Daily Archives: March 4, 2020 | LinksMedicus Free Medical News & Perspectives

Wed March 04 – 10 Stories of The Day!

4 Mar, 2020 | 10:24h | UTC

1 – Guidelines for pregnant women with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)

Algorithm: Proposed detailed management algorithm for health-care providers (free PDF)

See also: Latest developments and research in the COVID-19 outbreak (several resources)

2 – Low back and neck pain tops U.S. health spending – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)

Original Study: US Health Care Spending by Payer and Health Condition, 1996-2016 – JAMA (free for a limited period)

3 – Association of QT-Prolonging Medications with Risk of Autopsy-Defined Causes of Sudden Death – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentary: QT-Prolonging Medications and Sudden Death – American College of Cardiology (free)

4 – The Effect of Influenza Vaccination for the Elderly on Hospitalization and Mortality: An Observational Study With a Regression Discontinuity Design – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Flu vaccine may not decrease hospitalization or mortality among elderly persons – American College of Physicians (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at the flu vaccine and hospitalisation and mortality in older people – Science Media Centre (free) AND Isolated flu vaccination of elderly may not decrease hospitalization or mortality rates – ACP Internist (free)

5 – Time‐Sensitive Interventions in Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis – Clinical Liver Disease (free)

6 – Incidence of maternal peripartum infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS Medicine (free)

7 – Melatonin shows potential for reducing delirium among older people after surgery – NIHR Signal (free)

Original Study: Melatonin for the prevention of postoperative delirium in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis – BMC Geriatrics (free)

8 – Comparison of Abbreviated Breast MRI vs Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Breast Cancer Detection Among Women with Dense Breasts Undergoing Screening – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorials: An Abbreviated MRI Protocol for Breast Cancer Screening in Women With Dense Breasts: Promising Results, but Further Evaluation Required Prior to Widespread Implementation – JAMA (free for a limited period) AND Options for Addressing the Dilemma of Managing Dense Breasts – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Abbreviated Breast MRI vs Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Screening in Women With Dense Breasts – The ASCO Post (free)

9 – Vegetarian diet and incidence of total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic stroke in 2 cohorts in Taiwan – Neurology (free)

Commentary: Eating a vegetarian diet rich in nuts, vegetables, soy linked to lower stroke risk – American Academy of Neurology (free)

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives / 4 March 2020 Edition

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

Study: Low Back and Neck Pain Tops U.S. Health Spending

4 Mar, 2020 | 08:32h | UTC

Low back and neck pain tops U.S. health spending – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)

Original Study: US Health Care Spending by Payer and Health Condition, 1996-2016 – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related Commentary on Twitter

The US #healthcare spending, by condition and payer, for the past 20 years, by @IHME_UW @JAMA_current
A noteworthy figure that sums up the 2016 story.
Musculoskeletal and #diabetes are the top 2 burdenshttps://t.co/6yWAbrKtxl pic.twitter.com/jfyTegCHuf

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) March 3, 2020