Fri, February 23 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Current State of the Science: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

See also: Commentary: Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Making strides, long journey ahead! (free) AND Top Ten Things to Know (free PDF)

2 – Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurocysticercosis: 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)

3 – Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 21 antidepressant drugs for the acute treatment of adults with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: More data, more answers: picking the optimal antidepressant – The Lancet (free) AND All antidepressants are more efficacious than placebo – OnMedica (free) AND Expert reaction to largest review of antidepressants – Science Media Centre (free) AND Antidepressants can help adults with major depression – The Mental Elf (free)

4 – Human Neonatal Rotavirus Vaccine (RV3-BB) to Target Rotavirus from Birth – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Commentaries: New rotavirus vaccine to curb child deaths in developing countries – New Zealand Doctor (free) AND Researchers successfully develop a rotavirus vaccine which could benefit millions of children – MedicalXpress (free)

5 – Potential workload in applying clinical practice guidelines for patients with chronic conditions and multimorbidity: a systematic analysis – BMJ Open (free) (via @acpatient and @MaryDixonWoods)

6 – The Origin of Spousal Resemblance for Alcohol Use Disorder – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: For Better or Worse: Risk of Alcohol Use Disorder Rises When Spouse is Diagnosed – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Spouses have strong influence on risk for alcohol abuse – Reuters (free)

7 – Cleaning at Home and at Work in Relation to Lung Function Decline and Airway Obstruction – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Women Who Clean at Home or Work Face Increased Lung Function Decline – American Thoracic Society, via NewsWise (free) AND Cleaning Chemicals ‘Likely Cause Substantial Damage To Women’s Lungs’, Study Finds – Huffpost (free) AND Cleaning at home or work linked to faster lung function decline in women – Univadis (free registration required)

8 – Perspective: Our Other Prescription Drug Problem – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Related opinion: Benzodiazepines: our other prescription drug epidemic – STAT (free)

9 – Perspective: The Psychology of Clinical Decision Making — Implications for Medication Use – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

10 – Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy vs laparoscopic and open retropubic radical prostatectomy: functional outcomes 18 months after diagnosis from a national cohort study in England – British Journal of Cancer (free)

Commentary: After-effects not necessarily reduced with robotic prostate surgery – Reuters (free)

Related Cochrane Review with similar results: Laparoscopic and robotic-assisted versus open radical prostatectomy for the treatment of localised prostate cancer – Cochrane Library (free)