Daily Archives: November 2, 2017

Thu, November 2 – 10 Stories of The Day!

2 Nov, 2017 | 01:08h | UTC

 

1 – The diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Practice guidance from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases – Hepatology (free)

 

2 – The Care of Children With Congenital Heart Disease in Their Primary Medical Home – Pediatrics (free)

 

3 – Glaucoma: diagnosis and management – NICE Guideline (free)

News release: People at a low risk of developing glaucoma can avoid unnecessary referral, says NICE (free)

 

4 – Overdiagnosis and disease labels: the case of polycystic ovary syndrome – STAT (free)

Related: Are expanding disease definitions unnecessarily labelling women with polycystic ovary syndrome? – The BMJ (link to summary – $ for full-text)

 

5 – Bacteria Can Evolve Resistance to Drugs Before Those Drugs Are Used – The Atlantic (free)

 

6 – What I’ve learned from 547 doctor suicides – Pamela Wible, via KevinMd.com (free)

 

7 – Mortality lower with prolonged vs. short-term IV infusion of antipseudomonal beta-lactams – ACP Hospitalist (free)

Original article: Prolonged versus short-term intravenous infusion of antipseudomonal β-lactams for patients with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

8 – Updated WHO recommendation on intravenous tranexamic acid for the treatment of post-partum haemorrhage – The Lancet Global Health (free)

 

9 – Aspirin reduces a woman’s chance of developing pre-eclampsia in pregnancy – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Aspirin versus Placebo in Pregnancies at High Risk for Preterm Preeclampsia – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

10 – Vaginal cleansing before caesarean delivery reduces risk of infections – NIHR signal (free)

Original article: Vaginal Cleansing Before Cesarean Delivery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Obstetrics & Gynecology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

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