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Wed, May 2 – 10 Stories of The Day!

2 May, 2018 | 00:08h | UTC

 

1 – Pre-operative evaluation of adults undergoing elective noncardiac surgery: Updated guideline from the European Society of Anaesthesiology (free)

 

2 – Support for midlife anxiety diagnosis as an independent risk factor for dementia: a systematic review – BMJ Open (free)

Commentaries: Moderate to severe mid-life anxiety may be linked to later life dementia – BMJ Open Blog (free) AND Anxiety in middle age linked to dementia later – Reuters (free) AND Expert reaction to a review of the association between mid-life anxiety and later life dementia – Science Media Centre (free)

“The current study isn’t designed to explain how anxiety and dementia might be connected, Iadecola added. “We cannot say with confidence that anxiety is a cause (risk factor), an early manifestation of the dementia, or only coincidentally associated with it,”” (from Reuters)

 

3 – Report: Trends in Reported Vectorborne Disease Cases — United States and Territories, 2004–2016 – MMWR, CDC (free)

Commentaries: CDC reports tripling of vector-borne diseases since 2004 – CIDRAP (free) And Tick and Mosquito Infections Spreading Rapidly, C.D.C. Finds – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Tick- and mosquito-borne diseases more than triple, since 2004, in the US – CNN (free)

 

4 – Effectiveness of theta burst versus high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with depression (THREE-D): a randomised non-inferiority trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Three-Minute Brain Stimulation Sessions Effectively Reduce Depression Symptoms, Study Finds – Forbes (free) AND Three Minute Version of Brain Stimulation Therapy Effective for Hard to Treat Depression – Neuroscience News (free)

 

5 – Nonpharmacologic and Medication Minimization Strategies for the Prevention and Treatment of ICU Delirium: A Narrative Review – Journal of Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

 

6 – Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses: A 5-Step Checkup – Absolutely Maybe in PLOS Blogs (free)

 

7 – Prospective study on the incidence, prevalence and 5-year pancreatic-related mortality of pancreatic cysts in a population-based study – Gut (free)

Commentary: Incidental Pancreatic Cysts: Majority Don’t Progress to Cancer – Medscape (free registration required)

 

8 – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Infants and Children With Cardiac Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

News release: New guidance issued for treating cardiac arrest in children with heart disease (free)

Top Ten Things to Know: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Infants and Children with Cardiac Disease (free PDF)

 

9 – Fertility Preservation in Patients With Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)

Commentary: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update: Fertility Preservation in Patients With Cancer – The ASCO Post (free)

Related guidelines: Fertility preservation for patients with gynecologic malignancies: The Korean Society for Fertility Preservation clinical guidelines – Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine (free) AND Fertility preservation for medical reasons in girls and women: British fertility society policy and practice guideline – Human Fertility (free)

 

10 – USPSTF Draft Recommendation Statement: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening (free)

Commentaries: USPSTF urges abuse screening for reproductive-aged women – MedicalXpress (free) AND USPSTF Recommends Screening for Partner Violence in Reproductive-Aged Women – Clinical Advisor (free)

“The USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen for intimate partner violence (IPV) in women of reproductive age and provide or refer women who screen positive to ongoing support services.”

 


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