Tue, October 31 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Global tuberculosis report 2017 – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News release: WHO report signals urgent need for greater political commitment to end tuberculosis (free)

Commentaries: Tuberculosis world’s top infectious killer; UN health agency calls for political action to stop spread – UN News Center (free) AND Pandemic alert: Tuberculosis is world’s No. 1 infectious killer – CNBC (free) Despite progress, WHO paints ‘grim’ picture of global TB – CIDRAP (free)

2 – 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death (free PDF)

News release: Societies Detail Treatment for Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias (free)

See also: Executive summary (free PDF) AND Top Ten Things to Know (free PDF) AND Slide Set (free PDF)

3 – PCI Strategies in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Editorial: Back to the Future in Cardiogenic Shock — Initial PCI of the Culprit Lesion Only (free)

Commentaries: CULPRIT-SHOCK Disputes Benefit of Immediate Multivessel PCI in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock – TCTMD (free) AND CULPRIT-SHOCK: Culprit Lesion Only PCI Vs. Immediate Multivessel PCI in Cardiogenic Shock – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

4 – Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Risk of ADHD – Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: An Association Between Prenatal Acetaminophen Use and ADHD: The Benefits of Large Data Sets – Pediatrics (free) AND Long-term Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy and ADHD – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Study links acetaminophen in pregnancy to ADHD, but experts question results – CNN (free)

5 – Policy Statement: Cord Blood Banking for Potential Future Transplantation – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

News release: Updated policy reaffirms value of public over private cord blood banks (free)

Commentaries: Pediatrics Group Updates Recommendations on Cord Blood Banking – Physician’s First Watch (free)

6 – Duration of Breastfeeding and Risk of SIDS: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Breastfeeding for two months halves risk of SIDS – University of Virginia Health System, via ScienceDaily (free)

7 – Is there a conflict of interest behind your cancer diagnosis? – STAT (free)

8 – Richard Lehman’s journal reviews, 30 October 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

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

9 – Electronic cigarette use and smoking initiation among youth: a longitudinal cohort study – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentary: E-cigarette use by high school students linked to cigarette smoking – ScienceDaily (free)

10 – Review: So you think it is sepsis: considerations beyond lung and urine in the sick patient without a source – emDocs (free)