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“A strategy using a lung recruitment maneuver and titrated PEEP, in association with volume-assist control ventilation, increased mortality of patients with moderate to severe ARDS”.

3 – #LIVES2017 – Effect of Individualized vs Standard Blood Pressure Management Strategies on Postoperative Organ Dysfunction Among High-Risk Patients Undergoing Major Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free)

Editorial: Perioperative Management of High-Risk Patients: Going Beyond “Avoid Hypoxia and Hypotension” (free)

Commentary: Individualized SBP tx cuts risk for post-op organ dysfunction – MedicalXpress (free)

4 – #LIVES2017 – Effect of Systematic Intensive Care Unit Triage on Long-term Mortality Among Critically Ill Elderly Patients in France: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free)

Editorial: Admitting Elderly Patients to the Intensive Care Unit—Is it the Right Decision? (free)

5 – #LIVES2017 – Age of Red Cells for Transfusion and Outcomes in Critically Ill Adults – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Red blood cells for transfusion like a good red: A little older, a little better – Monash University, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Is Older Blood OK to Use in a Transfusion? – WebMD (free)

6 – Global, regional, and subregional classification of abortions by safety, 2010–14: estimates from a Bayesian hierarchical model – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Worldwide, an estimated 25 million unsafe abortions occur each year – World Health Organization (free) AND Estimating abortion safety: advancements and challenges – The Lancet (free) AND More than 25 million unsafe abortions performed worldwide each year – STAT (free)

7 – Treating tobacco dependence: guidance for primary care on life-saving interventions. Position statement of the IPCRG – Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (free)

8 – A Treatment Algorithm for Emergent Invasive Cardiac Procedures in the Resuscitated Comatose Patient – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (free)

Commentary: Cardiac Arrest: A Treatment Algorithm for Emergent Invasive Cardiac Procedures in the Resuscitated Comatose Patient – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

9 – New Approaches to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infection – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)

10 – Guidelines for the prevention of travel-associated illness in older adults – Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines (free)

Fri, September 29 – 10 Stories of The Day!

29 Sep, 2017 | 02:03h | UTC

1 – Meditation and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (free)

News releases: Meditation may decrease the risk of heart disease – AHA News (free) AND Meditation might be useful addition to heart-healthy lifestyle and medical treatment – AHA / ASA Newsroom (free)

Commentary: AHA: Meditation Might Lower Cardiovascular Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)

2 – NICE Guideline: Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management (free)

News Release: Test children’s urine before prescribing antibiotics for UTIs, says NICE (free)

3 – NICE Guideline: Faltering growth: recognition and management of faltering growth in children (free)

News Release: Allow underweight children to be ‘messy’ with their food, says NICE (free)

See also: Faltering growth in children: summary of NICE guidance – The BMJ (free infographic and key points – $ for full-text)

4 – Effect of Routine Low-Dose Oxygen Supplementation on Death and Disability in Adults With Acute Stroke: The Stroke Oxygen Study Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Low-dose oxygen no benefit in adults with acute stroke – MedicalXpress (free) AND UK study ‘settles debate’ over whether to give routine oxygen to stroke patients – Nursing Times (free)

Routine oxygen was also of no benefit in a recent trial in patients with acute myocardial infarction, see Original Article (link to abstract – $ for full-text) and Quick Take Video Summary (free)

5 – State of the Art Review: Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome: pathogenesis, clinical features, and therapeutic targets – The BMJ (free)

6 – Risk factors for admission to hospital with laboratory-confirmed influenza in young children: birth cohort study – European Respiratory Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Protect babies from flu by getting older siblings vaccinated, parents advised – The Guardian (free) AND Older Siblings a Risk Factor for Serious Flu Infections in Infants – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

7 – Methods to improve healthcare worker hand hygiene to decrease infection in patient care – Cochrane Library (free)

Original article: Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

8 – World Rabies Day (28 September) – World Health Organization (free news release and infographics)

Updated Fact Sheet: Rabies – World Health Organization (free)

Related Website: Global Alliance for Rabies Control

9 – Position Statement: Energy and sports drinks in children and adolescents – Canadian Paediatric Society (free)

Commentaries: Energy, sports drinks should be avoided by children and teens, Canadian Paediatric Society warns – The Globe and Mail (free) AND Sports drinks and energy drinks unhealthy for kids and teens, Canadian pediatricians say – CBCNews (free)

10 – Local nerve blocks can improve outcomes for people with hip fracture – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Peripheral nerve blocks for hip fractures – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)