Daily Archives: December 2, 2019
Mon December 2 – 10 Stories of The Day!
2 Dec, 2019 | 00:01h | UTC
1 – WSES consensus conference guidelines: monitoring and management of severe adult traumatic brain injury patients with polytrauma in the first 24 hours – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free) (via @CritCareReviews)
Related: Head injury: assessment and early management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND A management algorithm for patients with intracranial pressure monitoring: the Seattle International Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Consensus Conference (SIBICC) – Intensive Care Medicine (free) AND Management of severe traumatic brain injury (first 24 hours) – Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine (free) AND New Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (free) AND CDC Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Among Children (free) AND Italian guidelines on the assessment and management of pediatric head injury in the emergency department – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Scandinavian guidelines for initial management of minor and moderate head trauma in children – BMC Medicine (free)
2 – Guidance For: Prone Positioning in Adult Critical Care – Intensive Care Society (free PDF) (via @CritCareReviews)
Related: Prone Positioning in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free) AND Meta-Analysis: Assessment of Therapeutic Interventions and Lung Protective Ventilation in Patients with Moderate to Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (free meta-analysis and guidelines on the subject) AND Research: ECMO versus Prone Position in ARDS (link to abstract) AND Prone Positioning in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Related: Antibiotic de-escalation in the ICU: how is it best done? – Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases (free) AND Is de-escalation of antimicrobials effective? A systematic review and meta-analysis – International Journal of Infectious Diseases (free)
4 – Less empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics is more in the ICU – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Source: Grupo UTIclínica – HCFMUSP
6 – The case for mandatory vaccination – Nature (free)
Related Opinion: Mandate Vaccination with Care (free commentaries)
“When immunization rates dip, legislation is often strengthened. But does the evidence stack up?”
7 – Alex Nowbar’s weekly review, 29 November 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
8 – Warning: Swimming and deep brain stimulation do not mix – STAT (free)
See also: Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s might disrupt swimming ability – Reuters (free) AND Swimmers Beware of Deep Brain Stimulation – The New York Times (free) AND Swimming a ‘no-no’ for those undergoing deep brain stimulation therapy – News Medical (free)
Original Case Reports: Beware of deep water after subthalamic deep brain stimulation – Neurology ($)
9 – Association of Slight to Mild Hearing Loss with Behavioral Problems and School Performance in Children – JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: When Slight Degrees of Hearing Impairment in Children May Actually Matter – JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (free) AND Impact of Mild Hearing Loss on Childhood Behavior And School Performance – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Commentaries: An estimated 1 in 4 children and young people have problematic smartphone usage – King’s College London (free) AND Expert reaction to problematic smart phone use in young people – Science Media Centre (free) AND Teens aren’t addicted to their phones – but we like to think they are – NewScientist (free)