Tue, March 12 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Cardiorenal Syndrome: Classification, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

Commentary: The Heart-Kidney, Kidney-Heart Connection and Our Improving Understanding of a Complex and Intimate Relationship – American Heart Association (free)

Top Things to Know: Cardiorenal Syndrome: Classification, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies – American Heart Association (free)

2 – WHO launches new global influenza strategy – World Health Organization (free)

See Report: Global influenza strategy 2019-2030 – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: World must prepare for inevitable next flu pandemic, WHO says – Reuters (free) AND WHO launches strategy to fight ‘inevitable’ flu pandemics – MedicalXpress (free)

3 – Signs and Symptoms That Rule out Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Outpatient Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (free)

Adults with an acute respiratory infection who have normal vital signs (temperature < 37,8 / respiratory rate < 20 / heart rate < 100) and a normal pulmonary examination are very unlikely to have CAP.

4 – Physical manoeuvers as a preventive intervention to manage vasovagal syncope: A systematic review – PLOS One (free)

Related: 2018 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope (free) AND 2017 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Syncope (free) AND Review: The Management of Vasovagal Syncope (free)

5 – Reexamining Recommendations for Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia in Older Adults – JAMA (free for a limited period)

“This Viewpoint discusses the 2018 ACC/AHA cholesterol management guideline recommendation to consider statin treatment in adults aged >75 years with LDL levels 70-189 mg/dL, arguing that trial evidence does not support it…”

6 – Guide to Statistics and Methods: Overview of Cost-effectiveness Analysis – JAMA (free for a limited period)

7 – FDA Safety Alert: Safe Use of Surgical Staplers and Staples – Letter to Health Care Providers – U.S Food & Drug Administration (free)

Commentary: FDA Alerts Clinicians About Surgical Staple Risks – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Related: Hidden FDA Reports Detail Harm Caused By Scores Of Medical Devices – Kaiser Health News (free)

8 – Review: Three neglected numbers in the CBC: The RDW, MPV, and NRBC count – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)

9 – Christopher Martyn’s research reviews, 11 March 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Christopher Martyn reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.

10 – Selective laser trabeculoplasty versus eye drops for first-line treatment of ocular hypertension and glaucoma (LiGHT): a multicentre randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Laser trabeculoplasty as first-line glaucoma treatment – The Lancet (free) AND 15-minute laser is best treatment for glaucoma patients, says study – The Guardian (free) AND 15-minute laser treatment best for glaucoma – OnMedica (free)