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Daily Archives: March 29, 2019

Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids Increase Mortality in Patients with Influenza Pneumonia

29 Mar, 2019 | 07:51h | UTC

The effect of corticosteroids on mortality of patients with influenza pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Critical Care (free)

 

Fri, March 29 – 10 Stories of The Day!

29 Mar, 2019 | 07:57h | UTC

 

1 – Lung cancer: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related Quality Standard: Lung cancer in adults – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

 

2 – The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fifth edition – Critical Care (free)

 

3 – The effect of corticosteroids on mortality of patients with influenza pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Critical Care (free)

 

4 – Comparative efficacy and acceptability of non-surgical brain stimulation for the acute treatment of major depressive episodes in adults: systematic review and network meta-analysis – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: Consider non-surgical brain stimulation for severe depression, say experts – The BMJ (free)

 

5 – Cefazolin versus anti-staphylococcal penicillins for the treatment of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Clinical Microbiology and Infection (free)

 

6 – Systematic Review: Adverse Effects of Pharmacological Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (free)

See also: Full Report (free PDF) AND Evidence Summary (free PDF)

 

7 – Standards for the diagnosis and management of complex regional pain syndrome: Results of a European Pain Federation task force – European Journal of Pain (free)

Related: Complex regional pain syndrome in adults (2nd edition) – UK guidelines for diagnosis, referral and management in primary and secondary care 2018 – Royal College of Physicians (free PDF)

 

8 – Direct healthcare costs of sedentary behaviour in the UK – Journal of Epidemiology & Community Practice (free)

Commentaries: Does prolonged sitting really kill 70,000 people a year in the UK? – NHS Choices (free) AND Queen’s research shows sedentary lifestyle linked to 70,000 deaths per year in the UK – Queen’s University Belfast (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at sitting down and death – Science Media Centre (free)

 

9 – A comparison of gender-linked population cancer risks between alcohol and tobacco: how many cigarettes are there in a bottle of wine? – BMC Public Health (free)

Commentaries: How many cigarettes are there in a bottle of wine? – BMC Series Blog (free) AND Cigarettes and alcohol: should we be communicating cancer risk in terms of cigarettes smoked? – Cancer Research UK (free)

 

10 – Global expansion and redistribution of Aedes-borne virus transmission risk with climate change – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (free)

Commentaries: CHART: Where Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes Will Go In The Future – NPR (free) AND Mosquito-spread diseases may endanger millions in new places due to climate change – The Guardian (free)

Related: Climate Change — A Health Emergency (free reports and commentaries on the subject)

 

NICE Guideline: Lung Cancer

29 Mar, 2019 | 07:54h | UTC

Lung cancer: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related Quality standard: Lung cancer in adults – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

 

European Guideline on Management of Major Bleeding and Coagulopathy Following Trauma

29 Mar, 2019 | 07:53h | UTC

The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fifth edition – Critical Care (free)

 

Meta-Analysis: Non-surgical Brain Stimulation for Major Depressive Episodes

29 Mar, 2019 | 07:49h | UTC

Comparative efficacy and acceptability of non-surgical brain stimulation for the acute treatment of major depressive episodes in adults: systematic review and network meta-analysis – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: Consider non-surgical brain stimulation for severe depression, say experts – The BMJ (free)

 

Meta-Analysis: Cefazolin vs. Anti-staphylococcal Penicillins for the Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

29 Mar, 2019 | 07:47h | UTC

Cefazolin versus anti-staphylococcal penicillins for the treatment of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Clinical Microbiology and Infection (free)

 

Systematic Review: Adverse Effects of Pharmacological Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults

29 Mar, 2019 | 07:45h | UTC

Systematic Review: Adverse Effects of Pharmacological Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (free)

See also: Full Report (free PDF) AND Evidence Summary (free PDF)

 

Study: Direct Healthcare Costs of Sedentary Behavior

29 Mar, 2019 | 07:25h | UTC

Direct healthcare costs of sedentary behaviour in the UK – Journal of Epidemiology & Community Practice (free)

Commentaries: Does prolonged sitting really kill 70,000 people a year in the UK? – NHS Choices (free) AND Queen’s research shows sedentary lifestyle linked to 70,000 deaths per year in the UK – Queen’s University Belfast (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at sitting down and death – Science Media Centre (free)

 

Study: A Comparison of Cancer Risks Between Alcohol and Tobacco

29 Mar, 2019 | 07:22h | UTC

A comparison of gender-linked population cancer risks between alcohol and tobacco: how many cigarettes are there in a bottle of wine? – BMC Public Health (free)

Commentaries: How many cigarettes are there in a bottle of wine? – BMC Series Blog (free) AND Cigarettes and alcohol: should we be communicating cancer risk in terms of cigarettes smoked? – Cancer Research UK (free)

 

Position Paper: Diagnosis and Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

29 Mar, 2019 | 07:36h | UTC

Standards for the diagnosis and management of complex regional pain syndrome: Results of a European Pain Federation task force – European Journal of Pain (free)

Related: Complex regional pain syndrome in adults (2nd edition) – UK guidelines for diagnosis, referral and management in primary and secondary care 2018 – Royal College of Physicians (free PDF)

 

Study: Climate Change will Lead to a Global Expansion of Aedes-borne Virus Infections

29 Mar, 2019 | 06:56h | UTC

Global expansion and redistribution of Aedes-borne virus transmission risk with climate change – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (free)

Commentaries: CHART: Where Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes Will Go In The Future – NPR (free) AND Mosquito-spread diseases may endanger millions in new places due to climate change – The Guardian (free)

Related: Climate Change — A Health Emergency (free reports and commentaries on the subject)

 

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