Thu April 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: To grow up healthy, children need to sit less and play more (free)

Commentaries: WHO recommends one-hour maximum screen time per day for under-5s – Reuters (free) AND Expert reaction to guidance on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age – Science Media Centre (free) AND No sedentary screen time for babies, WHO says – BBC (free)

2 – European Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Respiratory Distress Syndrome – 2019 Update – Neonatology (free)

3 – Optimal management after paediatric lumbar puncture: a randomized controlled trial – BMC Neurology (free)

Related Cochrane Review: Posture and fluids for preventing post‐dural puncture headache (free) AND Summary: Body position and intake of fluids for preventing headache after a lumbar puncture (free)

After a lumbar puncture in children, a shorter time (30 min) of fasting and lying supine without a pillow is not associated with a higher risk of post-lumbar puncture headache or lower back pain.

4 – Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Paediatric Age: A Position Paper of the European Academy of Paediatrics and the European Childhood Obesity Group – Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism (free)

Related: AAP/AHA Policy Statement: Public Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents (free)

5 – Diagnosing and treating antiphospholipid syndrome: a consensus paper – The Netherlands Journal of Medicine (free PDF)

Related: Guidelines on the investigation and management of antiphospholipid syndrome – British Journal of Haematology (free)

6 – Malaria vaccine pilot launched in Malawi – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: World’s first malaria vaccine to go to 360,000 African children – CNN (free) AND Widespread Testing Begins on Malaria Vaccine That Is Only Partly Effective – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

7 – Switching to oral antibiotics early for bone and joint infections gave similar results to continuing intravenous therapy – NIHR Signal (free)

Original Research: Oral versus Intravenous Antibiotics for Bone and Joint Infection (link to abstract and commentaries)

8 – The association between vegetation size and surgical treatment on 6-month mortality in left-sided infective endocarditis – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Early Surgery and Mortality Among Patients with IE and Large Vegetation – American College of Cardiology (free)

9 – Associations of Public Transportation Use With Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – American Journal of Epidemiology (free)

10 – Effects of intensive blood pressure lowering on mortality and cardiovascular and renal outcomes in type 2 diabetic patients: A meta-analysis – PLOS One (free)