Tue, December 4 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Why the HIV epidemic is not over – World Health Organization (free)

2 – Clinical Report: Selecting Appropriate Toys for Young Children in the Digital Era – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

News Release: Best toys for children’s development? Hint: They are not electronic or costly – AAP News (free)

Commentaries: AAP Offer Toy Tips for Parents and Clinicians in the Digital Age – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Empty boxes top high-tech toys on doctor-recommended list – Associated Press (free)

3 – Perspective: Why Hospitals Should Let You Sleep – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

“Frequent disruptions are more than just annoying for patients. They can also cause harm.”

4 – Podcast: #128 Aspirin Overhyped and Overused – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free)

5 – Editorial: Focus on randomised clinical trials – Intensive Care Medicine (free PDF) (via @CritCareReviews)

Related: What should we stop doing in the ICU? – ICU Management & Practice (free)

“Their results add to what appears to be a constant theme in critical care, ‘less is more’ based on RCT results”

6 – Alex Nowbar’s weekly research reviews, 3 December 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.

7 – Interpreting the Athlete’s ECG: Current State and Future Perspectives – Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine (free)

8 – Economic and Quality-of-Life Outcomes of Natriuretic Peptide–Guided Therapy for Heart Failure – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Natriuretic peptide-guided therapy falls flat in improving HFrEF outcomes – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Quality-of-Life Outcomes With Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Therapy for Heart Failure – Cardiology Advisor (free)

9 – Clinical practice guidelines for older people with multimorbidity and life-limiting illness: what are the implications for deprescribing? – Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety (free)

10 – Impact of patient and public involvement on enrolment and retention in clinical trials: systematic review and meta-analysis – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Joanna Crocker: Time to embrace patient involvement in clinical trials? – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND “Researchers don’t know what they’re missing”—the impact of patient involvement in research – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Impact of PPI in clinical trials – University of Oxford (free)