Wed, February 27 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Rationalizing antimicrobial therapy in the ICU: a narrative review – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

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

2 – Joint AAD-NPF guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with awareness and attention to comorbidities – Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (free)

Commentary: New psoriasis guidelines emphasize management of comorbidities, use of biologics – ACP Internist (free)

Related Guidelines: Joint AAD-NPF guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with biologics – Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (free) AND French guidelines on the use of systemic treatments for moderate‐to‐severe psoriasis in adults – Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (free)

3 – Benefits of Sequentially Adding Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy or Antidepressant Medication for Adults With Nonremitting Depression – The American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Patients Not Fully Responsive to Antidepressants, CBT Alone Found to Improve With Combined Therapies – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND What to Do When Depression Doesn’t Remit with Monotherapy – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)

4 – Alex Nowbar’s weekly research reviews, 26 February 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

5 – Bundled Payments Are Moving Upstream – NEJM Catalyst (free)

“For bundled payments to fulfill their promise of delivering greater value to patients, bundling must shift toward the condition or person level rather than the procedure level”

6 – Association of Overlapping Surgery With Perioperative Outcomes – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Podcast: Is It Safe? What Happens When Your Surgeon Is Not Actually Doing Some of Your Operation? – JAMA (free)

Commentaries: How Safe Are Overlapping Surgeries? – Harvard Medical School (free) AND Double-Booked Surgeons: Study Raises Safety Questions For High-Risk Patients – NPR (free) AND ‘Overlapping surgery’ is safe for most patients, but not all – STAT (free)

7 – Association of Adolescent Hypertension with Future End-Stage Renal Disease – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Adolescent Hypertension Linked to Later End-Stage Renal Disease – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

8 – 2018 Update on Pediatric Medical Overuse: A Review – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

9 – Pathophysiology and management of opioid-induced constipation: European expert consensus statement – United European Gastroenterology Journal (free)

Related Guideline: American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on the Medical Management of Opioid-Induced Constipation (free guideline and commentaries)

10 – Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines on the Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma – Neurosurgery (free articles)

– Executive Summary

– Classification of Injury

– Radiological Evaluation

– Neurological Assessment

– Pharmacological Treatment

– Prophylaxis and Treatment of Thromboembolic Events

– Hemodynamic Management

– Nonoperative Care

– Operative Versus Nonoperative Treatment

– Timing of Surgical Intervention

– Surgical Approaches

– Novel Surgical Strategies