Daily Archives: December 13, 2016
Tue, Dec 13 – Top 10 Medical News Stories
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1 – You Want Guidelines? We Got Guidelines! – HIV and ID Observations
Commentary and links to the latest guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (1 – Candidiasis; 2 – Antibiotic Stewardship; 3 – Aspergillosis; 4 – Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia; 5 – Coccidioidomycosis; 6 – Treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis; 7 – Diagnosis of tuberculosis; 8 – Leishmaniasis) (RT @PaulSaxMD)
Source: Medscape – Online ‘Playbook’ for High-Need Patients Released (Free registration required)
3 – Perioperative management of the bleeding patient – British Journal of Anaesthesia
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
5 – Withholding versus Continuing Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers before Noncardiac Surgery: An Analysis of the Vascular events In noncardiac Surgery patIents cOhort evaluatioN Prospective Cohort – F1000Prime (Commentary) (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
6 – Expanding universal health coverage from the ground up – The Lancet Global Health
7 – Universal Health Coverage Data Portal – World Health Organization
8 – Antipsychotics Found Not Helpful in Palliative Delirium – MedPage Today
10 – Low-Dose Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: 10-year Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial – Circulation (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)
Source: ACP Internist – Low-dose aspirin may not reduce cardiovascular events in diabetic patients