Wed, January 9 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – The Year in Cardiology 2018 – European Heart Journal (free articles)

– Prevention

– Acute Coronary Syndromes

– Arrhythmias and Cardiac Devices

– Valvular Heart Disease

– Aorta and Peripheral Circulation

– Imaging

Related: AHA names top heart disease and stroke research advances of 2018 – American Heart Association (free) AND 2018 Top Clinical Trials and Journal Scans – American College of Cardiology (free)

2 – Guideline: Renal and ureteric stones: assessment and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Related Guidelines: Dietary and Pharmacologic Management to Prevent Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (free) AND Metabolic diagnosis and medical prevention of calcium nephrolithiasis and its systemic manifestations: a consensus statement – Journal of Nephrology (free) AND Medical Management of Kidney Stones: AUA Guideline (free) AND Surgical Management of Stones: American Urological Association/Endourological Society Guideline, PART I (free) AND Surgical Management of Stones: American Urological Association/Endourological Society Guideline, PART II (free)

3 – Routine preoperative medical testing for cataract surgery – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Routine preoperative medical testing for cataract surgery – Cochrane Library (free)

Related Perspective: A Preoperative Medical History and Physical Should Not Be a Requirement for All Cataract Patients – Journal of General Internal Medicine (free)

Related Research: Preoperative Medical Testing in Medicare Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

“This review has shown that routine preoperative testing does not increase the safety of cataract surgery.”

4 – Keep O2 saturations at 96% or below for hospitalized patients: expert panel – PulmCC (free)

Original Article: Oxygen therapy for acutely ill medical patients: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free study and commentary)

5 – Point and Counterpoint: Should the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Be Retired?

POINT: Should the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Be Retired? Yes – Chest (free)

COUNTERPOINT: Should the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Be Retired? No – Chest (free)

Related: The 2018 Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s Treatment Bundle: When Guidelines Outpace the Evidence Supporting Their Use (free guideline and commentaries)

6 – Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? – Science (free)

Related: The world debates open-access mandates (free) AND China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls (free) AND Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free)

7 – SEOM clinical guidelines to primary prevention of cancer (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)

8 – Operative treatment versus nonoperative treatment of Achilles tendon ruptures: systematic review and meta-analysis – The BMJ (free)

Commentaries: Surgeons should know when not to operate – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Surgery or Not for Achilles Rupture? Meta-Analysis Finds Mixed Bag – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

9 – Identifying facial phenotypes of genetic disorders using deep learning – Nature Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: AI face-scanning app spots signs of rare genetic disorders – Nature News (free) AND Artificial intelligence could diagnose rare disorders using just a photo of a face – Science Magazine (free)

10 – Vitamin and mineral supplementation for maintaining cognitive function in cognitively healthy people in mid and late life – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Vitamin and mineral supplementation for preventing cognitive deterioration in cognitively healthy people in mid and late life – Cochrane Library (free)

Commentary: Preventing dementia: do vitamin and mineral supplements have a role? – Evidently Cochrane (free)