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Wed, August 22 – 10 Stories of The Day!

22 Aug, 2018 | 00:01h | UTC

 

1 – Screening for Cervical Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)

Related articles: Screening for Cervical Cancer With High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Testing: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force – JAMA (free) AND Screening for Cervical Cancer in Primary Care: A Decision Analysis for the US Preventive Services Task Force – JAMA (free)

Editorials: Screening for Cervical Cancer: New Tools and New Opportunities (free for a limited period) AND Cervical Cancer Screening—Moving From the Value of Evidence to the Evidence of Value (free for a limited period)

Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Cervical Cancer (free)

Final Update Summary: Cervical Cancer: Screening – US Preventive Service Task Force (free)

Commentaries: Cervical cancer screening without Pap test OK for some women – Reuters (free) AND For Cervical Cancer Screening, Women Over 30 Can Now Choose The HPV Test Only – NPR (free) AND Annual Pap Test a ‘Thing of the Past?’ – Florida Atlantic University (free)

 

2 – Joint Consensus Document: Management of antithrombotic therapy in AF patients presenting with ACS and/or undergoing PCI – European Heart Journal (free)

 

3 – CSI position statement on management of heart failure in India – Indian Heart Journal (free)

 

4 – 2017 WSES guidelines on colon and rectal cancer emergencies: obstruction and perforation – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)

 

5 – The Japanese Clinical Practice Guideline for acute kidney injury 2016 – Journal of Intensive Care (free)

 

6 – Our first year together – World Health Organization (free)

“Delighted to share my first annual letter as WHO Director-General. It outlines our major achievements over the past year and what I believe are the keys to achieving #HealthForAll. I’m proud of everything we’ve achieved – but we’re just getting started!” (via @DrTedros see Tweet)

 

7 – How smartphones are becoming a weapon in the global fight against tuberculosis – STAT (free)

 

8 – Long-Term Association of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol With Cardiovascular Mortality in Individuals at Low 10-Year Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease – Circulation (free)

Commentaries: ‘Bad’ cholesterol can be deadly in otherwise healthy people – AHA News (free) AND LDL >160 Tied to Increased Mortality in Low-Risk Patients – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Study: Elevated LDL, non-HDL increase CVD mortality risk in young, healthy individuals – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Moderate ‘bad cholesterol’ levels tied to early death for healthy people – Reuters (free)

 

9 – Effect of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment on clinical outcomes in intensive care unit patients with infection and sepsis patients: a patient-level meta-analysis of randomized trials – Critical Care (free)

Commentary: Procalcitonin guidance linked to improved sepsis survival – Univadis (free registration required)

 

10 – Pregabalin and the Risk for Opioid-Related Death: A Nested Case–Control Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Pregabalin may increase the risk of death when coprescribed with opioids – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Pregabalin Linked To Increased Risk for Opioid-Related Deaths – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Anticonvulsant With Opioids Tied To Higher Mortality – MedPage Today (free registration required)

 


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