Tue September 24 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – School-aged Children Who Are Not Progressing Academically: Considerations for Pediatricians – Pediatrics (free)

News Release: Report guides pediatricians in evaluating children with academic problems – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: Pediatrics Group Offers Guidance for Supporting Children who Struggle in School – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

2 – Expert panel consensus recommendations for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in Asia: The HOPE Asia Network – The Journal of Clinical Hypertension (free)

Related Reviews: Role of Ambulatory and Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Practice: A Narrative Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free) AND Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Practice: A Review – American Journal of Medicine (free)

3 – Chronic kidney disease and valvular heart disease: conclusions from  Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference – Kidney International (free)

4 – Prevention, Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Chronic Kidney Disease: Synopsis of the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes 2018 Clinical Practice Guideline – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Original Guideline: KDIGO 2018 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease – Kidney International (free)

5 – Association of Relative Age in the School Year With Diagnosis of Intellectual Disability, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Depression – JAMA Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: Youngest children in school year could be at higher risk of mental health problems – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND Expert reaction to relative age in school year, and diagnosis of intellectual disability, depression and ADHD – Science Media Centre (free)

Related: Study: Youngest in Class More Likely to be Diagnosed with ADHD (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Systematic Review: Youngest in Class More Likely to be Diagnosed with ADHD (free study and commentaries)

6 – Association Between Screen Media Use and Academic Performance Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Expert reaction to screen media use and academic performance – Science Media Centre (free) AND Not all screen time causes kids to underperform in school, study says – CNN (free)

7 – #174 Dominate Perioperative Medication Management – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free)

Related Episode: #135 Perioperative Medicine: Assess & Optimize Risk (free)

See also: Episode List

8 – Perioperative beta‐blockers for preventing surgery‐related mortality and morbidity in adults undergoing cardiac surgery – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Beta-blockers to prevent death or serious events after heart surgery – Cochrane Library (free)

Related: Perioperative beta‐blockers for preventing surgery‐related mortality and morbidity – Cochrane Library (free)

9 – Non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs for heavy menstrual bleeding – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs safe and effective for treating heavy menstrual bleeding? – Cochrane Library (free)

10 – Rate and Prognosis of Brain Ischemia in Patients With Lower-Risk Transient or Persistent Minor Neurologic Events – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Benefits of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Patients Presenting With Low-risk Transient or Persistent Minor Neurologic Deficits (free)

Commentaries: MRI can help clinicians diagnose minor stroke – HealthImaging (free) AND Study highlights importance of MRI in helping diagnose minor strokes – News Medical (free)

Author Interview: Rate and Prognosis of Brain Ischemia in Lower-Risk Transient or Persistent Minor Neurologic Events (free)