Tue March 10 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Lifestyle and Risk Factor Modification for Reduction of Atrial Fibrillation: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

News Release: Better lifestyle habits are useful additions to optimize management of atrial fibrillation – American Heart Association (free)

2 – Screening for atrial fibrillation: a call for evidence – European Heart Journal (free)

3 – Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and pregnancy – Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (free)

Related: Novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) in pregnancy: What clinical recommendations to follow? – Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica (free) AND Novel coronavirus infection and pregnancy – Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (free) AND Preprint: CORONAVIRUS IN PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY: RAPID REVIEW AND EXPERT CONSENSUS – medRxiv (free PDF) AND Guidelines for pregnant women with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free) AND Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Pregnancy: What obstetricians need to know – American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (free PDF) AND In the race for coronavirus vaccines, don’t leave pregnant women behind – STAT (free)

See also: Latest developments on the COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak (several resources – updated daily)

4 – Doctors working while sick is bad enough in ordinary times. During the Covid-19 outbreak it could be catastrophic – STAT (free)

Related Systematic Review: Working While Sick: A Systematic Review of Infectious Illness Presenteeism (free)

Related Study: Which healthcare workers work with acute respiratory illness? Evidence from Canadian acute-care hospitals during 4 influenza seasons: 2010–2011 to 2013–2014 – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (free) AND Commentary: Sick hospital workers often expose patients to contagious illness – Reuters (free)

5 – #198 PCOS: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with Katherine Sherif MD – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free)

See also: Episode List

6 – Management of dependent use of illicit opioids – The BMJ (free)

7 – Diagnosis and Treatment of Clostridioides (Clostridium) Difficile Infection in Adults in 2020 – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related: Clostridioides Difficile: Diagnosis and Treatments (free BMJ review and guidelines on the subject) AND Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) infection in the critically ill: an expert statement – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

8 – Association Between Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade Discontinuation and All-Cause Mortality Among Persons With Low Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Continuation of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers in the Face of Kidney Disease Progression—Safe and Possibly Life Saving (free for a limited period)

9 – Efficacy of Gabapentin for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder in Patients With Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Drug eases withdrawal, improves abstinence in alcohol use disorder – UPI (free) AND Gabapentin Found to Work Best for Those With Severe Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome – Psychiatric News Alert (free)

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives / 10 March 2020 Edition

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