Tue, March 5 – 10 Stories of The Day!
5 Mar, 2019 | 03:30h | UTC
News Release: New scientific statement on blood pressure measurement in people – American Heart Association (free) AND Heart Group Updates Statement on Blood Pressure Measurement – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND AHA Details Accurate BP Measurement in Updated Scientific Statement – TCTMD (free)
2 – ACG Clinical Guideline: Ulcerative Colitis in Adults – American Journal of Gastroenterology (free PDF)
Commentary: Mucosal healing an emerging goal of ulcerative colitis treatment, guideline states – ACP Internist (free)
Related Guidelines: AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis (free guideline and commentaries) AND Guideline: Management of Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis (free)
Commentaries: Doctors may be prescribing antibotics for longer than needed – The Conversation (free) AND UK primary care study finds overly long antibiotic courses – CIDRAP (free) AND Antibiotics courses often longer than guidelines – OnMedica (free)
4 – Javad Hekmat-panah: “Elderly”—an outdated and potentially harmful term – The BMJ Opinion (free)
5 – Management of hyperkalemia in the acutely ill patient – Annals of Intensive Care (free)
Related Reviews: Diagnosis and treatment of hyperkalemia – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free) AND Potassium Disorders: Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia – American Family Physician (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
6 – Fibrosing interstitial lung diseases: knowns and unknowns – European Respiratory Review (free)
Related: Position Statement: Comprehensive Management of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Diseases (free guidelines and reviews on the subject)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Commentaries: New sanitation system halves healthcare associated infections and cuts costs by 75 percent – Bocconi University (free) AND Study: Hospital sanitation system cuts infections by 52 percent – UPI (free)
Amazing results. Hopefully, a randomized trial will confirm these findings.
Commentary: A new machine learning model can classify lung cancer slides at the pathologist level – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (free)
9 – Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism: A Nationwide Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: It’s old news that vaccines don’t cause autism. But a major new study aims to refute skeptics again – STAT (free) AND Danish study finds no association between MMR vaccine and autism, even within high-risk subgroups – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND A Large Study Provides More Evidence That MMR Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism – NPR (free)
10 – Impact of a Municipal Policy Restricting Trans Fatty Acid Use in New York City Restaurants on Serum Trans Fatty Acid Levels in Adults – American Journal of Public Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Trans Fat Bans May Be Good for the Heart – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND A ban on artificial trans fats in NYC restaurants appears to be working – ScienceNews (free)
Related: Action Package: WHO Plan to Eliminate Trans-fatty Acids from Global Food Supply (free report and commentaries) AND Systematic review of dietary trans-fat reduction interventions (free) AND Banning trans fats in New York prevented thousands of heart attacks (link to abstract and commentaries)