Wed November 20 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Fever in under 5s: assessment and initial management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

2 – APSIC guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infections – Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control (free)

Related Guidelines: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 – JAMA Surgery (free) AND Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection – World Health Organization (free) AND Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

3 – The Management of Stroke Rehabilitation: A Synopsis of the 2019 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Commentary: Nonpharmaceutical interventions have strongest evidence support for poststroke rehab – ACP Internist (free)

4 – Computed tomography for diagnosis of acute appendicitis in adults – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: How accurate is computed tomography for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in adults? – Cochrane Library (free)

5 – Cardiovascular Effects of Switching from Tobacco Cigarettes to Electronic Cigarettes – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free)

Commentaries: Smokers who switch to vaping could soon ‘have healthier hearts’ – NHS Choices (free) AND Vaping less harmful than smoking for vascular health, major study finds – University of Dundee (free) AND Switching from cigarettes to vapes may be better for heart health, study says – CNN (free)

6 – Association of Umbilical Cord Milking vs Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping with Death or Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage Among Preterm Infants – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Maternal and Infant Outcomes After Different Methods of Umbilical Cord Management – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Umbilical Cord Milking May Harm Extremely Preterm Infants – Physician’s Briefing (free)

7 – Effect of Delayed vs Immediate Umbilical Cord Clamping on Maternal Blood Loss in Term Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Maternal and Infant Outcomes After Different Methods of Umbilical Cord Management – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related Systematic Review: Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping and other strategies to influence placental transfusion at preterm birth on maternal and infant outcomes – Cochrane Library (free)

8 – Review: Extra-cardiac endovascular infections in the critically ill – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

9 – Why is the world losing the fight against history’s most lethal disease? – The Guardian (free)

Opinion piece by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)

10 – Mosquito sterilization offers new opportunity to control chikungunya, dengue, and Zika – World Health Organization (free)

Commentary: UN mosquito sterilization technology set for global testing, in battle against malaria, dengue – United Nations (free)

Related: Study: Modified Mosquitoes to Reduce Dengue Rates (free study and commentaries) AND Australian Experiment Wipes Out Over 80% of Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes (news release and commentary)