Guidelines & Reports
Pelvic Girdle Pain in the Antepartum Population: Physical Therapy Clinical Practice Guidelines
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:51h | UTC
Optimal Perioperative Care in Breast Reconstruction: ERAS Society Recommendations
5 Jul, 2017 | 16:38h | UTCSee also other Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guidelines and Reviews in our collection and the ERAS Society Website.
Nearly half of the world’s poor are now children
5 Jul, 2017 | 16:22h | UTCNearly half of the world’s poor are now children – that’s 689m young people – The Conversation (free)
Related report: Children’s Multidimensional Poverty: Disaggregating the global MPI – Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) (free PDF)
Welcoming WHO’s new Director-General
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:32h | UTCWelcoming WHO’s new Director-General – Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (free)
See also: Vision statement by WHO Director-General (free) AND New WHO Priorities (free)
On 1 July 2017, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus started his 5-year term as WHO’s new Director-General.
New Choosing Wisely Canada List – Five Things Residents and Patients Should Question
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:28h | UTCNew Choosing Wisely Canada List: Medical Education: Residents: Five Things Residents and Patients Should Question (free) (RT @ChooseWiselyCA see Tweet)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6).
Aerobic exercise training for adults with fibromyalgia
3 Jul, 2017 | 17:20h | UTCAerobic exercise training for adults with fibromyalgia – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Aerobic exercise probably improves health related quality of life, may slightly decrease pain intensity and may slightly improve physical function.
The 8 Things That End Childhood Too Soon
3 Jul, 2017 | 16:59h | UTCThe 8 Things That End Childhood Too Soon: What Clinicians Should Know – Medscape (free registration required)
See also: Stolen Childhoods: End of Childhood Report 2017 (free PDF) AND Save the Children Website (free)
“In this report, Save the Children examined the life events that often signal the end of childhood for too many of the world’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged kids: girls, refugees, street children, and children with disabilities” (from Medscape)
Obesity Pathogenesis: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement
3 Jul, 2017 | 17:00h | UTCObesity Pathogenesis: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement – Endocrine Reviews (free PDF)
Commentaries: Endocrine Society issues Scientific Statement on obesity’s causes – The Endocrine Society, via EurekAlert (free)
After Weight Loss, How To Keep The Weight Off Is The Challenge – Reuters Health (free)
Guideline for the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults
3 Jul, 2017 | 16:55h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Diagnosis and management of myocardial involvement in systemic immune-mediated diseases
2 Jul, 2017 | 20:59h | UTCDiagnosis and management of myocardial involvement in systemic immune-mediated diseases: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Disease – European Heart Journal (free) (RT @rafavidalperez see Tweet)
Air pollution: outdoor air quality and health
30 Jun, 2017 | 15:16h | UTCAir pollution: outdoor air quality and health – NICE Guideline (free)
News release: ‘No idling’ zones can help to protect vulnerable people from air pollution, says NICE (free)
Colorectal polypectomy and endoscopic mucosal resection
29 Jun, 2017 | 15:38h | UTC
Antibiotics for acute bronchitis
29 Jun, 2017 | 14:01h | UTCAntibiotics for acute bronchitis – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“There is limited evidence of clinical benefit to support the use of antibiotics in acute bronchitis”
Recognizing Sepsis as a Global Health Priority
29 Jun, 2017 | 13:03h | UTCPerspective: Recognizing Sepsis as a Global Health Priority: A WHO Resolution – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Moisturisers improve eczema symptoms and lessen the need for corticosteroids
29 Jun, 2017 | 00:32h | UTCMoisturisers improve eczema symptoms and lessen the need for corticosteroids – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: Emollients and moisturisers for eczema – Cochrane Library (link to summary – $ for full-text)
The ABCs and Ds of Whether to Get Prostate Cancer Screening
28 Jun, 2017 | 22:43h | UTCThe ABCs and Ds of Whether to Get Prostate Cancer Screening – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
See also the new USPSTF guidelines on prostate cancer screening and related commentaries in our April 12 issue (see #1) and in our April 13 issue (see #4)
Balanced point of view regarding prostate cancer screening.
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases
29 Jun, 2017 | 00:24h | UTCCommentaries: Cardiovascular disease causes one-third of deaths worldwide – American College of Cardiology, via EurekAlert (free) AND Global Cardiovascular Disease Burden – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Asthma self-management programmes can reduce unscheduled care
27 Jun, 2017 | 20:39h | UTCAsthma self-management programmes can reduce unscheduled care – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Systematic meta-review of supported self-management for asthma: a healthcare perspective – BMC Medicine (free)
Acupuncture shown to have benefits for treatment of some chronic pain
27 Jun, 2017 | 19:11h | UTCAcupuncture shown to have benefits for treatment of some chronic pain – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Acupuncture for chronic pain and depression in primary care: a programme of research – Programme Grants for Applied Research (free PDF)
Adult weight management: guidance for commissioners and providers
26 Jun, 2017 | 15:54h | UTCAdult weight management: guidance for commissioners and providers – Public Health England (free video and resources)
Respiratory medicine: Six things physicians and patients should question
26 Jun, 2017 | 15:04h | UTCNew Choosing Wisely Canada List: Respiratory medicine: Six things physicians and patients should question (free) (RT @ChooseWiselyCA see Tweet)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue, see #6.
WHO guidelines on ethical issues in public health surveillance
26 Jun, 2017 | 13:56h | UTCWHO guidelines on ethical issues in public health surveillance – World Health Organization (free)
Commentary: Ethics of public health surveillance: new guidelines – The Lancet Public Health (free)
“Public health surveillance: privacy, autonomy, equity, common good need to be balanced. New ethics guidelines” (RT @trished see Tweet)
Diagnosis, Evaluation, Prevention, and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease–Mineral and Bone Disorder
25 Jun, 2017 | 14:13h | UTCKDIGO 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline Update for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, Prevention, and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease–Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD) (free PDF) (RT @goKDIGO see Tweet)
Executive summary: 2017 KDIGO Chronic Kidney Disease–Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD) Guideline Update: what’s changed and why it matters (free PDF)
News release and available resources: CKD-Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD) (free)
ACG and CAG Clinical Guideline: Management of Dyspepsia
23 Jun, 2017 | 18:40h | UTCACG and CAG Clinical Guideline: Management of Dyspepsia – American College of Gastroenterology and Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (free PDF)
Topical antimicrobial agents for treating foot ulcers in people with diabetes
25 Jun, 2017 | 13:56h | UTCTopical antimicrobial agents for treating foot ulcers in people with diabetes – Cochrane Library (link to summary – & for full-text)
“Topical antimicrobial dressing may increase foot ulcer healing in people with diabetes” (RT @CochraneUK see Tweet)