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Daily Archives: November 22, 2019

Fri November 22 – 10 Stories of The Day!

22 Nov, 2019 | 10:34h | UTC

 

1 – Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free)

News Release: New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: Challenges in global surveillance of physical activity – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free) AND Most Adolescents Around The World Are Insufficiently Active, Risking Current And Future Health – Health Policy Watch (free) AND A Majority of The World’s Teens Aren’t Getting Enough Physical Activity – TIME (free) AND More than 80% of adolescents not active enough, warns WHO – The Guardian (free) AND Sedentary teens risk health, hearts and minds: WHO study – Reuters (free)

 

2 – Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers for Managing Patients with Suspected E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use–Associated Lung Injury — United States, November 2019 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

See also: Characteristics of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Patients in a Nationwide Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use–Associated Lung Injury — United States, November 2019 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentaries: Two Vaping Advisories Released by CDC – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND CDC Updates Interim Guidance on Vaping-Linked Lung Illness – Physician’s Briefing (free)

 

3 – Toward Increased Understanding of the Steroid Controversy in Septic Shock – Critical Care Medicine (free)

See also: Why Understanding Sepsis Endotypes Is Important for Steroid Trials in Septic Shock (free) AND Why the Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Critically Ill Patients With Septic Shock (ADRENAL) Trial Did Not Show a Difference in Mortality (free) AND Why My Steroid Trials in Septic Shock Were “Positive” (free)

Related: Review: Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Septic Shock (free review, guideline and meta-analysis on the subject)

 

4 – Evaluating a digital sepsis alert in a London multisite hospital network: a natural experiment using electronic health record data – Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (free)

Commentary: Digital monitoring system helps improve hospital care of sepsis patients – OnMedica (free) AND Sepsis digital alert ‘led to faster treatment with antibiotics’ – BBC (free)

 

5 – Nutrition therapy and critical illness: practical guidance for the ICU, post-ICU, and long-term convalescence phases – Critical Care (free)

Related: ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in the intensive care unit – Clinical Nutrition (free) AND Special Issue: Nutrition in Critical Illness – ICU Management & Practice (free)

 

6 – Exposure to Tomographic Scans and Cancer Risks – JNCI Cancer Spectrum (free)

Commentary: Radiation from CT scans associated with increased risk for cancer – Oxford University Press (free)

Related: Association of Exposure to Diagnostic Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation With Risk of Cancer Among Youths in South Korea – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Retrospective Cohort: Radiation Exposure From Pediatric CT Scans and Subsequent Cancer Risk (link to abstract and commentary)

 

7 – Platelet rich plasma injection for acute Achilles tendon rupture: PATH-2 randomised, placebo controlled, superiority trial – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: A sound theoretical mechanism and clinical indication are not enough—the case of Platelet Rich Plasma for Achilles tendon ruptures – The BMJ Opinion (free)

 

8 – Bleeding and ischaemic outcomes in patients treated with dual or triple antithrombotic therapy: systematic review and meta-analysis – European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy (free)

 

9 – Systematic Review: Pharmacological interventions for the prevention of acute postoperative pain in adults following brain surgery – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Preventing pain after brain surgery – Cochrane Library (free)

 

10 – Bedside Optic Nerve Ultrasonography for Diagnosing Increased Intracranial Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Bedside optic nerve ultrasonography may be useful for measuring intracranial pressure – ACP Hospitalist (free) AND Optic Nerve Ultrasound May ID Increased Intracranial Pressure – Physician’s Briefing (free)

 

WHO Study: 81% of Adolescents Not Active Enough

22 Nov, 2019 | 08:40h | UTC

Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free)

News Release: New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: Challenges in global surveillance of physical activity – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free) AND Most Adolescents Around The World Are Insufficiently Active, Risking Current And Future Health – Health Policy Watch (free) AND A Majority of The World’s Teens Aren’t Getting Enough Physical Activity – TIME (free) AND More than 80% of adolescents not active enough, warns WHO – The Guardian (free) AND Sedentary teens risk health, hearts and minds: WHO study – Reuters (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

Perspective: Toward Increased Understanding of the Steroid Controversy in Septic Shock

22 Nov, 2019 | 08:35h | UTC

Toward Increased Understanding of the Steroid Controversy in Septic Shock – Critical Care Medicine (free)

See also: Why Understanding Sepsis Endotypes Is Important for Steroid Trials in Septic Shock (free) AND Why the Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Critically Ill Patients With Septic Shock (ADRENAL) Trial Did Not Show a Difference in Mortality (free) AND Why My Steroid Trials in Septic Shock Were “Positive” (free)

Related: Review: Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Septic Shock (free review, guideline, and meta-analysis on the subject)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

Study: A Digital Sepsis Alert is Associated with Improved Outcomes, Including Timely Antibiotics

22 Nov, 2019 | 08:33h | UTC

Evaluating a digital sepsis alert in a London multisite hospital network: a natural experiment using electronic health record data – Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (free)

Commentary: Digital monitoring system helps improve hospital care of sepsis patients – OnMedica (free) AND Sepsis digital alert ‘led to faster treatment with antibiotics’ – BBC (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

CDC Guideline: Managing Patients with Suspected Vaping Associated Lung Injury

22 Nov, 2019 | 08:37h | UTC

Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers for Managing Patients with Suspected E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use–Associated Lung Injury — United States, November 2019 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

See also: Characteristics of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Patients in a Nationwide Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use–Associated Lung Injury — United States, November 2019 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentaries: Two Vaping Advisories Released by CDC – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND CDC Updates Interim Guidance on Vaping-Linked Lung Illness – Physician’s Briefing (free)

 

Randomized Trial: Platelet Rich Plasma Injection for Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture

22 Nov, 2019 | 08:28h | UTC

Platelet rich plasma injection for acute Achilles tendon rupture: PATH-2 randomised, placebo controlled, superiority trial – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: A sound theoretical mechanism and clinical indication are not enough—the case of Platelet Rich Plasma for Achilles tendon ruptures – The BMJ Opinion (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

Review: Nutrition Therapy and Critical Illness

22 Nov, 2019 | 08:31h | UTC

Nutrition therapy and critical illness: practical guidance for the ICU, post-ICU, and long-term convalescence phases – Critical Care (free)

Related: ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in the intensive care unit – Clinical Nutrition (free) AND Special Issue: Nutrition in Critical Illness – ICU Management & Practice (free)

 

Meta-Analysis: Bleeding and Ischemic Outcomes in Patients Treated with Dual vs. Triple Antithrombotic Therapy

22 Nov, 2019 | 08:26h | UTC

Bleeding and ischaemic outcomes in patients treated with dual or triple antithrombotic therapy: systematic review and meta-analysis – European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy (free)

 

Study: Exposure to Tomographic Scans and Cancer Risks

22 Nov, 2019 | 08:30h | UTC

Exposure to Tomographic Scans and Cancer Risks – JNCI Cancer Spectrum (free)

Commentary: Radiation from CT scans associated with increased risk for cancer – Oxford University Press (free)

Related: Association of Exposure to Diagnostic Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation With Risk of Cancer Among Youths in South Korea – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Retrospective Cohort: Radiation Exposure From Pediatric CT Scans and Subsequent Cancer Risk (link to abstract and commentary)

 

[Abstract Only] Meta-Analysis: Bedside Optic Nerve Ultrasonography for Diagnosing Increased Intracranial Pressure

22 Nov, 2019 | 08:23h | UTC

Bedside Optic Nerve Ultrasonography for Diagnosing Increased Intracranial Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Bedside optic nerve ultrasonography may be useful for measuring intracranial pressure – ACP Hospitalist (free) AND Optic Nerve Ultrasound May ID Increased Intracranial Pressure – Physician’s Briefing (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

Systematic Review: Pharmacological Interventions for the Prevention of Acute Postoperative Pain in Adults Following Brain Surgery

22 Nov, 2019 | 08:24h | UTC

Pharmacological interventions for the prevention of acute postoperative pain in adults following brain surgery – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Preventing pain after brain surgery – Cochrane Library (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

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