Tue, April 3 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Guideline Summary: Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Review of the American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes 2018 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

2 – Association Between Use of Acid-Suppressive Medications and Antibiotics During Infancy and Allergic Diseases in Early Childhood – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

Author interview: Association Between Use of Acid-Suppressive Medications and Antibiotics During Infancy And Allergic Diseases in Early Childhood (free)

Commentaries: Antacids, antibiotics for infants linked to later allergies – STAT (free) AND Antacids, antibiotics for infants linked to later allergies – Associated Press (free) AND Giving Babies Antibiotics or Antacids May Increase Allergy Risk – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

3 – ‘Aggressive’ New Advance Directive Would Let Dementia Patients Refuse Food – Kaiser Health News (free)

See website: End of Life Choices

Related initiatives: This Startup Makes End-Of-Life Planning A Piece Of Cake (free) AND New Document for Patients: Advanced Health Directive for Dementia (free document and commentaries)

4 – Quantifying population-level health benefits and harms of e-cigarette use in the United States – PLOS One (free)

Commentaries: Study Suggests E-cigarettes Cause More Harm Than Good – AAFP News (free)

“Some Adults May Quit Smoking Traditional Cigarettes, But More Teens and Young Adults Will Start” (from AAFP)

5 – Mindfulness-based intervention to increase resilience to stress in university students (the Mindful Student Study): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Mindfulness training in higher education students – The Lancet (free) AND Mindfulness may help university students reduce stress – The Mental Elf (free)

6 – 2018 European Thyroid Association (ETA) Guidelines for the Management of Amiodarone-Associated Thyroid Dysfunction – European Thyroid Journal (free)

7 – Summary: Clinician Guide to the ABCs of Primary and Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease – American College of Cardiology (free)

8 – Review: Diagnosis and Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)

Related guideline: 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association (free PDF) AND Summary for ED-relevant care: 2018 AHA/ASA Ischemic Stroke Updates – emDocs (free)

9 – Review: Mechanisms and Management of Acute Pancreatitis – Gastroenterology Research and Practice (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

10 – Increased coronary heart disease and stroke hospitalisations from ambient temperatures in Ontario – Heart (free)

Related study: Big Swings in Daily Temperatures Linked to Spikes in MI Rates – TCTMD (free)

“Cold and hot weather associated with risk of cardiovascular disease hospitalization” (via @kamleshkhunti see Tweet)