Daily Archives: March 15, 2019
NICE Guideline: Delirium Prevention, Diagnosis and Management
15 Mar, 2019 | 04:25h | UTCDelirium: prevention, diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Related: SIGN Guideline: Risk Reduction and Management of Delirium (free)
Randomized Trial: 9-month Treatment for Multi-drug Resistant TB is as Effective as 24-month Treatment
15 Mar, 2019 | 04:17h | UTCA Trial of a Shorter Regimen for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: STREAM trial final results show 9-month treatment for multi-drug resistant TB is as effective as 24-month treatment – University College London (free) AND Trial data support shorter drug-resistant TB regimen – CIDRAP (free)
Fri, March 15 – 10 Stories of The Day!
15 Mar, 2019 | 04:29h | UTC
Related: SIGN Guideline: Risk Reduction and Management of Delirium (free)
2 – A Trial of a Shorter Regimen for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: STREAM trial final results show 9-month treatment for multi-drug resistant TB is as effective as 24-month treatment – University College London (free) AND Trial data support shorter drug-resistant TB regimen – CIDRAP (free)
News Release: AGS releases new action steps to guide care for older adults with multiple chronic illnesses – American Geriatrics Society (free)
5 – Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Who, When, Why, and How – Chest (free)
6 – Perspective: The Case for Being a Medical Conservative – The American Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Lower BP Linked to Cognitive Decline in Frail Elderly – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Cohort Study: Control of Blood Pressure and Risk of Mortality in a Cohort of Older Adults (link to abstract and commentary)
Commentaries: Advancing the repurposing of ivermectin for malaria – The Lancet (free) AND Mosquito-killing drug reduces malaria episodes by a fifth among children – expert comment – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)
10 – Adopt a moratorium on heritable genome editing – Nature (free)
Editorial: Germline gene-editing research needs rules (free)
Commentaries: Leading scientists, backed by NIH, call for a global moratorium on creating ‘CRISPR babies’ – STAT (free) AND Expert reaction to a call for a moratorium on heritable genome editing – Science Media Centre (free)
Related: Genome-Edited Baby Provokes International Outcry (free commentaries) AND Consensus Statement on the Reported Birth of Genome-Edited Babies in China (free)
American Geriatrics Society Guiding Principles on the Care of Older Adults with Multimorbidity
15 Mar, 2019 | 03:01h | UTCNews Release: AGS releases new action steps to guide care for older adults with multiple chronic illnesses – American Geriatrics Society (free)
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Who, When, Why, and How
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:56h | UTCContinuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Who, When, Why, and How – Chest (free)
Consensus Statement: Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:59h | UTC
Perspective: The Case for Being a Medical Conservative
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:46h | UTCThe Case for Being a Medical Conservative – The American Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter (thread, click for more)
Twitter thread coming on what @adamcifu @VPrasadMDMPH @AndrewFoy82 and I think is the BEST approach to pt care. This is …
The Case for Being a Medical Conservative. https://t.co/nZXrnvMQqP
Thanks to the @amjmed for publishing this. pic.twitter.com/PKJNHLVZwU— John Mandrola, MD (@drjohnm) March 14, 2019
Cohort Study: Systolic Blood Pressure and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults with Hypertension
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:41h | UTCCommentary: Lower BP Linked to Cognitive Decline in Frail Elderly – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Cohort Study: Control of Blood Pressure and Risk of Mortality in a Cohort of Older Adults (link to abstract and commentary)
Randomized Trial: Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration for Control of Malaria
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:24h | UTCCommentaries: Advancing the repurposing of ivermectin for malaria – The Lancet (free) AND Mosquito-killing drug reduces malaria episodes by a fifth among children – expert comment – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)
Systematic Review: Treatment, Prevention and Public Health Management of Impetigo, Scabies, Crusted Scabies and Fungal Skin Infections in Endemic Populations
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:13h | UTC
Scientists Call for a Moratorium on Creating Genome Edited Babies
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:10h | UTCAdopt a moratorium on heritable genome editing – Nature (free)
Editorial: Germline gene-editing research needs rules (free)
Commentaries: Leading scientists, backed by NIH, call for a global moratorium on creating ‘CRISPR babies’ – STAT (free) AND Expert reaction to a call for a moratorium on heritable genome editing – Science Media Centre (free)
Related: Genome-Edited Baby Provokes International Outcry (free commentaries) AND Consensus Statement on the Reported Birth of Genome-Edited Babies in China (free)