Daily Archives: June 25, 2019
WHO Consolidated Guideline on Self-care Interventions for Health: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
25 Jun, 2019 | 07:21h | UTCNews release: Expanding access to health services with self-care interventions – World Health Organization (free)
Related BMJ Supplement: Self care interventions for sexual and reproductive health and rights (free articles)
Tue June 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!
25 Jun, 2019 | 07:23h | UTC
News release: Expanding access to health services with self-care interventions – World Health Organization (free)
Related BMJ Supplement: Self care interventions for sexual and reproductive health and rights (free articles)
2 – Alcohol Use by Youth – Pediatrics (free)
Technical Report: Alcohol Use by Youth – Pediatrics (free)
News Release: American Academy of Pediatrics Emphasizes Dangers of Alcohol to Children, Teens and Young Adults – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Preventing Alzheimer Disease by Deprescribing Anticholinergic Medications – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period) AND Commonly prescribed anticholinergic drugs linked to dementia risk – UPI (free) AND Expert reaction to anticholinergic drug exposure and risk of dementia – Science Media Centre (free) Commonly prescribed drugs are tied to nearly 50% higher dementia risk in older adults, study says – CNN (free)
4 – Coagulation Testing in Patients Taking Direct Oral Anticoagulants: A Teachable Moment – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
5 – Natural History of Adrenal Incidentalomas With and Without Mild Autonomous Cortisol Excess: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Incidentally discovered adrenal tumors rarely grow or affect hormonal function, review finds – ACP Internist (free) AND Healthcare guidelines should be updated for patients with certain adrenal tumors – University of Birmingham (free)
Related Guideline: Management of adrenal incidentalomas: European Society of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline in collaboration with the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors – European Journal of Endocrinology (free)
Related Study: Working with influenza-like illness: Presenteeism among US health care personnel during the 2014-2015 influenza season – American Journal of Infection Control (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Commentaries: This flu season, physicians need to scrap the ‘martyr culture’ of working while sick – STAT (free) AND Healthcare Providers Shouldn’t Come to Work While Sick, but They Do — Here’s Why – HIV and ID Observations, Journal Watch Blog (free)
Infectious illness presenteeism (working while sick) prevalence ranged from 35 to 97%.
10 – The geriatric patient: special aspects of peri-operative management – Effort Open Reviews (free)
Related: Optimal Perioperative Management of the Geriatric Patient: A Best Practices Guideline from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP and the American Geriatrics Society (free) AND The Perioperative Care of Older Patients: Time for a New, Interdisciplinary Approach – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free) AND Peri‐operative optimisation of elderly and frail patients: a narrative review – Anaesthesia (free) AND Surgical Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Older Adults: What Geriatricians Need to Know – Journal of The American Geriatrics Society (free) AND Peri-operative care of the elderly 2014: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (free)
AAP Policy Statement: Alcohol Use by Youth
25 Jun, 2019 | 07:09h | UTCAlcohol Use by Youth – Pediatrics (free)
Technical Report: Alcohol Use by Youth – Pediatrics (free)
News Release: American Academy of Pediatrics Emphasizes Dangers of Alcohol to Children, Teens and Young Adults – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
Study: Anticholinergic Drug Exposure and the Risk of Dementia
25 Jun, 2019 | 07:03h | UTCCommentaries: Preventing Alzheimer Disease by Deprescribing Anticholinergic Medications – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period) AND Commonly prescribed anticholinergic drugs linked to dementia risk – UPI (free) AND Expert reaction to anticholinergic drug exposure and risk of dementia – Science Media Centre (free) Commonly prescribed drugs are tied to nearly 50% higher dementia risk in older adults, study says – CNN (free)
Teachable Moment: Avoid Routine Testing for PT and/or INR, as Well as aPTT, in Patients Taking DOACs
25 Jun, 2019 | 06:54h | UTCCoagulation Testing in Patients Taking Direct Oral Anticoagulants: A Teachable Moment – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Physiology and Pathophysiology of Potassium Homeostasis
25 Jun, 2019 | 06:31h | UTC
Working While Sick: A Systematic Review of Infectious Illness Presenteeism
25 Jun, 2019 | 06:25h | UTCRelated Study: Working with influenza-like illness: Presenteeism among US health care personnel during the 2014-2015 influenza season – American Journal of Infection Control (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Commentaries: This flu season, physicians need to scrap the ‘martyr culture’ of working while sick – STAT (free) AND Healthcare Providers Shouldn’t Come to Work While Sick, but They Do — Here’s Why – HIV and ID Observations, Journal Watch Blog (free)
Infectious illness presenteeism (working while sick) prevalence ranged from 35 to 97%.
[Abstract Only] Meta-Analysis: Natural History of Adrenal Incidentalomas With and Without Mild Autonomous Cortisol Excess
25 Jun, 2019 | 06:33h | UTCNatural History of Adrenal Incidentalomas With and Without Mild Autonomous Cortisol Excess: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Incidentally discovered adrenal tumors rarely grow or affect hormonal function, review finds – ACP Internist (free) AND Healthcare guidelines should be updated for patients with certain adrenal tumors – University of Birmingham (free)
Related Guideline: Management of adrenal incidentalomas: European Society of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline in collaboration with the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors – European Journal of Endocrinology (free)
Review: Expiratory Muscle Dysfunction in Critically Ill Patients
25 Jun, 2019 | 06:03h | UTC
Heart Failure and Sepsis: Practical Recommendations for the Optimal Management
25 Jun, 2019 | 06:07h | UTC
The Geriatric Patient: Special Aspects of Peri-operative Management
25 Jun, 2019 | 05:59h | UTCThe geriatric patient: special aspects of peri-operative management – Effort Open Reviews (free)
Related: Optimal Perioperative Management of the Geriatric Patient: A Best Practices Guideline from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP and the American Geriatrics Society (free) AND The Perioperative Care of Older Patients: Time for a New, Interdisciplinary Approach – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free) AND Peri‐operative optimisation of elderly and frail patients: a narrative review – Anaesthesia (free) AND Surgical Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Older Adults: What Geriatricians Need to Know – Journal of The American Geriatrics Society (free) AND Peri-operative care of the elderly 2014: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (free)