Fri October 4 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – 2019 EACTS/EACTA/EBCP guidelines on cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac surgery – Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery (free)

2 – Management of Severe Asthma: a European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society Guideline – European Respiratory Journal (free PDF)

3 – Blame rising cancer overdiagnosis on ‘irrational exuberance’ for early detection – STAT (free)

Related: What is overdiagnosed cancer? And why does it matter? – Croakey (free) AND Five warning signs of overdiagnosis – The Conversation (free) AND Overdiagnosis: Causes and Consequences in Primary Health Care (free) AND Screening: How Overdiagnosis and Other Harms can Undermine the Benefits (free) AND WONCA Position Paper on Overdiagnosis and Action to be Taken (free) AND Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t (free) AND Review: Overdiagnosis Across Medical Disciplines (free) AND Too much medical care: bad for you, bad for health care systems (free)

4 – A Comprehensive Algorithm for Management of Neuropathic Pain – Pain Medicine (free)

Related Guidelines: Neuropathic pain in adults: pharmacological management in non-specialist settings – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND Pharmacologic management of chronic neuropathic pain: Review of the Canadian Pain Society consensus statement – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Executive summary of the Clinical Guidelines of Pharmacotherapy for Neuropathic Pain: second edition by the Japanese Society of Pain Clinicians – Journal of Anesthesia (free)

5 – Medical treatment of primary aldosteronism – European Journal of Endocrinology (free)

6 – Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery (ERAS Cardiac) Recommendations: An Important First Step—But There Is Much Work to Be Done – Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia (free)

Original Article: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Cardiac Surgery (free guideline and commentary)

7 – Supplement: Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free articles)

– Introduction—Obstructive sleep apnea: A wake-up call for better outcomes

– Obstructive sleep apnea basics

– Sleep apnea and the heart

– Beyond heart health: Consequences of obstructive sleep apnea

– Positive airway pressure: Making an impact on sleep apnea

– Alternative interventions for obstructive sleep apnea

8 – 2019 Update in perioperative cardiovascular medicine – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)

9 – Parental alcohol consumption and the risk of congenital heart diseases in offspring: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (free)

Commentaries: Fathers-to-be should avoid alcohol six months before conception – European Society of Cardiology (free) AND Dads-to-be should stop drinking 6 months before conception for baby’s heart health, study says – CNN (free)

10 – Association of Use of Oral Contraceptives With Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents and Young Women – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Teens taking oral contraceptives may be at increased risk for depressive symptoms – Brigham and Women’s Hospital (free) AND Teen OC Users More Likely to Report Depressive Symptoms – NEJM (free)