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“A 5% drop in measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations could cause a threefold increase of measles cases, costing the public sector millions, US study shows” (from The Guardian)

8 – Contemporary Reviews in Critical Care Medicine: Update in Management of Severe Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure – Chest (free PDF)

9 – Report: Finding a Path to Safety in Food Allergy: Assessment of the Global Burden, Causes, Prevention, Management, and Public Policy – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free)

Summary: Critical Issues in Food Allergy: A National Academies Consensus Report – Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: Food Allergy: Consensus Report Stresses Diagnostic Accuracy – Medscape (free registration required)

10 – The Diagnosis and Treatment of Hemoptysis – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

WHO Consolidated Guideline on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living with HIV

27 Jul, 2017 | 16:00h | UTC

Consolidated Guideline on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living with HIV – World Health Organization (free)

Guidance for Health Care Providers Caring for Pregnant Women with Possible Zika Virus Exposure

27 Jul, 2017 | 16:01h | UTC

Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers Caring for Pregnant Women with Possible Zika Virus Exposure – MMWR / CDC (free)

Commentaries: CDC Updates Guidelines on Caring for Pregnant Women with Possible Zika Exposure – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Updated CDC Guidance on Zika in Pregnancy – Medscape (free registration required)

Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football

27 Jul, 2017 | 16:03h | UTC

Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football – JAMA (free)

Author interview: Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Football Players (free video)

Commentaries: High Prevalence of Evidence of CTE in Brains of Deceased Football Players – JAMA Network (free) AND Brain disease CTE seen in most football players in large report – STAT News (free) AND 110 N.F.L. Brains – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Signs of brain disease in 99 percent of ex-NFL players studied: paper – Reuters (free) AND Study: CTE Found In Nearly All Donated NFL Player Brains – NPR (free)

“A neuropathologist has examined the brains of 111 N.F.L. players — and 110 were found to have C.T.E., the degenerative disease linked to repeated blows to the head” (from NYT).

Big names in statistics want to shake up much-maligned P value

27 Jul, 2017 | 01:19h | UTC

Big names in statistics want to shake up much-maligned P value – Nature News (free)

“One of scientists’ favorite statistics — the P value — should face tougher standards, say leading researchers”

Wed, July 26 – 10 Stories of The Day!

26 Jul, 2017 | 01:33h | UTC

1 – Consolidated Guideline on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living with HIV – World Health Organization (free)

See also: Executive Summary (free)

2 – Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers Caring for Pregnant Women with Possible Zika Virus Exposure – MMWR / CDC (free)

Commentaries: CDC Updates Guidelines on Caring for Pregnant Women with Possible Zika Exposure – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Updated CDC Guidance on Zika in Pregnancy – Medscape (free registration required)

3 – Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football – JAMA (free)

Author interview: Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Football Players (free video)

Commentaries: High Prevalence of Evidence of CTE in Brains of Deceased Football Players – JAMA Network (free) AND Brain disease CTE seen in most football players in large report – STAT News (free) AND 110 N.F.L. Brains – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Signs of brain disease in 99 percent of ex-NFL players studied: paper – Reuters (free) AND Study: CTE Found In Nearly All Donated NFL Player Brains – NPR (free)

“A neuropathologist has examined the brains of 111 N.F.L. players — and 110 were found to have C.T.E., the degenerative disease linked to repeated blows to the head” (from NYT).

4 – Long-acting intramuscular cabotegravir and rilpivirine in adults with HIV-1 infection (LATTE-2): 96-week results of a randomised, open-label, phase 2b, non-inferiority trial – The Lancet (free)

Commentary: Long-Acting Injectable HIV Regimens Show Promise – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Injections ‘next revolution’ in HIV: study – BBC (free)

5 – Brazilian guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes: a position statement from the Brazilian Diabetes Society (SBD), the Brazilian Cardiology Society (SBC) and the Brazilian Endocrinology and Metabolism Society (SBEM) – Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome (free)

6 – Guidelines for the understanding and management of pain in chronic pancreatitis – Pancreatology (free)

7 – Cardiocerebral and cardiopulmonary resuscitation – 2017 update – Acute Medicine & Surgery (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

8 – 2017 ISHNE-HRS expert consensus statement on ambulatory ECG and external cardiac monitoring/telemetry (free)

9 – Report: WHO MERS-CoV Global Summary and Assessment of Risk – World Health Organization (free PDF)

Commentary: WHO: Hospital outbreaks underscore MERS challenges – CIDRAP (free)

10 – Comparative effectiveness of high-dose versus standard-dose influenza vaccination on numbers of US nursing home residents admitted to hospital: a cluster-randomised trial – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Study: High-dose flu vaccine cuts hospitalizations in nursing home residents – CIDRAP (free) AND High-dose influenza vaccine for nursing home residents reduces hospitalisations – OnMedica (free) AND High Dose Influenza Vaccine Leads to Lower Rate of Hospitalization From Respiratory Illnesses in Nursing Home Residents – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, via NewsWise (free)

Effect of Sport Specialization on Lower Extremity Injury Rates in High School Athletes

27 Jul, 2017 | 01:13h | UTC

A Prospective Study on the Effect of Sport Specialization on Lower Extremity Injury Rates in High School Athletes – American Journal of Sports Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Student Athletes Who Specialize Early Are Injured More Often, Study Finds – NPR (free)

E-cigarette use and associated changes in population smoking cessation

27 Jul, 2017 | 01:14h | UTC

E-cigarette use and associated changes in population smoking cessation: evidence from US current population surveys – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Rise in e-cigarette use linked to increase in smoking cessation rates (free)

Related: The shadow of Big Tobacco looms over e-cigarettes and harm reduction – STAT (free) (“Should we settle for lesser harms?”)

Update in Management of Severe Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure – Chest

27 Jul, 2017 | 01:17h | UTC

Contemporary Reviews in Critical Care Medicine: Update in Management of Severe Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure – Chest (free PDF)

“The antibiotic course has had its day”

27 Jul, 2017 | 01:12h | UTC

Analysis: The antibiotic course has had its day – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Some Doctors Now Say to Stop Antibiotics When You Feel Better – TIME (free) AND Rule that patients must finish antibiotics course is wrong, study says – The Guardian (free)

“Experts suggest patients should stop taking the drugs when they feel better rather than completing their prescription” (from The Guardian)

Early Orthostatic Hypotension and Orthostatic Intolerance

25 Jul, 2017 | 14:59h | UTC

Association of History of Dizziness and Long-term Adverse Outcomes With Early vs Later Orthostatic Hypotension Assessment Times in Middle-aged Adults – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Invited commentary: Early Orthostatic Hypotension and Orthostatic Intolerance—More Than an Observation or Annoyance (free)

Practice Changing – Orthostatic hypotension within 1 min of standing (rather than at 3 minutes) has greater relation to falls, fracture, syncope, motor vehicle crash, and mortality.

Clinical Impact of Baseline RBBB in Patients Undergoing TARV

25 Jul, 2017 | 00:57h | UTC

Clinical Impact of Baseline Right Bundle Branch Block in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement – JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: RBBB in TAVR Recipients (free)

“Pre-existing RBBB was found in 10% of TAVR recipients and was associated with poorer clinical outcomes”

Abuse of online games

25 Jul, 2017 | 00:59h | UTC

Put cult online games to the test: There are now vast opportunities to study the effects on young minds – Nature News (free)

“Abuse of online games does not have to rot the brain to be a disorder worth investigating” (RT @NatureNews see Tweet)

Early vs Later Orthostatic Hypotension Assessment Times

25 Jul, 2017 | 20:53h | UTC

Association of History of Dizziness and Long-term Adverse Outcomes With Early vs Later Orthostatic Hypotension Assessment Times in Middle-aged Adults – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Invited commentary: Early Orthostatic Hypotension and Orthostatic Intolerance—More Than an Observation or Annoyance (free)

Practice Changing – Orthostatic hypotension within 1 min of standing (rather than at 3 minutes) has greater relation to falls, fracture, syncope, motor vehicle crash, and mortality.