Tue November 26 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) international consensus document on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat cardiac implantable electronic device infections—endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS), International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases (ISCVID) and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) (free)

2 – Health, safety and dignity of sanitation workers: An initial assessment – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: Toxic Conditions Expose Millions Of Sanitation Workers To Infectious Disease & Death – Health Policy Watch (free) AND On World Toilet Day, UN Highlights Plight of Sanitation Workers – IISD (free) AND Even Researchers Were Shocked By How Tough Life Is For Sanitation Workers – NPR (free)

3 – Association of the Work Schedules of Hospitalists with Patient Outcomes of Hospitalization – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Author Interview: Association of the Work Schedules of Hospitalists With Patient Outcomes of Hospitalization (free audio)

Commentary: Hospitalist Schedules Allowing More Continuity of Care Linked to Better Patient Outcomes – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Related Study: Inpatient Physician Continuity Associated with Speedier Patient Discharge (free study and commentary)

4 – Overall Survival with Osimertinib in Untreated, EGFR-Mutated Advanced NSCLC – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentary: FLAURA Trial: First-Line Osimertinib Improves Overall Survival in EGFR-Mutated Advanced Lung Cancer – The ASCO Post (free)

5 – Comparison of different human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine types and dose schedules for prevention of HPV‐related disease in females and males – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Comparison of different human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines and the number of doses administered to prevent HPV-related disease in females and males – Cochrane Library (free)

6 – Addressing Bias in Artificial Intelligence in Health Care – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Author Interview: Addressing Bias in Artificial Intelligence in Health Care (free)

7 – Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, and Clinical Practice: Can the Past Inform the Present? – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related: How to Read Articles That Use Machine Learning: Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature – JAMA (free for a limited period) AND Evaluating Machine Learning Articles – JAMA (free for a limited period)

8 – A Cancer Care Approach Tailored to The Elderly May Have Better Results – NPR (free)

Related: Practical Assessment and Management of Vulnerabilities in Older Patients Receiving Chemotherapy: ASCO Guideline for Geriatric Oncology – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free) AND International Society of Geriatric Oncology Consensus on Geriatric Assessment in Older Patients With Cancer – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free PDF) AND What Every Oncologist Should Know About Geriatric Assessment for Older Patients With Cancer: Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology Position Paper – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free) AND Geriatric Assessment-Guided Care Processes for Older Adults: A Delphi Consensus of Geriatric Oncology Experts – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

9 – A population-based study of cardiovascular disease mortality risk in US cancer patients – European Heart Journal (free for a limited period)

Editorial: From trends to transformation: where cardio-oncology is to make a difference – European Heart Journal (free)

Commentaries: Cancer patients are at higher risk of dying from heart disease and stroke – European Society of Cardiology (free) AND Cancer survivors ‘have higher heart risk’ – BBC (free)

10 – Survival outcomes after laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy versus open distal gastrectomy with nodal dissection for clinical stage IA or IB gastric cancer (JCOG0912): a multicentre, non-inferiority, phase 3 randomised controlled trial – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)