Fri January 17 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990–2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: A global accounting of sepsis – The Lancet (free) AND Sepsis associated with 1 in 5 deaths globally, double previous estimate – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)

2 – Spanish Guidelines for Diagnosis, Management, Treatment and Prevention of DRESS syndrome – Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology (free PDF)

3 – Guideline: Indoor air quality at home – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

4 – Trial of Anifrolumab in Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: TULIP2 – Anifrolumab Succeeds in Lupus – RheumNow (free)

5 – Invalidity of an Oft-Cited Estimate of the Relative Harms of Electronic Cigarettes – American Journal of Public Health (free)

Commentary: Frequently cited claim that e-cigarettes are ‘95% safer’ is misleading and outdated – Virginia Commonwealth University (free)

6 – Critical care management of infectious meningitis and encephalitis – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

7 – Global reach of ageism on older persons’ health: A systematic review – PLOS One (free)

Commentary: Harmful effects of ageism on older persons’ health found in 45 countries – Yale University (free)

8 – The effectiveness of influenza vaccination in pregnancy in relation to child health outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis – Vaccine (free)

9 – Atrial Failure as a Clinical Entity: JACC Review Topic of the Week – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free)

10 – Association of Baseline Prostate-Specific Antigen Level With Long-term Diagnosis of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer Among Patients Aged 55 to 60 Years: A Secondary Analysis of a Cohort in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial – JAMA Network Open (free)

Commentary: PSA repeat screening strategy should be tailored to baseline PSA – MedwireNews (free)