Daily Archives: March 23, 2020
Mon March 23 – 10 Stories of The Day!
23 Mar, 2020 | 02:08h | UTC
Infographics: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Rapid Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with COVID-19 (free)
See also: COVID-19: Updates for Critical Care and Emergency Physicians (free resources)
Related Study: COVID-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility — King County, Washington, February 27–March 9, 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (free)
“Introduction of COVID-19 into a long-term residential care facility in Washington resulted in cases among 81 residents, 34 staff members, and 14 visitors; 23 persons died” (from CDC)
3 – COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
See also: COVID-19: Updates for Critical Care and Emergency Physicians (free resources)
See also: COVID-19: Updates for Nephrologists (free resources)
See also: COVID-19: Updates for Oncologists & Hematologists (free resources)
6 – Favipiravir versus Arbidol for COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial – medRxiv
7 – Global Covid-19 Case Fatality Rates – Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford (free)
8 – Position Statement: Loss of sense of smell as marker of COVID-19 infection – ENT-UK
See also: There’s An Unexpected Loss Of Smell And Taste In Coronavirus Patients – Forbes (free) AND If you’ve lost your sense of smell or taste, you could be a ‘hidden carrier’ of the coronavirus – Business Insider (free)
Related Opinion Piece: A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data – STAT (free)
Rebuttal 1: We know enough now to act decisively against Covid-19. Social distancing is a good place to start – STAT (free)
Rebuttal 2: A Rebuttal to “A Fiasco in the Making?” – Hilda Bastian (Free)
10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 23 March 2020 Edition
23 March 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019
23 Mar, 2020 | 01:37h | UTCInfographics: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Rapid Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with COVID-19 (free)
See also: COVID-19: Updates for Critical Care and Emergency Physicians (free resources)
NICE COVID-19 Rapid Guideline: Critical Care
23 Mar, 2020 | 01:32h | UTCCOVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
See also: COVID-19: Updates for Critical Care and Emergency Physicians (free resources)
NICE COVID-19 Rapid Guideline: Delivery of Systemic Anticancer Treatments
23 Mar, 2020 | 01:24h | UTCSee also: COVID-19: Updates for Oncologists & Hematologists (free resources)
NICE COVID-19 Rapid Guideline: Dialysis Service Delivery
23 Mar, 2020 | 01:30h | UTCSee also: COVID-19: Updates for Nephrologists (free resources)
CEBM Estimates Infection Rate Fatality (IFR) of COVID-19 at 0,20%
23 Mar, 2020 | 01:16h | UTCGlobal Covid-19 Case Fatality Rates – Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford (free)
[Preprint] Randomized Trial: Favipiravir vs. Arbidol for COVID-19
23 Mar, 2020 | 01:18h | UTCFavipiravir versus Arbidol for COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial – medRxiv
Infection Prevention and Control guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities in the context of COVID-19
23 Mar, 2020 | 01:34h | UTCRelated Study: COVID-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility — King County, Washington, February 27–March 9, 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (free)
“Introduction of COVID-19 into a long-term residential care facility in Washington resulted in cases among 81 residents, 34 staff members, and 14 visitors; 23 persons died” (from CDC)
Loss of Smell and Taste Could be a Sign of COVID-19
23 Mar, 2020 | 01:11h | UTCPosition Statement: Loss of sense of smell as marker of COVID-19 infection – ENT-UK
See also: There’s An Unexpected Loss Of Smell And Taste In Coronavirus Patients – Forbes AND If you’ve lost your sense of smell or taste, you could be a ‘hidden carrier’ of the coronavirus – Business Insider
Editorial by John P.A. Ioannidis: COVID-19: The Harms of Exaggerated Information and Non‐evidence‐based Measures
23 Mar, 2020 | 01:08h | UTCRelated Opinion Piece: A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data – STAT (free)
Rebuttal 1: We know enough now to act decisively against Covid-19. Social distancing is a good place to start – STAT (free)
Rebuttal 2: A Rebuttal to “A Fiasco in the Making?” – Hilda Bastian (Free)
[Abstract Only] Study: Selumetinib in Children with Inoperable Plexiform Neurofibromas
23 Mar, 2020 | 00:49h | UTCSelumetinib in Children with Inoperable Plexiform Neurofibromas – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: In NIH trial, selumetinib shrinks tumors, provides clinical benefit for children with NF1 – NIH News Releases (free)
Treatment of Patients with Late-Stage Colorectal Cancer: ASCO Resource-Stratified Guideline
23 Mar, 2020 | 00:50h | UTCCommentary: ASCO Releases Resource-Stratified Guideline on the Treatment of Late-Stage Colorectal Cancer – ASCO Daily News (free)
Meta-Analysis: The Risk of Tuberculosis in Children After Close Exposure
23 Mar, 2020 | 00:52h | UTCCommentary: Incidence of Tuberculosis High in Children Exposed to the Disease – Drugs.com (free)
One-year Results of a Factorial Randomized Trial of Aspirin vs. Placebo and Clonidine vs. Placebo in Patients Having Noncardiac Surgery
23 Mar, 2020 | 00:53h | UTC
Special Article Series: COVID-19 Response and Perioperative Implications
23 Mar, 2020 | 00:57h | UTCHomepage: Special Article Series: COVID-19 Response and Perioperative Implications – Anesthesiology (free articles)
- Novel Coronavirus 2019 and Anesthesiology
- Preventing Infection of Patients and Healthcare Workers Should Be the New Normal in the Era of Novel Coronavirus Epidemics
- Perioperative Management of Patients Infected with the Novel Coronavirus: Recommendation from the joint task force of the Chinese Society of Anesthesiology and Chinese Association of Anesthesiologists
- Intubation and Ventilation Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
- Response of Chinese anesthesiologists to the COVID-19 outbreak
- Establishing and Managing a Temporary Coronavirus Disease 2019 Specialty Hospital in Wuhan, China
- COVID-19: Perioperative Implications
See also: COVID-19: Updates for Anesthesiologists