Daily Archives: February 20, 2017

Mon, Feb 20 – Top 10 Medical News Stories

20 Feb, 2017 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – 2017 Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care – American Academy of Pediatrics

See also: ​​​​​​​​​​ Periodicity Schedule: Recom​​mendations from the Am​erican Academy of Pediatrics for screenings and assessments at each well-child visit from infancy through adolescence And Bright Futures/AAP Periodicity Schedule (PDF – all recommendations in chart form)

Source: Medscape – AAP Updates Preventive Care Guidelines, Targets HIV, Depression Screening (free registration required)

 

2 – Efficacy and Safety of Nonoperative Treatment for Acute Appendicitis: A Meta-analysis – Pediatrics (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

Nonoperative treatment was safe and effective as initial treatment for 97% of children. During follow up appendicitis recurred in 14% of the children who did not have surgery. At final reported follow-up (range 8 weeks to 4 years), nonoperative treatment remained effective (no appendectomy performed) in 79% of children

 

3 – Antibiotics, not surgery, could treat appendicitis in children, study suggests – The Guardian

 

4 – Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors versus placebo in patients with major depressive disorder. A systematic review with meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis – BMC Psychiatry (RT @HenrikVogt)

This study suggests SSRIs are of questionable benefit for patients with depression

 

5 – Do the right thing: Let’s confront both health care underuse and overuse – Tincture (RT @PaulGlasziou)

 

6 – The evidence for vaccine safety is abundant. That will be $100,000, please. – The Washington Post (RT @greg_folkers)

 

7 – Bill and Melinda Gates – 2017 Annual Letter

“For every dollar spent on childhood immunizations, you get $44 in economic benefits.”

 

8 – Osimertinib or Platinum–Pemetrexed in EGFR T790M–Positive Lung Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

See also: Quick Take Video Summary: The AURA3 Trial

 

9 – Impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and Fast Track Surgery Pathways on Healthcare-associated Infections: Results from a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Surgery (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

See also: ERAS Society List of Guidelines

Source: EvidenceAlerts (free resource to find articles of interest in all specialties)

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and Fast Track Surgery (FTS) protocols were associated with a significant reduction in healthcare-associated infections

 

10 – From Vector To Zoonotic: A Glossary For Infectious Diseases – NPR

 

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