Daily Archives: February 17, 2019

Guideline: Treatment of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Positive Airway Pressure

17 Feb, 2019 | 21:40h | UTC

Treatment of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Positive Airway Pressure: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline – Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (free)

News Release: AASM publishes clinical practice guideline on use of PAP therapy for sleep apnea (free)

Related Podcast: Sleep Apnea Pearls and Pitfalls (free)

 

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Canadian Guidelines on the Acute Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Focused Update on Regionalization and Reperfusion

17 Feb, 2019 | 21:34h | UTC

2019 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology Guidelines on the Acute Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Focused Update on Regionalization and Reperfusion – Canadian Journal of Cardiology (free)

Related Guideline: 2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization – European Heart Journal (free)

 

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Review: Managing Malignant Pleural Effusion

17 Feb, 2019 | 20:00h | UTC

Managing malignant pleural effusion – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)

Related Guidelines: Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions. An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical Practice Guideline – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free) AND ERS/EACTS statement on the management of malignant pleural effusions – European Respiratory Journal (free)

 

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FIGO Working Group on Good Clinical Practice in Maternal–Fetal Medicine

17 Feb, 2019 | 20:09h | UTC

Homepage: FIGO Working Group on Good Clinical Practice in Maternal–Fetal Medicine – International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics (free articles)

– Good clinical practice advice: Micronutrients in the periconceptional period and pregnancy

– Good clinical practice advice: Iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy

– Good clinical practice advice: First trimester screening and prevention of pre‐eclampsia in singleton pregnancy

– Good clinical practice advice: Management of twin pregnancy

– Good clinical practice advice: Role of ultrasound in the management of twin pregnancy

– Good clinical practice advice: Prediction of preterm labor and preterm premature rupture of membranes

– Good clinical practice advice: Thyroid and pregnancy

– Good clinical practice advice: Antenatal corticosteroids for fetal lung maturation

 

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Meta-Analysis: Vitamin D Supplementation to Prevent Acute Respiratory Infections

17 Feb, 2019 | 19:46h | UTC

Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: individual participant data meta-analysis – Health Technology Assessment (free)

 

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Recommendations from European Breast Guidelines

17 Feb, 2019 | 19:47h | UTC

Recommendations from European Breast Guidelines – European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (free)

News Release: New recommendations published: screening intervals and more (free)

 

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Systematic Review: Management of Acute Respiratory Failure Due to Community-Acquired Pneumonia

17 Feb, 2019 | 19:40h | UTC

Management of Acute Respiratory Failure Due to Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review – Medical Sciences (free)

 

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Dialysis Is a Way of Life for Many Older Patients. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be

17 Feb, 2019 | 19:53h | UTC

Dialysis Is a Way of Life for Many Older Patients. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related: Editorial: Prioritizing Patient and Caregiver Values in the Delivery of High-Quality Medical Management Without Dialysis (free)

“So-called conservative management can ease symptoms without dialysis in some people with kidney disease. But many of them are never given the option.”

 

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Meta-Analysis: How Long Does a Hip Replacement Last?

17 Feb, 2019 | 19:35h | UTC

How long does a hip replacement last? A systematic review and meta-analysis of case series and national registry reports with more than 15 years of follow-up – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Survival of total hip replacements – The Lancet (free) AND Longevity of hip, knee replacements in OA patients estimated – medwire News (free) AND Most hip and knee replacements ‘last longer than thought’ – BBC News (free)

 

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Special Issue – Spinal Infections: From Prevention to Cure

17 Feb, 2019 | 19:30h | UTC

Homepage: Special Issue: Spinal Infections: From Prevention to Cure – Global Spine Journal (free articles)

– Editorial

– Surgical Site Infections in Spine Surgery: Preoperative Prevention Strategies to Minimize Risk

– Postoperative Spine Infection: Diagnosis and Management

– Risk Factors and Prevention of Surgical Site Infections Following Spinal Procedures

– Presentation and Outcomes After Medical and Surgical Treatment Versus Medical Treatment Alone of Spontaneous Infectious Spondylodiscitis: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

– Etiology and Surgical Management of Cervical Spinal Epidural Abscess (SEA): A Systematic Review

– Thoracic Epidural Abscesses: A Systematic Review

– Lumbar Epidural Abscesses: A Systematic Review

– Spinal Tuberculosis: Current Concepts

 

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