Wed May 1 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to infectious diseases in solid organ transplant recipients – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Related: 10 Tips for Intensive Care Management of Transplanted Patients (free articles) AND Special Issue: Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation Guidelines (free articles)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

2 – A decade of progress in critical care echocardiography: a narrative review – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

3 – Two weeks versus four weeks of antibiotic therapy after surgical drainage for native joint bacterial arthritis: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)

Commentary: Shorter Treatment Succeeds in Septic Arthritis – RheumNow (free)

4 – Risk‐reducing medications for primary breast cancer: a network meta‐analysis – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Medicines to prevent breast cancer in women at above-average risk of developing breast cancer – Cochrane Library (free)

5 – Opinion: How to Make Doctors Think About Death – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

“End-of-life treatment guidelines would help families, physicians and nurses confront the inevitable with care and compassion.”

6 – Is It Time for Safeguards in the Adoption of Robotic Surgery? – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related: FDA Cautions Patients, Providers About Using Robotically-assisted Surgical Devices for Mastectomy and Other Cancer-related Surgeries (free safety alert and commentary)

“To date, most studies demonstrating potential benefits of robotic-assisted surgery have been small, single-centered reports without rigorous controls.”

7 – Clinical Update: Active Surveillance of Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer – JAMA (free for a limited period)

“Individuals should also be aware that there are currently no head-to-head randomized trials that compared active surveillance of low-risk thyroid cancer with thyroid surgery, and that there remain uncertainties related to the risks and benefits of each approach.”

8 – Alex Nowbar’s research reviews, 30 April 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

9 – Perioperative Fluid Therapy for Major Surgery – Anesthesiology (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

10 – Effect of Initial Management With Aflibercept vs Laser Photocoagulation vs Observation on Vision Loss Among Patients With Diabetic Macular Edema Involving the Center of the Macula and Good Visual Acuity: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Patients With Good Vision and Diabetic Macular Edema Involving the Center of the Macula: To Treat or Not to Treat? (free)

Commentary: Watchful waiting reasonable for patients with diabetic macular edema and good vision – NIH News Releases (free)

See also: Visual Abstract