Thu, April 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – ESICM/ESCMID task force on practical management of invasive candidiasis in critically ill patients – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

2 – An EAACI position paper on the investigation of perioperative immediate hypersensitivity reactions – Allergy (free PDF)

3 – Guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists and the British Association of Day Surgery – Anaesthesia (free)

4 – An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of Maternal Going-to-Sleep Position, Interactions with Fetal Vulnerability, and the Risk of Late Stillbirth – EClinicalMedicine (free)

Commentaries: Stillbirth threefold increase when sleeping on back in pregnancy – University of Huddersfield (free) AND Mega study confirms pregnant women can reduce risk of stillbirth by sleeping on their side – The Conversation (free)

5 – Proposal: Reforming disease definitions: a new primary care led, people-centred approach – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free)

Commentary: We need new rules for defining who is sick. Step 1: remove vested interests – The Conversation (free)

6 – Annals Graphic Medicine – Patient-Informed Consent – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Original Article: Medical Graphic Narratives to Improve Patient Comprehension and Periprocedural Anxiety Before Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Comic illustrations enhance informed consent before coronary angiography – Cardiovascular Business (free)

7 – Effect of an Incentive Spirometer Patient Reminder After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)

Invited Commentary: Benefits of Incentive Spirometry: Still More Work to Do – JAMA Surgery (free)

Simple intervention leading to improved outcomes, but confirmatory studies are required (see invited commentary).

8 – Incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in men receiving steroid 5α-reductase inhibitors: population based cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: Reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia—old steroids, new tricks – The BMJ Opinion (free)

9 – Guideline Synopsis: 2018 American Heart Association / American College of Cardiology Multisociety Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol: Primary Prevention – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)

10 – Four Cases of Cholesterol Management Informed by the 2018 American Heart Association / American College of Cardiology Multisociety Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)