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Mon, January 29 – 10 Stories of The Day!

29 Jan, 2018 | 01:14h | UTC

 

1 – Guideline: Sore throat (acute): antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)

News release: Use paracetamol to relieve a sore throat rather than antibiotics (free)

Commentaries: GPs should cut back on antibiotic prescriptions for sore throats, NICE says – GP (free) AND ‘Painkillers best option for sore throats’ say new NHS guidelines – NHS Choices (free)

Related guideline: Corticosteroids for sore throat – The BMJ (free)

 

2 – British Association of Dermatologists’ guidelines for the investigation and management of generalized pruritus in adults without an underlying dermatosis, 2018 – British Journal of Dermatology (free)

 

3 – Association of parental supply of alcohol with adolescent drinking, alcohol-related harms, and alcohol use disorder symptoms: a prospective cohort study – The Lancet Public Health (free)

Commentaries: Parental supply and alcohol-related harm in adolescence: emerging but incomplete evidence – The Lancet Public Health (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at parents giving alcohol to their teenage children, and alcohol-related risks – Science Media Centre (free) AND Parental provision of alcohol to teenagers does not reduce risks, compared to no supply, Australian study finds – ScienceDaily (free)

 

4 – Association Between Fluid Balance and Outcomes in Critically Ill Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a period)

Commentaries: Fluid Overload Boosts Mortality in Critically Ill Children – Medscape (free registration required)

 

5 – New series published to support the use of qualitative research in decision-making – World Health Organization (free) (via @olibiermann and @trishgreenhalgh)

The Series: Applying GRADE-CERQual to Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Findings – Implementation Science (free)

WHO Media Centre: Why is this new qualitative research tool (GRADE-CERQual) important? (free)

 

6 – Key Concepts for Informed Health Choices: a framework for helping people learn how to assess treatment claims and make informed choices – BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine (free) (via @Students4BE)

Related free resources: Testing Treatments Interactive AND Students 4 Best Evidence – Key Concepts

 

7 – Review: The incidental thyroid nodule – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)

 

8 – Current Approaches to Epistaxis Treatment in Primary and Secondary Care – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)

 

9 – In the Land of the Skinny, People are Getting Fat – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related report: Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Editorial: Global Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity (free)

Related commentaries: Obesity now kills more people worldwide than car crashes, terror attacks, and Alzheimer’s combined – VOX (free) AND Global cost of obesity-related illness to hit $1.2tn a year from 2025 – The Guardian (free)

 

10 – A surgical procedure for shoulder pain is less effective than previously thought – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for subacromial shoulder pain (CSAW): a multicentre, pragmatic, parallel group, placebo-controlled, three-group, randomised surgical trial – The Lancet (free) AND Editorial: No benefit of arthroscopy in subacromial shoulder pain (free)

 


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