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Daily Archives: November 27, 2022

2023 GOLD Report | Global strategy for prevention, diagnosis and management of COPD.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:32h | UTC

2023 GOLD REPORT: global strategy for prevention, diagnosis and management of COPD: 2023 Report – Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

 

WHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:31h | UTC

WHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant – World Health Organization

News Release: Launch of the WHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low birth weight infant – World Health Organization

Commentary: Skin to Skin Contact between Mothers and Preterm, Underweight Babies Improve Chances of Survival, says WHO – Health Policy Watch

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

Global mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:30h | UTC

Global mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – The Lancet

News Release: One in eight deaths in 2019 linked to bacterial infections, the second leading cause of death globally – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Commentary: Report highlights the deadly impact of bacterial infections – CIDRAP

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

Seminar | Monkeypox.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:29h | UTC

Monkeypox – The Lancet

Commentaries:

Study shows there is substantial monkeypox transmission before symptoms appear.

Global monkeypox case hospitalisation rates: A rapid systematic review and meta-analysis – eClinicalMedicine 

Human monkeypox virus infection in women and non-binary individuals during the 2022 outbreaks: a global case series – The Lancet 

Monkeypox — A Sobering Sentinel for Pandemic Preparedness and Sexual Health System Capacity – New England Journal of Medicine 

CDC study shows healthcare workers have a low risk of infection after exposure to patients with monkeypox. 

Monkeypox – New England Journal of Medicine 

Diagnosis and Management of Monkeypox: A Review for the Emergency Clinician – Annals of Emergency Medicine 

Monkeypox: disease epidemiology, host immunity and clinical interventions. 

Monkeypox: A clinical update for paediatricians – Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health 

Cohort Study | Clinical presentation and virological assessment of confirmed human monkeypox virus cases in Spain. 

CDC Report | Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of Monkeypox cases in the US. 

Update on the Monkeypox Outbreak – JAMA 

Antivirals with Activity Against Monkeypox: A Clinically Oriented Review – Clinical Infectious Diseases 

Clinical features and novel presentations of human monkeypox in a central London centre during the 2022 outbreak: descriptive case series – The BMJ 

WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak – Health Policy Watch 

Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries — April–June 2022 – New England Journal of Medicine 

Monkeypox: A Contemporary Review for Healthcare Professionals – Open Forum Infectious Diseases 

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

RCT | Rectal culture-based vs. empirical antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infections in men undergoing transrectal prostate biopsy.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:28h | UTC

Rectal culture-based versus empirical antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infectious complications in men undergoing transrectal prostate biopsy: a randomized, non-blinded multicenter trial – Clinical Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

SR | E-cigarettes are more effective than traditional nicotine-replacement methods in helping people quit smoking.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:26h | UTC

Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation – Cochrane Library

News Release: E-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine-replacement therapy in helping smokers quit – University of Oxford

Commentaries: 

Latest Cochrane Review finds high certainty evidence that nicotine e-cigarettes are more effective than traditional nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) in helping people quit smoking – Cochrane Library

Expert reaction to Cochrane review on electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation – Science Media Centre

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Improving antimicrobial stewardship with penicillin allergy testing: a review of current practices and unmet needs.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:25h | UTC

Improving antimicrobial stewardship with penicillin allergy testing: a review of current practices and unmet needs – JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

Related:

Management of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Antibiotic Allergy. Executive Summary of Guidance from the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC), the Spanish Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (SEAIC), the Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy (SEFH) and the Spanish Society of Intensive Medicine and Coronary Care Units (SEMICYUC) – Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology (PDF)

The prevalence of penicillin allergy labeling ranged from 0.9% to 10.2% across practices in a large pediatric cohort, raising questions regarding the validity of those labels and the unnecessary use of second-line antibiotics that may follow.

The prevalence of penicillin allergy labeling ranged from 0.9% to 10.2% across practices in a large pediatric cohort, raising questions regarding the validity of those labels and the unnecessary use of second-line antibiotics that may follow.

M-A: Most patients with allergy to Penicillin can be given Cefazolin

Systematic review: Safety and efficacy of de-labelling penicillin allergy in adults using direct oral challenge

Penicillin allergy labels increase second-line broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing for pediatric respiratory tract infections

Podcast: A Clinical Pharmacologist’s Perspective on Penicillin Allergy

Study: Development and Validation of a Penicillin Allergy Clinical Decision Rule

Management of a surgical patient with a label of penicillin allergy: narrative review and consensus recommendations – British Journal of Anaesthesia

NICE: Double Check Patients with ‘Penicillin Allergy’ to Avoid Increased MRSA Risk

Cohort Study: Risk of Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus and Clostridium Difficile in Patients with a Documented Penicillin Allergy

 

Consensus Paper | Prevention of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in the surgical ICU.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:22h | UTC

Prevention of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in the surgical ICU: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee Clinical Consensus Document – Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open

 

Consensus Paper | General approaches to medical management of menstrual suppression.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:21h | UTC

General Approaches to Medical Management of Menstrual Suppression: ACOG Clinical Consensus No. 3 – Obstetrics & Gynecology

 

M-A | Effectiveness of home-based exercise delivered by digital health in older adults.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:20h | UTC

Effectiveness of home-based exercise delivered by digital health in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Age and Ageing

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

M-A | Higher blood pressure vs. normotension targets to prevent acute kidney injury.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:19h | UTC

Higher blood pressure versus normotension targets to prevent acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-regression of randomized controlled trials – Critical Care

 

Cohort Study | Association of sweetened beverages consumption with all-cause mortality risk among adults.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:18h | UTC

Association of sweetened beverages consumption with all-cause mortality risk among Dutch adults: the Lifelines Cohort Study (the SWEET project) – European Journal of Nutrition

 

Review | Abdominophrenic dyssynergia.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:15h | UTC

Abdominophrenic Dyssynergia: A Narrative Review – The American Journal of Gastroenterology

 

Commentary from the author on Twitter

 

ED-initiated buprenorphine: basics, barriers, and beyond the ED.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:16h | UTC

ED-Initiated Buprenorphine: Basics, Barriers, and Beyond the ED – emDocs

 

SR | Pharmacological interventions for people with borderline personality disorder.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:11h | UTC

Pharmacological interventions for people with borderline personality disorder – Cochrane Library

Summary: What are the benefits and risks of medication for people with borderline personality disorder? – Cochrane Library

 

Review | Public health measures and prevention of alcohol-associated liver disease.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:14h | UTC

Public Health Measures and Prevention of Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease – Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

 

Commentary from one of the authors on Twitter

 

SR | Interventions for the long‐term prevention of hereditary angioedema attacks.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:12h | UTC

Interventions for the long‐term prevention of hereditary angioedema attacks – Cochrane Library

Summary: Drug treatments for the prevention of attacks of hereditary angioedema – Cochrane Library

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

SR | Shared decision‐making interventions for people with mental health conditions.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:10h | UTC

Shared decision‐making interventions for people with mental health conditions – Cochrane Library

Summary: Shared decision-making interventions for people with mental health conditions – Cochrane Library

 

SR | Yoga for chronic non‐specific low back pain.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:08h | UTC

Yoga for chronic non‐specific low back pain – Cochrane Library

Summary: Yoga for chronic non-specific low back pain – Cochrane Library

Commentaries: 

Yoga may have health benefits for people with chronic non-specific lower back pain – Cochrane Library

Is yoga good for back pain? Here’s the evidence – Evidently Cochrane

 

Evidence Analysis | Recognizing and managing frailty in older adults.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:09h | UTC

Recognising and managing frailty in older adults – Cochrane Library

 

RCT | One-session treatment compared with multisession CBT in children aged 7-16 years with specific phobias.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:07h | UTC

One-session treatment compared with multisession CBT in children aged 7 16 years with specific phobias: the ASPECT non-inferiority RCT – Health Technology Assessment

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Review | Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:06h | UTC

Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors – Australian Journal of General Practice

 

Global burden of Rabies in 204 countries and territories, from 1990 to 2019.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:04h | UTC

Global burden of Rabies in 204 countries and territories, from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – International Journal of Infectious Diseases

 

Review | Long-term medical outcomes of living kidney donors.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:04h | UTC

Long-term Medical Outcomes of Living Kidney Donors – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

 

Review | Safety and management of implanted epilepsy devices for imaging and surgery.

27 Nov, 2022 | 22:03h | UTC

Safety and Management of Implanted Epilepsy Devices for Imaging and Surgery – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

 

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