Daily Archives: August 19, 2019

Mon August 19 – 10 Stories of The Day!

19 Aug, 2019 | 08:29h | UTC

 

1 -2019 update of EULAR recommendations for vaccination in adult patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)

 

2 – Pregnancy after bariatric surgery: Consensus recommendations for periconception, antenatal and postnatal care – Obesity Reviews (free)

Related: Pregnancy after bariatric surgery and adverse perinatal outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS Medicine (free)

 

3 – Perioperative covert stroke in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (NeuroVISION): a prospective cohort study – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: ‘Silent’ strokes common after surgery, linked to cognitive decline – McMaster University (free) AND ‘Silent’ strokes after elective surgeries in older adults double their risk of later cognitive decline, study finds – The Globe and Mail (free)

 

4 – Lactate guided resuscitation—nothing is more dangerous than conscientious foolishness – Journal of Thoracic Disease (free PDF)

Related Opinion: The ten pitfalls of lactate clearance in sepsis – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Related Randomized Trial: Resuscitation Strategy Targeting Peripheral Perfusion Status vs Serum Lactate Levels in Patients with Septic Shock (free)

 

5 – The Global Prevalence of Anxiety Among Medical Students: A Meta-Analysis – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (free)

Related: Medical student wellbeing – a consensus statement from Australia and New Zealand – BMC Medical Education (free) AND Prevalence of Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidal Ideation Among Medical Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – JAMA (free)

 

6 – Sick hospital workers often expose patients to contagious illness – Reuters (free)

Original Study: Which healthcare workers work with acute respiratory illness? Evidence from Canadian acute-care hospitals during 4 influenza seasons: 2010–2011 to 2013–2014 – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (free)

Related: Working While Sick: A Systematic Review of Infectious Illness Presenteeism (free)

 

7 – Promising new tuberculosis drug pretomanid approved, but will it be affordable? – Médecins Sans Frontières (free)

Original News Release: FDA approves new drug for treatment-resistant forms of tuberculosis that affects the lungs – U.S. Food & Drug Administration (free)

See also: New Drug Could Be Game Changer For Drug-Resistant TB. But A Question Looms – NPR (free) AND Treatment for extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis wins US government approval – Nature (free) AND Scientists Discover New Cure for the Deadliest Strain of Tuberculosis – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND U.S. FDA approves TB Alliance’s treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis – Reuters (free)

 

8 – Effect of Bismuth Subsalicylate vs Placebo on Use of Antibiotics Among Adult Outpatients With Diarrhea in Pakistan: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Network Open (free)

 

9 – Association of social contact with dementia and cognition: 28-year follow-up of the Whitehall II cohort study – PLOS Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Socially active 60-year-olds face lower dementia risk – University College London (free) AND Social Contact Associated With Lower Dementia Risk – MD Magazine (free)

 

10 – Association Between Electronic Cigarette Use and Marijuana Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Pediatrics (abstract Only – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Youth Who Use E-Cigarettes May Be More Likely to Use Marijuana, Study Finds – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Teens who vape three times more likely to use marijuana – UPI (free) AND Vaping linked to marijuana use in young people, research says – CNN (free)

 

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