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Meta-analysis: The Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination in Pregnancy in Relation to Child Health Outcomes
17 Jan, 2020 | 09:33h | UTC
New Baby: Fads, Fashions and Evidence for New Parents
14 Jan, 2020 | 00:39h | UTCNew baby: fads, fashions and evidence for new parents – Evidently Cochrane (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Fad, fashion or fact? @SarahChapman30 blogs about some of the health choices facing people with a new baby https://t.co/VAxzh9iHZT and asks for evidence. @CochraneUK #EEHealthChoices pic.twitter.com/7IQ14n9emY
— The Cochrane Library (@CochraneLibrary) January 13, 2020
Systematic Review: Patient Safety in Inpatient Mental Health Settings
14 Jan, 2020 | 00:18h | UTCPatient safety in inpatient mental health settings: a systematic review – BMJ Open (free)
Special Issue: Practical Aspects of Palliative Care
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:25h | UTCHomepage: Palliative Care – Medicine (free articles)
– Palliative care: introduction
– Pain control in palliative care
– Interventional management of pain in cancer and palliative care
– Nausea and vomiting in palliative care
– Constipation and malignant bowel obstruction in palliative care
– Breathlessness in advanced disease
– Psychiatric conditions in palliative medicine
– Emergencies in palliative care
– Palliative care in non-malignant disease
– Management of less common symptoms in palliative care
– Complications of systemic anti-cancer treatment
– Care in the last hours and days of life
– Advance care-planning and clinical decision-making
– Ethical principles in end-of-life care
Study: Association of Registered Nurse and Nursing Support Staffing with Inpatient Hospital Mortality
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:05h | UTCAssociation of registered nurse and nursing support staffing with inpatient hospital mortality – BMJ Quality & Safety (free) (via @brhospitalist)
Editorial: Nurses matter: more evidence (free)
Meta-Analysis: The Timing of Urinary Catheter Removal after Gynecologic Surgery
12 Jan, 2020 | 21:00h | UTC
[Abstract Only] Prenatal and Infancy Nurse Home Visiting and 18-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Trial
12 Jan, 2020 | 20:57h | UTCPrenatal and Infancy Nurse Home Visiting and 18-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Trial – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: The Benefits of Nurse Visits for Moms, Children – U.S. News (free) AND Prenatal, Infancy Home Visits Boost Achievement Into Early Adulthood – Medscape / Reuters (free registration required) AND Infancy Nurse Visit Program May Reduce Public Benefit Costs – Physician’s Briefing (free)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: The Use of Telemedicine in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Provides Similar Efficacy and Safety Outcomes as Face-to-face Visits
9 Jan, 2020 | 23:29h | UTCRandomized Study to Evaluate the Impact of Telemedicine Care in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes With Multiple Doses of Insulin and Suboptimal HbA1c in Andalusia (Spain): PLATEDIAN Study – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Randomized Trial: Effectiveness of Virtual vs In-Person Inhaler Education for Hospitalized Patients With Obstructive Lung Disease
9 Jan, 2020 | 01:22h | UTCCommentary: Virtual instruction for inhaler technique nearly as effective as in-person instruction, study finds – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Opinion: Doctors, Nurses and the Paperwork Crisis That Could Unite Them
8 Jan, 2020 | 22:21h | UTCDoctors, Nurses and the Paperwork Crisis That Could Unite Them – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Opinion – “The EMR has changed the doctor-patient duet into a ménage-à-trois” (free resources on the subject)
Randomized Trial: No difference in Maintenance of Peripheral Venous Catheters with Heparin vs. Saline
8 Jan, 2020 | 08:42h | UTCRelated Systematic Reviews: Heparin versus 0.9% sodium chloride locking for prevention of occlusion in central venous catheters in adults – Cochrane Library (free) AND Heparin flush vs. normal saline flush to maintain the patency of central venous catheter among adult patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis – Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care (free)
Editorial: The Harms of Promoting ‘Zero Harm’
8 Jan, 2020 | 01:07h | UTCThe harms of promoting ‘Zero Harm’ – BMJ Quality & Safety (free for a limited period) (via @brhospitalist)
Related Viewpoint: Managing risk in hazardous conditions: improvisation is not enough – BMJ Quality & Safety (free)
Consensus Statement on Fasting Before Procedural Sedation in Adults and Children
5 Dec, 2019 | 11:31h | UTCSee also (preoperative fasting guidelines): Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration: Application to Healthy Patients Undergoing Elective Procedures: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration (free) AND Perioperative fasting in adults and children: guidelines from the European Society of Anaesthesiology (free) AND Clear fluids fasting for elective paediatric anaesthesia: The European Society of Anaesthesiology consensus statement – European Journal of Anaesthesiology (free) AND Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society statement on clear fluid fasting for elective pediatric anesthesia – Canadian Journal of Anesthesia (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
?We are delighted to publish the first fasting and aspiration prevention recommendations specific to procedural sedation!
Join us for tonight's TweetChat at 7pm GMT!@SteveGreenMD @mgirwin @gandolfattoNV @LucyOsoyoos @RobackMark @dougcarlson1
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— Anaesthesia (@Anaes_Journal) December 3, 2019
Guidelines for Safe Transfer of the Brain‐injured Patient: Trauma and Stroke
3 Dec, 2019 | 00:35h | UTCGuidelines for safe transfer of the brain‐injured patient: trauma and stroke, 2019 – Anaesthesia (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
?These new @AAGBI and @naccsuk guidelines aim to support the safe transfer between hospitals of patients with a brain injury.
They are essential reading for all doctors working in acute specialties, hospitals, trusts and departments. #FOAMed
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— Anaesthesia (@Anaes_Journal) December 2, 2019
Systematic Review: Higher vs. Lower Fraction of Inspired Oxygen or Targets of Arterial Oxygenation for Adults Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit
29 Nov, 2019 | 08:32h | UTCHigher versus lower fraction of inspired oxygen or targets of arterial oxygenation for adults admitted to the intensive care unit – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Supplemental oxygen for adults admitted to the intensive care unit – Cochrane Library (free)
Related: Oxygen therapy for acutely ill medical patients: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free) AND Oxygen Treatment in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine – Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (free) AND Meta-Analysis: Liberal vs Conservative Oxygen Therapy in Acutely ill Adults (link to abstract and commentary) AND A Systematic Review of the Effects of Hyperoxia in Acutely Ill Patients: Should We Aim for Less? – BioMed Research International (free) AND Things We Do For No Reason: Supplemental Oxygen for Patients without Hypoxemia – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free)
Preoperative and Postoperative Recommendations to Surgical Wound Care Interventions: A Systematic Meta-review of Cochrane Reviews
26 Nov, 2019 | 07:39h | UTC
Study: A Digital Sepsis Alert is Associated with Improved Outcomes, Including Timely Antibiotics
22 Nov, 2019 | 08:33h | UTCCommentary: Digital monitoring system helps improve hospital care of sepsis patients – OnMedica (free) AND Sepsis digital alert ‘led to faster treatment with antibiotics’ – BBC (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Such a simple intervention! A digital #sepsis alert system implemented across 3 london hospitals was associated with a 24% lower odds of death, shorter hospital stay & more timely #antibiotic administration. https://t.co/tvgR2cdZ7x
— Shamez Ladhani (@ShamezLadhani) November 21, 2019
CDC 2019 Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship
21 Nov, 2019 | 10:34h | UTCCDC Page: Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (free resources)
Commentary: CDC updates ‘core’ antibiotic stewardship elements for hospitals – CIDRAP (free)
Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
20 Nov, 2019 | 10:46h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 – JAMA Surgery (free) AND Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection – World Health Organization (free) AND Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
AHA Updates on Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
18 Nov, 2019 | 01:00h | UTC– 2019 American Heart Association and American Red Cross Focused Update for First Aid: Presyncope – Circulation (free PDF)
AHA Updates in Pediatric Life Support
18 Nov, 2019 | 00:55h | UTC– 2019 American Heart Association Focused Update on Pediatric Advanced Life Support – Circulation (free PDF)
– 2019 American Heart Association Focused Update on Neonatal Resuscitation – Circulation (free PDF)
– 2019 American Heart Association Focused Update on Pediatric Basic Life Support – Circulation (free PDF)
Summary of Recommendations: International Consensus on CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care for Children and Adults
18 Nov, 2019 | 00:52h | UTC
Podcast: Management of Multimorbidity
10 Nov, 2019 | 13:55h | UTC#181 The Multimorbidity Games with Josh Uy MD – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free text and audio)
See also: Episode List
Related: Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management – NICE Guideline (free) AND Multimorbidity in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Effectiveness of interventions for managing multiple high-burden chronic diseases in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Multimorbidity: a priority for global health research – The Academy of Medical Sciences (free)
Systematic Review: Strategies to Reduce Non-ventilator-associated Hospital-acquired Pneumonia
8 Nov, 2019 | 08:14h | UTC
[Abstract Only] Study: Early Palliative Care Consultation May Positively Impact the Care of High Risk, Critically Ill Patients
6 Nov, 2019 | 08:31h | UTCEarly Palliative Care Consultation in the Medical ICU: A Cluster Randomized Crossover Trial – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
Related Commentary on Twitter
Breaking @CritCareMed: High-quality RCT in 2 MICUs. Early triggered palliative consult -> more DNRs, more hospice use, fewer MV days & lower ICU cost, all w/o compromising LOS/mortality. https://t.co/kQpTcEgwwM
— Jonathan Yeh (@JonathanYehMD) October 15, 2019