Wed September 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!

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

Editorials: Updated Guidelines for Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria (free) AND The 2019 USPSTF Report on Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria—Lessons From History (free)

Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults (free audio)

2 – Guideline Synopsis: Prevention and Management of Venous Thromboembolism – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Clinical Review Audio: An Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolic Disease (free)

Original American Society of Hematology 2018 Guidelines: Prophylaxis for hospitalized and nonhospitalized medical patients (free) AND Diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (free) AND Optimal management of anticoagulation therapy (free) AND Treatment of pediatric venous thromboembolism (free) AND Venous thromboembolism in the context of pregnancy (free) AND Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (free)

3 – Withholding and withdrawing life-support in adults in emergency care: joint position paper from the French Intensive Care Society and French Society of Emergency Medicine – Annals of Intensive Care (free)

4 – Injury Risk Associated with Sports Specialization and Activity Volume in Youth – Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine (free)

Commentaries: For young athletes, sport specialization means increased risk of injury – Brown University (free) AND Sports Specialization Hurts Girls More Than Boys – MedicalResearch.com (free)

Related Meta-Analysis: Sport Specialization and Risk of Overuse Injuries (link to abstract and commentary)

5 – Effects of antihypertensives, lipid-modifying drugs, glycaemic control drugs and sodium bicarbonate on the progression of stages 3 and 4 chronic kidney disease in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis – BMJ Open (free)

6 – A Simple Regimen Can Prevent TB. Why Aren’t More People on It? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related Randomized Trial: One Month of Rifapentine plus Isoniazid vs. 9 months of Isoniazid Alone for Preventing Tuberculosis in HIV-infected Patients with Latent Tuberculosis Infection (free)

7 – Age to stop? Appropriate screening in older patients – Canadian Family Physician (free)

Editorial: Preventive care at both ends of life (free)

Podcast: Appropriate screening in older patients (free audio)

Source: Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care Newsletter

8 – Finding the Right Words to Stop Cancer Screening in Older Adults – JAMA (free)

Related Study: Older Adults’ Views and Communication Preferences About Cancer Screening Cessation – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

9 – Acute ischaemic stroke: challenges for the intensivist – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

10 – Inherited Thrombophilia and the Risk of Arterial Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)