Wed March 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 1: prevention: tuberculosis preventive treatment – World Health Organization (free)

News Release: New WHO recommendations to prevent tuberculosis aim to save millions of lives – World Health Organization (free)

See also: Handbook (free)

Commentary: Don’t forget chronic lung and immune conditions during covid-19, says WHO – The BMJ (free)

2 – Interventions to mitigate early spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore: a modelling study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Commentaries: Singapore modelling study estimates impact of physical distancing on reducing spread of COVID-19 – The Lancet AND Scientific and ethical basis for social-distancing interventions against COVID-19 – The Lancet Infectious Diseases AND Study: Social distancing might reduce COVID-19 spread by as much as 99% – UPI

3 – Interim Guidance for Healthcare Providers during COVID-19 Outbreak – American Heart Association (free PDF)

News Release: Interim guidance to reduce COVID-19 transmission during resuscitation care – American Heart Association (free)

Related: Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for COVID-19 in the United States – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Cardiologists

4 – Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Cardiovascular Disease – Circulation

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Cardiologists

5 – Effect of gastrointestinal symptoms on patients infected with COVID-19 – Gastroenterology (PDF)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Gastroenterologists

6 – [Special Edition: March 2020] Pill splitting: Making the most of meds in a time of need – Therapeutics Initiative (free)

7 – Report: N95 mask can be decontaminated without decreasing filtration efficiency – Stanford Medicine

“Stanford: N95 masks can be decontaminated without decreasing filtration efficiency using 70C heat for 30 min. Alcohol and bleach should not be used.” (via @CMichaelGibson see Tweet)

8 – Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related Podcast: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: The Primary Care Perspective – JAMA (free)

9 – Risk of colorectal cancer incidence and mortality after polypectomy: a Swedish record-linkage study – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (free)

Commentaries: Polyps and Colorectal Cancer risk – Karolinska Institutet (free) AND Risk of colorectal cancer incidence and mortality after polypectomy – ESMO (free)

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 25 March 2020 Edition

25 March 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)