Wed April 24 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Draft Recommendation Statement: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Commentary: USPSTF Eases Recommendation for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Screening in Pregnant Women – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

2 – Exercise as a Prescription for Patients with Various Diseases – Journal of Sport and Health Science (free)

This review summarizes the latest exercise prescription treatments for 26 different diseases.

3 – Updated Australian consensus statement on management of inherited bleeding disorders in pregnancy – The Medical Journal of Australia (free)

4 – Korean clinical practice guideline for perioperative red blood cell transfusion from Korean Society of Anesthesiologists – Korean Journal of Anesthesiology (free)

5 – Systematic review and meta‐analysis of experimental studies: In‐hospital mobilization for patients admitted for medical treatment – Journal of Advanced Nursing (free)

Commentary: Getting hospital patients up and moving shortens stay and improves fitness – NIHR Signal (free)

Related: Randomized Trial: Effect of Exercise Intervention on Functional Decline in Very Elderly Patients During Acute Hospitalization (link to abstract and commentaries)

6 – Neutropenic diets to prevent cancer infections: updated systematic review and meta-analysis – BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care (free)

Related: Things We Do For No Reason: Neutropenic Diet – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free)

7 – Long-Term Weight Loss with Metformin or Lifestyle Intervention in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Metformin may help patients maintain weight loss long-term – American College of Physicians (free) AND Metformin may help people at high diabetes risk to maintain weight loss – Medicine Matters (free) AND Metformin may help patients maintain long-term weight loss – 2 Minute Medicine (free)

8 – Association of Caloric Intake From Sugar-Sweetened Beverages With Water Intake Among US Children and Young Adults in the 2011-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Kids Who Don’t Drink Water, More Likely To Drink Sugar-Sweetened Beverages – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Not drinking water may boost kids’ consumption of sugary beverages – Penn State (free) AND Drinking water linked to fewer sugary drinks — and calories — in kids – CNN (free) AND Drinking water might help kids limit soda – Reuters (free)

9 – Hepatorenal Syndrome – Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology (free for a limited period)

Related: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Management of Hepatorenal Syndrome (free guidelines and reviews)

10 – Consumption of Meat, Fish, Dairy Products, Eggs and Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease: A Prospective Study of 7198 Incident Cases Among 409,885 Participants in the Pan-European EPIC Cohort – Circulation (free PDF)