Thu, November 9 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – European guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis – European Journal of Anaesthesiology (free PDF articles):

– Editorial

– Executive Summary

– Intensive care

– Mechanical prophylaxis

– Patients with preexisting coagulation disorders and after severe perioperative bleeding

– Inferior vena cava filters

– Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

– Neurosurgery

– Surgery in the elderly

– Surgery in the obese patient

– Surgery during pregnancy and the immediate postpartum period

– Day surgery and fast-track surgery

– Chronic treatments with antiplatelet agents

– Aspirin

2 – Vancomycin Plus Piperacillin-Tazobactam and Acute Kidney Injury in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Vancomycin plus piperacillin-tazobactam associated with higher AKI risk – ACP Hospitalist (free)

Related article: Association of Acute Kidney Injury With Concomitant Vancomycin and Piperacillin/Tazobactam Treatment Among Hospitalized Children – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

3 – 2017 Comprehensive Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure (free)

4 – Clinical Practice Guideline of Korean Diabetes Association (free articles):

– Antihyperglycemic Agent Therapy for Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 2017

– Insulin Therapy for Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

– Monotherapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

– Combination Therapy of Oral Hypoglycemic Agents in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

5 – 2017 Multimodality Appropriate Use Criteria for Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging: Expert Consensus of the Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging – Korean Journal of Cardiology (free)

6 – Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research – The Lancet Neurology (free registration required)

7 – Being overweight or obese is linked with heart disease even without other metabolic risk factors – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Separate and combined associations of obesity and metabolic health with coronary heart disease: a pan-European case-cohort analysis – European Heart Journal (free)

8 – Receipt of Warnings Regarding Potentially Impairing Prescription Medications and Associated Risk Perceptions in a National Sample of U.S. Drivers – Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (free)

Commentaries: Drivers not always told about their prescriptions’ potentially impairing effects – ACP Internist (free) AND Many People Prescribed Drugs That Could Impair Driving Aren’t Warned About Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)

9 – Cardiovascular Effects of Long‐Term Exposure to Air Pollution: A Population‐Based Study With 900 845 Person‐Years of Follow‐up – Journal of The American Heart Association (free)

Commentaries: Air pollution as great a risk as hypertension, obesity, diabetes for CVD – Cardiovascular Business (free)

10 – Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects: a European consensus statement – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free)

Commentaries: All babies in Europe should be screened for heart defects at birth – OnMedica (free) AND Call for Europe-wide screening of babies for heart defects – MedicalXpress (free)