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Daily Archives: February 13, 2020

Position Paper: Intraoperative Surgical Site Infection Control and Prevention

13 Feb, 2020 | 08:07h | UTC

Intraoperative surgical site infection control and prevention: a position paper and future addendum to WSES intra-abdominal infections guidelines – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)

Related: Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections (free guidelines on the subject)

 


Thu February 13 – 10 Stories of The Day!

13 Feb, 2020 | 08:13h | UTC

 

1 – Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule: United States, 2020 – Pediatrics (free)

Table 1. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger, United States, 2020 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Table 2. Catch-up immunization schedule for persons aged 4 months–18 years who start late or who are more than 1 month behind, United States, 2020 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Table 3. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Medical Indication, United States, 2020 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

 

2 – Intraoperative surgical site infection control and prevention: a position paper and future addendum to WSES intra-abdominal infections guidelines – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)

Related: Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections (free guidelines on the subject)

 

3 – Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia: 2019 Update – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

See also: Wilderness Medical Society Full List of Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines (free articles

 

4 – Effect of Reduced Exposure to Vasopressors on 90-Day Mortality in Older Critically Ill Patients With Vasodilatory Hypotension: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Choosing the Best Blood Pressure Target for Vasopressor Therapy (free for a limited period)

Conference Presentation: Effect of Reduced Vasopressor Exposure on Mortality in Older Critically Ill Patients With Vasodilatory Hypotension (free)

 

5 – Effect of Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Wound Dressing on Deep Surgical Site Infection After Surgery for Lower Limb Fractures Associated With Major Trauma: The WHIST Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Following Surgical Repair of Lower Extremity Fractures (free)

Commentary: Expensive new wound treatment method no more effective than cheap standard dressings – University of Warwick (free)

 

6 – Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Visual Abstract: Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis (free)

Commentary: PEXIVAS: No benefit of plasma exchange in ANCA-associated vasculitis – Medicine Matters (free)

 

7 – Water for preventing urinary stones – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Increased water intake for preventing urinary stones – Cochrane Library (free)

Related: Fluid Intake and Dietary Factors and the Risk of Incident Kidney Stones in UK Biobank: A Population-based Prospective Cohort Study – European Urology Focus (free) AND Dietary and Pharmacologic Management to Prevent Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (free)

 

8 – Algorithm based smartphone apps to assess risk of skin cancer in adults: systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: The poor performance of apps assessing skin cancer risk (free)

Commentaries: Skin cancer diagnosis apps are unreliable and poorly regulated, study shows – eCancer News (free) AND Phone apps unreliable for detecting all cases of skin cancer – OnMedica (free)

 

9 – Depressive symptoms and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour throughout adolescence: a prospective cohort study – The Lancet Psychiatry (free)

 

10 – Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives / 13 February 2020 Edition

 

13 February 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)

 


Guidelines for the Management of Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia

13 Feb, 2020 | 08:05h | UTC

Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia: 2019 Update – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

See also: Wilderness Medical Society Full List of Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines (free articles

 


Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule: United States, 2020

13 Feb, 2020 | 08:09h | UTC

Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule: United States, 2020 – Pediatrics (free)

Table 1. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger, United States, 2020 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Table 2. Catch-up immunization schedule for persons aged 4 months–18 years who start late or who are more than 1 month behind, United States, 2020 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Table 3. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Medical Indication, United States, 2020 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

 


Systematic Review: Water for Preventing Urinary Stones

13 Feb, 2020 | 07:58h | UTC

Water for preventing urinary stones – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Increased water intake for preventing urinary stones – Cochrane Library (free)

Related: Fluid Intake and Dietary Factors and the Risk of Incident Kidney Stones in UK Biobank: A Population-based Prospective Cohort Study – European Urology Focus (free) AND Dietary and Pharmacologic Management to Prevent Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (free)

 


Randomized Trial: Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Does Not Reduce Deep Surgical Site Infections After Surgery for Lower Limb Fractures Associated with Major Trauma

13 Feb, 2020 | 08:02h | UTC

Effect of Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Wound Dressing on Deep Surgical Site Infection After Surgery for Lower Limb Fractures Associated With Major Trauma: The WHIST Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Following Surgical Repair of Lower Extremity Fractures (free)

Commentary: Expensive new wound treatment method no more effective than cheap standard dressings – University of Warwick (free)

 


Randomized Trial: Comparison of Different Blood Pressure Targets for Vasopressor Therapy in Older Critically Ill Patients with Vasodilatory Hypotension

13 Feb, 2020 | 08:04h | UTC

Effect of Reduced Exposure to Vasopressors on 90-Day Mortality in Older Critically Ill Patients With Vasodilatory Hypotension: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Choosing the Best Blood Pressure Target for Vasopressor Therapy (free for a limited period)

Conference Presentation: Effect of Reduced Vasopressor Exposure on Mortality in Older Critically Ill Patients With Vasodilatory Hypotension (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 


Cohort Study: Sedentary Behavior in Adolescence Linked to Increased Risk of Depression at 18 Years of Age

13 Feb, 2020 | 07:55h | UTC

Depressive symptoms and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour throughout adolescence: a prospective cohort study – The Lancet Psychiatry (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 


[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

13 Feb, 2020 | 08:00h | UTC

Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Visual Abstract: Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis (free)

Commentary: PEXIVAS: No benefit of plasma exchange in ANCA-associated vasculitis – Medicine Matters (free)

 


Study: Poor Performance of Apps Assessing Skin Cancer Risk

13 Feb, 2020 | 07:56h | UTC

Algorithm based smartphone apps to assess risk of skin cancer in adults: systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: The poor performance of apps assessing skin cancer risk (free)

Commentaries: Skin cancer diagnosis apps are unreliable and poorly regulated, study shows – eCancer News (free) AND Phone apps unreliable for detecting all cases of skin cancer – OnMedica (free)

 


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