Tue, October 9 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Level 3 guideline on the treatment of patients with severe/multiple injuries – German Trauma Society (free)

News Release: The updated German “Polytrauma – Guideline”: an extensive literature evaluation and treatment recommendation for the care of the critically injured patient (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

2 – ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in the intensive care unit – Clinical Nutrition (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

3 – Non‐clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)

Summary: Non-clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section (free)

4 – Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women – Cochrane Library (free)

“Based on the data available, we can be confident that pelvic floor muscle training can cure or improve symptoms of stress urinary incontinence and all other types of urinary incontinence”

5 – Perspective: The Name of the Dog – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

“During morning rounds, I had presented a patient who was admitted for chest pain after walking his dog. My attending had asked, ‘What was the name of his dog?’ ” (via @fischmd see Tweet)

6 – Zackary Berger’s journal reviews, 8 October 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Zackary Berger reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.

7 – Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: September 2018 – eCancer News (free)

8 – Genomic Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease in 480,000 Adults: Implications for Primary Prevention (via @EricTopol)

9 – Laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus percutaneous catheter drainage for acute cholecystitis in high risk patients (CHOCOLATE): multicentre randomised clinical trial – The BMJ (free)

“Laparoscopic cholecystectomy compared with percutaneous catheter drainage reduced the rate of major complications in high risk patients with acute cholecystitis.”

10 – Statins and Multiple Noncardiovascular Outcomes: Umbrella Review of Meta-analyses of Observational Studies and Randomized Controlled Trials – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Statin Benefits: Yes for CVD but No for Everything Else, Says New Review – TCTMD (free) AND Statins’ benefits beyond heart health aren’t clear-cut, analysis says – CNN (free)