Tue, November 6 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – 2018 American Heart Association Focused Update on Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Use of Antiarrhythmic Drugs During and Immediately After Cardiac Arrest: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (free PDF) (via @gonzaeperez)

See also: Highlights of the 2018 Focused Updates to the American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support – American Heart Association (free PDF)

2 – 2018 American Heart Association Focused Update on Pediatric Advanced Life Support: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (free PDF)

3 – A patient-level pooled analysis of treatment-shortening regimens for drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis – Nature Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Pulmonary TB can be cured with shorter treatment, study finds – University of California – San Francisco (free)

4 – Policy Statement: Effective Discipline to Raise Healthy Children – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: AAP policy opposes corporal punishment, draws on recent evidence – AAP News (free) AND Discipline vs. punishment: What works best for children? – AAP News (free) AND Pediatricians strengthen stance against spanking kids – CNN (free) AND Spanking Is Ineffective and Harmful to Children, Pediatricians’ Group Says – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

5 – Ann Robinson’s weekly research reviews, 5 November 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.

6 – Podcast: #123 Sleep Apnea Pearls and Pitfalls – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free audio and summary)

7 – Guideline Summary: Updated clinical practice guidelines on pregnancy care – Medical Journal of Australia (free for 7 days)

See full guidelines: Pregnancy Care Guidelines and related documents – Australian Government Department of Health (free)

8 – What Works in Youth Suicide Prevention? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – EclinicalMedicine (free)

Related: 800,000 People Kill Themselves Every Year. What Can We do? (free Guidelines and commentary) AND Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk (free Guideline and commentary) AND Preventing Teen Suicide: What Does the Evidence Shows (free Guideline and commentary) AND AAP Clinical Report: Suicide and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents (free)

9 – Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Incidence of Endocarditis Before and After the 2007 AHA Recommendations – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free)

Commentary: International study supports the use of antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent a life-threatening heart infection in high risk dental patients – contrary to NICE guidance that recommended against its use in the UK – The University of Sheffield (free)

10 – Pedestrian Fatalities Associated With Halloween in the United States – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Pedestrian fatalities increase on Halloween, particularly among children – University of British Columbia (free) AND High risk of child pedestrian deaths at Halloween – OnMedica (free) AND Really Scary! Pediatric Pedestrian Fatalities 10x Higher on Halloween – MedicalResearch.com (free)