Tue February 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Physical Activity Assessment and Counseling in Pediatric Clinical Settings – Pediatrics (free)

News Releases: New report guides physical activity counseling in pediatric clinical settings – AAP News (free) AND American Academy of Pediatrics Urges Physical Activity Prescriptions at Doctor Visits – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

2 – EASL Clinical Practice Guideline: Occupational liver diseases – Journal of Hepatology (free)

3 – Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China: Summary of a Report of 72 314 Cases From the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention – JAMA (free)

Commentary: Study of 72,000 COVID-19 patients finds 2.3% death rate – CIDRAP (free)

4 – Clinical diagnosis of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and vestibular neuritis – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

5 – Evaluation of a Common Prescribing Cascade of Calcium Channel Blockers and Diuretics in Older Adults With Hypertension – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Antihypertensive Prescribing Cascades as High-Priority Targets for Deprescribing – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

6 – Evaluation of the Association Between Gastric Acid Suppression and Risk of Intestinal Colonization With Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Author Interview: Evaluation of Association Between Gastric Acid Suppression and Risk of Intestinal Colonization With MDROs – JAMA (free)

Commentary: Deprescribing Proton Pump Inhibitors: Overcoming Resistance – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Related: Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Deprescribing Proton Pump Inhibitors – Therapeutics Initiative (free)

7 – Continuation of Annual Screening Mammography and Breast Cancer Mortality in Women Older Than 70 Years – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Mammography may not benefit healthy women older than age 75 – ACP Internist (free) AND Mammography in Women Older Than 75 Does Not Confer an Additional Survival Benefit – AJMC (free)

8 – Pharmacologic Therapies in Patients With Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Meta-Analysis: Systemic Corticosteroids, Antibiotics Effective for COPD Exacerbations – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

9 – The associations of major foods and fibre with risks of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke: a prospective study of 418 329 participants in the EPIC cohort across nine European countries – European Heart Journal (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Study of 418,000 Europeans finds different foods linked to different types of stroke – European Society of Cardiology (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at foods and stroke risk – Science Media Centre (free)

10 – Is COVID-19 Going Pandemic? / Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives / 25 February 2020 Edition

25 February 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)