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News Release: Diagnosing and treating resistant hypertension (free)
Commentaries: Tackling Resistant Hypertension – Opportunities and Challenges (free) AND Heart Group Updates Guidelines on Resistant Hypertension – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Resistant Hypertension: Detection, Evaluation, and Management (free PDF)
See also: Latest global cancer data: Cancer burden rises to 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million cancer deaths in 2018 – International Agency for Research on Cancer (free PDF)
Infographic: Global Cancer Data 2018 (free)
Commentaries: WHO: 9.6 million cancer deaths, 18 million new cases this year – UPI (free) AND Cancer will kill nearly 10 million people this year, report estimates – CNN (free) AND Cancer deaths rise to 9.6 million as populations grow and age – Reuters (free)
European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care – European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (free PDF in several languages) (via @ECDC_TB and @Onisillos)
USPSTF Draft Recommendation Statement: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum (free)
Commentaries: USPSTF Again Recommends Ointment to Prevent Gonococcal Eye Infection in Newborns – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND USPSTF Reaffirms Ocular Prophylaxis for All Newborns – MedPage Today (free)
Press release: Age is the key factor for egg freezing success says new HFEA report, as overall treatment numbers remain low (free)
Commentaries: Expert reaction to HFEA report on trends in egg freezing – Science Media Centre (free) AND Freeze eggs before 35 for a better chance of IVF success, says report – The Guardian (free)
Preventing suicide A community engagement toolkit – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Fact Sheet: Suicide – World Health Organization(free)
The 2018 Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s Treatment Bundle: When Guidelines Outpace the Evidence Supporting Their Use – Annals of Emergency Medicine (free) (via @EMNerd)
Related Opinions: Petition to retire the surviving sepsis campaign guidelines – PulmCrit (free) AND The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: A Rush to Judgment – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Original Guideline: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Bundle: 2018 update – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Related guidelines: American Cancer Society Guideline for the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer (free) AND PSA-Based Prostate Cancer Screening in Men Aged 55-69 – American Academy of Family Physicians (free) AND USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Screening for Prostate Cancer (free guideline, editorial and commentaries)
Commentaries: CDC releases updated guideline on diagnosis and management of pediatric mTBI – Kennedy Krieger Institute, via EurekAlert (free) AND CDC Seeks to Standardize Mild TBI Management in Kids – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND New advice on kids’ concussions calls for better tracking – Associated Press (free) AND CDC issues first guidelines to treat youth concussions – CNN (free)
Editorial: Congenital Syphilis—Still a Shadow on the Land (free)
“The USPSTF recommends early screening for syphilis infection in all pregnant women. (A recommendation)”
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: Latin American Group for the Study of Lupus (GLADEL, Grupo Latino Americano de Estudio del Lupus)–Pan-American League of Associations of Rheumatology (PANLAR) – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)
Part II: Treatment of resistant forms and cardiovascular complications, follow-up, lifestyle and prevention of cardiovascular risks (free)
Related guideline: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Scientific Statement for Health Professionals From the American Heart Association (free)
Related reviews: Dissecting Kawasaki disease: a state-of-the-art review – European Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND Diagnosis and Management of Kawasaki Disease – American Family Physician (free) AND Controversies in diagnosis and management of Kawasaki disease – World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics (free)
Related Video: Early Palliative Care: a video for health and care professionals – University of Edinburgh (free)
Related Systematic Review: Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer – Cochrane Library (free) AND Summary: Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer – Cochrane Library (free)
Related guideline: Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (free)
Clinical Practice Guideline: Hodgkin Lymphoma in Adults: Diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up – Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (free)
News Release: Counsel against marijuana use in pregnancy, breastfeeding – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
Related Article: Marijuana Use by Breastfeeding Mothers and Cannabinoid Concentrations in Breast Milk – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: A Modern Conundrum for the Pediatrician: The Safety of Breast Milk and the Cannabis-Using Mother – Pediatrics (free) AND Marijuana study finds THC in breast milk up to 6 days after mom’s use – CNN (free) AND Pediatricians Put It Bluntly: Motherhood And Marijuana Don’t Mix – Kaiser Health News (free) AND Clinical report provides guidance on marijuana use in pregnancy and lactation – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
ESC Council on hypertension position document on the management of hypertensive emergencies – European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy (free) (@Abraham_RMI)
“Patients that lack acute hypertension-mediated end organ damage to the heart, retina, brain, kidneys, or large arteries do not have a hypertensive emergency and can be treated with oral BP-lowering agents and usually discharged after a brief period of observation.”
“Immigration as a social determinant of health – NEW publication explores complex interactions between immigration and health disparities + grappling with the complexities of immigration” (via @julianmfisher see Tweet)
News Release: Updated osteoarthritis guideline designed to reduce unnecessary imaging and surgery (free)
Commentary: Australia hopes to reduce unnecessary imaging, surgery with updated osteoarthritis guidelines – Health Imaging (free)
““The Guideline for the management of knee and hip osteoarthritis,” offer up exercise and weight loss as a first line defense, and warn against costly treatments using glucosamine, opioids and arthroscopic surgery, said David Hunter, co-chair of the RACGP group responsible for the update.” (from Health Imaging)
Videos: The Scope of the Problem (free) AND Health Systems of the Future (free)
See also: Report Highlights (free PDF) AND Recommendations (free PDF)
Global Mortality From Firearms, 1990-2016 – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Video Summary: Global Firearm Mortality, 1990-2016 – JAMA (free)
Infographic: Firearm deaths around the world 1990–2016 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free) (via @kleachkemon)
Commentaries: Six countries in the Americas account for half of all firearm deaths – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free) AND Gun-related homicides, suicides kill more people than war, study says – CNN (free)
Commentaries: NIDDK Updates ‘Guiding Principles’ for Diabetes, Prediabetes – Medscape (free registration required) AND NDEP revises principles for managing diabetes, prediabetes – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Related Book: Diabetes in America, 3rd Edition – National Institutes of Health (free reference book, just released)
Commentaries: No level of alcohol consumption improves health – The Lancet (free) AND No amount of alcohol is good for your overall health, global study says – CNN (free) AND New scientific study: no safe level of alcohol – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
“Alcohol was responsible for nearly 3 million deaths in 2016, the study says. It was the leading risk factor for disease and premature death in men and women between the ages of 15 and 49 worldwide in 2016, accounting for nearly one in 10 deaths.” (from @cnni see Tweet)
Commentaries: Promote honey rather than antibiotics for coughs, doctors told – The Guardian (free) AND Use honey first for a cough, new guidelines say – BBC (free)
Related: Honey for acute cough in children – Cochrane Library (free systematic review and commentary)
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)
Joint Consensus Document: Management of antithrombotic therapy in AF patients presenting with ACS and/or undergoing PCI – European Heart Journal (free)
AHA News Release: Chagas disease, caused by a parasite, has spread outside of Latin America and carries a high risk of heart disease (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Chagas Cardiomyopathy: An Update of Current Clinical Knowledge and Management (free PDF)
Clinical Report: The Power of Play: A Pediatric Role in Enhancing Development in Young Children – Pediatrics (free)
News Release: Want Creative, Curious, Healthier Children with 21st Century Skills? Let Them Play – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
Commentary: It’s come to this: A checkup with the pediatrician may soon include a prescription for play – Los Angeles Times (free) AND Let Kids Play – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND AAP Report Highlights Importance of Children’s Play for Development – Journal Watch (free)
2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease (free PDF)
News Release: Societies Release Updated Guideline for Treating Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients (free)
Key Points to Remember: 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for Adults With Congenital Heart Disease – American College of Cardiology (free)
American Academy of Family Physicians: Twenty Things Physicians and Patients Should Question (free)
Commentary: Choosing Wisely: New Practices to Avoid in Family Medicine – 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
News Release: A diverse diet may not be the healthiest one (free)
Commentary: Diet Recommendations for Obesity Prevention: Time to Ditch Diversity (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Dietary Diversity: Implications for Obesity Prevention in Adult Populations (free PDF)
Related: Ethical, palliative, and policy considerations in disorders of consciousness – Neurology (free PDF) AND Comprehensive systematic review update summary: Disorders of consciousness – Neurology (free PDF)
Commentaries: New Guideline Released for Managing Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States – American Academy of Neurology, via NewsWise (free) AND Groups Issue New Disorders of Consciousness Guidelines – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Editorials: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation Comes With Many Snags (free for a limited period) AND Electrocardiography Screening for Atrial Fibrillation: We Can Do Better (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation With Electrocardiography (free audio)
“The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for atrial fibrillation with ECG. (I statement)”
Commentaries: Heatwave deaths will rise steadily by 2080 as globe warms up – Monash University, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Heatwave deaths likely to rise steadily by 2080 without appropriate climate and health policies – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)
Related Lancet Editorial: Heatwaves and health (free)
Related Report: Lancet Countdown: Traking Progress on Health and Climate Change (free report, commentaries, infographics, video and other resources)
Commentary: New Crohn Disease Management Guidelines: Top Five Takeaways – Medscape (free registration required)
A Consensus Statement on acromegaly therapeutic outcomes – Nature Reviews Endocrinology (free)
Commentary: Consensus statement: optimizing acromegaly management – Univadis (free registration required)
Report: Capture the moment – Early initiation of breastfeeding: the best start for every newborn – World Health Organization (free)
News Release: 3 in 5 babies not breastfed in the first hour of life (free)
Commentaries: When it comes to breastfeeding, ‘timing is everything’ in saving newborn lives – UNICEF chief – UN News (free) AND 60% of babies ‘at risk due to breastfeeding delay after birth’ – The Guardian (free)
Society for the Advancement of Blood Management: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question (free)
Commentary: Choosing Wisely: Five Anemia, Transfusion Practices to Avoid – Physician’s First Watch (free)
See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
PSA-Based Prostate Cancer Screening in Men Aged 55-69 – American Academy of Family Physicians (free)
News Release: AAFP Updates Its PSA Screening Recommendation (free)
Related Guidelines with conflicting viewpoints: American Cancer Society Guideline for the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer (free) AND USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Screening for Prostate Cancer (free guideline, editorial and commentaries)
See also: World Hepatitis Day (28 July 2018) – World Health Organization (free manuals, guidelines and campaign resources)
Commentary: Latin American Clinical Practice Guidelines for Lupus – RheumNow (free)
Related Guideline: The British Society for Rheumatology guideline for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults (free) AND Executive Summary (free)
UNDETECTABLE = UNTRANSMITTABLE: Public Health and HIV Viral Load Suppression – UNAIDS Explainer (free PDF)
News Release: Undetectable = Untransmittable – UNAIDS (free)
Related: Science Validates Undetectable = Untransmittable HIV Prevention Message – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (free) AND The “Undetectable = Untransmittable” message goes global: I=I, N=N and B=B – Aidsmap (free)
Editorial: 2018 IAS-USA Recommendations for the Use of Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV: Building on Decades of Progress (free)
Commentary: International Organization Releases New Guidelines for Treatment and Prevention of HIV Infection in Adults – University of Alabama at Birmingham, via NewsWise (free)
Food Additives and Child Health – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
Technical Report: Food Additives and Child Health (free)
Commentaries: Chemicals in Food May Harm Children, Pediatricians’ Group Says – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Pediatrics Group Issues Statement on Food Additives and Child Health – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Report: Common food additives may pose danger to kids – University of Washington Medicine (free)
Report: Miles to go—closing gaps, breaking barriers, righting injustices – UNAIDS (free PDF)
Press Release: UNAIDS warns that progress is slowing and time is running out to reach the 2020 HIV targets (free)
Commentary: U.N. says global fight against AIDS is at ‘precarious point’ – Reuters (free)
Source: International Health Policies Newsletter
ESPGHAN/ESPEN/ESPR guidelines on pediatric parenteral nutrition – Clinical Nutrition:
Calcium, phosphorus and magnesium
Related: Polypharmacy Guidance, Realistic Prescribing 3 rd Edition, 2018 – Scottish Government Polypharmacy Model of Care Group (free PDF) AND The Challenge of Polypharmacy: From Rhetoric to Reality – Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Royal College of General Practitioners Partnership (free PDF) AND Common ED Medication Errors: Polypharmacy – emDocs (free) AND Current and future perspectives on the management of polypharmacy – BMC Family Practice (free) AND The other big drug problem: Older people taking too many pills – The Whashington Post (free) AND Routine deprescribing of chronic medications to combat polypharmacy – Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety (free) AND Polypharmacy—an Upward Trend with Unpredictable Effects – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free) AND Clinical Consequences of Polypharmacy in Elderly – Expert Opinion on Drug Safety (free)Too Many Meds? America’s Love Affair With Prescription Medication – Consumer Reports (free) AND CaDeN Deprescribing Guidelines and Algorithms (free)
Research into physiotherapy for musculoskeletal conditions – NIHR Dissemination Centre (free PDF)
This new NIHR report brings together key research relevant to those delivering musculoskeletal physiotherapy services.
Editorial: USPSTF Recommendations for Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk With Nontraditional Risk Factors: Finding the Right Tests for the Right Patients (free)
“The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of adding the ankle-brachial index (ABI), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) level, or coronary artery calcium (CAC) score to traditional risk assessment for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in asymptomatic adults to prevent CVD events”.
Commentaries: National Academies panel urges researchers to routinely share test results with study participants – STAT (free) AND If you give your DNA and tissues to science, should you get a peek at what they might contain? – Science (free) AND New report says individual research results should be shared with participants more often – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, via EurekAlert (free)
Related Viewpoint: Return of Research Results to Study Participants: Uncharted and Untested – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Treating nosocomial pneumonia: what’s new (free)
Related Guidelines: International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia – European Respiratory Journal (free) AND Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guidelines On The Management Of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Intensive Care Society (free PDF) (via @CritCareReviews)
Related Guidelines: The clinical practice guideline for the management of ARDS in Japan – Journal of Intensive Care (free) AND An Official American Thoracic Society/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (free)
Commentaries: Up to half of childhood cancer survivors will develop hormone disorders – The Endocrine Society, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Guideline Addresses Endocrine Effects After Childhood Cancer – Medscape (free registration required)
Related guidelines: Fertility Preservation in Patients With Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free) AND 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)
Commentary: CDC Updates Guidelines on Weekly Therapy for Latent TB Infection – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Related WHO Guideline: Latent TB Infection (free guideline and news release)
Related Guidelines: UK clinical guideline for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis – Archives of Osteoporosis (free) AND Treatment of Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women: A Clinical Practice Guideline Update from the American College of Physicians – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
The Prenatal Visit – The American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
News Release: What to cover during prenatal visit: AAP clinical report offers guidance – AAP News (free)
Commentaries: Urge expectant parents to have prenatal pediatrician visit – Pediatric News (free) AND AAP updates recommendations for prenatal visits – Healio (free registration required)
Dietary Recommendations for Adults With Psoriasis or Psoriatic Arthritis From the Medical Board of the National Psoriasis Foundation: A Systematic Review – JAMA Dermatology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: What is the Role of Diet in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis? – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Dietary Changes Can Lessen Severity of Psoriatic Disease – Medscape (free registration required) AND Can Diet Help in Psoriasis? – MedPage Today (free) AND NPF Dietary Recommendations for Psoriatic Disease – RheumNow (free)
Commentary: Pediatric pancreatitis: nutritional care recommendations from ESPGHAN-NASPGHAN – Univadis (free registration required)
Editorials: Screening for Osteoporosis (free) AND Osteoporosis Screening—2 Steps May Be Too Much for Women Younger Than 65 Years (free)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (free)
See also: USPSTF Final Recommendation Statement (free)
Related: New Document for Patients: Advanced Health Directive for Dementia (free document and commentaries) AND Alzheimer’s? Your Paperwork May Not Be in Order – The New York Times (free)
See also: Highlights (free PDF) AND FAQs (free PDF) AND Infographic (free PDF)
Editorial: Interprofessional Evidence-Based Practice Competencies: Equalizing the Playing Field (free)
“68 core competencies for evidence-based practice for health professionals, developed using systematic review & Delphi consensus process” (via @hildabast see Tweet)
See also: Evidence Summary (free PDF) AND Full Report (free PDF)
Diagnosis and Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Preterm Infants – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: AAP Issues Guidance on Reflux in Preterm Infants – Medscape (free registration required) AND Pediatrics Group Offers Tips for Managing GERD in Preterm Infants – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)
Commentary: New European guidelines issued for atopic dermatitis – Univadis (free registration required)
Practice guideline update summary: Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs – American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society
Part I: Treatment of new-onset epilepsy (free PDF)
Part II: Treatment-resistant epilepsy (free PDF)
Commentary: New Epilepsy Guidelines Shed Light on Explosion of New Drugs – MedPage Today (free registration required)
See also: Evidence Summary (free PDF) and Full Report (free PDF)
Editorials: The Screening ECG and Cardiac Risks (free) AND Screening for Cardiovascular Disease Risk With Electrocardiography (free)
JAMA Patient Page: Screening for Cardiovascular Disease Risk With ECG (free)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Cardiovascular Disease Risk With Electrocardiography (free audio)
Commentaries: Doctors Told Not To Order Electrocardiograms For Low-Risk Patients – NPR (free) AND USPSTF Finds Insufficient Evidence For Preventative ECG Screening in Asymptomatic, Low-Risk Adults – American College of Cardiology (free)
“The USPSTF recommends against screening with resting or exercise electrocardiography (ECG) to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in asymptomatic adults at low risk of CVD events”.
Commentaries: CDC: U.S. Suicide Rates Have Climbed Dramatically – NPR (free) AND CDC: Suicide rates rose 30% across nation since 1999 – UPI (free) AND More Americans Are Dying From Suicide – The Atlantic (free)
Catch up on new COPD guidelines – ACP Internist (free)
Original Guideline: 2018 Global Strategy for Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of COPD – Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) (free PDF)
Pocket Guide: COPD Diagnosis, Management and Prevention (free PDF)