Daily Archives: March 27, 2020
New Report: The Global Impact of COVID-19 and Strategies for Mitigation and Suppression
27 Mar, 2020 | 04:10h | UTCSee also: Summary
Commentaries: Coronavirus: ‘Act early to save more than 30 million lives’ – BBC AND Study sees ‘severe and acute’ emergency for world in coronavirus pandemic – Reuters
Related Commentary on Twitter
UPDATE: #CoronaVirus Global Burden
➡️38.7 million deaths can be prevented when acting early
➡️#COVID19 pandemic likely to overwhelm already over-stretched health systems
➡️Rapid adoption of testing, case isolation & social distancing necessary?Report https://t.co/nQIOfwkM7O pic.twitter.com/p36reWTgSx
— J-IDEA (@Imperial_JIDEA) March 26, 2020
Fri March 27 – 10 Stories of The Day!
27 Mar, 2020 | 04:25h | UTC
1 – Report 12: The Global Impact of COVID-19 and Strategies for Mitigation and Suppression – Imperial College London
See also: Summary
Commentaries: Coronavirus: ‘Act early to save more than 30 million lives’ – BBC AND Study sees ‘severe and acute’ emergency for world in coronavirus pandemic – Reuters
Preprint: Forecasting COVID-19 impact on hospital bed-days, ICU-days, ventilator days and deaths by US state in the next 4 months (PDF)
Commentaries: A new report warns that the coronavirus pandemic will overwhelm US hospitals and kill 81,000 people by July – Business Insider AND Coronavirus could kill 81,000 in U.S., subside in June – Washington University analysis – Reuters
3 – Perspectives on the Pandemic with Dr. John Ioannidis
Related Article: Editorial by John P.A. Ioannidis: COVID-19: The Harms of Exaggerated Information and Non‐evidence‐based Measures (free study and commentaries)
See also: How to model a pandemic – The Conversation AND Coronavirus exposes the problems and pitfalls of modelling – The Guardian
5 – Managing mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic – The BMJ
Related Study: Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA Network Open AND Commentary: Survey Finds COVID-19 Takes Heavy Psychological Toll on Health Care Workers – Psychiatric News Alert
See also: COVID-19: Updates for Radiologists
7 – Recommendation: Unproven Therapies for COVID-19 | March 24, 2020 – BC Centre for Disease Control
10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 27 March 2020 Edition
27 March 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)
Must-see Video! Perspectives on the Pandemic with Dr. John Ioannidis
27 Mar, 2020 | 04:03h | UTCPerspectives on the Pandemic with Dr. John Ioannidis
Related Article: Editorial by John P.A. Ioannidis: COVID-19: The Harms of Exaggerated Information and Non‐evidence‐based Measures (free study and commentaries)
IHME Report: US Hospitals Could Be Overwhelmed in the Second Week of April by Demand for ICU Beds, and US Deaths Could Total 81,000 by July
27 Mar, 2020 | 04:05h | UTCPreprint: Forecasting COVID-19 impact on hospital bed-days, ICU-days, ventilator days and deaths by US state in the next 4 months (PDF)
Commentaries: A new report warns that the coronavirus pandemic will overwhelm US hospitals and kill 81,000 people by July – Business Insider AND Coronavirus could kill 81,000 in U.S., subside in June – Washington University analysis – Reuters
Mathematics of Life and Death: How Disease Models Shape National Shutdowns and Other Pandemic Policies
27 Mar, 2020 | 04:01h | UTCSee also: How to model a pandemic – The Conversation AND Coronavirus exposes the problems and pitfalls of modelling – The Guardian
Analysis: Managing Mental Health Challenges Faced by Healthcare Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:55h | UTCManaging mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic – The BMJ
Related Study: Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA Network Open AND Commentary: Survey Finds COVID-19 Takes Heavy Psychological Toll on Health Care Workers – Psychiatric News Alert
BCCDC Position Statement on Unproven Therapies for COVID-19
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:48h | UTCRecommendation: Unproven Therapies for COVID-19 | March 24, 2020 – BC Centre for Disease Control
Typical and Atypical Symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome: Time to Retire the Terms?
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:44h | UTC
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Neck Pain in the General Population
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:43h | UTC
RSNA Expert Consensus Statement on Reporting Chest CT Findings Related to COVID-19
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:52h | UTCSee also: COVID-19: Updates for Radiologists
Study: Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity with Mortality
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:38h | UTCAssociation of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity with Mortality Among US Adults – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Higher daily step count linked with lower all-cause mortality – NIH News Releases (free) AND The number of steps per day, not speed, is linked to mortality rate – Science News AND Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity With Mortality – American College of Cardiology (free)
Rapid Review: Standard Face Masks vs. Respirator Masks to Prevent COVID-19 in Primary Care Staff
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:45h | UTC
Interim Guidance for COVID-19 and Persons with HIV
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:33h | UTCInterim Guidance for COVID-19 and Persons with HIV – AIDSinfo
Perspective: When Science Needs Self-Correcting
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:36h | UTCWhen Science Needs Self-Correcting – Medium (free)
“Admitting scientific errors is hard. It’s also important.”
ESMO Guideline: Cancer-related Fatigue
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:34h | UTCCommentary: ESMO updates cancer-related fatigue recommendations – Medicine Matters (free)
[Abstract Only] Study: Global Incidence Trends in Primary Liver Cancer by Age at Diagnosis, Sex, Region, and Etiology
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:32h | UTCGlobal incidence trends in primary liver cancer by age at diagnosis, sex, region, and etiology, 1990‐2017 – Cancer (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Liver cancer incidence in older adults up 50% globally since 1990 – UPI
Study: Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection Among Patients in Intensive Care Units
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:28h | UTCPrevalence and Outcomes of Infection Among Patients in Intensive Care Units in 2017 – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Infection, Antibiotics, and Patient Outcomes in the Intensive Care Unit (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Multinational ICU study finds high rate of infection, antibiotic use – CIDRAP (free)
Cohort Study: Multicenter Emergency Department Validation of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:21h | UTCMulticenter Emergency Department Validation of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Emergency Department Validation of Canadian Syncope Risk Score – American College of Cardiology
Randomized Trial: Acupuncture Reduces Frequency of Migraine Days and Migraine Attacks
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:20h | UTCEditorial: Manual acupuncture for migraine – The BMJ (free)
Commentary: Does acupuncture relieve migraines? – News Medical (free)
Artificial Intelligence vs. Clinicians: Systematic Review of Design, Reporting Standards, and Claims of Deep Learning Studies
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:14h | UTCCommentary: Claims AI outperforms doctors ‘exaggerated’ – OnMedica (free)