Mon, February 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Diagnosis and management of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding: guidelines from the British Society of Gastroenterology – Gut (free)

Related: ACG Clinical Guideline: Management of Patients With Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding (free)

2 – Copenhagen Consensus statement 2019: physical activity and ageing – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free)

3 – Best Practices for Evaluation and Treatment of Agitated Children and Adolescents (BETA) in the Emergency Department: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry – West Journal of Emergency Medicine (free PDF)

Related Guideline: Evaluation and Management of Children and Adolescents With Acute Mental Health or Behavioral Problems. Part I: Common Clinical Challenges of Patients With Mental Health and/or Behavioral Emergencies – Pediatrics (free)

4 – Association Between Push-up Exercise Capacity and Future Cardiovascular Events Among Active Adult Men – JAMA Network Open (free)

Commentaries: Push-up capacity linked with lower incidence of cardiovascular disease events among men – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free) AND Struggling to do push-ups? You may be at risk of heart disease – NHS (free) AND How Many Push-Ups Can You Do? It May Be a Good Predictor of Heart Health – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

5 – FDA adds Boxed Warning for increased risk of death with gout medicine Uloric (febuxostat) – U.S. Food & Drug Administration (free)

Commentaries: FDA Adds Boxed Warning About CV Risks to Gout Drug Febuxostat – TCTMD (free) AND FDA: Gout Drug Raises Death Risk – MedPage Today (free)

Related Research: Cardiovascular Safety of Febuxostat or Allopurinol in Patients with Gout (free study and commentaries)

6 – Updates in Management and Timing of Dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF for a limited period)

Related Research: Early vs. Delayed Dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury (link to abstract and commentary)

7 – Pharmacological treatments for generalised anxiety disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Pharmacotherapy for Generalized Anxiety: An Update – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)

8 – Strategy for a globally coordinated response to a priority neglected tropical disease: Snakebite envenoming – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (free)

News Release: New WHO strategy aims to halve the global impact of snakebite – The University of Melbourne (free)

Related: Global Mapping of Vulnerability to Snakebite Envenoming (free study and commentaries) AND Why Are So Many People Still Dying from Snake Bites? (free) AND Snakebite finally makes a WHO list of top global health priorities (free) AND Snakebites Make The List Of ‘Neglected Tropical Diseases’ (free)

9 – Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Women With Breast Cancer – Circulation (free)

Related: AHA Scientific Statement on Cardio-Oncology (several guidelines on the subject)

10 – A Review of the Role of Breast Arterial Calcification for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in Women – Circulation (free)

Commentary: Breast Calcifications May Hold Important Clues for CV Risk Stratification – TCTMD (free)