Fri November 29 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free for 50 days)

2 – Guidelines for the management of myocardial infarction/injury with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA): a position paper from the Dutch ACS working group – Netherlands Heart Journal (free)

Related: Prognosis and Predictors of Mortality in Patients Suffering Myocardial Infarction With Non‐Obstructive Coronary Arteries (studies, guidelines and reviews on the subject)

3 – A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ebola Virus Disease Therapeutics – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Investigational Drugs Reduce Risk of Death from Ebola Virus Disease – NIH News Releases (free) AND New data highlight promise of 2 Ebola treatments – CIDRAP (free) AND Two Ebola treatments yield ‘substantial decrease’ in mortality, landmark trial shows – STAT (free)

4 – Short term exposure to fine particulate matter and hospital admission risks and costs in the Medicare population: time stratified, case crossover study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: The health effects of fine particulate air pollution (free)

Commentaries: Air pollution linked with new causes of hospital admissions – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free) AND Yaguang Wei: The dangers of air pollution for human health – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND More reasons air pollution will send you to the hospital – CNN (free) AND Air pollution linked to increased hospital admissions for kidney disease and sepsis – NHS Choices (free)

5 – Higher versus lower fraction of inspired oxygen or targets of arterial oxygenation for adults admitted to the intensive care unit – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Supplemental oxygen for adults admitted to the intensive care unit – Cochrane Library (free)

Related: Oxygen therapy for acutely ill medical patients: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free) AND Oxygen Treatment in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine – Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (free) AND Meta-Analysis: Liberal vs Conservative Oxygen Therapy in Acutely ill Adults (link to abstract and commentary) AND A Systematic Review of the Effects of Hyperoxia in Acutely Ill Patients: Should We Aim for Less? – BioMed Research International (free) AND Things We Do For No Reason: Supplemental Oxygen for Patients without Hypoxemia – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free)

6 – Ten-year Mortality, Disease Progression, and Treatment-related Side Effects in Men with Localised Prostate Cancer from the ProtecT Randomised Controlled Trial According to Treatment Received – European Urology (free)

Original Study: 10-Year Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

7 – The clinical efficacy and safety of vancomycin loading dose: A systematic review and meta-analysis – Medicine (free)

Related: Vancomycin Therapeutic Guidelines: A Summary of Consensus Recommendations from the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free) AND Therapeutic drug monitoring of vancomycin: a guideline of the Division of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Chinese Pharmacological Society – Journal of Antimicrobial Therapy (free) AND Practice Guidelines for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Vancomycin: A Consensus Review of the Japanese Society of Chemotherapy and the Japanese Society of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring – Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (free PDF)

8 – Post-extubation dysphagia: a problem needing multidisciplinary efforts – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)

Related: Dysphagia in the intensive care unit: epidemiology, mechanisms, and clinical management – Critical Care (free)

9 – Association Between Acute Gastroenteritis and Continuous Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors During Winter Periods of Highest Circulation of Enteric Viruses – JAMA Network Open (free)

Commentaries: Further Evidence to Monitor Long-term Proton Pump Inhibitor Use – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Prescription antacids may increase risk for stomach infections – UPI (free)

10 – Bridging Anticoagulation Therapy: A Teachable Moment – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Related: 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Periprocedural Management of Anticoagulation in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation (free) AND Bridging Anticoagulation: Primum Non Nocere – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free) AND Periprocedural heparin bridging in patients receiving oral anticoagulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis – BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (free) AND Perioperative Bridging Anticoagulation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation – New England Journal of Medicine (free)