Thu, March 7 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – NICE Guideline: Intrapartum care for women with existing medical conditions or obstetric complications and their babies – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

2 – β-blockers after acute myocardial infarction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A nationwide population-based observational study – PLOS One (free)

Related: Observational Study: β-Blocker Therapy Reduces the Risk for COPD Hospitalization (free study and reviews on the subject) AND β‐Blocker Use and Mortality in COPD Patients After Myocardial Infarction: A Swedish Nationwide Observational Study (free – similar study from Sweden)

Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club

3 – Pre-hospital advanced airway management for adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: nationwide cohort study – the BMJ (free)

Commentary: ECG rhythm and airway management make all the difference during a heart attack – Osaka University (free)

4 – Associations of statin use with glycaemic traits and incident type 2 diabetes – British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (free PDF)

Commentaries: Statins associated with 38 per cent increased risk of type 2 diabetes – Diabetes.co.uk (free) AND Cholesterol-lowering drugs linked to higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes – News Medical (free)

5 – Diagnosis and Outpatient Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Podcast: COPD: All You Need to Know in 20 Minutes – JAMA (free)

6 – An ultrasound scan is not as useful as a CT scan in assessing trauma – NIHR Signal (free)

Original Article: Point‐of‐care ultrasonography for diagnosing thoracoabdominal injuries in patients with blunt trauma – Cochrane Library (free)

7 – Choosing Wisely Canada: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question in Otolaryngology – Rhinology – Canadian Society of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery (free)

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

8 – Inclusion body myositis: clinical features and pathogenesis – Nature Reviews Rheumatology (free)

9 – What do the people of the world die from? – BBC (free)

10 – The association between Zika virus infection and microcephaly in Brazil 2015–2017: An observational analysis of over 4 million births – PLOS Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Study confirms and quantifies Zika-microcephaly link in Brazil – PLOS (free) AND Study highlights early pregnancy Zika microcephaly risk – CIDRAP (free)