Daily Archives: April 2, 2020

CDC Guidance: Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:24h | UTC

Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators using Contingency and Crisis Capacity Strategies – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

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Thu April 02 – 10 Stories of The Day!

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:29h | UTC

 

1 – Ethical guidance published for frontline staff dealing with pandemic – Royal College of Physicians

Related: An Ethicist on How to Make Impossible Decisions – The Atlantic

 

2 – Presymptomatic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 — Singapore, January 23–March 16, 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Commentaries: Coronavirus can spread one to three days before symptoms appear: CDC study – Reuters AND CDC Director warns 25 percent of COVID-19 cases may present no symptoms – New Atlas AND SARS-CoV-2 Readily Shed Early in Infection, Transmissible Before Symptoms Emerge – NEJM Journal Watch

Related: Yes, You Can Spread Coronavirus Even If You Don’t Have Symptoms – Self AND Infected but Feeling Fine: The Unwitting Coronavirus Spreaders – The New York Times AND COVID-19: Undocumented Infections are the Infection Source for 79% of Documented Cases

 

3 – Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators using Contingency and Crisis Capacity Strategies – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

4 – Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019 – Nature

Commentaries: People with coronavirus may be most infectious in the first week of symptoms – MIT Technology Review AND Expert reaction to paper on ‘shedding’ of SARS-CoV-2 virus in 9 patients with COVID-19 – Science Media Centre

 

5 – Video: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Critical Care Management – JAMA

 

6 – Use of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Every Clinician Should Know – Annals of Internal Medicine

 

7 – In patients of COVID-19, what are the symptoms and clinical features of mild and moderate cases? – CEBM University of Oxford

See also: Other Reviews at Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service

 

8 – Editorial: Ten Weeks to Crush the Curve – New England Journal of Medicine

 

9 – Audio Interview: Lessons from Covid-19 Hotspots – New England Journal of Medicine

 

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 02 April 2020 Edition

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

 

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Video: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Critical Care Management

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:20h | UTC

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Critical Care Management – JAMA

 

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Use of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Every Clinician Should Know

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:21h | UTC

Use of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Every Clinician Should Know – Annals of Internal Medicine

 

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Another Study Shows Presymptomatic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:26h | UTC

Presymptomatic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 — Singapore, January 23–March 16, 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Commentaries: Coronavirus can spread one to three days before symptoms appear: CDC study – Reuters AND CDC Director warns 25 percent of COVID-19 cases may present no symptoms – New Atlas AND SARS-CoV-2 Readily Shed Early in Infection, Transmissible Before Symptoms Emerge – NEJM Journal Watch

Related: Yes, You Can Spread Coronavirus Even If You Don’t Have Symptoms – Self AND Infected but Feeling Fine: The Unwitting Coronavirus Spreaders – The New York Times AND COVID-19: Undocumented Infections are the Infection Source for 79% of Documented Cases

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

New @CDCMMWR report on #COVID19 in Singapore shows that some clusters of cases likely resulted from people without symptoms spreading illness. Social distancing and avoiding crowds are key to slowing the spread of COVID-19. https://t.co/kRysZ9lxzO pic.twitter.com/4UJc0KCDPM

— CDC (@CDCgov) April 1, 2020

 

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Evidence Review: In Patients of COVID-19, what Are the Symptoms and Clinical Features of Mild and Moderate Cases?

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:16h | UTC

In patients of COVID-19, what are the symptoms and clinical features of mild and moderate cases? – CEBM University of Oxford

See also: Other Reviews at Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service

 

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Virological Assessment of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-2019

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:14h | UTC

Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019 – Nature

Commentaries: People with coronavirus may be most infectious in the first week of symptoms – MIT Technology Review AND Expert reaction to paper on ‘shedding’ of SARS-CoV-2 virus in 9 patients with COVID-19 – Science Media Centre

 

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Editorial: Ten Weeks to Crush the Curve

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:17h | UTC

Ten Weeks to Crush the Curve – New England Journal of Medicine

 

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Audio Interview: Lessons from Covid-19 Hotspots

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:08h | UTC

Audio Interview: Lessons from Covid-19 Hotspots – New England Journal of Medicine

 

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Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:05h | UTC

Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era – New England Journal of Medicine

Related: The Joint Commission issues statement supporting use of personal face masks provided from home amid COVID-19 pandemic

 

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COVID-19: Ethical Guidance Published for Frontline Staff Dealing with Pandemic

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:11h | UTC

Ethical guidance published for frontline staff dealing with pandemic – Royal College of Physicians

Related: An Ethicist on How to Make Impossible Decisions – The Atlantic

 

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Perspective: Creating a Framework for Conducting Randomized Clinical Trials during Disease Outbreaks

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:06h | UTC

Creating a Framework for Conducting Randomized Clinical Trials during Disease Outbreaks – New England Journal of Medicine

 

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ACC/AHA Guidance for Cardiac Electrophysiology During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:02h | UTC

Guidance for Cardiac Electrophysiology During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic from the Heart Rhythm Society COVID-19 Task Force; Electrophysiology Section of the American College of Cardiology; and the Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association – Heart Rhythm

 

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[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Urgent vs. Early Endoscopy for Acute Upper GI Bleeding

2 Apr, 2020 | 03:58h | UTC

Timing of Endoscopy for Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: No Observed Benefit to Urgent Endoscopy for Upper GI Bleeding – NEJM Journal Watch

 

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Use of Face Masks by the Population: The Debate Continues

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:04h | UTC

• Everyone Thinks They’re Right About Masks – The Atlantic
• COMMENTARY: Masks-for-all for COVID-19 not based on sound data – CIDRAP
• You Still Probably Don’t Need A Mask For COVID-19 – Medium
• Everything you need to know about making your own face mask – Vox
• All Israelis must wear face-masks in public as virus precaution: Netanyahu – Reuters
• C.D.C. Weighs Advising Everyone to Wear a Mask – The New York Times

 

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AGA Recommendations for Gastrointestinal Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2 Apr, 2020 | 04:01h | UTC

AGA Institute Rapid Recommendations for Gastrointestinal Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic – American Gastroenterological Association

News Release: AGA issues formal recommendations for PPE during gastrointestinal procedures

 

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New WHO Guide to Help Countries Expand Access to Essential Medicines

2 Apr, 2020 | 03:59h | UTC

Selection of essential medicines at country level – World Health Organization

News Release: New WHO Guide to help countries expand access to essential medicines – World Health Organization

 

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Study Evaluates Sensitivity and Specificity of New Multi-Cancer Detection Test

2 Apr, 2020 | 03:56h | UTC

Sensitive and specific multi-cancer detection and localization using methylation signatures in cell-free DNA – Annals of Oncology

 

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Interactive Perspective: Tuberculosis in 2020 — New Approaches to a Continuing Global Health Crisis

2 Apr, 2020 | 03:57h | UTC

Tuberculosis in 2020 — New Approaches to a Continuing Global Health Crisis – New England Journal of Medicine

 

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[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Efficacy of Levetiracetam, Fosphenytoin, and Valproate for Established Status Epilepticus by Age Group

2 Apr, 2020 | 03:54h | UTC

Efficacy of levetiracetam, fosphenytoin, and valproate for established status epilepticus by age group (ESETT): a double-blind, responsive-adaptive, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Source: Grupo UTIclínica – HCFMUSP

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

NEW—Children, adults & older adults with established status epilepticus respond similarly to levetiracetam, fosphenytoin, & valproate, with treatment success in approximately half of patients: finding from ESETT, double-blind, responsive-adaptive, RCT https://t.co/zpjNdvMIGS pic.twitter.com/NecwRfGR23

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) March 25, 2020

 

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