Daily Archives: September 4, 2018

Tue, September 4 – 10 Stories of The Day!

4 Sep, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – Guideline Summary: Medicines for Treatment Intensification in Type 2 Diabetes and Type of Insulin in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Low-Resource Settings: Synopsis of the World Health Organization Guidelines on Second- and Third-Line Medicines and Type of Insulin for the Control of Blood Glucose Levels in Nonpregnant Adults With Diabetes Mellitus – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

Original Guideline: Guidelines on second-and third-line medicines and type of insulin for the control of blood glucose levels in non-pregnant adults with diabetes mellitus – World Health Organization (free PDF)

 

2 – Canadian Rheumatology Association Recommendations for the Assessment and Monitoring of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – The Journal of Rheumatology (free PDF)

Related Guidelines: The British Society for Rheumatology guideline for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults (free) AND First Latin American clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: Latin American Group for the Study of Lupus (GLADEL, Grupo Latino Americano de Estudio del Lupus)–Pan-American League of Associations of Rheumatology (PANLAR) – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)

 

3 – The use of faecal microbiota transplant as treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection and other potential indications: joint British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) guidelines – GUT (free)

 

4 – Perspective: Five of the scariest antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the past five years – The Conversation (free)

 

5 – Review: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Future Maternal Cardiovascular Risk – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

 

6 – Review: Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (INOCA): What Is the Risk – Journal of the American Heart Association? (free)

 

7 – Ann Robinson’s research reviews, 3 September 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

 

8 – Primary antifungal prophylaxis for cryptococcal disease in HIV‐positive people – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)

Summary: Preventing cryptococcal disease in HIV-positive people – Cochrane Library (free)

“Antifungal prophylaxis reduced the risk of developing and dying from cryptococcal disease. Therefore, where CrAG screening is not available, antifungal prophylaxis may be used in patients with low CD4 counts at diagnosis and who are at risk of developing cryptococcal disease.”

 

9 – Performance of Electronic Prediction Rules for Prevalent Delirium at Hospital Admission – JAMA Network Open (free)

Commentary: New prediction rule may help detect delirium at hospital admission – ACP Hospitalist (free)

 

10 – Strategy of endovascular versus open repair for patients with clinical diagnosis of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: the IMPROVE RCT – Health Technology Assessment (free)

Commentary: Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) surgery more beneficial for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms than open repair – NIHR Signal (free)

 

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