Daily Archives: February 7, 2019 | LinksMedicus Free Medical News & Perspectives

Expert Panel Recommendations: Fluid Administration for Acute Circulatory Dysfunction Using Basic Monitoring

7 Feb, 2019 | 23:26h | UTC

Fluid administration for acute circulatory dysfunction using basic monitoring: narrative review and expert panel recommendations from an ESICM task force – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)

Note: if the above link is paywalled, try this one

Related Commentary on Twitter

Fluid administration for acute circulatory failure: go back to the basics, thanks to the expert panel recommendations from an ESICM task force!
Read the full text article for free at https://t.co/VPtl6cD0aN @Dr_Cit @ESICM @ClinMedJournals pic.twitter.com/pBoJiKHihT

— Intens Care Med (@yourICM) February 1, 2019

2019 Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules

7 Feb, 2019 | 23:25h | UTC

Table 1. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger, United States, 2019 (free)

Table 2. Catch-up immunization schedule for persons aged 4 months–18 years who start late or who are more than 1 month behind, United States, 2019 (free)

Table 3. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Medical Condition, United States, 2019 (free)

Guideline: Best Practice Advice on Pre-hospital Emergency Anesthesia & Advanced Airway Management

7 Feb, 2019 | 23:20h | UTC

Best practice advice on pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia & advanced airway management – Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (free)

Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America

7 Feb, 2019 | 23:16h | UTC

Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (free)

Summary: What is ‘Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America’? – HIV.gov (free)

Related JAMA Editorial: Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for the United States (free)

Commentary: U.S. Announces Plan to Reduce New HIV Diagnoses by 90% Over Next Decade – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Number Needed to Treat (NNT): Conveying the Likelihood of a Therapeutic Effect

7 Feb, 2019 | 23:03h | UTC

Guide to Statistics and Methods: Number Needed to Treat: Conveying the Likelihood of a Therapeutic Effect – JAMA (free for a limited period)

See also: The NNT Website (resource on the subject with tutorials and practical examples)

Guideline: UK CMO Recommendations on Screen Time and Social Media for Children

7 Feb, 2019 | 23:10h | UTC

UK CMO commentary on screen time and social media map of reviews – Department of Health and Social Care (free PDF)

Commentaries: U.K. Doctors Call for Caution in Children’s Use of Screens and Social Media – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Experts respond to CMO report on screen-time and social media – Science Media Centre (free) AND Do not let children take electronic devices into bedrooms, say doctors – The Guardian (free) AND Screen time: Children advised not to use electronic devices at dinner – BBC (free)

See also: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (Pediatrics Supplement with free articles)

Review: Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Headache Disorders in Older Adults

7 Feb, 2019 | 22:50h | UTC

Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Headache Disorders in Older Adults – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (free)

Source: Medscape

Global, Regional, and National Burden of Suicide Mortality

7 Feb, 2019 | 22:41h | UTC

Global, regional, and national burden of suicide mortality 1990 to 2016: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Suicide falls by a third globally (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Global suicide mortality: Using data to inform action and monitor progress – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Global rates of suicide death have fallen by a third since 1990, study finds – CNN (free)

Study: Education May Not Protect Against Dementia as Previously Thought

7 Feb, 2019 | 22:44h | UTC

Education and cognitive reserve in old age – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Education may not protect against dementia as previously thought – American Academy of Neurology (free) AND Does education really protect against dementia? – Medical News Today (free) AND Education won’t help much when it comes to dementia, study says – CNN (free)

Review: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology

7 Feb, 2019 | 15:19h | UTC

Enhanced recovery after surgery in gynecologic oncology – International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics (free)

Study: Primary Cervical Screening with High Risk HPV Testing

7 Feb, 2019 | 22:39h | UTC

Primary cervical screening with high risk human papillomavirus testing: observational study – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: HPV cervical screening test switch ‘effective’, says pilot study – Cancer Research UK (free) AND Cervical screening intervals could be safely extended to at least five years – Pulse (free)

Related: USPSTF Statement: Screening for Cervical Cancer (free guidance and commentaries) AND Study: Little Benefit in Screening Women Aged 55 with a Negative HPV DNA test (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Randomized Trial: Cervical Cancer Screening with Cervical HPV Testing vs Cytology Testing (link to abstract and commentaries)

“The lower incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or worse and cervical cancer at present screening intervals would strongly support the safety of extending the intervals to at least five years without increasing the risk of potentially life-threatening disease.”