Wed, February 20 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Bag-Mask Ventilation during Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Preventing Dogma from Driving Practice (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Is pure RSI a failed paradigm in critical illness? The primacy of pressure – PulmCrit (free) AND Higher O2 Sats With Manual Vent During Intubation of Critically Ill – Drugs.com (free) AND Helping patients breathe during dangerous procedure prevents complications – Vanderbilt University Medical Center (free)

2 – Adjunctive Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Venous Thromboprophylaxis – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)

3 – Challenges in the management of septic shock: a narrative review – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Note: if the link above is paywalled, try this one

4 – Ann Robinson’s research reviews, 19 February 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

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

5 – Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5 years of age after general anaesthesia or awake-regional anaesthesia in infancy (GAS): an international, multicentre, randomised, controlled equivalence trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Having Anesthesia Once as a Baby Does Not Cause Learning Disabilities, New Research Shows – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

6 – Choosing Wisely Canada: Six Things Clinicians and Patients Should Question – Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (free)

See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada

7 – A Clinical Prediction Rule to Identify Febrile Infants 60 Days and Younger at Low Risk for Serious Bacterial Infections – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: New protocol could ease diagnosis of bacterial infections in infants – NIH News Release (free) AND Model derived to rule out bacteria in feverish infants – CIDRAP (free)

8 – Unresolved questions on venous thromboembolic disease. Consensus statement of the French Society for Vascular Medicine (SFMV) – JMV-Journal de Médecine Vasculaire (free for a limited period)

9 – Associations between low- and high-dose oral fluconazole and pregnancy outcomes: 3 nested case–control studies – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentaries: Risk of Spontaneous Abortion & Birth Defects with Oral Yeast Drug During Pregnancy – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Common yeast infection pill tied to miscarriages – Reuters (free) AND Oral antifungal drug used to treat yeast infections linked to higher rates of miscarriage – CMAJ (free)

10 – Proton pump inhibitors use and risk of chronic kidney disease: Evidence-based meta-analysis of observational studies – Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health (free)

Related Research (just published): Analysis of postmarketing safety data for proton-pump inhibitors reveals increased propensity for renal injury, electrolyte abnormalities, and nephrolithiasis – Scientific Reports (free) AND Commentary: Common acid reflux medications linked to increased kidney disease risk – University of California (free)

See also: Proton Pump Inhibitors: Review of Emerging Concerns (free reviews) AND Deprescribing Proton Pump Inhibitors (free guidelines and reviews)