Tue, April 9 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Screening for Breast Cancer in Average-Risk Women: A Guidance Statement from the American College of Physicians – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Summary for Patients: Breast Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Women (free)

News Release: ACP issues guidance statement for breast cancer screening of average-risk women (free)

Commentaries: ACP Guideline Discourages Breast Cancer Screening for Average-Risk Women in Their 40s – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Most women need mammograms every other year starting at 50 – Reuters (free)

Related Guidelines: Breast Cancer: Screening – U.S.Preventive Services Task Force (free) AND New Canadian Recommendations on Screening for Breast Cancer (free) AND American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Screening Guideline (free) AND Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Screening in Average-Risk Women – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free) AND Recommendations from European Breast Guidelines (free)

2 – SMFM Consult Series #47: Sepsis during pregnancy and the puerperium – American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (free)

News Release: Experts issue new recommendations for the diagnosis & treatment of maternal sepsis – Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (free)

3 – Endoscopic management of common bile duct stones: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) guideline – Endoscopy (free for a limited period)

Commentary: New Guideline on Management of Common Bile Duct Stones – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)

4 – Antibiotic Prescribing During Pediatric Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Visits – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Study finds high rate of antibiotic prescribing in kids’ telemedicine visits – CIDRAP (free) AND Pediatric telemedicine visits may increase antibiotic overprescribing – University of Pittsburgh (free)

5 – Cost Avoidance Associated with Clinical Pharmacist Presence in a Medical Intensive Care Unit – Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (free PDF) (via @ABsteward)

6 – Podcast: #147 Rheumatoid Arthritis for the Internist – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free audio and summary)

7 – State of the Art Review: Depression in primary care: part 1—screening and diagnosis – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

Depression in primary care: part 2—management (free)

8 – Tailoring the Approach to Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: A Review – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)

9 – Use of vitamin D drops leading to kidney failure in a 54-year-old man – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

“Vitamin D toxicity is rare, but clinicians must be aware of the risks of vitamin D use to limit complications related to hypercalcemia”.

10 – 10 Tips for Intensive Care Management of Transplanted Patients – Intensive Care Medicine (free articles)

– 10 tips for intensive care management of transplanted heart patients

– 10 tips for intensive care management of transplanted liver patients

– 10 tips for the intensive care management of transplanted lung patients

– 10 tips to manage renal transplant recipients