Mon, July 23 – 10 Stories of The Day!
23 Jul, 2018 | 00:04h | UTC
1 – Guideline: Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Summary: Blood pressure targets in people with cardiovascular disease – Cochrane Library (free)
“Insufficient evidence to justify lower than standard blood pressure targets in people with hypertension + CVD” (via @CochraneHTN see Tweet)
4 – Opinion: Paramedic 2: Epinephrine harms/helps in out of hospital cardiac arrest – First10EM (free)
See Also: Original Article (free study and editorial) AND Expert Reaction (free commentaries)
“Paramedic 2 quick summary:
If 1000 people treated with epinephrine:
– 246 extra ROSC (return of spontaneous circulation)
– 158 extra admissions
– 8 extra survivors (5 with bad neuro outcomes, 3 with good neuro outcomes)
– What those numbers mean is a value question, not a science question.” (via @First10EM see Tweet)
5 – Guideline: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Drug Resistance: 2018 Recommendations of the International Antiviral Society–USA Panel – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free) (via @CarlosdelRio7)
6 – Report: Miles to go—closing gaps, breaking barriers, righting injustices – UNAIDS (free PDF)
Press Release: UNAIDS warns that progress is slowing and time is running out to reach the 2020 HIV targets (free)
Commentary: U.N. says global fight against AIDS is at ‘precarious point’ – Reuters (free)
Source: International Health Policies Newsletter
7 – Advancing global health and strengthening the HIV response in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals: the International AIDS Society—Lancet Commission (free articles and commentaries – registration required)
Commentaries: Report Warns Of ‘Dangerous Complacency’ In The Fight Against HIV – NPR (free) AND ‘Dangerous complacency’ to global HIV epidemic risks resurgence – BBC (free) AND Experts warn approach to HIV/AIDS is complacent – OnMedica (free)
Related Study: The burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Brazil, 1990-2016: A subnational analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (free)
9 – Definitions and pathophysiology of vasoplegic shock – Critical Care (free)
Commentary: Enhanced recovery programmes after stomach cancer surgery reduce hospital stay without increasing complications – NIHR Signals (free)
See also: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Guidelines and Reviews (all free)