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Related Guidelines: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for liver cirrhosis 2015 – Journal of Gastroenterology (free) AND Management of Adult Patients with Ascites Due to Cirrhosis: Update 2012 – American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (free PDF) EASL clinical practice guidelines on the management of ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis (free) AND KASL clinical practice guidelines for liver cirrhosis: Ascites and related complications – Clinical and Molecular Hepatology (free) AND Cirrhosis in Over 16s: Assessment and Management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Guideline Synopsis: Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea – JAMA (free)
Original Guideline: 2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea (free)
Related Guidelines: Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of travelers’ diarrhea: a graded expert panel report (free) AND Guidelines for the Investigation of Chronic Diarrhoea in Adults: British Society of Gastroenterology (free)
Related Report: Global Burden of Diarrhea (free report and commentaries)
News Release: New WHO-ITU standard aims to prevent hearing loss among 1.1 billion young people – World Health Organization (free)
Report: Safe listening devices and systems: a WHO-ITU standard – World Health Organization and International Telecommunication Union (free PDF)
Toolkit: Toolkit for safe listening devices and systems – World Health Organization and International Telecommunication Union (free PDF)
Editorials: Implementing the USPSTF Recommendations on Prevention of Perinatal Depression—Opportunities and Challenges (free) AND Perinatal Depression: Recommendations for Prevention and the Challenges of Implementation (free) AND Attention to Prevention—Can We Stop Perinatal Depression Before it Starts? (free)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression (free audio)
Commentaries: Depression During and After Pregnancy Can Be Prevented, National Panel Says. Here’s How. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND To Prevent Pregnancy-Related Depression, At-Risk Women Advised To Get Counseling – NPR (free)
“The USPSTF recommends that clinicians provide or refer pregnant and postpartum persons who are at increased risk of perinatal depression to counseling interventions. (B recommendation)”
Related Guidelines: Active Surveillance for the Management of Localized Prostate Cancer (Cancer Care Ontario Guideline): American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Endorsement – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free) AND Active surveillance for the management of localized prostate cancer: Guideline recommendations – Canadian Urological Association Journal (free)
Related Randomized Trial: Radical Prostatectomy vs. Watchful Waiting in Prostate Cancer (link to abstract and commentaries)
Related Guidelines: ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free supplement) AND AACE/ACE Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm 2019 – Endocrine Practice (Free PDF and Slide Presentations) AND Diabetes Canada 2018 clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes in Canada (free)
The Topol Review: Preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future – NHS Health Education England (free report and related resources)
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Our rating of the top 10 technologies poised to change #healthcare, with a realistic appraisal of their timing over the next 2 decades#AI #genomics #digitalhealth pic.twitter.com/rQ8ytwDIaA
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 11, 2019
News Release: New Guidelines for Venous Thromboembolism (free)
Related Guidelines: BTS Guideline: Outpatient Management of Pulmonary Embolism (free) AND ACEP Clinical Policy: Evaluation and Management of Suspected Acute Venous Thromboembolism (free) AND Evaluation of Patients With Suspected Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Best Practice Advice From the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians (free) AND 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
New guidelines from the Thrombosis and Haemostasis Society of Australia and New Zealand for diagnosis & management of venous thromboembolism … #freeaccess for 1 week … https://t.co/4TIweujdRd … #VTE #DVT #PE pic.twitter.com/UWmo9AnPgJ
— MJA (@theMJA) February 11, 2019
Cough (acute): antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Infographic: 2-page visual summary of the recommendations (free PDF)
See also: NICE Antimicrobial prescribing guidelines (resource covering many common conditions) AND NICE Summary of antimicrobial prescribing guidance – managing common infections (free PDF)
Related Guideline: KAAACI Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Cough in Adults and Children in Korea – Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research (free)
See also recently published CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in specific populations: Classification of Cough as a Symptom in Adults and Management Algorithms (free) AND Adult Outpatients With Acute Cough Due to Suspected Pneumonia or Influenza – CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free) AND Clinically Diagnosing Pertussis-associated Cough in Adults and Children (free) AND Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Acute Cough Associated With the Common Cold (free) AND Cough Due to TB and Other Chronic Infections (free) AND Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults (free) AND Symptomatic Treatment of Cough Among Adult Patients With Lung Cancer (free) AND Cough in the athlete (free) AND Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults (free) AND Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough (free) AND Use of Management Pathways or Algorithms in Children With Chronic Cough (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis (free)
Chinese expert consensus on diagnosis and management of severe asthma – Journal of Thoracic Disease (free)
Related Guidelines: Recognition and management of severe asthma: A Canadian Thoracic Society position statement (free) AND International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma (free) AND Guidelines for Severe Uncontrolled Asthma – Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (free) AND Nordic consensus statement on the systematic assessment and management of possible severe asthma in adults (free)
“Less than 10% of patients labeled as having a penicillin allergy are confirmed as present upon skin testing. This labeling results in use of alternative antibiotics and thus unwanted adverse consequences including potentiated antimicrobial resistance, increased costs, and worse clinical outcomes.”
Fluid administration for acute circulatory dysfunction using basic monitoring: narrative review and expert panel recommendations from an ESICM task force – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)
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Related Commentary on Twitter
Fluid administration for acute circulatory failure: go back to the basics, thanks to the expert panel recommendations from an ESICM task force!
Read the full text article for free at https://t.co/VPtl6cD0aN @Dr_Cit @ESICM @ClinMedJournals pic.twitter.com/pBoJiKHihT— Intens Care Med (@yourICM) February 1, 2019
Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules: United States, 2019 – Pediatrics (free)
Table 1. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger, United States, 2019 (free)
Table 2. Catch-up immunization schedule for persons aged 4 months–18 years who start late or who are more than 1 month behind, United States, 2019 (free)
Table 3. Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Medical Condition, United States, 2019 (free)
See also: CDC Immunization Schedules for Healthcare Providers (free resources) AND Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2019 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (free)
Summary: What is ‘Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America’? – HIV.gov (free)
Related JAMA Editorial: Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for the United States (free)
Commentary: U.S. Announces Plan to Reduce New HIV Diagnoses by 90% Over Next Decade – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Commentaries: U.K. Doctors Call for Caution in Children’s Use of Screens and Social Media – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Experts respond to CMO report on screen-time and social media – Science Media Centre (free) AND Do not let children take electronic devices into bedrooms, say doctors – The Guardian (free) AND Screen time: Children advised not to use electronic devices at dinner – BBC (free)
Related Guidelines: Media devices in pre-school children: the recommendations of the Italian pediatric society – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Media and Young Minds – Recommendations from The American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
See also: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (Pediatrics Supplement with free articles)
Editorial: Suicide falls by a third globally (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Global suicide mortality: Using data to inform action and monitor progress – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Global rates of suicide death have fallen by a third since 1990, study finds – CNN (free)
Guidelines for the safe provision of anaesthesia in magnetic resonance units 2019 – Anaesthesia (free)
Guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists and the Neuro Anaesthesia and Critical Care Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Commentaries: Expert panel strongly recommends against surgery for the most common shoulder pain – MedicalXpress (free) AND Guidelines Recommend Against Surgery for Subacromial Pain Syndrome – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Related Systematic Reviews: Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Subacromial Decompression Surgery for Rotator Cuff Disease – Cochrane Library (link to study and randomized trials on the subject)
Tonsillectomy in Children (Update) – American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (free)
News Release: Tonsillectomy in children: Update to guidelines for treating and managing care (free)
Commentaries: Updated Pediatric Tonsillectomy Guidelines Stress Watchful Waiting – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Guideline urges physicians to stop prescribing antibiotics, codeine for tonsillectomies – Healio (free registration required)
Related Guidelines: Evidence-based guideline update: Pharmacologic treatment for episodic migraine prevention in adults: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society (free) AND Pharmacological management of migraine – Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (free)
Related: The interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meeting: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Lung Foundation Australia (free) AND Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Practical Approach for General Medicine Physicians with Focus on the Medical History – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free) AND Pharmacological management of progressive-fibrosing interstitial lung diseases: a review of the current evidence – European Respiratory Review(free)
Related Guidelines: Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Implementation of the 2017 Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement in contact and collision sports: a joint position statement from 11 national and international sports organisations – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Clinical Report: Sport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
How can health systems adopt a comprehensive and aligned response to #beatNCDs? WHO/Europe’s report explores integrated multidisciplinary #PrimaryHealthCare, people-centred approaches, public health services for NCDs and more 👉 https://t.co/QOuBpRjc5h #PMAC2019 pic.twitter.com/PEGVX9EKoq
— WHO/Europe (@WHO_Europe) January 29, 2019
Guideline Synopsis: Management of Blood Cholesterol – JAMA (free)
Editorial: A New Personalized, Patient-Centric, and Cost-Conscious Guideline for Contemporary Cholesterol Management (free)
Original Guideline: New AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol (free guideline and resources)
International Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of the Polymyxins – Pharmacotherapy (free)
Endorsed by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), International Society for Anti‐infective Pharmacology (ISAP), Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP).
Worldwide Dyslipidemia Guidelines – Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports (free)
Related: JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis: Management of Blood Cholesterol (free guideline and synopsis)
News Release: Migrants and refugees at higher risk of developing ill health than host populations, reveals first-ever WHO report on the health of displaced people in Europe (free)
Related: 10 things to know about the health of refugees and migrants – World Health Organization (free) AND Knowledge Hub on Health and Migration (free resources)
News Release: For older people, medications are common; AGS Beers Criteria aims to make them appropriate, too (free)
Commentary: AGS: Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Med Use in Older Adults Updated – MPR (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
The #AGSBeersCriteria includes lists of medications that may be inappropriate or unsafe for older adults. See the latest updates for 2019: https://t.co/qGB5Y1cD7S pic.twitter.com/ow0xds2gN7
— American Geriatrics Society (@AmerGeriatrics) February 1, 2019
Polypharmacy: Getting our medicines right – Royal Pharmaceutical Society (free)
Shorter Version: Polypharmacy (free)
Commentary: Pharmacists call for regular reviews of medicines – BBC (free)
Related: Reducing Inappropriate Medication Use & Polypharmacy (several articles and commentaries on the subject)
Related Guidelines: Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration: Application to Healthy Patients Undergoing Elective Procedures: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration (free) AND Perioperative fasting in adults and children: guidelines from the European Society of Anaesthesiology (free)
Related Systematic Review: Practice Guideline Recommendations on Perioperative Fasting – Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (free)
Related Narrative Review: Nothing by Mouth at Midnight: Saving or Starving? A Literature Review – Gastroenterology Nursing (free)
“‘It is safe and recommended for all children able to take clear fluids, to be allowed and encouraged to have them up to 1 h before elective general anaesthesia’.”
Related Guideline: Depression in adults: recognition and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
AACE/ACE Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm 2019 – Endocrine Practice (Free PDF and Slide Presentations)
Related Guidelines: ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free supplement) AND Diabetes Canada 2018 clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes in Canada (free)
“The USPSTF recommends prophylactic ocular topical medication for all newborns to prevent gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. (A recommendation)”
Commentary: UK Gonorrhea Guideline Guards Against Antibiotic Resistance – MD Magazine (free)
Related Guideline: WHO Guidelines for the Treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae – World Health Organization (free)
News Release: Lagging drug innovation, variations in quality of care and rising health care costs remain major barriers in fight against cardiovascular disease (free)
Commentaries: AHA issues ‘urgent’ call to action: 5 things to know – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND AHA Warns of Stagnating CVD Gains, Barriers to Access, and Dismal Drug Pipeline – TCTMD (free)
News Release: Updated treatment guidelines for atrial fibrillation recommend a new class of blood thinners to help prevent stroke – American Heart Association (free)
Commentaries: Focused Update of the AHA/ACC/HRS Atrial Fibrillation Guideline – American College of Cardiology (free) AND
Popular blood thinner warfarin no longer recommended for most atrial fibrillation cases – CNN (free)
The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report (free registration required)
Commentaries: Take on food industry to beat malnutrition and obesity, says report – The Guardian (free) AND Want to fix obesity and climate change at the same time? Make Big Food companies pay. – VOX (free) AND To fix climate change, fix the obesity and starvation epidemics, reports say – CNN (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
The #GlobalSyndemic: #Undernutrition & #obesity are not simply the result of too few or too many calories. Both are driven by the same unhealthy, inequitable food systems, underpinned by a political economy focused on economic growth, not health https://t.co/k3gkUnliyw pic.twitter.com/zKwY08YSEF
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) January 27, 2019
Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs: ASCO Standards – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)
Summary: Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs (free)
Editorial: ASCO Standards for Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs (free)
News Release: New Standards for Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs Focus on Developing Evidence-Based Measures (free)
Original Guideline: Diabetes Canada 2018 clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes in Canada (free) AND Quick Reference Guide (free PDF)
See also: ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free supplement) AND Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019 Abridged for Primary Care Providers (free PDF)
Commentaries: Spinal Fractures Can Be Terribly Painful. A Common Treatment Isn’t Helping – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Spinal Fusions Ineffective for Fracture Pain, Says ASBMR – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Randomized Trial: Vertebroplasty vs. Sham Procedure for Acute Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures – The BMJ (free study and commentary) AND Cochrane Review: percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (free article and summary)
Part 2: Conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference – Kidney International (free)
Related: See All KDIGO Guidelines (all free)
Commentaries: Physical activity reduces mortality in patients with diabetes: Exercise programs for diabetics are a cost effective treatment and should be reimbursed – European Society of Cardiology (free) AND Exercise Must Be a Prescription for Those With Type 2 Diabetes, European Cardiologists Say – AJMC (free) AND Exercise cuts mortality risk for people with type 2 diabetes, report says – UPI (free)
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by the Mexican College of Rheumatology – Reumatología Clinica (free for a limited period)
Related Guidelines: The British Society for Rheumatology guideline for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults (free) AND First Latin American clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (free) AND Canadian Rheumatology Association Recommendations for the Assessment and Monitoring of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (free)
Related Reviews: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Primary Care: An Update and Practical Messages for the General Practitioner (free) AND Infection in systemic lupus erythematosus, similarities, and differences with lupus flare (free)
Canada’s Dietary Guidelines – Government of Canada (free)
Homepage: Canada’s Food Guide (free resources)
Related Commentary on Twitter
New food guide: https://t.co/Yx15RSJ8ab My initial response, pretty solid! Like this image. And like that they are keeping message simple. @GovCanHealth #Canadasfoodguide. pic.twitter.com/Ab8Leqi19A
— Timothy Caulfield (@CaulfieldTim) January 22, 2019
Original Guidelines: 2018 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy (free) AND 2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension (free) AND 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease (free PDF)
Related Guidelines: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Korea, 2017 (free) AND American College of Gastroenterology Monograph on Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (free) AND Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for irritable bowel syndrome – Journal of Gastroenterology (free) AND Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)
Commentary: IASP Updates Classification of Chronic Pain – Clinical Advisor (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Chronic pain as a symptom or a disease: the IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) #PainJournal https://t.co/Riegvjag5N pic.twitter.com/9hquW4dDa1
— PAIN Journal (@PAINthejournal) January 16, 2019
Evidence‐based Danish guidelines for screening of diabetic retinopathy – Acta Ophthalmologica (free)
“There is solid evidence to support a flexible, individualized screening regimen. In particular, it is possible to prolong screening intervals to 24–48 months for patients with no or mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy”.
Commentary: Environmental sustainability should be inherent to dietary guidance – Elservier (free)
Related: The EAT–Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems (article and commentaries)
Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems – The Lancet (free articles – registration required)
Summary: EAT-Lancet Commission Brief for Everyone (free)
Commentaries: New Diet Guidelines to Benefit People and the Planet: More Greens for All, Less Meat for Some – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND New ‘planetary health diet’ can save lives and the planet, major review suggests – CNN (free) AND A bit of meat, a lot of veg – the flexitarian diet to feed 10bn – BBC (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Feeding a population of 10 billion people by 2050 with a healthy & sustainable diet will be impossible without transforming eating habits, improving food production & reducing food waste—new @EATForum–@TheLancet Commission #EATLancet #foodcanfixit https://t.co/TsRQiyhA09 pic.twitter.com/v2KtYu9pdS
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) January 16, 2019
Medscape National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019 (free registration required)
Commentaries: Burnout Rises Above 50% in Some Specialties, New Survey Shows – Medscape (free registration required) AND No quick fix for physician burnout, depression – Reuters (free) AND More than half of physicians are burned out or depressed – HealthExec (free)
Related Perspectives: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free) AND Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point – The Guardian (free) AND The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic (free) AND Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout – National Academy of Medicine (free) AND Physician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive (free)
Related Articles: Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians (link to abstract and commentaries)
KSHF Guidelines for the Management of Acute Heart Failure (free articles)
Part I. Definition, Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Acute Heart Failure
Part II. Treatment of Acute Heart Failure
Part III. Specific Management of Acute Heart Failure According to the Etiology and Co-morbidity
Related: The use of diuretics in heart failure with congestion — a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology – European Journal of Heart Failure (free) AND Managing the Patient with Heart Failure in the Emergency Department – European Heart Journal (free)
Commentary: Choosing Wisely: Don’t Use Ultrasound to Evaluate Palpable Inguinal Hernia – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
See other recently published CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in specific populations: Classification of Cough as a Symptom in Adults and Management Algorithms (free) AND Clinically Diagnosing Pertussis-associated Cough in Adults and Children (free) AND Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Acute Cough Associated With the Common Cold (free) AND Cough Due to TB and Other Chronic Infections (free) AND Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults (free) AND Symptomatic Treatment of Cough Among Adult Patients With Lung Cancer (free) AND Cough in the athlete (free) AND Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults (free) AND Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough (free) AND Use of Management Pathways or Algorithms in Children With Chronic Cough (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis (free)
American College of Physicians Ethics Manual: Seventh Edition – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
News Release: American College of Physicians releases new edition of Ethics Manual (free)
“Genetic testing, telemedicine, end-of-life care, and human subjects research are among issues examined in new edition of ACP Ethics Manual” (from News Release)
SEOM clinical guidelines on cardiovascular toxicity (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)
Related Guidelines and Reviews: Prevention and Monitoring of Cardiac Dysfunction in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Therapy (free) AND Cardio-Onco-Hematology in Clinical Practice. Position Paper and Recommendations – Revista Espanola de Cardiologia (free) AND Cardiotoxicity of anticancer treatments: Epidemiology, detection, and management – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free)
WHO recommendations: Drug treatment for severe hypertension in pregnancy – World Health Organization (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Drugs for Treating Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy (free study and commentary)
Related Guideline: Hypertension Canada’s 2018 Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy (free)
WHO recommendations: Induction of labour at or beyond term – World Health Organization (free)
Related Cochrane Review: Induction of Labor for Improving Birth Outcomes for Women at or Beyond Term (free article and summary)
News Release: Diving into Overuse in Hospitals (free)
See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
Related: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Functional Constipation in Korea, 2015 Revised Edition – Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (free) AND Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation and Constipation-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Derived from a Canadian National Survey and Needs Assessment on Choices of Therapeutic Agents – Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (free) AND Constipation in older people: A consensus statement – The International Journal of Clinical Practice (free) AND Management of Constipation in Older Adults – American Family Physician (free)
Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis – Commissions from the Lancet journals (free articles – registration required)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Viral #hepatitis is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death worldwide, killing 1·34 million people every year, similar numbers to deaths from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria—new Commission – https://t.co/JVrYYW9KMv #nohep pic.twitter.com/U49mT3MQBt
— The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (@LancetGastroHep) January 9, 2019
Commentaries: American Headache Society Releases Position Statement on Novel Preventive and Acute Migraine Treatments – Clinical Advisor (free) AND AHS Releases Updated Guidance on Migraine Treatment – Medscape (free registration required)
Related Guidelines: Consensus statement: endovascular therapy of acute ischemic stroke (free) AND 2018 AHA/ASA Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke (free article and commentaries)
Related Guidelines: American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on the Management of Acute Diverticulitis – Gastroenterology (free) AND Colorectal surgeon consensus with diverticulitis clinical practice guidelines – World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (free) AND WSES Guidelines for the management of acute left sided colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Optimal Exercise Programs for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease (free)
Commentaries: AHA Scientific Statement: Get PAD Patients Moving to Improve Symptoms and QoL – TCTMD (free) AND Promoting Exercise Therapy in Peripheral Artery Disease: Time to Get Moving – AHA News (free)
Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Original Report: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 – The Lancet (free articles)
News Release: AAN Calls for Uniformity of Brain Death Determination (free)
Commentary: Neurology Group: Universal Definition of Brain Death Needed -NEJM Journal Watch (free)
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)
Related Guidelines: 2018 recommendations for the management of community acquired pneumonia – Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (free PDF) Guideline for Antibiotic Use in Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia – The Korean Society of Infectious Disease (free) AND Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Management of Community- and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults – 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)
Related Commentary on Twitter
💊Flowchart to diuretic use in acute heart failure vía ➡️The use of diuretics in heart failure with congestion — a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of @escardio @secardiologia @IcaSemes 📎 https://t.co/rsyYtnYJza pic.twitter.com/ZnAdudtpVO
— Alfonso Valle (@ValleAlfonso) January 2, 2019
Related Review: Cardiac Screening of Young Athletes: a Practical Approach to Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention (free)
Related Position Statement: Recommendations for Participation in Competitive Sports of Athletes with Arterial Hypertension (free)
Related Research: Sudden Cardiac Arrest during Participation in Competitive Sports (link to abstract and commentaries)
News Release: HHS, in Partnership with Industry, Releases Voluntary Cybersecurity Practices for the Health Industry (free)
Commentaries: Assessing the New Cybersecurity Practices Publication: Why Small and Medium-Sized Care Organizations Have Reason to Rejoice – Healthcare Informatics (free) AND HHS releases voluntary cybersecurity guidance – Healthcare IT News (free)
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Infantile Hemangiomas – Pediatrics (free)
Commentary: AAP Guideline Urges Prompt Care for Infantile Hemangiomas – Medscape (free registration required)
News Release: WHO updates guidance to help healthcare workers prevent postpartum haemorrhage (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Uterotonic agents for preventing postpartum haemorrhage: a network meta‐analysis – Cochrane Library (free) AND Summary: Which drug is best for reducing excessive blood loss after birth? (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Interview with Dr @IoannisGallos lead author of the updated #CochraneEvidence on Uterotonic agents for preventing #postpartumhaemorrhage: a network meta‐analysis #PPH https://t.co/mILh9BKYZz #NMA @CochranePCG pic.twitter.com/01KKEEtfTV
— Cochrane (@cochranecollab) December 22, 2018
News Release: Flu is Serious for Pregnant Women and Others at High Risk: Testing and Treatment are Key, Say IDSA Guidelines (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
New in CID: Updated guidelines for seasonal #flu recommend that individuals at high-risk for complications from the flu, including pregnant women and the severely obese, should receive antiviral treatment ASAP @IDSAInfo #ClinInfectDishttps://t.co/XmkgwaNiYv pic.twitter.com/IFHztVX6SW
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) December 19, 2018
Commentary: Guidelines Recommend Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Immediately After TIA or Minor Stroke NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Have you considered aspirin AND clopidogrel rather than aspirin alone for patients who have had a TIA or stroke?
Our international @bmj_latest #RapidRecs panel explored this question [thread]: #stroke #LifeAfterStroke https://t.co/K9DlEUmHFB
— ReedSiemieniuk. (@RSiemieniuk) December 18, 2018
ADA 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free supplement)
News Release: Patient-centered Care is the Focus and Priority of the 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, Published Today by the American Diabetes Association (free)
Summary of Revisions: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019 (free)
See also: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019 Abridged for Primary Care Providers (free PDF)
Related Commentary on Twitter
ADA releases annual clinical practice guidelines: with more treatment algorithms to provide decision support for individualized care, the 2019 Standards create a roadmap for individualized therapeutic approaches and medication selection. https://t.co/r5eWD92WhY pic.twitter.com/h3VqkLCf0w
— DiabetesJournals.org (@ADA_Journals) December 19, 2018
2019 Global Strategy for Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of COPD – GOLD Reports 2019 (free PDF)
Related Guidelines: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (acute exacerbation): antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration – British Medical Association (free guideline and other resources)
Commentary: Decisions about clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration: guiding doctors, helping patients – The BMJ Opinion (free)
“just because we can keep someone alive indefinitely, should we?”