Mon September 16 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – 2019 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Risk Assessment, Management, and Clinical Trajectory of Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free)

Key Points to Remember: ACC Consensus Decision Pathway for Heart Failure Hospitalizations – American College of Cardiology (free)

2 – Head injury: assessment and early management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related Guidelines: Management of severe traumatic brain injury (first 24 hours) – Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine (free) AND New Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (free) AND CDC Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Among Children (free) AND Italian guidelines on the assessment and management of pediatric head injury in the emergency department – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Scandinavian guidelines for initial management of minor and moderate head trauma in children – BMC Medicine (free)

3 – Antibiotic or silver versus standard ventriculoperitoneal shunts (BASICS): a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised trial and economic evaluation – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Comparing antibiotic, silver, and standard ventriculoperitoneal shunts – The Lancet (free)

AND Antibiotic-impregnated shunt could prevent hydrocephalus infections, save millions – News Medical (free) AND Innovative treatment to prevent common brain infection could save NHS 7 million pounds per year – University of Liverpool (free)

4 – Sacrospinous hysteropexy versus vaginal hysterectomy with uterosacral ligament suspension in women with uterine prolapse stage 2 or higher: observational follow-up of a multicentre randomised trial – The BMJ (free)

5 – Prevalence, Characteristics and Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Blood Pressure Control in Patients with Resistant Hypertension – Annals of the American Thoracic Society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Most patients with resistant hypertension have sleep apnoea – OnMedica (free) AND More Severe OSA Leads to Higher Blood Pressure in Patients with Resistant Hypertension – American Thoracic Society (free) AND Obstructive Sleep Apnea Common in Patients with Resistant Hypertension – MedicalResearch.com (free)

6 – Food allergy prevention with early food introduction: New recommendations on introducing allergenic solids – Canadian Family Physician (free)

Original Guideline: Timing of introduction of allergenic solids for infants at high risk – Canadian Paediatric Society (free)

See also: AAP Updated Recommendations for Dietary Interventions to Prevent Atopic Disease (free guideline and commentary)

7 – ACE inhibitors and ARBs: Managing potassium and renal function – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)

Editorial: ACE inhibitor and ARB therapy: Practical recommendations (free)

8 – Long Distance Tele-Robotic-Assisted Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report of First-in-Human Experience – EClinicalMedicine (free)

Commentary: First-in-Human Telerobotic Coronary Intervention Procedures Published in EClinicalMedicine – Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (free)

9 – Association of Prior Antibiotic Treatment With Survival and Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy in Patients With Cancer – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)

Author Interview: Association of Prior Antibiotic Treatment With Survival and Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy in Patients With Cancer (free audio)

Commentaries: Antibiotics reduce survival rates in cancer patients taking immunotherapy – Imperial College London (free) AND Antibiotics prior to immunotherapy lower survival rate for cancer patients, study says – UPI (free)

10 – Effect of Metformin Plus Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Compared With Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Alone in Patients With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Mutated Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Metformin Repurposed: Boosts Survival in TKI-Treated Lung Cancer – MedPage Today (free registration required)