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The #AGSBeersCriteria includes lists of medications that may be inappropriate or unsafe for older adults. See the latest updates for 2019: https://t.co/qGB5Y1cD7S pic.twitter.com/ow0xds2gN7

— American Geriatrics Society (@AmerGeriatrics) February 1, 2019

Polypharmacy Guideline: Getting it Right for People Prescribed Many Medicines

3 Feb, 2019 | 15:53h | UTC

Polypharmacy: Getting our medicines right – Royal Pharmaceutical Society (free)

Shorter Version: Polypharmacy (free)

Commentary: Pharmacists call for regular reviews of medicines – BBC (free)

Related: Reducing Inappropriate Medication Use & Polypharmacy (several articles and commentaries on the subject)

Editorial: Humanizing the Intensive Care Unit

3 Feb, 2019 | 15:51h | UTC

Humanizing the intensive care unit – Critical Care (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Humanizing the intensive care unit#FOAMed https://t.co/PyQFWImRwe pic.twitter.com/b69IF9Anca

— Critical Care (@Crit_Care) January 29, 2019

Meta-Analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Statin Therapy in Older People

3 Feb, 2019 | 15:43h | UTC

Efficacy and safety of statin therapy in older people: a meta-analysis of individual participant data from 28 randomised controlled trials – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Never too old for statin treatment? – The Lancet (free) AND Efficacy and safety of statin therapy in older people – expert comment – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND Expert reaction to meta-analysis looking at statins and cardiovascular events in all ages – Science Media Centre (free) AND Statin therapy reduces cardiovascular disease risk in older people – University of Oxford (free) AND Statins Lower Risk for CV Events in Elders, But Benefits for Primary Prevention Still in Question – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

“However, when stratified by history of vascular disease, a significant benefit among those aged 71 and older was limited to those with prior vascular disease.” (from NEJM Journal Watch)

ATS Guideline: Home Oxygen Therapy for Children

3 Feb, 2019 | 15:48h | UTC

Home Oxygen Therapy for Children. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free)

News Release: ATS Publishes New Clinical Guideline on Home Oxygen for Children (free)

Position Statement: Clear Fluids Fasting for Elective Pediatric Anesthesia

3 Feb, 2019 | 13:44h | UTC

Clear fluids fasting for elective paediatric anaesthesia: The European Society of Anaesthesiology consensus statement – European Journal of Anaesthesiology (free)

“‘It is safe and recommended for all children able to take clear fluids, to be allowed and encouraged to have them up to 1 h before elective general anaesthesia’.”

Perspective: When Is the Surgeon Too Old to Operate?

3 Feb, 2019 | 12:37h | UTC

When Is the Surgeon Too Old to Operate? – The New York Times (free)

Related: Perspective: Assessing the Performance of Aging Surgeons (free for a limited period) AND Observational Study: Age and Sex of Surgeons and Mortality of Older Surgical Patients (free study and commentary) AND The Elderly and Driving: When Is It Time to Hit the Brakes? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

https://twitter.com/sloaneguy/status/1091666479525888001?s=03

Guideline: Management of Depression with Specific Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions

3 Feb, 2019 | 13:08h | UTC

Clinical guidelines for the management of depression with specific comorbid psychiatric conditions French recommendations from experts (the French Association for Biological Psychiatry and Neuropsychopharmacology and the fondation FondaMental) – BMC Psychiatry (free)

A Guide to Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prognostic Factor Studies

3 Feb, 2019 | 11:53h | UTC

Research Methods & Reporting: A guide to systematic review and meta-analysis of prognostic factor studies – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

Study: Association of Electronic Cigarette Use With Subsequent Initiation of Tobacco Cigarettes in Youths

3 Feb, 2019 | 12:14h | UTC

Association of Electronic Cigarette Use With Subsequent Initiation of Tobacco Cigarettes in US Youths – JAMA Network Open (free)

Commentary: Teens who use e-cigarettes are FOUR TIMES more likely to take up tobacco smoking than teens who don’t, study says – The Daily Mail (free)

Related: Report: Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes (free report and commentaries) AND Simulation model: quantifying the health benefits and harms of e-cigarettes (free study and commentary) AND E-cigarettes: A win or loss for public health? – Knowable Magazine (free) AND FDA Takes New Steps to Address Epidemic of Youth E-Cigarette Use (free statement and commentaries)

Related Commentary on Twitter

E-cigs associated with risk for new cigarette use, even in low-risk youth. A fifth of new smoking in US youth may be attributable to prior e-cig use. https://t.co/2FEm0mmfEj #VisualAbstract #vaping pic.twitter.com/gtRwVH6BRp

— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) February 2, 2019

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