Tue, February 27 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – 2018 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology Focused Update of the Guidelines for the Use of Antiplatelet Therapy (free)

Related guidelines: 2017 European Society of Cardiology focused update on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease (free) AND 2016 ACC/AHA Guideline Focused Update on Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease (free)

2 – Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care – American Academy of Pediatrics

Part I. Practice Preparation, Identification, Assessment, and Initial Management (free)

 Part II. Treatment and Ongoing Management (free)

Commentary: Pediatricians Call For Universal Depression Screening For Teens – NPR (free)

3 – Guidelines for Burn Care Under Austere Conditions: Surgical and Nonsurgical Wound Management – Journal of Burn Care & Research (free)

See also: Guideline for Burn Care Under Austere Conditions: Special Care Topics (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

4 – “Is there a doctor on board?”: Practical recommendations for managing in-flight medical emergencies – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

News release: Responding to inflight medical emergencies can be stressful for doctors – CMAJ News (free)

Related video: Managing medical emergencies at 36,000 ft: A guide to Air Canada’s in-flight emergency medical kit (free)

5 – Impact of treatment delay on mortality in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients presenting with and without haemodynamic instability: results from the German prospective, multicentre FITT-STEMI trial – European Heart Journal (free)

Commentaries: 3% rise in deaths for every 10 min delay in restoring blood flow after heart attack – OnMedica (free) AND Treatment Delay and Mortality in STEMI With Shock – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

6 – Interventions for paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose – Cochrane Library (free)

Original article: Interventions for paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

7 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 26 February 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.

8 – FDA Safety Alert: Clarithromycin (Biaxin): Drug Safety Communication – Potential Increased Risk of Heart Problems or Death in Patients With Heart Disease (free)

Commentaries: FDA: Antibiotic Linked to Increased Risk of Death in Heart Disease Patients – MPR (free) AND FDA: Clarithromycin Risks Persist in Patients With CAD – TCTMD (free) FDA Alert: Clarithromycin Risky in Patients With Heart Disease – Medscape (free registration required)

9 – Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: pathogenesis and management – Respiratory Research (free)

Related guidelines: An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline: Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (free) AND German Guideline for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis – Update on Pharmacological Therapies 2017 – Pneumologie (free) AND Diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: French practical guidelines – European Respiratory Review (free) AND Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in adults: diagnosis and management – NICE (free)

10 – Effect of the Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria on Subsequent Thromboembolic Events Among Low-Risk Emergency Department Patients: The PROPER Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria non-inferior to usual care for patients at low-risk for pulmonary embolism – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND EM Nerd-The Case of the Diagnostic Absurdity (free) AND Using PERC & Sending Home Pulmonary Emboli For Fun and Profit – Emergency Literature of Note (free)