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Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programmes within childcare services – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Improving the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programmes in childcare services – Cochrane Library (free)

Application of Artificial Intelligence to Gastroenterology and Hepatology

16 Feb, 2020 | 20:38h | UTC

Application of Artificial Intelligence to Gastroenterology and Hepatology – Gastroenterology (free)

German Recommendations for Physical Activity and Physical Activity Promotion in Adults with Noncommunicable Diseases

14 Feb, 2020 | 02:15h | UTC

German recommendations for physical activity and physical activity promotion in adults with noncommunicable diseases – International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (free)

Related: Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (free resources)

Updated Nomenclature of Delirium and Acute Encephalopathy: Statement of Ten Societies

14 Feb, 2020 | 02:13h | UTC

Updated nomenclature of delirium and acute encephalopathy: statement of ten Societies – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

CDC Guidelines for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection

14 Feb, 2020 | 02:22h | UTC

Guidelines for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2020 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentary: Guidelines Updated on Treating Latent TB – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

State of The Art Review: Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke

14 Feb, 2020 | 02:12h | UTC

Management of acute ischemic stroke – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Accelerated Surgery (median time = 6 hours) Does Not Improve Outcomes vs. Standard Care (median time = 24 hours) in Hip Fracture

14 Feb, 2020 | 02:10h | UTC

Accelerated surgery versus standard care in hip fracture (HIP ATTACK): an international, randomised, controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Hip fracture: accelerated surgery fails to cut mortality or major complications in HIP ATTACK trial – Univadis (free registration required)

Perspective: The Climate Crisis and Clinical Practice

14 Feb, 2020 | 02:08h | UTC

The Climate Crisis and Clinical Practice – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Study: Short Term Association Between Ozone and Mortality

14 Feb, 2020 | 02:09h | UTC

Short term association between ozone and mortality: global two stage time series study in 406 locations in 20 countries – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: More evidence links ozone pollution to premature death – Reuters (free)

Clinical Updates: Management of Acute and Chronic Asthma in Adults in 2020

14 Feb, 2020 | 02:06h | UTC

Management of Acute Asthma in Adults in 2020 – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related Article: Outpatient Management of Chronic Asthma in 2020 – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: New Therapeutic Strategies for Asthma – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Position Paper: Intraoperative Surgical Site Infection Control and Prevention

13 Feb, 2020 | 08:07h | UTC

Intraoperative surgical site infection control and prevention: a position paper and future addendum to WSES intra-abdominal infections guidelines – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)

Related: Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections (free guidelines on the subject)

Thu February 13 – 10 Stories of The Day!

13 Feb, 2020 | 08:13h | UTC

Table 1. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger, United States, 2020 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Table 2. Catch-up immunization schedule for persons aged 4 months–18 years who start late or who are more than 1 month behind, United States, 2020 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Table 3. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Medical Indication, United States, 2020 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

2 – Intraoperative surgical site infection control and prevention: a position paper and future addendum to WSES intra-abdominal infections guidelines – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)

Related: Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections (free guidelines on the subject)

3 – Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia: 2019 Update – Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (free)

See also: Wilderness Medical Society Full List of Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines (free articles

4 – Effect of Reduced Exposure to Vasopressors on 90-Day Mortality in Older Critically Ill Patients With Vasodilatory Hypotension: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Choosing the Best Blood Pressure Target for Vasopressor Therapy (free for a limited period)

Conference Presentation: Effect of Reduced Vasopressor Exposure on Mortality in Older Critically Ill Patients With Vasodilatory Hypotension (free)

5 – Effect of Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Wound Dressing on Deep Surgical Site Infection After Surgery for Lower Limb Fractures Associated With Major Trauma: The WHIST Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Following Surgical Repair of Lower Extremity Fractures (free)

Commentary: Expensive new wound treatment method no more effective than cheap standard dressings – University of Warwick (free)

6 – Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Visual Abstract: Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis (free)

Commentary: PEXIVAS: No benefit of plasma exchange in ANCA-associated vasculitis – Medicine Matters (free)

7 – Water for preventing urinary stones – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Increased water intake for preventing urinary stones – Cochrane Library (free)

8 – Algorithm based smartphone apps to assess risk of skin cancer in adults: systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: The poor performance of apps assessing skin cancer risk (free)

Commentaries: Skin cancer diagnosis apps are unreliable and poorly regulated, study shows – eCancer News (free) AND Phone apps unreliable for detecting all cases of skin cancer – OnMedica (free)

9 – Depressive symptoms and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour throughout adolescence: a prospective cohort study – The Lancet Psychiatry (free)

10 – Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives / 13 February 2020 Edition

13 February 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)

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