Daily Archives: May 22, 2018

Tue, May 22 – 10 Stories of The Day!

22 May, 2018 | 00:58h | UTC

 

1 – Procalcitonin-Guided Use of Antibiotics for Lower Respiratory Tract Infection – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Procalcitonin-Guided Care Doesn’t Reduce Antibiotics for Lower Respiratory Tract Infection – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Infection blood test of limited value in reducing antibiotic use – MedicalXpress (free)

 

2 – Joint statement from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) regarding the clinical use of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) (free)

Commentary: EMCrit Guest Post – The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Joint Statement on REBOA by Zaffer Qasim (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

3 – Committee Opinion: Postpartum Pain Management – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)

News Release: ACOG Recommends Postpartum Pain Management Approach Tailored to Patients (free)

Commentaries: ACOG: Postpartum Pain Management Requires Individualized Approach – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND OB/GYN Group Releases Guidance on Managing Postpartum Pain – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)

 

4 – WHO supports Ebola vaccination of high risk populations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: Experimental Ebola Vaccinations, Considered ‘Paradigm Shift,’ Begin In Congo – NPR (free) AND Ebola vaccine drive launches in DRC as cases rise to 49 – CIDRAP (free) AND Congo begins giving experimental Ebola vaccine to medics – Reuters (free)

See also: Frequently asked questions on Ebola virus disease vaccine – World Health Organization (free)

“Health workers operating in affected areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are being vaccinated today and community outreach has started to prepare for the ring vaccination” (via @WHO see Tweet)

 

5 – Health care is an essential human right – and so is a proper diagnosis – The Conversation (free)

Related Commentary: For First Time, W.H.O. Names Some Lab Tests ‘Essential’ – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

See Original WHO Report: List of Essential In Vitro Diagnostics First edition (2018) – World Health Organization (free report and news release)

 

6 – Review: Autism spectrum disorder: advances in diagnosis and evaluation – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

 

7 – Opinion: Don’t Put That in My Heart Until You’re Sure It Really Works – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Commentary: Cardiologist wants more rigorous testing before devices, techniques are adopted – Cardiovascular Business (free)

See also: Commentaries (PRO and Con) on the CABANA Trial (all free)

 

8 – Richard Lehman’s weekly journal review, 21 May 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.

 

9 – Review: Identifying and managing depression in patients with coronary artery disease – Journal of the American Academy of Pas (free)

Commentaries: Depression in Patients With CAD – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Early Depression Diagnosis is Deadly Serious for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease – Florida State University, via NewsWise (free)

 

10 – Association of Burden of Atrial Fibrillation With Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Adults With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: The KP-RHYTHM Study – JAMA Cardiology (free)

Commentaries: Atrial Fibrillation Burden and Stroke Risk – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Greater burden of atrial fibrillation linked to higher stroke risk – Kaiser Permanente, via EurekAlert (free)

 

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