Fri August 9 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Imaging in Suspected Renal Colic: Systematic Review of the Literature and Multispecialty Consensus – Annals of Emergency Medicine (free)

2 – Adult Cancer Pain, Version 3.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

Related Guidelines: WHO Guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents – World Health Organization (free PDF) AND Management of cancer pain in adult patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines – Annals of Oncology (free) AND Optimal pain management for patients with cancer in the modern era – CA: A Cancer Journal of Clinicians (free) AND 2017 SEOM clinical guideline for treatment of cancer pain – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

3 – Preeclampsia and risk of end stage kidney disease: A Swedish nationwide cohort study – PLOS Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Pre-eclampsia increases risk of end stage kidney disease, study finds – PLOS (free) AND Preeclampsia Increases Kidney Failure Risk, Study Finds – Renal & Urology News (free)

4 – Three versus five days of pivmecillinam for community-acquired uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled superiority trial – EClinicalMedicine (free)

5 – Post-surgical pain management: time for a paradigm shift – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

Related Guideline: Management of Postoperative Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Pain Society, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Committee on Regional Anesthesia, Executive Committee, and Administrative Council (free)

6 – Complex regional pain syndrome: a narrative review for the practising clinician – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

Related Guidelines: Standards for the diagnosis and management of complex regional pain syndrome: Results of a European Pain Federation task force – European Journal of Pain (free) AND Complex regional pain syndrome in adults (2nd edition) – UK guidelines for diagnosis, referral and management in primary and secondary care 2018 – Royal College of Physicians (free PDF)

7 – Chronic pain in critical care survivors: a narrative review – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)

Related: Recovery after critical illness: putting the puzzle together—a consensus of 29 – Critical Care (free) AND Surviving critical illness: what is next? An expert consensus statement on physical rehabilitation after hospital discharge – Critical Care (free)

8 – Longer-term efficiency and safety of increasing the frequency of whole blood donation (INTERVAL): extension study of a randomised trial of 20 757 blood donors – The Lancet Haematology (free)

Invited Commentary: Ironing out frequent blood donation (free)

Original Study: Efficiency and safety of varying the frequency of whole blood donation (free)

9 – Association between major surgical admissions and the cognitive trajectory: 19 year follow-up of Whitehall II cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Major surgery associated with small, long term decline in brain functioning – The BMJ (free) AND Major surgeries linked to small decline in mental functioning in older age – Reuters (free)

10 – Association of ideal cardiovascular health at age 50 with incidence of dementia: 25 year follow-up of Whitehall II cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: The determinants of cognitive decline and dementia (free)

Commentaries: Good heart health at age 50 linked to lower dementia risk later in life – The BMJ (free) AND The implications of cardiovascular health for dementia – The BMJ Opinion (free)