Wed September 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Suicide in the World: Global Health Estimates – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: Suicide: one person dies every 40 seconds – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: One person dies by suicide every 40 seconds: new UN health agency report – UN News (free) Suicide kills one person every 40 seconds, says WHO – Reuters (free) AND One person dies every 40 seconds from suicide, WHO says – CNN (free)

2 – The Occupational Burden of Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Statement – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Occupational hazards account for more than one in ten people with range of lung diseases – American Thoracic Society (free) AND Respiratory Hazards at Work Linked to Disease for 1 in 10 People Worldwide – AJMC (free)

3 – Draft Recommendation Statement: Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)

Commentary: USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Cognitive Screening in Older Adults – Physician’s Briefing (free)

4 – Effect of Corticosteroid-Sparing Treatment With Mycophenolate Mofetil vs Methotrexate on Inflammation in Patients With Uveitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Antimetabolite Therapy for Uveitis: Methotrexate or Mycophenolate? – JAMA Ophthalmology (free for a limited period) AND Two commonly used uveitis drugs perform similarly in NIH-funded clinical trial – NIH News Releases (free)

5- Scientific Advances in and Clinical Approaches to Small-Fiber Polyneuropathy: A Review – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)

Related: Diagnosis and management of sensory polyneuropathy – The BMJ (free) AND Small‐fiber neuropathy: Expanding the clinical pain universe – Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System (free) AND Small-fiber neuropathy definition, diagnosis, and treatment – Neurological Sciences (free)

6 – Oral Fluoroquinolones and Risk of Mitral and Aortic Regurgitation – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Fluoroquinolones and Cardiac Valve Regurgitation Risk – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Commonly used antibiotics may lead to heart problems – University of British Columbia (free)

Related: Committee Recommends New Restrictions on the use of Fluoroquinolones (free report and commentaries) AND FDA Safety Alert: Warnings for Fluoroquinolones on Risks of Mental Health and Low Blood Sugar Adverse Reactions (free statement and commentaries) AND FDA Warns About Increased Risk of Aortic Dissection and Ruptures of Aortic Aneurism with Fluoroquinolones (free report and commentaries) AND Fluoroquinolone use and serious arrhythmias: A nationwide case-crossover study – Resuscitation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

7 – Ann Robinson’s journal review, 10 September 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.

8 – Hypertensive Crisis: Pearls and Pitfalls for the ED Physician – emDocs (free)

Related: ESC Council on hypertension position document on the management of hypertensive emergencies – European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy (free) AND 7^th Brazilian Guideline of Arterial Hypertension: Chapter 14 – Hypertensive Crisis – Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (free) AND Focused Update on Pharmacologic Management of Hypertensive Emergencies – Current Hypertension Reports (free)

9 – WHO To Revisit Guidelines On Ebola Survivors’ Care; Study Finds 5-fold Higher Mortality – Health Policy Watch (free)

Original Study: Subsequent mortality in survivors of Ebola virus disease in Guinea: a nationwide retrospective cohort study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free for a limited period)

See also: Mortality rates in Ebola survivors after hospital discharge could be five times higher compared with the general population – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)

10 – Effectiveness of Magnesium in Preventing Shivering in Surgical Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Anesthesia & Analgesia (free)

Infographic: Shiver Me Timbers: Magnesium and Postoperative Shivering (free)

Source: EvidenceAlerts