Daily Archives: February 2, 2017

Thu, Feb 2 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

2 Feb, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC

1 – Pediatric Obesity—Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

Source: Newswise

 

2 – Association Between Tracheal Intubation During Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Survival – JAMA

“Findings do not support early tracheal intubation for adult in-hospital cardiac arrest”

 

3 – Designing a High-Performing Health Care System for Patients with Complex Needs: Ten Recommendations for Policymakers – The Commonwealth Fund (RT @LGTLibrary)

See also: Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients — An Urgent Priority – New England Journal of Medicine

 

4 – Updated Algorithm for the PubMed Best Match Sort Order (RT @hildabast)

An introduction to the new “Best Match” search on PubMed

 

5 – New Pre-eclampsia Evidence Confirms Aspirin Guideline – Medscape (free registration required)

“For women with a history of pre-eclampsia, daily low-dose aspirin can lead to a 30% reduction in recurrence, new research shows, lending support to US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines”

 

6 – Robotic cholecystectomy versus conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A meta-analysis (link to abstract – $ required for full-text) (@SurgJournal)

The study suggests robotic cholecystectomy provides no additional benefit and is associated with greater operative times related primarily to the preparatory phase

 

7 – Testing for Zika Virus (ZIKV) Infection in Pregnancy: Key Concepts to Deal with an Emerging Epidemic American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

 

8 – Mentally Stimulating Activities in Late Life and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment – JAMA

 

9 – Mental activities may protect against mild cognitive impairment – ScienceDaily

 

10 – Lung Cancer Screening Program Finds A Lot That’s Not Cancer – NPR

 

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