Tue, November 7 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – The Burden of Group B Streptococcus Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children – Clinical Infectious Diseases Supplement (free articles)

Commentaries: Group B Streptococcus infection causes an estimated 150,000 preventable stillbirths and infant deaths every year – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND Streptococcus vaccine ‘could prevent over 100,000 baby deaths worldwide’ – The Guardian (free)

2 – Effectiveness of β-Lactam Monotherapy vs Macrolide Combination Therapy for Children Hospitalized With Pneumonia – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Study: Azithromycin overprescribed for kids’ pneumonia – CIDRAP (free) AND Vanderbilt study shows azithromycin overprescribed for childhood pneumonia – Vanderbilt University Medical Center, via EurekAlert (free)

3 – Position Paper: Patient Safety in the Office-Based Practice Setting – American College of Physicians (free PDF)

Commentaries: ACP says patient safety must be improved in office-based practice setting – American College of Physicians, via EurekAlert (free) AND ACP: Recommendations for Improving Patient Safety in Ambulatory Settings – MPR (free)

4 – Debate: the case for and against screening for breast cancer with mammography:

The case for mammography: Routine mammograms do save lives: The Science – The Conversation (free)

The case against mammography: Routine mammograms do not save lives: The research is clear – The Conversation (free)

Related: Make Screening Mammography Personal, Say the French – Medscape (free registration required)

“The debate over breast cancer screening continues, with disagreements about the start age, frequency, mortality effect, overdiagnosis, and overtreatment” (from Medscape)

5 – ORBITA: Another clinical trial demonstrating the need for sham controls in surgical trials – Science-Based Medicine (free) (via @gorskon)

6 – Viewpoint: Advance Directives for Dementia: Meeting a Unique Challenge – JAMA (free)

7 – Richard Lehman’s journal reviews, 6 November 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

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

8 – Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: October 2017 – eCancer News (free)

9 – Association of Warfarin Use With Lower Overall Cancer Incidence Among Patients Older Than 50 Years – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

“In this population-based cohort study of 1.256.725 persons, there was a significantly lower age- and sex-adjusted incidence rate ratio of cancer among warfarin users vs nonusers”.

10 – The Value of Preoperative Assessment Before Noncardiac Surgery in the Era of Value-Based Care – Circulation (free)

Related guidelines: 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 2014 ESC/ESA Guidelines on non-cardiac surgery: cardiovascular assessment and management (free) AND Routine preoperative tests for elective surgery – NICE Guideline (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management for Patients Who Undergo Noncardiac Surgery (free) AND 3^rd Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (free)