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Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids for Patients with Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia
1 Apr, 2019 | 02:14h | UTCRelated Meta-analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Corticosteroids Therapy for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Adjunctive Systemic Corticosteroids for Hospitalized Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2015 Update – Scientific Reports (free)
Related Cochrane Review: Is Treatment With Corticosteroids Beneficial for People With Pneumonia? (free)
Study: Artificial intelligence for Prediction of Premature All-cause Mortality
1 Apr, 2019 | 02:12h | UTCCommentaries: Artificial intelligence can predict premature death, study finds – University of Nottingham (free) AND Using artificial intelligence to predict mortality – Medical News Today (free)
New EULAR Recommendations for the Management of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
1 Apr, 2019 | 02:27h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by the Mexican College of Rheumatology – Reumatología Clinica (free) AND The British Society for Rheumatology guideline for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults (free) AND First Latin American clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (free) AND Canadian Rheumatology Association Recommendations for the Assessment and Monitoring of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – The Journal of Rheumatology (free PDF)
Guideline: Optimization of the Treatment with Beta-lactam Antibiotics in Critically Ill Patients
1 Apr, 2019 | 02:22h | UTCRelated: Pharmacokinetics–pharmacodynamics issues relevant for the clinical use of beta-lactam antibiotics in critically ill patients – Critical Care (free) AND Extended antibiotic infusions could save lives: Here’s how to do it – PulmCCM (free) AND Mortality lower with prolonged vs. short-term IV infusion of antipseudomonal beta-lactams (link to abstract and commentary)
Diseases Cost the African Region $2.4 trillion a Year, Says WHO
1 Apr, 2019 | 02:10h | UTCReport: A Heavy Burden: The Productivity Cost of Illness in Africa – World Health Organization (free)
News Release: Diseases cost the African Region $2.4 trillion a year, says WHO – World Health Organization (free)
Guideline: Valproate Use in Women and Girls Of Childbearing Years
1 Apr, 2019 | 02:06h | UTCValproate Use In Women and Girls Of Childbearing Years (free PDF)
News Release: Thirteen UK healthcare bodies launch ‘pragmatic’ guidance on valproate use – Royal College of General Practitioners (free)
Commentary: New guidance on valproate use in women – OnMedica (free)
Preventive Drugs in the Last Year of Life of Older Adults with Cancer: Is There Room for Deprescribing?
1 Apr, 2019 | 02:02h | UTCCommentary: Are preventive drugs overused at the end of life in older adults with cancer? – Wiley (free)
Meta-Analysis: Mortality and Complications Associated with Cesarean Section in Low and Middle-income Countries
1 Apr, 2019 | 01:53h | UTCMaternal and perinatal mortality and complications associated with caesarean section in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet (free registration required)
Commentaries: Death rates from caesarean section far higher in developing countries, finds major global study – Queen Mary, University of London (free) AND C-section death rates highest in low-income countries – OnMedica (free)
Review: Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
1 Apr, 2019 | 01:57h | UTCObesity Hypoventilation Syndrome – European Respiratory Review (free)
Related Review: Obesity hypoventilation syndrome: a current review – Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (free)
Perspective: Screening for ‘Hidden’ Pancreatic Cancer Can Put People in Jeopardy
1 Apr, 2019 | 02:00h | UTCScreening for ‘hidden’ pancreatic cancer can put people in jeopardy – STAT (free)
Related: Overdiagnosis: Causes and Consequences in Primary Health Care (free reviews and opinions)
29 Thoughts on the Future of Digital Healthcare
30 Mar, 2019 | 18:46h | UTC29 Thoughts on the Future of Digital Healthcare – Medium (free)
10 Ways How Big Data is Improving the Healthcare Industry
30 Mar, 2019 | 18:46h | UTC10 Ways How Big Data is Improving the Healthcare Industry – Datafloq (free)
Review: The Efficacy and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Chronic Renal Insufficiency
30 Mar, 2019 | 18:16h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Sustained Inflations vs Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation in Extremely Preterm Infants
30 Mar, 2019 | 18:36h | UTCEffect of Sustained Inflations vs Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation on Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia or Death Among Extremely Preterm Infants: The SAIL Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Delivery Room Resuscitation of Extremely Preterm Infants (free for a limited period)
See also: Visual Abstract (free)
Review: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Budd‐Chiari Syndrome
30 Mar, 2019 | 17:46h | UTC
Italian Consensus for the Classification and Reporting of Thyroid Cytology: The Risk of Malignancy Between Indeterminate Lesions at Low or High Risk
30 Mar, 2019 | 17:55h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Noninvasive High-frequency Oscillatory Ventilation as Respiratory Support in Preterm Infants
30 Mar, 2019 | 17:51h | UTC
Guideline: Whole-Body MRI in Children and Adolescents
30 Mar, 2019 | 17:28h | UTCWhole-Body MRI in Children and Adolescents – S1 Guideline – Rofo (free)
Current Topics in the Management of Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
30 Mar, 2019 | 17:42h | UTCCurrent Topics in the Management of Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury – Neurocritical Care (free)
Percutaneous Consolidation of Bone Metastases: Strategies and Techniques
30 Mar, 2019 | 17:25h | UTCPercutaneous consolidation of bone metastases: strategies and techniques – Insights into Imaging (free)
Review: Management of hypothalamic disease in patients with craniopharyngioma
30 Mar, 2019 | 17:31h | UTCManagement of hypothalamic disease in patients with craniopharyngioma – Clinical Endocrinology (free)
Meta-Analysis: Comparison of Treatments for Lumbar Disc Herniation
30 Mar, 2019 | 17:19h | UTC
Consensus Statement: Peristomal Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury
30 Mar, 2019 | 17:06h | UTC
Guideline: Indications for Echocardiography of Replacement Heart Valves
30 Mar, 2019 | 17:12h | UTC
Review: Clinical Management of Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia
30 Mar, 2019 | 17:08h | UTCClinical management of chronic mesenteric ischemia – United European Gastroenterology Journal (free)