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Review: Lactose Intolerance, Dairy Avoidance, and Treatment Options
10 Feb, 2019 | 13:50h | UTCLactose Intolerance, Dairy Avoidance, and Treatment Options – Nutrients (free)
Randomized Trial: Alirocumab for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
10 Feb, 2019 | 13:57h | UTCCommentary: Alirocumab reduces risk of initial and repeat CV events after ACS – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Original Research: Alirocumab and Cardiovascular Outcomes after Acute Coronary Syndrome (link to abstract and commentaries)
Study: Cardiovascular Risk Factors Associated With Venous Thromboembolism
10 Feb, 2019 | 13:48h | UTCCardiovascular Risk Factors Associated with Venous Thromboembolism – JAMA Cardiology (free)
“Older age, smoking, and adiposity were consistently associated with higher VTE risk.”
Randomized Trial: Mycophenolate Mofetil vs. Cyclophosphamide for Remission Induction in ANCA-associated Vasculitis
10 Feb, 2019 | 13:46h | UTCMycophenolate mofetil versus cyclophosphamide for remission induction in ANCA-associated vasculitis: a randomised, non-inferiority trial – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Randomized data back EULAR guidelines for mycophenolate mofetil use in AAV – Medwire News (free)
Report: Airport Roles in Reducing Transmission of Communicable Diseases
10 Feb, 2019 | 13:44h | UTCAirport Roles in Reducing Transmission of Communicable Diseases – The National Academies Press (free PDF)
Fri, February 8 – 10 Stories of The Day!
8 Feb, 2019 | 00:44h | UTC
1 – Fluid administration for acute circulatory dysfunction using basic monitoring: narrative review and expert panel recommendations from an ESICM task force – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)
Note: if the above link is paywalled, try this one
2 – Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules: United States, 2019 – Pediatrics (free)
Table 1. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger, United States, 2019 (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, 2019 (free)
Table 3. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Medical Condition, United States, 2019 (free)
See also: CDC Immunization Schedules for Healthcare Providers (free resources) AND Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2019 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
4 – Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (free)
Summary: What is ‘Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America’? – HIV.gov (free)
Related JAMA Editorial: Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for the United States (free for a limited period)
Commentary: U.S. Announces Plan to Reduce New HIV Diagnoses by 90% Over Next Decade – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Commentaries: U.K. Doctors Call for Caution in Children’s Use of Screens and Social Media – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Experts respond to CMO report on screen-time and social media – Science Media Centre (free) AND Do not let children take electronic devices into bedrooms, say doctors – The Guardian (free) AND Screen time: Children advised not to use electronic devices at dinner – BBC (free)
Related Guidelines: Media devices in pre-school children: the recommendations of the Italian pediatric society – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Media and Young Minds – Recommendations from The American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
See also: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (Pediatrics Supplement with free articles)
6 – Guide to Statistics and Methods: Number Needed to Treat: Conveying the Likelihood of a Therapeutic Effect – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: Number needed to treat (NNT) in clinical literature: an appraisal – BMC Medicine (free) AND The Numbers Needed to Treat and Harm (NNT, NNH) Statistics: What They Tell Us and What They Do Not – The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (free)
See also: The NNT Website (resource on the subject with tutorials and practical examples)
Source: Medscape
8 – Education and cognitive reserve in old age – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Education may not protect against dementia as previously thought – American Academy of Neurology (free) AND Does education really protect against dementia? – Medical News Today (free) AND Education won’t help much when it comes to dementia, study says – CNN (free)
Editorial: Suicide falls by a third globally (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Global suicide mortality: Using data to inform action and monitor progress – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Global rates of suicide death have fallen by a third since 1990, study finds – CNN (free)
Commentaries: HPV cervical screening test switch ‘effective’, says pilot study – Cancer Research UK (free) AND Cervical screening intervals could be safely extended to at least five years – Pulse (free)
Related: USPSTF Statement: Screening for Cervical Cancer (free guidance and commentaries) AND Study: Little Benefit in Screening Women Aged 55 with a Negative HPV DNA test (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Randomized Trial: Cervical Cancer Screening with Cervical HPV Testing vs Cytology Testing (link to abstract and commentaries)
“The lower incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or worse and cervical cancer at present screening intervals would strongly support the safety of extending the intervals to at least five years without increasing the risk of potentially life-threatening disease.”
Expert Panel Recommendations: Fluid Administration for Acute Circulatory Dysfunction Using Basic Monitoring
7 Feb, 2019 | 23:26h | UTCFluid administration for acute circulatory dysfunction using basic monitoring: narrative review and expert panel recommendations from an ESICM task force – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)
Note: if the above link is paywalled, try this one
Related Commentary on Twitter
Fluid administration for acute circulatory failure: go back to the basics, thanks to the expert panel recommendations from an ESICM task force!
Read the full text article for free at https://t.co/VPtl6cD0aN @Dr_Cit @ESICM @ClinMedJournals pic.twitter.com/pBoJiKHihT— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) February 1, 2019
2019 Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules
7 Feb, 2019 | 23:25h | UTCRecommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules: United States, 2019 – Pediatrics (free)
Table 1. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger, United States, 2019 (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, 2019 (free)
Table 3. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Medical Condition, United States, 2019 (free)
See also: CDC Immunization Schedules for Healthcare Providers (free resources) AND Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2019 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Guideline: Best Practice Advice on Pre-hospital Emergency Anesthesia & Advanced Airway Management
7 Feb, 2019 | 23:20h | UTC
Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America
7 Feb, 2019 | 23:16h | UTCEnding the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (free)
Summary: What is ‘Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America’? – HIV.gov (free)
Related JAMA Editorial: Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for the United States (free)
Commentary: U.S. Announces Plan to Reduce New HIV Diagnoses by 90% Over Next Decade – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Number Needed to Treat (NNT): Conveying the Likelihood of a Therapeutic Effect
7 Feb, 2019 | 23:03h | UTCGuide to Statistics and Methods: Number Needed to Treat: Conveying the Likelihood of a Therapeutic Effect – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: Number needed to treat (NNT) in clinical literature: an appraisal – BMC Medicine (free) AND The Numbers Needed to Treat and Harm (NNT, NNH) Statistics: What They Tell Us and What They Do Not – The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (free)
See also: The NNT Website (resource on the subject with tutorials and practical examples)
Guideline: UK CMO Recommendations on Screen Time and Social Media for Children
7 Feb, 2019 | 23:10h | UTCCommentaries: U.K. Doctors Call for Caution in Children’s Use of Screens and Social Media – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Experts respond to CMO report on screen-time and social media – Science Media Centre (free) AND Do not let children take electronic devices into bedrooms, say doctors – The Guardian (free) AND Screen time: Children advised not to use electronic devices at dinner – BBC (free)
Related Guidelines: Media devices in pre-school children: the recommendations of the Italian pediatric society – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Media and Young Minds – Recommendations from The American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
See also: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (Pediatrics Supplement with free articles)
Review: Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Headache Disorders in Older Adults
7 Feb, 2019 | 22:50h | UTCSource: Medscape
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Suicide Mortality
7 Feb, 2019 | 22:41h | UTCEditorial: Suicide falls by a third globally (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Global suicide mortality: Using data to inform action and monitor progress – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Global rates of suicide death have fallen by a third since 1990, study finds – CNN (free)
Study: Education May Not Protect Against Dementia as Previously Thought
7 Feb, 2019 | 22:44h | UTCEducation and cognitive reserve in old age – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Education may not protect against dementia as previously thought – American Academy of Neurology (free) AND Does education really protect against dementia? – Medical News Today (free) AND Education won’t help much when it comes to dementia, study says – CNN (free)
Review: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology
7 Feb, 2019 | 15:19h | UTCRelated: Guidelines for pre- and intra-operative care in gynecologic/oncology surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations — Part I – Gynecologic Oncology (free) AND Guidelines for postoperative care in gynecologic/oncology surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations — Part II – Gynecologic Oncology (free) AND Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS®) in gynecologic oncology – Practical considerations for program development – Gynecologic Oncology (free)
Study: Primary Cervical Screening with High Risk HPV Testing
7 Feb, 2019 | 22:39h | UTCCommentaries: HPV cervical screening test switch ‘effective’, says pilot study – Cancer Research UK (free) AND Cervical screening intervals could be safely extended to at least five years – Pulse (free)
Related: USPSTF Statement: Screening for Cervical Cancer (free guidance and commentaries) AND Study: Little Benefit in Screening Women Aged 55 with a Negative HPV DNA test (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Randomized Trial: Cervical Cancer Screening with Cervical HPV Testing vs Cytology Testing (link to abstract and commentaries)
“The lower incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or worse and cervical cancer at present screening intervals would strongly support the safety of extending the intervals to at least five years without increasing the risk of potentially life-threatening disease.”
Guidelines for the Safe Provision of Anesthesia in Magnetic Resonance Units
7 Feb, 2019 | 15:16h | UTCGuidelines for the safe provision of anaesthesia in magnetic resonance units 2019 – Anaesthesia (free)
Guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists and the Neuro Anaesthesia and Critical Care Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Report: Gastroschisis Trends and Ecologic Link to Opioid Prescription Rates
7 Feb, 2019 | 15:12h | UTCCommentaries: CDC: What Opioid Use Has To Do With This Gut Spilling Birth Defect – Forbes (free) AND Rise in serious birth defect might be tied to opioid use, study says – CNN (free)
Study: Patterns in Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing
7 Feb, 2019 | 15:13h | UTCPatterns in Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing in the United States – JAMA Network Open (free)
Commentary: Steep Climb In Benzodiazepine Prescribing By Primary Care Doctors – NPR (free)
Related: A Quiet Drug Problem Among the Elderly – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Benzodiazepines: our other prescription drug epidemic – STAT (free)
Consensus: Diagnosis of Peripheral Bone Infection in Adults
7 Feb, 2019 | 15:05h | UTC
No Free Lunch — What Price Plan S for Scientific Publishing?
7 Feb, 2019 | 15:00h | UTCNo Free Lunch — What Price Plan S for Scientific Publishing? – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Related: Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand (commentaries on the subject)
Management of Frail Older People with Acute Illness
7 Feb, 2019 | 15:01h | UTCManagement of frail older people with acute illness – Internal Medicine Journal (free)
BMJ Guideline: Subacromial Decompression Surgery For Adults With Shoulder Pain Does Not Improve Outcomes
7 Feb, 2019 | 02:03h | UTCCommentaries: Expert panel strongly recommends against surgery for the most common shoulder pain – MedicalXpress (free) AND Guidelines Recommend Against Surgery for Subacromial Pain Syndrome – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Related Systematic Reviews: Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Subacromial Decompression Surgery for Rotator Cuff Disease – Cochrane Library (link to study and randomized trials on the subject)
Antibiotics may be an Alternative First-line Treatment for Uncomplicated Appendicitis
7 Feb, 2019 | 14:55h | UTCAntibiotics may be an alternative first-line treatment for uncomplicated appendicitis – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Study: Randomized Trial: Antibiotic Therapy Alone Seems Reasonable for Uncomplicated Appendicitis (link to abstract, other studies, commentaries and a guideline on the subject)