Mon September 23 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – UNICEF News Release: Surviving birth: Every 11 seconds, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere around the world (free)

WHO News Release: More women and children survive today than ever before – World Health Organization (free)

Reports: Maternal mortality: Levels and trends 2000 to 2017 – WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division (free PDF) AND Levels and trends in child mortality report 2019: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation – UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN-DESA Population Division (free PDF)

WHO Updated Fact Sheets: Newborns: reducing mortality (free) AND Children: reducing mortality (free) AND Maternal mortality (free)

See also: Maternal deaths decline slowly with vast inequalities worldwide – World Health Organization (free)

2 – Diagnosis of chronic anaemia in gastrointestinal disorders: A guideline by the Italian Association of Hospital Gastroenterologists and Endoscopists (AIGO) and the Italian Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (SIGENP) (free)

3 – The management of unanticipated difficult airways in children of all age groups in anaesthetic practice – the position paper of an expert panel – Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (free)

Related: Guideline: Management of the Child’s Airway Under Anesthesia (free guidelines) AND Review: Difficult Airway Management Algorithms (free guidelines)

4 – The clinical effectiveness of sertraline in primary care and the role of depression severity and duration (PANDA): a pragmatic, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised trial – The Lancet Psychiatry (free)

Commentaries: Examining the antidepressant scattergun approach – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND Expert reaction to study on the clinical effectiveness of the antidepressant sertraline – Science Media Centre (free) AND Common antidepressant more effective for anxiety than depression – UPI (free) AND Antidepressants work, but just not how scientists thought they worked – The Conversation (free) AND Antidepressants may reduce anxiety more than depressive symptoms – University College London (free)

5 – Population Impact Attributable to Modifiable Risk Factors for Hyperuricemia – Arthritis & Rheumatology (free)

Commentaries: Obesity, drinking and unhealthy diet add to gout risk – Reuters (free) AND Four Modifiable Risk Factors Tied to Hyperuricemia – HealthDay News (free)

6 – Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping and other strategies to influence placental transfusion at preterm birth on maternal and infant outcomes – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Does delaying cord clamping or using cord milking at birth improve the health of babies born too early? – Cochrane Library (free)

Related: Delayed umbilical cord clamping reduces hospital mortality for preterm infants (free) AND Cohort Study: Delayed Cord Clamping is Associated with Reduced Odds of Severe Neurological Injury or Mortality in Extremely Low-gestational-age Neonates (free) AND Randomized Trial: Delayed Clamping vs Milking of Umbilical Cord in Preterm Infants (link to abstract)

7 – Association of Prenatal Maternal Anemia With Neurodevelopmental Disorders – JAMA Psychiatry (free)

Commentary: Early maternal anemia tied to intellectual disability, ADHD and autism – Karolinska Institutet (free) AND Anemia in Early Pregnancy May Harm Child Neurodevelopment – Clinical Advisor (free) AND Anemia in early pregnancy linked with risk for neurodevelopmental disorders – Reuters (free)

8 – Long-term immunity against yellow fever in children vaccinated during infancy: a longitudinal cohort study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)

Commentaries: Are booster doses of yellow fever vaccine needed? – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free) AND A single dose of yellow fever vaccine does not offer lasting protection to all children – MedicalXpress (free)

9 – Immunogenicity, effectiveness, and safety of measles vaccination in infants younger than 9 months: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)

Related Article: Effect of measles vaccination in infants younger than 9 months on the immune response to subsequent measles vaccine doses: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)

Invited Commentary: Early vaccination: a provisional measure to prevent measles in infants (free)

10 – Nicotine patches used in combination with e-cigarettes (with and without nicotine) for smoking cessation: a pragmatic, randomised trial – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Quick Take: Nicotine patches used in combination with e-cigarettes (with and without nicotine) for smoking cessation – 2 Minute Medicine (free)

Related: It’s safest to avoid e-cigarettes altogether – unless vaping is helping you quit smoking – The Conversation (free)