Daily Archives: February 1, 2019
Fri, February 1 – 10 Stories of The Day!
1 Feb, 2019 | 04:28h | UTC
1 – AACE/ACE Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm 2019 – Endocrine Practice (Free PDF and Slide Presentations)
Related Guidelines: ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free supplement) AND Diabetes Canada 2018 clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes in Canada (free)
2 – Solutions for non-communicable disease prevention and control – The BMJ (free articles)
3 – PSA’s Medicine Safety: Take Care – Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (free PDF)
News Release: Problems with medicines behind 250,000 hospital admissions annually (free)
“The report reveals that 250,000 Australians are hospitalised each year, with another 400,000 presenting to emergency departments, as a result of medication errors, inappropriate use, misadventure and interactions. At least half of this could have been prevented.”
4 – Fatal flaws in clinical decision making – ANZ Journal of Surgery (free)
Commentary: Fatal flaws in clinical decision making – PSNet (free)
5 – Intermittent iron supplementation for reducing anaemia and its associated impairments in adolescent and adult menstruating women – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Iron supplements taken one, two or three times a week for preventing anaemia, and its consequences in menstruating women – Cochrane Library (free)
“In comparison with daily supplementation, the provision of iron supplements intermittently is probably as effective in preventing or controlling anemia”
6 – General health checks in adults for reducing morbidity and mortality from disease – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: General health checks for reducing illness and mortality – Cochrane Library (free)
“General health checks are unlikely to be beneficial.”
9 – A.I. Could Worsen Health Disparities – The New York Times (free)
“In a health system riddled with inequity, we risk making dangerous biases automated and invisible.”
“The USPSTF recommends prophylactic ocular topical medication for all newborns to prevent gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. (A recommendation)”
BMJ Collection: Solutions for Non-communicable Disease Prevention and Control
1 Feb, 2019 | 02:48h | UTCSolutions for non-communicable disease prevention and control – The BMJ (free articles)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) constitute a major global health challenge. This new collection examines the major obstacles to preventing and controlling these diseases and suggests scalable solutions https://t.co/mupvuqQoru @ajain247 @KamranAbbasi pic.twitter.com/lZ4b0mrW9e
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) January 29, 2019
AACE/ACE Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm 2019
1 Feb, 2019 | 02:50h | UTCAACE/ACE Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm 2019 – Endocrine Practice (Free PDF and Slide Presentations)
Related Guidelines: ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free supplement) AND Diabetes Canada 2018 clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes in Canada (free)
Study: Fatal Flaws in Clinical Decision Making
1 Feb, 2019 | 02:45h | UTCFatal flaws in clinical decision making – ANZ Journal of Surgery (free)
Commentary: Fatal flaws in clinical decision making – PSNet (free)
Systematic Review: Intermittent Iron Supplementation vs. Daily Supplementation for Preventing or Controlling Anemia
1 Feb, 2019 | 02:43h | UTCIntermittent iron supplementation for reducing anaemia and its associated impairments in adolescent and adult menstruating women – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Iron supplements taken one, two or three times a week for preventing anaemia, and its consequences in menstruating women – Cochrane Library (free)
“In comparison with daily supplementation, the provision of iron supplements intermittently is probably as effective in preventing or controlling anemia”
Review: Interstitial Lung Disease and Other Pulmonary Manifestations in Connective Tissue Diseases
1 Feb, 2019 | 02:40h | UTC
Report: Problems with Medicines Behind 250,000 Hospital Admissions Annually in Australia
1 Feb, 2019 | 02:46h | UTCPSA’s Medicine Safety: Take Care – Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (free PDF)
News Release: Problems with medicines behind 250,000 hospital admissions annually (free)
“The report reveals that 250,000 Australians are hospitalised each year, with another 400,000 presenting to emergency departments, as a result of medication errors, inappropriate use, misadventure and interactions. At least half of this could have been prevented.”
Systematic Review: General Health Checks for Reducing Illness and Mortality
1 Feb, 2019 | 02:41h | UTCGeneral health checks in adults for reducing morbidity and mortality from disease – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: General health checks for reducing illness and mortality – Cochrane Library (free)
“General health checks are unlikely to be beneficial.”
The Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Spectrum: Diagnosis and Management
1 Feb, 2019 | 02:38h | UTC
Opinion: A.I. Could Worsen Health Disparities
1 Feb, 2019 | 02:36h | UTCA.I. Could Worsen Health Disparities – The New York Times (free)
“In a health system riddled with inequity, we risk making dangerous biases automated and invisible.”
USPSTF Statement: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum
1 Feb, 2019 | 02:35h | UTC“The USPSTF recommends prophylactic ocular topical medication for all newborns to prevent gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. (A recommendation)”