Fri, December 14 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Guideline: Antenatal care for uncomplicated pregnancies – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

2 – 2019 Global Strategy for Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of COPD – GOLD Reports 2019 (free PDF)

Related Guidelines: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (acute exacerbation): antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence(free)

3 – Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting in Prostate Cancer — 29-Year Follow-up – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Long-term study shows most prostate cancer patients don’t need aggressive treatment – STAT (free) AND Radical surgery for some prostate cancers adds three years to life – Reuters (free)

4 – Neurodevelopment in Infants Exposed to Zika Virus In Utero – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Developmental delays persist as Brazil’s Zika babies grow up – STAT (free) AND Study: 15 percent of infants exposed to Zika develop abnormalities – UPI (free)

5 – Seven versus fourteen Days of Antibiotic Therapy for uncomplicated Gram-negative Bacteremia: a Non-inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free abstract)

Commentary: Study supports shorter antibiotic treatment for bacteremia – CIDRAP (free)

6 – Molecular analysis of bacterial contamination on stethoscopes in an intensive care unit – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (free)

Commentaries: DNA study shows stethoscopes loaded with bacteria, including staphylococcus – Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (free) AND ICU Stethoscopes Teeming With Bacteria – MedPage Today (free)

7 – Report: Survive and Thrive: Transforming care for every small and sick newborn – UNICEF and the World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: Nearly 30 million sick and premature newborns in dire need of treatment every year (free)

8 – Driving with Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment: Consensus Guidelines for Clinicians – Royal College of Psychiatrists (free PDF)

Commentary: When should dementia patients stop driving? A new guidance for clinicians – Newcastle University (free)

9 – Guideline: Clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration – British Medical Association (free guideline and other resources)

Commentary: Decisions about clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration: guiding doctors, helping patients – The BMJ Opinion (free)

“just because we can keep someone alive indefinitely, should we?”

10 – Christmas, national holidays, sport events, and time factors as triggers of acute myocardial infarction: SWEDEHEART observational study 1998-2013 – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Higher risk of heart attack on Christmas Eve – The BMJ, via EurekAlert (free) AND Christmas Is a Peak Time for Heart Attacks – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)