Thu, July 5 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Guideline for Antibiotic Use in Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia – The Korean Society of Infectious Disease (free)

Related Guideline: Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Management of Community- and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

2 – An evidence-based approach to evaluation and management of the febrile child in Indian emergency department – International Journal of Critical Illness & Injury Science (free)

3 – Pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of MINOCA: an update – European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care (free)

4 – Presentation, Clinical Profile, and Prognosis of Young Patients With Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA): Results From the VIRGO Study – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)

Editorial: Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA): It’s Time to Face Reality! (free)

5 – Treatment of Angina: Where Are We? – Cardiology (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

6 – Adverse effect of long work hours on incident diabetes in 7065 Ontario workers followed for 12 years – BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care (free)

Commentaries: Clocking up 45+ working hours/week linked to heightened risk of diabetes in women – BMJ, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Greater Risk of Diabetes in Women With Longer Work Week – MedicalResearch.com (free)

Related Study: Effect of Work Stressors on the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes (link to abstract and commentary)

7 – Miscarriage and stillbirth following maternal Zika virus infection in nonhuman primates – Nature Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Pregnancy loss occurs in 26 percent of Zika-infected monkeys – NIH News Releases (free) AND Monkey studies suggest Zika role in miscarriage may be higher than thought – CIDRAP (free)

8 – Alarming polio outbreak spreads in Congo, threatening global eradication efforts – Science (free)

9 – Carbohydrate Replacement of Rice or Potato with Lentils Reduces the Postprandial Glycemic Response in Healthy Adults in an Acute, Randomized, Crossover Trial – The Journal of Nutrition (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Lentils significantly reduce blood glucose levels – University of Guelph, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Replace Carbs With Lentils to Blunt Glucose Spike After Meals – Medscape (free registration required)

10 – Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Maternal Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Development: An Observational Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy associated with increased rates of later CVD – ACP Internist (free) AND High blood pressure in pregnancy tied to heart disease risk afterward – Reuters (free) AND Women who experience hypertensive disorders during pregnancy are at high risk for developing high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol later in life – 2 Minute Medicine (free)

Related Studies: All Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Increase the Risk of Future Cardiovascular Disease (free PDF and commentaries) AND Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy and the Risk of Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease (link to abstract and free commentaries) AND Gestational Hypertension and Future Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (free research and editorial)