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“Healing is replaced with treating, caring is supplanted by managing, and the art of listening is taken over by technological procedures. Bernard Lown” (via @lucadf see Tweet)

6 – The global crackdown on parents who refuse vaccines for their kids has begun – VOX (free)

“Countries like Italy and Australia are tired of measles outbreaks — so they’re moving to fine anti-vaccine parents”.

7 – Scientists Aim to Pull Peer Review Out Of The 17th Century – NPR (free)

8 – Antifibrinolytic drugs for treating primary postpartum haemorrhage – Cochrane Library (free)

Related: Updated WHO Recommendation on Tranexamic Acid for the Treatment of Postpartum Haemorrhage (free PDF) AND Early use of tranexamic acid reduces bleeding more effectively – NIHR Signal (free) AND Effect of treatment delay on the effectiveness and safety of antifibrinolytics in acute severe haemorrhage: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data from 40 138 bleeding patients – The Lancet (free)

9 – Spironolactone Versus Clonidine as a Fourth-Drug Therapy for Resistant Hypertension: The ReHOT Randomized Study (Resistant Hypertension Optimal Treatment) – Hypertension (free)

Commentary: Spironolactone bests clonidine as fourth drug for resistant hypertension – Univadis (free registration required)

10 – Infant Hospitalizations and Mortality After Maternal Vaccination – Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: Maternal vaccination during pregnancy not associated with infant hospitalization, mortality – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Getting Recommended Vaccines During Pregnancy Doesn’t Lead to Harm in Infants – Physician’s First Watch (free)

Impact of Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in 15 Small Hospitals

27 Feb, 2018 | 15:40h | UTC

Impact of Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in 15 Small Hospitals: A Cluster-Randomized Intervention – Clinical Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Intensive, well-resourced antibiotic stewardship found best in small hospitals – CIDRAP (free)

Tue, February 27 – 10 Stories of The Day!

27 Feb, 2018 | 00:56h | UTC

1 – 2018 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology Focused Update of the Guidelines for the Use of Antiplatelet Therapy (free)

2 – Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care – American Academy of Pediatrics

Part I. Practice Preparation, Identification, Assessment, and Initial Management (free)

Part II. Treatment and Ongoing Management (free)

Commentary: Pediatricians Call For Universal Depression Screening For Teens – NPR (free)

3 – Guidelines for Burn Care Under Austere Conditions: Surgical and Nonsurgical Wound Management – Journal of Burn Care & Research (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

4 – “Is there a doctor on board?”: Practical recommendations for managing in-flight medical emergencies – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

News release: Responding to inflight medical emergencies can be stressful for doctors – CMAJ News (free)

5 – Impact of treatment delay on mortality in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients presenting with and without haemodynamic instability: results from the German prospective, multicentre FITT-STEMI trial – European Heart Journal (free)

Commentaries: 3% rise in deaths for every 10 min delay in restoring blood flow after heart attack – OnMedica (free) AND Treatment Delay and Mortality in STEMI With Shock – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

6 – Interventions for paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose – Cochrane Library (free)

Original article: Interventions for paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

7 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 26 February 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.

8 – FDA Safety Alert: Clarithromycin (Biaxin): Drug Safety Communication – Potential Increased Risk of Heart Problems or Death in Patients With Heart Disease (free)

Commentaries: FDA: Antibiotic Linked to Increased Risk of Death in Heart Disease Patients – MPR (free) AND FDA: Clarithromycin Risks Persist in Patients With CAD – TCTMD (free) FDA Alert: Clarithromycin Risky in Patients With Heart Disease – Medscape (free registration required)

9 – Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: pathogenesis and management – Respiratory Research (free)

10 – Effect of the Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria on Subsequent Thromboembolic Events Among Low-Risk Emergency Department Patients: The PROPER Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria non-inferior to usual care for patients at low-risk for pulmonary embolism – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND EM Nerd-The Case of the Diagnostic Absurdity (free) AND Using PERC & Sending Home Pulmonary Emboli For Fun and Profit – Emergency Literature of Note (free)

Review: Haemodynamic assessment and support in sepsis and septic shock in resource-limited settings

23 Feb, 2018 | 01:13h | UTC

Haemodynamic assessment and support in sepsis and septic shock in resource-limited settings – Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Are you ready for the ATLS 10th Edition Updates?

23 Feb, 2018 | 01:11h | UTC

Are you ready for the ATLS 10th Edition Updates? – emDocs (free)

Related: Infographic: ATLS Trauma Update 2018

Guidelines and Review: Management of ARDS in Adults

23 Feb, 2018 | 01:12h | UTC

Clinical Guidelines Synopsis: Management of ARDS in Adults – JAMA (free)

Research: Aspirin or Rivaroxaban for VTE Prophylaxis after Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

23 Feb, 2018 | 01:09h | UTC

Aspirin or Rivaroxaban for VTE Prophylaxis after Hip or Knee Arthroplasty – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Quick Take Video Summary: Preventing VTE after Hip or Knee Arthroplasty (free)

“Among patients who received 5 days of rivaroxaban prophylaxis after total hip or total knee arthroplasty, extended prophylaxis with aspirin was not significantly different from rivaroxaban in the prevention of symptomatic venous thromboembolism”.

Fri, February 23 – 10 Stories of The Day!

23 Feb, 2018 | 01:10h | UTC

1 – Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Current State of the Science: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

2 – Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurocysticercosis: 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)

3 – Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 21 antidepressant drugs for the acute treatment of adults with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: More data, more answers: picking the optimal antidepressant – The Lancet (free) AND All antidepressants are more efficacious than placebo – OnMedica (free) AND Expert reaction to largest review of antidepressants – Science Media Centre (free) AND Antidepressants can help adults with major depression – The Mental Elf (free)

4 – Human Neonatal Rotavirus Vaccine (RV3-BB) to Target Rotavirus from Birth – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: New rotavirus vaccine to curb child deaths in developing countries – New Zealand Doctor (free) AND Researchers successfully develop a rotavirus vaccine which could benefit millions of children – MedicalXpress (free)

5 – Potential workload in applying clinical practice guidelines for patients with chronic conditions and multimorbidity: a systematic analysis – BMJ Open (free) (via @acpatient and @MaryDixonWoods)

6 – The Origin of Spousal Resemblance for Alcohol Use Disorder – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: For Better or Worse: Risk of Alcohol Use Disorder Rises When Spouse is Diagnosed – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Spouses have strong influence on risk for alcohol abuse – Reuters (free)

7 – Cleaning at Home and at Work in Relation to Lung Function Decline and Airway Obstruction – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Women Who Clean at Home or Work Face Increased Lung Function Decline – American Thoracic Society, via NewsWise (free) AND Cleaning Chemicals ‘Likely Cause Substantial Damage To Women’s Lungs’, Study Finds – Huffpost (free) AND Cleaning at home or work linked to faster lung function decline in women – Univadis (free registration required)

8 – Perspective: Our Other Prescription Drug Problem – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

9 – Perspective: The Psychology of Clinical Decision Making — Implications for Medication Use – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

10 – Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy vs laparoscopic and open retropubic radical prostatectomy: functional outcomes 18 months after diagnosis from a national cohort study in England – British Journal of Cancer (free)

Commentary: After-effects not necessarily reduced with robotic prostate surgery – Reuters (free)

Commentaries: Low-Carb And Low-Fat Diets Battle To A Draw – Cardiobrief (free) AND Matching DNA to a diet doesn’t work: ‘We didn’t even come close,’ researcher says – STAT (free) AND Counting Calories Is Not the Key to Weight Loss, New Study Finds – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Debating low-fat vs low-carb diets? New study found a draw – Scope (free)

“Statistics point remorselessly towards obesity being a symptom with an underlying social cause”.

Decreasing the Cost of Care by Avoiding Illness

Meta-Analysis: Neurocognitive and Educational Outcomes in Children and Adolescents with CKD

Research: Surprising Rate of Cardiac Amyloidosis in TAVR Patients

Research: Bedtime Low Dose Amitriptyline in Chronic Neck Pain

Opinion: How Value-Based Medicare Payments Exacerbate Health Care Disparities

Oman will raise taxes on tobacco, alcohol, soft drinks and energy drinks by 100%

Review: Immunotherapy-Induced Colitis

Research: The Effects of Fluoride in the Drinking Water

Mon, February 26 – 10 Stories of The Day!

Impact of Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in 15 Small Hospitals

Tue, February 27 – 10 Stories of The Day!

Review: Haemodynamic assessment and support in sepsis and septic shock in resource-limited settings

Are you ready for the ATLS 10th Edition Updates?

Guidelines and Review: Management of ARDS in Adults

Research: Aspirin or Rivaroxaban for VTE Prophylaxis after Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

Fri, February 23 – 10 Stories of The Day!

Guideline: Perioperative Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET)

Potential workload in applying clinical practice guidelines for patients with chronic conditions and multimorbidity

Guideline: Peripheral arterial disease: diagnosis and management

Update on Diabetic Nephropathy

Guideline Synopsis: Diagnosis, Evaluation, Prevention, and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease–Mineral and Bone Disorder

Research: Effect of Low-Fat vs Low-Carbohydrate Diet on 12-Month Weight Loss in Overweight Adults

Review: Adverse pregnancy outcomes and future maternal cardiovascular disease

Guideline: Heavy menstrual bleeding: assessment and management

Opinion: It’s poverty, not individual choice, that is driving extraordinary obesity level

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