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“For most people, treatment was not beneficial and may be harmful. Antibiotic treatment did appear to benefit women in pregnancy and those about to undergo urological surgery”.

Choosing Wisely International Top 10 recommendations

3 Aug, 2017 | 14:01h | UTC

Choosing Wisely: An International Campaign to Combat Overuse, with new Top 10 recommendations (free) (RT @ChooseWiselyCA and @CADTH_ACMTS see Tweet with infographic)

See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)

Choosing Wisely has prioritized 10 recommendations for limiting overuse internationally.

Neck Pain: Updated Clinical Practice Guideline

3 Aug, 2017 | 13:59h | UTC

Neck Pain: Revision 2017 – Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health from the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (free)

Effectiveness of oral glucosamine for knee and hip osteoarthritis

3 Aug, 2017 | 14:03h | UTC

Subgroup analyses of the effectiveness of oral glucosamine for knee and hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis from the OA trail bank – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text) (RT @PhysioMeScience see Tweet)

“Currently, there is no good evidence to support the use of glucosamine for hip or knee OA”

Brazilian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis

3 Aug, 2017 | 13:51h | UTC

Brazilian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis – Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (free)

Resuscitation medicine – Singapore Guidelines

3 Aug, 2017 | 13:54h | UTC

Resuscitation medicine – Singapore Guidelines

– Basic Cardiac Life Support (free)

– Defibrillation (free)

– Advanced Cardiac Life Support (free)

– Paediatric Resuscitation (free)

– Neonatal Resuscitation (free)

– Post-resuscitation care (free)

– Therapeutic temperature management (TTM): post-resuscitation care for adult cardiac arrest (free)

– Bystander First Aid (free)

Kidney dysfunction in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

3 Aug, 2017 | 13:25h | UTC

Review: Kidney dysfunction in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension – Pulmonary Circulation (free)

New Online Calculator: The Smart Risk Score

1 Aug, 2017 | 22:41h | UTC

New Online Calculator: The Smart Risk Score – European Society of Cardiology (RT @JGrapsa see Tweet)

“The SMART Risk Score is a tool to estimate 10-year risk for recurrent vascular events in patients with manifest cardiovascular disease”

New Series from the Lancet journals: Fungal Infections

1 Aug, 2017 | 22:43h | UTC

New Series from the Lancet journals: Fungal Infections – Lancet Infectious Diseases (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)

Comment: Recovery from serious fungal infections should be realisable for everyone (free registration required)

– Fungal infections in HIV/AIDS (free registration required)

– Candida and invasive mould diseases in non-neutropenic critically ill patients and patients with haematological cancer (free registration required)

– Emerging issues, challenges, and changing epidemiology of fungal disease outbreaks (free registration required)

– Pulmonary and sinus fungal diseases in non-immunocompromised patients (free registration required)

– Improvement of fungal disease identification and management: combined health systems and public health approaches (free registration required)

– The global problem of antifungal resistance: prevalence, mechanisms, and management (free registration required)

– Immunotherapeutic approaches to treatment of fungal diseases (free registration required)

– Neglected endemic mycoses (free registration required)

“This Series of eight reports brings readers up to date on fungal infections and addresses how fungal infection management can be integrated into health systems in low-income and middle-income countries”

Low-FODMAP Diet May Improve Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

1 Aug, 2017 | 21:40h | UTC

A Diet Low in Fermentable Oligo-, Di-, and Mono-saccharides and Polyols Improves Quality of Life and Reduces Activity Impairment in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Diarrhea – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Low-FODMAP Diet Improves Life of Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Diarrhea – PracticeUpdate (free registration required)

Efficacy of corticosteroid treatment for severe community-acquired pneumonia: A meta-analysis

1 Aug, 2017 | 17:39h | UTC

Efficacy of corticosteroid treatment for severe community-acquired pneumonia: A meta-analysis – American Journal of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Source: More Evidence That Steroids Are Beneficial in Community-Acquired Pneumonia – Journal Watch ($)

In this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia, corticosteroid treatment was associated with reduced in-hospital mortality and length of hospital stay.

Targeted Temperature Management for 48 vs 24 Hours and Neurologic Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

1 Aug, 2017 | 17:38h | UTC

Targeted Temperature Management for 48 vs 24 Hours and Neurologic Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Targeted Temperature Management for 24 vs. 48 Hours After OHCA – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Longer Induced Cooling Not Better After Cardiac Arrest – MedPage Today (free registration required)

“Small trial shows no advantage to an additional day of cooling” (from MedPage Today)

A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention

1 Aug, 2017 | 17:35h | UTC

A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention – STAT (free)

Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: An Updated Network Meta-analysis

1 Aug, 2017 | 17:40h | UTC

Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: An Updated Network Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Related: Guidelines on the management of latent tuberculosis infection – World Health Organization (free)

Diagnostic Stewardship – Leveraging the Laboratory to Improve Antimicrobial Use

1 Aug, 2017 | 17:37h | UTC

Diagnostic Stewardship – Leveraging the Laboratory to Improve Antimicrobial Use – JAMA (free)

“This Viewpoint discusses the potential benefits and harms of diagnostic stewardship – modifying the ordering, performance, and reporting of diagnostic tests to improve antimicrobial use”