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Mon, January 7 – 10 Stories of The Day!

7 Jan, 2019 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – WHO recommendations: Uterotonics for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: WHO updates guidance to help healthcare workers prevent postpartum haemorrhage (free)

Related Meta-Analysis: Uterotonic agents for preventing postpartum haemorrhage: a network meta‐analysis – Cochrane Library (free) AND Summary: Which drug is best for reducing excessive blood loss after birth? (free)

 

2 – ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free supplement)

News Release: Patient-centered Care is the Focus and Priority of the 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, Published Today by the American Diabetes Association (free)

Summary of Revisions: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019 (free)

See also: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019 Abridged for Primary Care Providers (free PDF)

 

3 – Rapid Recommendations: Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor ischaemic stroke: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: Guidelines Recommend Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Immediately After TIA or Minor Stroke NEJM Journal Watch (free)

 

4 – Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America: 2018 Update on Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemoprophylaxis, and Institutional Outbreak Management of Seasonal Influenza – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)

News Release: Flu is Serious for Pregnant Women and Others at High Risk: Testing and Treatment are Key, Say IDSA Guidelines (free)

 

5 – Association of Long-term Exercise Training With Risk of Falls, Fractures, Hospitalizations, and Mortality in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Meta-analysis: long-term exercise cuts fall, injury risk in elders – Univadis (free registration required)

Related Study: Follow-up efficacy of physical exercise interventions on fall incidence and fall risk in healthy older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Sports Medicine Open (free)

 

6 – Association between intake of non-sugar sweeteners and health outcomes: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised and non-randomised controlled trials and observational studies – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Non-sugar sweeteners and health (free)

Commentaries: No evidence of sugar substitutes’ health benefits, finds study – The Guardian (free) AND Evidence Lacking for Benefits from Artificial Sweeteners – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

 

7 – International variation in radiation dose for computed tomography examinations: prospective cohort study – The BMJ (free)

 

8 – The use of diuretics in heart failure with congestion — a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology – European Journal of Heart Failure (free)

 

9 – 2018 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations: Summary – Circulation (free)

 

10 – Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Joint Position Statement on the Cardiovascular Screening of Competitive Athletes – Canadian Journal of Cardiology (free)

Related Review: Cardiac Screening of Young Athletes: a Practical Approach to Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention (free)

Related Position Statement: Recommendations for Participation in Competitive Sports of Athletes with Arterial Hypertension (free)

Related Research: Sudden Cardiac Arrest during Participation in Competitive Sports (link to abstract and commentaries)

 


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