Fri November 22 – 10 Stories of The Day!
22 Nov, 2019 | 10:34h | UTC
News Release: New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: Challenges in global surveillance of physical activity – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free) AND Most Adolescents Around The World Are Insufficiently Active, Risking Current And Future Health – Health Policy Watch (free) AND A Majority of The World’s Teens Aren’t Getting Enough Physical Activity – TIME (free) AND More than 80% of adolescents not active enough, warns WHO – The Guardian (free) AND Sedentary teens risk health, hearts and minds: WHO study – Reuters (free)
Commentaries: Two Vaping Advisories Released by CDC – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND CDC Updates Interim Guidance on Vaping-Linked Lung Illness – Physician’s Briefing (free)
See also: Why Understanding Sepsis Endotypes Is Important for Steroid Trials in Septic Shock (free) AND Why the Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Critically Ill Patients With Septic Shock (ADRENAL) Trial Did Not Show a Difference in Mortality (free) AND Why My Steroid Trials in Septic Shock Were “Positive” (free)
Related: Review: Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Septic Shock (free review, guideline and meta-analysis on the subject)
Commentary: Digital monitoring system helps improve hospital care of sepsis patients – OnMedica (free) AND Sepsis digital alert ‘led to faster treatment with antibiotics’ – BBC (free)
Related: ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in the intensive care unit – Clinical Nutrition (free) AND Special Issue: Nutrition in Critical Illness – ICU Management & Practice (free)
6 – Exposure to Tomographic Scans and Cancer Risks – JNCI Cancer Spectrum (free)
Commentary: Radiation from CT scans associated with increased risk for cancer – Oxford University Press (free)
Related: Association of Exposure to Diagnostic Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation With Risk of Cancer Among Youths in South Korea – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Retrospective Cohort: Radiation Exposure From Pediatric CT Scans and Subsequent Cancer Risk (link to abstract and commentary)
Commentary: A sound theoretical mechanism and clinical indication are not enough—the case of Platelet Rich Plasma for Achilles tendon ruptures – The BMJ Opinion (free)
9 – Systematic Review: Pharmacological interventions for the prevention of acute postoperative pain in adults following brain surgery – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Preventing pain after brain surgery – Cochrane Library (free)
10 – Bedside Optic Nerve Ultrasonography for Diagnosing Increased Intracranial Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Bedside optic nerve ultrasonography may be useful for measuring intracranial pressure – ACP Hospitalist (free) AND Optic Nerve Ultrasound May ID Increased Intracranial Pressure – Physician’s Briefing (free)