The DynaMed/DynaMedex API GET /v1/content/change-alerts endpoint returns change alerts for all topics.

Basic Retrieving Change Alerts

Gather the following information for the request:

An access token. Please see Using the Client Credentials Grant for further information.
If the optional query parameter limit is left blank, it defaults to 5. The limit value must be less than 100.
The optional query parameter updatesPriorities must be one of the following values: ppc (potentially practice changing), standard or lowplus.

Request

GET https://apis.ebsco.com/medsapi-dynamed/v1/content/change-alerts

Response

{
  "_metadata": {
    "links": [
      {
        "rel": "self",
        "href": "https://apis.ebsco.com/medsapi-dynamed/v1/content/change-alerts"
      }
    ],
    "totalItems": "1"
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "updatesText": "361 confirmed cases of Lassa fever with 53 deaths reported in Nigeria in 2023 as of January 29, 2023 (Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Lassa Fever Situation Report 2023 Jan 29)",
      "updatedAtTimestamp": "1676627272000",
      "asDate": "2023-02-17",
      "practiceChangingUpdate": true,
      "updatePriority": "standard",
      "updateType": "evidenceUpdate"
      "relevantTopics": [
        {
          "id": "t910131",
          "anchor": "GUID-7DA6A9E4-1C23-47C2-B9E0-8717D99A7F94__LI_PGP_5GQ_MWBEU021323",
          "practiceChangingUpdate": true,
          "slug": "/management/advanced-cardiovascular-life-support-acls",
          "title": "Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)"
        }
  		],
			"nejmAdvantage": false
    }
  ]
}

Response Details

Field	Description
updatesText	Description of the update
updatedAtTimestamp	Epoch time when the change was published
asDate	Displayable date
practiceChangingUpdate	This change represents a change in understanding.
updatePriority	standard, low or ppc (Potentially Practice Change)
updateType	evidenceUpdate, drugDeviceUpdate, recommendationUpdate, outbreakUpdate, guidelineNotationUpdate, guidelineSummaryUpdate, reviewArticleUpdate, algorithmUpdate
relevantTopics	Title and identification of the article and section that is affected by this change.
nejmAdvantage	New England Journal of Medicine pre-release update

Error Response Codes

The DynaMed retrieving change alerts endpoint can return one of the error response codes.