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NICE Guideline: Pancreatitis
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:30h | UTCPancreatitis – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
2018 Global State of Peer Review
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:30h | UTCPeer reviewers unmasked: largest global survey reveals trends – Nature News (free)
Original Report: 2018 Global State of Peer Review (free)
Study: Statins for Primary Prevention in Old and Very Old Adults
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:26h | UTCEditorial: Primary prevention with statins for older adults (free)
Commentaries: Expert reaction to study on use of statins in older people – Science Media Centre (free) AND Widespread use of statins in healthy older people to prevent heart disease not recommended in new study – BMJ, via ScienceDaily (free)
“New research does not support widespread use of statins in healthy older people to prevent heart disease and stroke. Results found that any protective effect was limited to those with type 2 diabetes aged between 75 and 84” (via @bmj_latest see Tweet)
ASCO Guideline Endorsement: Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:29h | UTC
Systematic Analysis: Mortality Due to Low-quality Health Systems in 137 countries
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:25h | UTCHigh-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution – The Lancet Global Health (free articles)
Related Article: Mortality due to low-quality health systems in the universal health coverage era: a systematic analysis of amenable deaths in 137 countries – The Lancet (free)
Editorial: Putting quality and people at the centre of health systems – The Lancet (free)
Commentaries: Political and technical barriers to improving quality of health care – The Lancet (free) AND What Kills 5 Million People A Year? It’s Not Just Disease – NPR (free)
Related Report: Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving Health Care Worldwide (free report and commentaries)
Tuberculosis: the Curable Disease on the Rise, and How to Tackle It
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:23h | UTCTuberculosis: the curable disease on the rise, and how to tackle it – The Guardian (free)
Study: Telehealth for Promoting Safe Antibiotic Prescribing Practices in Remote Healthcare Settings
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:19h | UTCNews Release: Telehealth Proves Valuable for Promoting Safe Antibiotic Prescribing Practices in Remote Healthcare Settings – Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (free)
Commentary: VA pilot study finds telehealth could aid stewardship – CIDRAP (free)
The 2018 Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s Treatment Bundle: When Guidelines Outpace the Evidence Supporting Their Use
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:24h | UTCThe 2018 Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s Treatment Bundle: When Guidelines Outpace the Evidence Supporting Their Use – Annals of Emergency Medicine (free) (via @EMNerd)
Related Opinions: Petition to retire the surviving sepsis campaign guidelines – PulmCrit (free) AND The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: A Rush to Judgment – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Original Guideline: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Bundle: 2018 update – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Position Statement: The Treatment of Anal Fistula
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:22h | UTCThe treatment of anal fistula: second ACPGBI Position Statement – 2018 – Colorectal Disease (free)
Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Perimenopausal Depression
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:20h | UTCCommentaries: First-Ever Guidelines for Detecting, Treating Perimenopausal Depression – University of Illinois at Chicago, via NewsWise (free) AND Guidelines for Managing Perimenopausal Depression Now Available – MPR (free)
Probiotics: Does the Evidence Match the Hype?
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:18h | UTCRelated Article: Post-Antibiotic Gut Mucosal Microbiome Reconstitution Is Impaired by Probiotics and Improved by Autologous FMT – Cell (free)
Commentaries: Probiotics: Does the evidence match the hype? – Medical News Today (free) AND Probiotics labelled ‘quite useless’ – BBC (free)
New Watch can Help Doctors Monitor your Heart in Real Time
13 Sep, 2018 | 22:58h | UTCNew watch can help doctors monitor your heart in real time – American Heart Association News (free)
See also: The new Apple Watch, with FDA’s blessing, comes with an EKG app – STAT (free)
Related: USPSTF Statement: Screening with Resting or Exercise Electrocardiography (ECG) Not Recommended (free Guideline and commentaries) AND Wearable technology to screen for atrial fibrillation: does it raise more questions than it answers? (free commentaries) AND Get Ready For A Tsunami Of ECGs (free commentaries)
Ten Commandments of the 2018 ESC/ESH Hypertension Guidelines
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:14h | UTCTen Commandments of the 2018 ESC/ESH HTN Guidelines on Hypertension in Adults – European Heart Journal (free) (via @gonzaeperez)
Guideline: Prostate Cancer Screening with PSA Test
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:12h | UTCRelated guidelines: American Cancer Society Guideline for the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer (free) AND PSA-Based Prostate Cancer Screening in Men Aged 55-69 – American Academy of Family Physicians (free) AND USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Screening for Prostate Cancer (free guideline, editorial and commentaries)
ASCO Guideline: Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Adult Patients With Cancer-Related Immunosuppression
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:11h | UTCSee also: Guideline Update Summary (free)
Guidance: Use Plain English to Write to Patients
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:09h | UTCWriting Outpatient Clinic Letters to Patients – Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (free PDF)
Commentaries: Doctors told to ditch Latin and use ‘plain English’ – BBC News (free) AND New drive to encourage doctors to write to patients in plain English – The Guardian (free) AND Rx for British Doctors: Use Plain English Instead of Latin – The New York Times (free)
“Guidance suggests specialists should avoid Latin terms, acronyms and convoluted language” (from The Guardian)
Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism: Anticoagulation or Observation?
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:07h | UTCSubsegmental pulmonary embolism: anticoagulation or observation? – PulmCCM (free)
Perspective: “Precision” Public Health — Between Novelty and Hype
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:09h | UTC“Precision” Public Health — Between Novelty and Hype – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Randomized Trial: Treatments for Uncomplicated Influenza in Adults and Adolescents Compared
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:10h | UTCBaloxavir Marboxil for Uncomplicated Influenza in Adults and Adolescents – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Baloxavir for Uncomplicated Influenza (free)
Commentary: New single-dose antiviral cuts flu symptoms, viral loads – CIDRAP (free)
cOAlition S: Making Open Access a Reality by 2020
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:59h | UTCcOAlition S: Making Open Access a Reality by 2020 – Science Europe (free)
See also: 10 principles of Plan S (free PDF) AND Press Release (free PDF)
Commentaries: Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions – Nature News (free) AND ‘Plan S’ and ‘cOAlition S’ – Accelerating the transition to full and immediate Open Access to scientific publications – European Commission (free) AND Science without publication paywalls: cOAlition S for the realisation of full and immediate Open Access – PLOS Biology (free)
“…free access to all scientific publications from publicly funded research is a moral right of citizens.” (from European Comission)
Cohort Studies: Diclofenac Use and Cardiovascular Risks
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:04h | UTCDiclofenac use and cardiovascular risks: series of nationwide cohort studies – The BMJ (free)
Commentary: Diclofenac Again Tied to Major Cardiovascular Events – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND ‘A major safety concern’: World’s most common NSAID doubles CVD risk – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Policy Statement: Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:06h | UTCNews Release: AAP Issues Flu Vaccine Recommendations for 2018-2019 (free)
Study: Machine Learning Models in EHR Can Outperform Conventional Survival Models for Predicting Outcomes in CAD
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:02h | UTCCommentaries: AI beats doctors at predicting heart disease deaths – The Francis Crick Institute, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Novel AI algorithm beats cardiologists’ models in predicting heart disease mortality – Cardiovascular Business (free)
CDC Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Among Children
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:55h | UTCCommentaries: CDC releases updated guideline on diagnosis and management of pediatric mTBI – Kennedy Krieger Institute, via EurekAlert (free) AND CDC Seeks to Standardize Mild TBI Management in Kids – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND New advice on kids’ concussions calls for better tracking – Associated Press (free) AND CDC issues first guidelines to treat youth concussions – CNN (free)
USPSTF Statement: Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:54h | UTCEditorial: Congenital Syphilis—Still a Shadow on the Land (free)
“The USPSTF recommends early screening for syphilis infection in all pregnant women. (A recommendation)”