Mon, August 20 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Oral steroids for resolution of otitis media with effusion in children (OSTRICH): a double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomised trial – The Lancet (free)

Invited commentary: Helping children with hearing loss from otitis media with effusion – The Lancet (free)

“Short-course oral prednisolone is not an effective treatment for most children aged 2–8 years with persistent otitis media with effusion but is well tolerated—findings from OSTRICH, the first placebo-controlled trial” (via @TheLancet see Tweet)

2 – Report: E-Cigarettes – House of Commons Science and Technology Committee (free PDF)

Commentaries: Stop treating e-cigs like conventional cigarettes, MPs tell NHS – OnMedica (free) AND E-cigarettes can be key weapon against smoking, say MPs – BBC (free)

See also: related guidelines, reports and commentaries on e-cigarettes (all free)

3 – Corticosteroids in Sepsis: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (free)

Related: Corticosteroid therapy for sepsis: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)

4 – Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Behind It – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) (via @CarlosdelRio7 see Tweet)

Related commentaries: Vitamin D Screening and Supplementation in Primary Care: Time to Curb Our Enthusiasm – American Family Physician (free) AND Your vitamin D tests and supplements are probably a waste of money – VOX (free) AND Why Are So Many People Popping Vitamin D? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related Guideline: Vitamin D: supplement use in specific population groups – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

“Only test vitamin D status if someone has symptoms of deficiency or is at very high risk” (from NICE Guideline)

5 – Too Much Medicine: A small medical conference with a big impact – HealthNewsReview (free)

6 – Review: Intravenous fluid therapy in critically ill adults – Nature Reviews Nephrology (free for a limited period) (via @CritCareReviews)

7 – Review: Airway and ventilation management during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and after successful resuscitation – Critical Care (free)

8 – Disease Outbreak News: Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: WHO Expects Ebola To Spread In Congo In Areas Too Dangerous To Send Workers – NPR (free) AND Health worker among 5 new cases in DRC Ebola outbreak – CIDRAP (free) AND Militia threat hampers Ebola fight in Congo as disease kills 47 – Reuters (free)

9 – Association of Body Mass Index With Blood Pressure Among 1.7 Million Chinese Adults – JAMA Network Open (free)

Commentary: As body mass index increases, blood pressure may as well – Yale University (free)

10 – Dietary carbohydrate intake and mortality: a prospective cohort study and meta-analysis – The Lancet Public Health (free)

Commentaries: Evolving evidence about diet and health – The Lancet Public Health (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at carbohydrate intake and health – Science Media Centre (free) AND Moderate carbohydrate intake may be best for health, study suggests – The Lancet, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Low-carb diets could shorten life, study suggests – BBC (free)