Fri June 14 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – 2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)

Related Guidelines: American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on Initial Management of Acute Pancreatitis (free) AND Pancreatitis – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND American College of Gastroenterology Guideline: Management of Acute Pancreatitis (free)

2 – Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow Up of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Consensus Practice from the PERT Consortium – Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis (free)

Related Guidelines: BTS Guideline: Outpatient Management of Pulmonary Embolism (free) AND ACEP Clinical Policy: Evaluation and Management of Suspected Acute Venous Thromboembolism (free) AND Evaluation of Patients With Suspected Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Best Practice Advice From the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians (free) AND 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (free)

3 – Formal guidelines: management of acute respiratory distress syndrome – Annals of Intensive Care (free)

Related: Guidelines on the Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (free guidelines and reviews on the subject)

4 – Updated Geriatric Cardiology Guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology – 2019 – Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (free PDF)

5 – Canagliflozin and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Canagliflozin and Renal Events in Diabetes With Established Nephropathy Clinical Evaluation – CREDENCE – American College of Cardiology (free)

6 – Risks of 23 specific malformations associated with prenatal exposure to 10 antiepileptic drugs – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Epilepsy drugs linked to higher risk of birth defects, study says – CNN (free) AND Study Confirms Teratogenicity of Valproic Acid, Topiramate – MPR (free)

Related: Guideline: Valproate Use in Women and Girls Of Childbearing Years (free) AND Research: Topiramate Use Early in Pregnancy and the Risk of Oral Clefts (free)

7 – Higher doses of antidepressants “not optimal”, according to new review – The Mental Elf (free)

Original Article: Meta-analysis: Optimal Dose of Antidepressants in Major Depression (free study and commentaries)

8 – Influenza virus-related critical illness: prevention, diagnosis, treatment – Critical Care (free)

9 – Current guidelines on the management of gestational diabetes mellitus: a content analysis and appraisal – BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (free)

10 – Associations between gabapentinoids and suicidal behaviour, unintentional overdoses, injuries, road traffic incidents, and violent crime: population based cohort study in Sweden – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Gabapentinoids linked to new risks, including suicidal behavior (free)

Commentaries: Epilepsy drugs linked to increased risk of suicidal behavior, particularly in young people – The BMJ (free) AND Expert reaction to study on gabapentinoids and risk of suicidal behavior – Science Media Centre (free)