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“In this narrative medicine essay, the author, who transitioned from paper and pen to computer-generated electronic health record keeping wonders whether the self-select menu items ultimately dehumanizes both the patient and the physician.” (via @JAMA_current see Tweet)

Policy Statement: Child Passenger Safety

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:46h | UTC

Child Passenger Safety – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

News Release: AAP Updates Recommendations on Car Seats for Children (free)

Commentary: Children Should Remain in Rear-Facing Car Seats as Long as Possible – Physician’s First Watch (free)

Margaret McCartney: A Summary of Four and a Half Years of Columns in one Column

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:49h | UTC

Margaret McCartney: A summary of four and a half years of columns in one column – The BMJ (free) (via @oncology_bg)

Report: Worldwide Trends in Insufficient Physical Activity from 2001 to 2016

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:45h | UTC

Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1·9 million participants – The Lancet Global Health (free)

Commentaries: Quarter of world’s population ‘not active enough to stay healthy’ – The Guardian (free) AND A quarter of adults are too inactive, putting health at risk – Reuters (free)

WHO Guideline: Medicines for the Treatment of Diabetes in Low-Resource Settings

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:42h | UTC

Medicines for Treatment Intensification in Type 2 Diabetes and Type of Insulin in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Low-Resource Settings: Synopsis of the World Health Organization Guidelines on Second- and Third-Line Medicines and Type of Insulin for the Control of Blood Glucose Levels in Nonpregnant Adults With Diabetes Mellitus – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Original Guideline: Guidelines on second-and third-line medicines and type of insulin for the control of blood glucose levels in non-pregnant adults with diabetes mellitus – World Health Organization (free PDF)

Guideline: Assessment and Monitoring of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:41h | UTC

Canadian Rheumatology Association Recommendations for the Assessment and Monitoring of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – The Journal of Rheumatology (free PDF)

Perspective: Five of the Scariest Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in the Past Five Years

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:35h | UTC

Five of the scariest antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the past five years – The Conversation (free)

Meta-Analysis: Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:43h | UTC

Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Physician Burnout Poses Risks to Patient Safety – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Burnout in doctors doubles risk of patient safety incidents, study finds – Pulse (free)

Guideline: Fecal Microbiota Transplant as Treatment for Recurrent or Refractory Clostridium Difficile

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:38h | UTC

The use of faecal microbiota transplant as treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection and other potential indications: joint British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) guidelines – GUT (free)

Review: Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (INOCA)

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:33h | UTC

Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (INOCA): What Is the Risk – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

Review: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Future Maternal Cardiovascular Risk

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:34h | UTC

Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Future Maternal Cardiovascular Risk – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

Ann Robinson’s Research Reviews – 3 September 2018

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:32h | UTC

Ann Robinson’s research reviews, 3 September 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Study: Prediction Rules to Detect Delirium at Hospital Admission

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:29h | UTC

Performance of Electronic Prediction Rules for Prevalent Delirium at Hospital Admission – JAMA Network Open (free)

Commentary: New prediction rule may help detect delirium at hospital admission – ACP Hospitalist (free)

Systematic Review: Antifungal Prophylaxis for Cryptococcal Disease in HIV‐positive People

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:31h | UTC

Primary antifungal prophylaxis for cryptococcal disease in HIV‐positive people – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)

Summary: Preventing cryptococcal disease in HIV-positive people – Cochrane Library (free)

“Antifungal prophylaxis reduced the risk of developing and dying from cryptococcal disease. Therefore, where CrAG screening is not available, antifungal prophylaxis may be used in patients with low CD4 counts at diagnosis and who are at risk of developing cryptococcal disease.”

Randomized Trial: Endovascular vs. Open Repair for Patients with Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

6 Sep, 2018 | 02:27h | UTC

Strategy of endovascular versus open repair for patients with clinical diagnosis of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: the IMPROVE RCT – Health Technology Assessment (free)

Commentary: Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) surgery more beneficial for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms than open repair – NIHR Signal (free)

Thu, September 6 – 10 Stories of The Day!

6 Sep, 2018 | 00:10h | UTC

1 – Ten Commandments of the 2018 ESC/ESH HTN Guidelines on Hypertension in Adults – European Heart Journal (free) (via @gonzaeperez)

2 – Rapid Recommendations: Prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)

3 – Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Adult Patients With Cancer-Related Immunosuppression: ASCO and IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

See also: Guideline Update Summary (free)

4 – Baloxavir Marboxil for Uncomplicated Influenza in Adults and Adolescents – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Quick Take Video Summary: Baloxavir for Uncomplicated Influenza (free)

Commentary: New single-dose antiviral cuts flu symptoms, viral loads – CIDRAP (free)

5 – Perspective: “Precision” Public Health — Between Novelty and Hype – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

6 – Guidance: Writing Outpatient Clinic Letters to Patients – Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (free PDF)

Commentaries: Doctors told to ditch Latin and use ‘plain English’ – BBC News (free) AND New drive to encourage doctors to write to patients in plain English – The Guardian (free) AND Rx for British Doctors: Use Plain English Instead of Latin – The New York Times (free)

“Guidance suggests specialists should avoid Latin terms, acronyms and convoluted language” (from The Guardian)

7 – Subsegmental pulmonary embolism: anticoagulation or observation? – PulmCCM (free)

8 – Policy Statement: Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children, 2018–2019 – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

News Release: AAP Issues Flu Vaccine Recommendations for 2018-2019 (free)

9 – Diclofenac use and cardiovascular risks: series of nationwide cohort studies – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: Diclofenac Again Tied to Major Cardiovascular Events – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND ‘A major safety concern’: World’s most common NSAID doubles CVD risk – Cardiovascular Business (free)

10 – Machine learning models in electronic health records can outperform conventional survival models for predicting patient mortality in coronary artery disease – PLOS One (free)

Commentaries: AI beats doctors at predicting heart disease deaths – The Francis Crick Institute, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Novel AI algorithm beats cardiologists’ models in predicting heart disease mortality – Cardiovascular Business (free)

Wed, September 5 – 10 Stories of The Day!

5 Sep, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC

1 – cOAlition S: Making Open Access a Reality by 2020 – Science Europe (free)

See also: 10 principles of Plan S (free PDF) AND Press Release (free PDF)

Commentaries: Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions – Nature News (free) AND ‘Plan S’ and ‘cOAlition S’ – Accelerating the transition to full and immediate Open Access to scientific publications – European Commission (free) AND Science without publication paywalls: cOAlition S for the realisation of full and immediate Open Access – PLOS Biology (free)

“…free access to all scientific publications from publicly funded research is a moral right of citizens.” (from European Comission)

2 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline on the Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Among Children – JAMA Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: CDC releases updated guideline on diagnosis and management of pediatric mTBI – Kennedy Krieger Institute, via EurekAlert (free) AND CDC Seeks to Standardize Mild TBI Management in Kids – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND New advice on kids’ concussions calls for better tracking – Associated Press (free) AND CDC issues first guidelines to treat youth concussions – CNN (free)

3 – Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Editorial: Congenital Syphilis—Still a Shadow on the Land (free)

“The USPSTF recommends early screening for syphilis infection in all pregnant women. (A recommendation)”

4 – Experts brace for more super-resistant gonorrhea – CIDRAP (free)

5 – Perspective: Good Documentation – JAMA (free for a limited period)

6 – Margaret McCartney: A summary of four and a half years of columns in one column – The BMJ (free) (via @oncology_bg)

7 – 2018 Korean Clinical Imaging Guideline for Hemoptysis – Korean Journal of Radiology (free)

8 – Policy Statement: Child Passenger Safety – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

News Release: AAP Updates Recommendations on Car Seats for Children (free)

Commentary: Children Should Remain in Rear-Facing Car Seats as Long as Possible – Physician’s First Watch (free)

9 – Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1·9 million participants – The Lancet Global Health (free)

Commentaries: Quarter of world’s population ‘not active enough to stay healthy’ – The Guardian (free) AND A quarter of adults are too inactive, putting health at risk – Reuters (free)

10 – Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Physician Burnout Poses Risks to Patient Safety – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Burnout in doctors doubles risk of patient safety incidents, study finds – Pulse (free)

Tue, September 4 – 10 Stories of The Day!

4 Sep, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC

1 – Guideline Summary: Medicines for Treatment Intensification in Type 2 Diabetes and Type of Insulin in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Low-Resource Settings: Synopsis of the World Health Organization Guidelines on Second- and Third-Line Medicines and Type of Insulin for the Control of Blood Glucose Levels in Nonpregnant Adults With Diabetes Mellitus – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Original Guideline: Guidelines on second-and third-line medicines and type of insulin for the control of blood glucose levels in non-pregnant adults with diabetes mellitus – World Health Organization (free PDF)

2 – Canadian Rheumatology Association Recommendations for the Assessment and Monitoring of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – The Journal of Rheumatology (free PDF)

3 – The use of faecal microbiota transplant as treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection and other potential indications: joint British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) guidelines – GUT (free)

4 – Perspective: Five of the scariest antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the past five years – The Conversation (free)

5 – Review: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Future Maternal Cardiovascular Risk – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

6 – Review: Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (INOCA): What Is the Risk – Journal of the American Heart Association? (free)

7 – Ann Robinson’s research reviews, 3 September 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

8 – Primary antifungal prophylaxis for cryptococcal disease in HIV‐positive people – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)

Summary: Preventing cryptococcal disease in HIV-positive people – Cochrane Library (free)

9 – Performance of Electronic Prediction Rules for Prevalent Delirium at Hospital Admission – JAMA Network Open (free)

Commentary: New prediction rule may help detect delirium at hospital admission – ACP Hospitalist (free)

10 – Strategy of endovascular versus open repair for patients with clinical diagnosis of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: the IMPROVE RCT – Health Technology Assessment (free)

Commentary: Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) surgery more beneficial for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms than open repair – NIHR Signal (free)

Mon, September 3 – 10 Stories of The Day!

3 Sep, 2018 | 01:33h | UTC

1 – Consensus document of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology and the Italian Society of Palliative Care on early palliative care – Tumori Journal (free PDF)

Related Systematic Review: Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer – Cochrane Library (free) AND Summary: Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer – Cochrane Library (free)

2 – Podcast: #111: Hotcakes – Complementary Medicine in Cancer, Dosing Aspirin by Body Weight, Marijuana & Respiratory Symptoms, Penicillin Allergies and More! – The Curbsiders (free audio and summary)

3 – Review: Cardiorenal Syndrome Revisited – Circulation (free) (via @Abraham_RMI)

4 – “So, Blood Cultures… or No?” – Use of Blood Cultures in the ED – emDocs (free)

5 – Government proposes energy drinks ban for children – BBC (free)

Related: England Proposes Ban on Selling Energy Drinks to Children – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

6 – Abraar Karan: Changing the way we communicate about patients – The BMJ Opinion (free) (via @NUNESDOC)

“Father of 2, retired car salesman and keen on football NOT the colon cancer in Bed 4 – social history brings humanity back to the bedside” (via @hospicedoctor see Tweet)

7 – American Epilepsy Society: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question – Choosing Wisely (free)

Commentary: Choosing Wisely: 5 Practices to Question When Treating Epilepsy – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)

See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada

8 – Antidepressants for treating depression in dementia – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)

Summary: Antidepressants for treating depression in dementia – Cochrane Library (free)

“On the only measure of efficacy for which we had high-quality evidence (depression rating scale scores), antidepressants showed little or no effect.”

9 – The impact of exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance – Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Air pollution could be making us less intelligent – Science Magazine (free) AND Air Pollution Exposure Harms Cognitive Performance, Study Finds – NPR (free) AND Air pollution may harm cognitive intelligence, study says – BBC (free) AND Pollution May Dim Thinking Skills, Study in China Suggests – New York Times (10 articles per month are (free) AND Air pollution is making you less intelligent, according to a new study – World Economic Forum (free)

10 – Kawasaki disease: guidelines of the Italian Society of Pediatrics, part I – definition, epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinical expression and management of the acute phase – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free)

Part II: Treatment of resistant forms and cardiovascular complications, follow-up, lifestyle and prevention of cardiovascular risks (free)

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