Tue September 3 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Microbiological Laboratory Testing in the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections in Pulmonary and Critical Care Practice. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free)

Commentary: New ATS Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnosing Fungal Infections – American Thoracic Society (free)

2 – Antipsychotics for Treating Delirium in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

3 – Antipsychotics for Preventing Delirium in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

4 – Antithrombotic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation with Stable Coronary Disease – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: AFIRE Supports Rivaroxaban Monotherapy in A-fib Patients With Stable CAD – TCTMD (free) AND Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Events With Rivaroxaban in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease – AFIRE – American College of Cardiology (free)

Related: Meta-Analysis of Oral Anticoagulant Monotherapy as an Antithrombotic Strategy in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease and Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation – American Journal of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

5 – Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with three-vessel or left main coronary artery disease: 10-year follow-up of the multicentre randomised controlled SYNTAX trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Bypass surgery and coronary stenting yield comparable 10-year survival – European Society of Cardiology (free)

Related Meta-Analysis: Mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting for coronary artery disease (link to abstract) AND Percutaneous Coronary Intervention vs Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis (free)

6 – Association of Metabolic Surgery With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: The Role of Bariatric Surgery in Managing the Macrovascular Complications of Obesity-Related Type 2 Diabetes (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Weight-Loss Surgery Associated with 40% Reduction in Risk of Death and Heart Complications in Patients with Diabetes and Obesity, Study Shows – Cleveland Clinic (free) AND Fewer cardiovascular events seen in diabetics after weight-loss surgery – Reuters (free) AND Metabolic Surgery Improves CV Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes, Obesity – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Weight-Loss Surgery May Reduce Heart Risks in People With Type 2 Diabetes – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related Studies: Observational Study Links Bariatric Surgery to Lower Mortality but Higher Risk of Adverse Events (link to abstract) AND Association of Bariatric Surgery vs Usual Care Obesity Management With All-Cause Mortality (free study and commentaries)

7 – Contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV: Guidance statement – Recommendations on contraceptive methods used by women at high risk of HIV – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: WHO revises recommendations on hormonal contraceptive use for women at high HIV risk (free)

Commentary: WHO: All Forms of Contraception OK for Women at High HIV Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Related Randomized Trial: No Difference in HIV Incidence with Different Forms of Contraception (free study and commentaries)

8 – Study Finds No ‘Gay Gene,’ But Some Question Whether The Search Should Have Started At All – CommonHealth (free)

Original Study: Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior – Science (free for a limited period)

Other commentaries: No ‘gay gene’: Massive study homes in on genetic basis of human sexuality – Nature (free) AND Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals – Science (free) AND Search For ‘Gay Genes’ Comes Up Short In Large New Study – NPR (free) AND Many Genes Influence Same-Sex Sexuality, Not a Single ‘Gay Gene’ – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND No single gene associated with being gay – BBC (free)

9 – A community-based comprehensive intervention to reduce cardiovascular risk in hypertension (HOPE 4): a cluster-randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (free registration required)

Commentaries: Non-physician health workers lead new approach to lowering risk of world’s number one cause of death – The Lancet (free) AND Nonphysician, Community Intervention Curbs CV Risk Factors: HOPE 4 – TCTMD (free) AND It takes a community to lower cardiovascular risk – McMaster University (free)

10 – World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts: revised models to estimate risk in 21 global regions – The Lancet Global Health (free)

Invited Commentary: Cardiovascular disease risk prediction models: challenges and perspectives (free)