Fri August 16 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Diagnosis and management of metabolic acidosis: guidelines from a French expert panel – Annals of Intensive Care (free)

2 – Interdisciplinary consensus on indications for transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TF-TAVI) – Clinical Research in Cardiology (free)

Related Guidelines: 2017 AHA/ACC Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease (free) AND 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease (free)

3 – How doctors in senior leadership roles establish and maintain a positive patient-centred culture – General Medical Council (free PDF)

Summary: How doctors in senior leadership roles establish and maintain a positive patient-centred culture (free)

Commentary: Do You Work in a ‘Diva Subculture’? – Medscape (free registration required)

Related: Healing the Professional Culture of Medicine – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free) AND Understanding organisational culture for healthcare quality improvement – The BMJ (free)

4 – Two weeks versus four weeks of antibiotic therapy after surgical drainage for native joint bacterial arthritis: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)

Commentary: Optimal Duration of Antibiotic Use in Septic Arthritis – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)

5 – Communication Strategies for Sharing Prognostic Information With Patients: Beyond Survival Statistics – JAMA (free for a limited period)

See also: Author Interview (free audio)

6 – Resident Physicians are at Increased Risk for Dangerous Driving after Extended-duration Work Shifts: A Systematic Review – Cureus (free)

Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club

7 – Association between vitamin D supplementation and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis – The BMJ (free)

Related: Meta-Analysis: Vitamin D Not Effective for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (link to abstract and commentary) AND NICE Guideline: Vitamin D Supplementation (free)

Vitamin D supplementation was not associated with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, or non-cancer, non-cardiovascular mortality. However, Vitamin D supplementation statistically significantly reduced the risk of cancer death by 16%.

8 – Essential tremor: diagnosis and management – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

9 – Human Papillomavirus Vaccination for Adults: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentaries: CDC Recommends HPV Catch-Up Vaccine in Those 26 and Younger – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Confused About Who Should Get the HPV Vaccine, and When? The CDC Has New Recommendations – Time (free)

10 – Severe Hypoglycemia Attributable to Intensive Glucose-Lowering Therapy Among US Adults With Diabetes – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be Dangerous, Finds Researchers Investigating Hypoglycemia – Mayo Clinic (free)

Related Studies: Overtreatment and Deintensification of Diabetic Therapy among Medicare Beneficiaries – Journal of General Internal Medicine (free)  AND Rates of Deintensification of Blood Pressure and Glycemic Medication Treatment Based on Levels of Control and Life Expectancy in Older Patients With Diabetes Mellitus – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)