and the World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: Nearly 30 million sick and premature newborns in dire need of treatment every year (free)

 

8 – Driving with Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment: Consensus Guidelines for Clinicians – Royal College of Psychiatrists (free PDF)

Commentary: When should dementia patients stop driving? A new guidance for clinicians – Newcastle University (free)

 

9 – Guideline: Clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration – British Medical Association (free guideline and other resources)

Commentary: Decisions about clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration: guiding doctors, helping patients – The BMJ Opinion (free)

“just because we can keep someone alive indefinitely, should we?”

 

10 – Christmas, national holidays, sport events, and time factors as triggers of acute myocardial infarction: SWEDEHEART observational study 1998-2013 – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Higher risk of heart attack on Christmas Eve – The BMJ, via EurekAlert (free) AND Christmas Is a Peak Time for Heart Attacks – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

 

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The 2018 Altmetric Top 100 Articles

14 Dec, 2018 | 00:04h | UTC

The 2018 Altmetric Top 100 Articles (free)

“In the past year, Altmetric has tracked over 25 million mentions of 2.8 million research outputs. This page highlights the top 100 most-mentioned scholarly articles published in the past year – those which have truly captured the public imagination.”

 

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WHO Manual: Preventing Surgical Site Infections

14 Dec, 2018 | 00:03h | UTC

Preventing surgical site infections: implementation approaches for evidence-based recommendations – World Health Organization (free PDF) (via @onisillos)

 

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Cochrane Special Collection: Diagnosing Skin Cancer

14 Dec, 2018 | 00:02h | UTC

Cochrane Special Collection: Diagnosing skin cancer (free articles)

News Release: Cochrane Library Special Collection: Diagnosing skin cancer (free)

 

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“What These Medical Journals Don’t Reveal: Top Doctors’ Ties to Industry”

14 Dec, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC

What These Medical Journals Don’t Reveal: Top Doctors’ Ties to Industry – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

 

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Systematic Review: Liberal vs. Conservative Fluid Therapy in Sepsis or Septic Shock

14 Dec, 2018 | 00:00h | UTC

Liberal versus conservative fluid therapy in adults and children with sepsis or septic shock – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Different fluid therapy strategies for sepsis and septic shock – Cochrane Library (free)

 

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