Fri, July 27 – 10 Stories of The Day!
27 Jul, 2018 | 01:16h | UTC
1 – Medications that reduce emergency hospital admissions: an overview of systematic reviews and prioritisation of treatments – BMC Medicine (free) (via @OxPrimaryCare)
Commentary: The eleven best medications for reducing pressure on emergency care services – University of Oxford (free)
2 – 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) (via @Abraham_RMI)
Commentary: Latin American Clinical Practice Guidelines for Lupus – RheumNow (free)
Related Guideline: The British Society for Rheumatology guideline for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults (free) AND Executive Summary (free)
Related Guidelines: Intravenous fluid therapy in adults in hospital – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND Intravascular volume therapy in adults: Guidelines from the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany – European Journal of Anaesthesiology (free)
Related Reviews: Principles of fluid management and stewardship in septic shock: it is time to consider the four D’s and the four phases of fluid therapy – Annals of Intensive Care (free) AND A rational approach to fluid therapy in sepsis – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
4 – Timing of intervention in aortic stenosis: a review of current and future strategies – Heart (free)
See also: No, A Big NIH Trial Did Not Show That Lowering Blood Pressure Will Prevent Dementia – Cardiobrief (free)
6 – Opinion: Physicians aren’t ‘burning out.’ They’re suffering from moral injury – STAT (free)
Related: The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine (free commentaries on the subject) AND Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors (link to abstract and free commentaries)
7 – Choosing Wisely: American Academy of Pediatrics – Section on Nephrology and the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question (free)
AAP News Release: Choosing Wisely Offers Advice on Appropriate Nephrology Testing in Children (free)
Commentary: AAP offers guidance on pediatric nephrology tests, procedures – Univadis (free registration required)
See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
8 – Mirror therapy for improving motor function after stroke – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: Mirror therapy for improving movement after stroke – Cochrane Library (free)
Commentaries: Osteoporosis Treatment After Hip Fracture: Bad News and Getting Worse – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Rate of Osteoporosis Drug Treatment to Prevent Recurrent Fractures Dropping – AJMC (free) AND Osteoporosis treatment often not started after hip fracture in elderly patients, study finds – ACP Internist (free)
Commentary: Consumption of Fast Food Linked with Asthma and Other Allergic Diseases – Wiley (free) AND Study Links Fast Food Consumption to Severe Asthma – AJMC (free)