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COVID-19
24 Jan, 2022-
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European CDC on Omicron: “among Omicron cases reported to TESSy, 1.14% were hospitalised, 0.16% required ICU admission/respiratory support, and 0.06% died”. »
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) -
Updated Guideline: Recommended drugs and biologics in adult patients with COVID-19. »
Covid-19 Advisory for Ontario -
WHO updated roadmap for prioritizing uses of COVID-19 vaccines. »
World Health Organization -
WHO Technical Brief: Enhancing response to Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant. »
World Health Organization -
WHO advisers weigh in on COVID-19 boosters, Pfizer vaccine in younger kids. »
CIDRAP / World Health Organization -
Flying in the COVID-19 era: Science-based risk assessments and mitigation strategies on the ground and in the air. »
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine -
A guide to immunotherapy for COVID-19. »
Nature Medicine -
A blood atlas of COVID-19 defines hallmarks of disease severity and specificity. »
Cell -
SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections elicit potent, broad and durable neutralizing antibody responses. »
Cell
Latest Research, Guidelines & Perspectives
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The WSES/SICG/ACOI/SICUT/AcEMC/SIFIPAC guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute left colonic diverticulitis in the elderly. »
World Journal of Emergency Surgery -
No amount of alcohol is good for the heart, says World Heart Federation. »
World Heart Federation -
AHA Statement: Oral penicillin, not injectable, advised for people with high-risk rheumatic heart disease. »
American Heart Association -
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for functional dyspepsia. »
Journal of Gastroenterology -
RCT: In children with peanut allergy, initiation of peanut oral immunotherapy before age 4 years induced desensitization in 71% of patients and remission in 21%. »
The Lancet -
Review: Artificial intelligence in health and medicine. »
Nature Medicine -
Perspective: Preventing digital overdiagnosis. »
JAMA -
RCT: Lactic acid gel vs. metronidazole for recurrent bacterial vaginosis in women aged 16 years and over. »
Health Technology Assessment -
Review: Health literacy interventions for secondary prevention of coronary artery disease. »
openheart -
Retrospective cohort study: Occurrence and predictors of pericardial effusion requiring invasive treatment following heart valve surgery. »
openheart
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Review: Cardiovascular computed tomography imaging for coronary artery disease risk: plaque, flow and fat. »
Heart -
Outcome of patients with an ultralow-risk 70-gene signature in the MINDACT trial. »
Journal of Clinical Oncology -
RCT: The addition of trastuzumab to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for HER2-overexpressing esophageal cancer did not improve outcomes. »
The Lancet Oncology -
Review: Histiocytic disorders. »
Nature Reviews Disease Primers -
M-A: Impact of enhanced recovery protocols after pancreatoduodenectomy. »
British Journal of Surgery -
KDOQI US commentary on the 2021 KDIGO Guideline for the management of blood pressure in chronic kidney disease. »
American Journal of Kidney Diseases -
Clinical review of subcutaneous Semaglutide for obesity. »
Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics -
Practical Guide: Management of bladder pain syndrome. »
Advances in Urology -
A faster way to find good medical treatments is gaining ground – “A type of clinical trial that tests many therapies at once is being used for COVID and Alzheimer’s”. »
Scientific American -
Reporting of physicians’ or investigators’ choice of treatment in oncology randomized clinical trials. »
JAMA Network Open