Mon, May 21 – 10 Stories of The Day!
21 May, 2018 | 00:05h | UTC
1 – Outbreaks Associated with Treated Recreational Water — United States, 2000–2014 – MMWR, CDC (free)
Commentaries: Hotel pools a factor in water-related illness outbreaks – CIDRAP (free) AND Crypto, Pseudomonas and Legionella responsible for most outbreaks in swimming venues – Outbreak News Today (free) AND Sparkling Pool Water May Hold Disease-Causing Parasites – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND CDC: How To Avoid Getting Sick From A Hotel Swimming Pool – Forbes (free)
Commentary: One in Three Have Hypertension – AJP (free)
“What do we learn from checking blood pressure in >1.2 million people of 80 countries who have not had their BP measured in a year? 34% HTN, 46% not controlled, Saturday spikes and a lot more” (via @EricTopol see Tweet)
3 – Perspective: Trying to Put a Value on the Doctor-Patient Relationship – The New York Times Magazine (10 articles per month are free)
“In its push for profits, the U.S. health care system has made it difficult for patients to get personal attention from doctors. But what if hands-on medicine actually saves money — and lives?”
4 – E-cigarettes: A win or loss for public health? – Knowable Magazine (free)
Related Perspective: The Promise of Vaping and the Rise of Juul – The New Yorker (free)
See also: related guidelines, reports and commentaries on e-cigarettes (all free)
“Arguments over whether e-cigarettes are harmful or helpful seem gridlocked as emerging research underscores both the toxicity of vaping and its possible benefits”. (via @ghn_news see Tweet)
5 – Dose Increase Versus Unchanged Continuation of Antidepressants After Initial Antidepressant Treatment Failure in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Double-Blind Trials – The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Depression: boosting SSRIs doesn’t work – Univadis (free registration required)
“Meta-analysis: there is evidence from RCTs against increasing the dose of SSRIs (with the possible exception of citalopram) in adult patients with major depression and antidepressant treatment failure” (via @psychopharmacol see Tweet)
Commentaries: WHO: Ebola in DRC not global emergency; ring vaccination starts in 2 days – CIDRAP (free) AND Ebola outbreak is concerning, but falls short of global emergency, WHO panel says – STAT (free)
7 – Effect of Use of a Bougie vs Endotracheal Tube and Stylet on First-Attempt Intubation Success Among Patients With Difficult Airways Undergoing Emergency Intubation: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: JC: Don’t blame it on the Bougie – St Emlyn’s (free) AND EM Nerd-The Peculiar Case of the Parallel Pathways – EmNerd (free) AND The humble bougie markedly boosts first-pass intubation success – Univadis (free registration required)
Commentaries: Emergency hospital admissions for alcohol a red flag for suicide risk – new study – Public Health Wales (free) AND Alcohol-Related Emergency Admissions: A Marker for Suicide Risk – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)
9 – Report: World Health Statistics 2018: Monitoring health for the SDGs – World Health Organization (free)
Commentary: World Health Statistics: Over Half Of World’s Population Lack Essential Healthcare – WHO – Vigil 360 (free)
News Release: Keep saying yes to fish twice a week for heart health (free)
AHA News: Eating fish twice a week reduces heart, stroke risk (free)
Commentary: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Coronary Heart Disease: A Very Fishy Story (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Seafood Long-Chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease (free PDF)