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Daily Archives: April 15, 2020

Wed April 15 – 10 Stories of The Day!

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:51h | UTC

 

1 – Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline

Commentary: New COPD Guidelines Issued – NEJM Journal Watch

 

2 – Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period – Science

Commentaries: Coronavirus distancing may need to continue until 2022, say experts – The Guardian AND Harvard Researchers Say Some Social Distancing May Be Needed Into 2022 – Bloomberg AND Researchers Say Social Distancing To Prevent Coronavirus May Need To Continue Until 2022 – Forbes AND Some social distancing may be needed into 2022 to keep coronavirus in check, new study says – STAT

 

3 – Ending coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process of trial and error – Science

Related: ‘Suppress and lift’: Hong Kong and Singapore say they have a coronavirus strategy that works – Science AND Opinions on Lifting Coronavirus Pandemic Lockdowns (opinions and report) AND Scott Gottlieb on how, and when, to end social distancing – Vox

 

4 – [Preprint] Hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19: an open-label, randomized, controlled trial – medRxiv

See also just published observational study (Preprint): No evidence of clinical efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection with oxygen requirement: results of a study using routinely collected data to emulate a target trial – medRxiv

 

5 – Medically-Necessary, Time-Sensitive Procedures: A Scoring System to Ethically and Efficiently Manage Resource Scarcity and Provider Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Journal of the American College of Surgeons

News Release: Scoring system empowers surgery departments to prioritize medically necessary operations – American College of Surgeons

 

6 – Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Decontaminate Millions of N95 Respirators – U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Commentary: FDA clears N95 decontamination process that could clean up to 4 million masks per day – Tech Crunch

 

7 – Basing Respiratory Management of Coronavirus on Physiological Principles – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

 

8 – COVID-19 estimation updates: What’s new for April 13, 2020 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

See also: IHME | COVID-19 Projections Tool Tutorial (video) AND IHME COVID-19 Projections Tool

See related article criticizing the model: Caution Warranted: Using the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Model for Predicting the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic – Annals of Internal Medicine

 

9 – CEBM Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Updates:

Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19: What do the clinical trials tell us?

“Current data do not support the use of hydroxychloroquine for prophylaxis or treatment of COVID-19.”

How can pandemic spreads be contained in care homes?

Editor’s commentary: Rapid reviews of PPE – an update

“When will it be over?”: An introduction to viral reproduction numbers, R0 and Re

 

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 15 April 2020 Edition

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

 

Study: Some Social Distance May Need to Continue Until 2022

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:47h | UTC

Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period – Science

Commentaries: Coronavirus distancing may need to continue until 2022, say experts – The Guardian AND Harvard Researchers Say Some Social Distancing May Be Needed Into 2022 – Bloomberg AND Researchers Say Social Distancing To Prevent Coronavirus May Need To Continue Until 2022 – Forbes AND Some social distancing may be needed into 2022 to keep coronavirus in check, new study says – STAT

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

New ATS Guideline: Pharmacologic Management of COPD

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:49h | UTC

Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline

Commentary: New COPD Guidelines Issued – NEJM Journal Watch

 

Ending Coronavirus Lockdowns Will be a Dangerous Process of Trial and Error

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:45h | UTC

Ending coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process of trial and error – Science

Related: ‘Suppress and lift’: Hong Kong and Singapore say they have a coronavirus strategy that works – Science AND Opinions on Lifting Coronavirus Pandemic Lockdowns (opinions and report) AND Scott Gottlieb on how, and when, to end social distancing – Vox

 

New Scoring System to Prioritize Medically Necessary Operations

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:40h | UTC

Medically-Necessary, Time-Sensitive Procedures: A Scoring System to Ethically and Efficiently Manage Resource Scarcity and Provider Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Journal of the American College of Surgeons

News Release: Scoring system empowers surgery departments to prioritize medically necessary operations – American College of Surgeons

 

Review by Dr. Martin Tobin – Basing Respiratory Management of Coronavirus on Physiological Principles

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:36h | UTC

Basing Respiratory Management of Coronavirus on Physiological Principles – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

 

Related Commentary on Twitter (Thread – Click for More)

 

Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19: No Benefit in New Open-label, Randomized Trial

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:42h | UTC

[Preprint] Hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19: an open-label, randomized, controlled trial – medRxiv

See also just published observational study (Preprint): No evidence of clinical efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection with oxygen requirement: results of a study using routinely collected data to emulate a target trial – medRxiv

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Decontaminate Millions of N95 Respirators

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:38h | UTC

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Decontaminate Millions of N95 Respirators – U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Commentary: FDA clears N95 decontamination process that could clean up to 4 million masks per day – Tech Crunch

 

CEBM Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Updates:

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:32h | UTC

“Current data do not support the use of hydroxychloroquine for prophylaxis or treatment of COVID-19.”

 

Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Icelandic Population

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:27h | UTC

Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Icelandic Population – New England Journal of Medicine

 

Implementation Guide: Triage of Scarce Critical Care Resources in COVID-19

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:23h | UTC

Triage of scarce critical care resources in COVID-19: an implementation guide for regional allocation. An expert panel report of the Task Force for Mass Critical Care and the American College of Chest Physicians – CHEST

 

IHME COVID-19 Estimation Updates

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:34h | UTC

COVID-19 estimation updates: What’s new for April 13, 2020 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

See also: IHME | COVID-19 Projections Tool Tutorial (video) AND IHME COVID-19 Projections Tool

See related article criticizing the model: Caution Warranted: Using the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Model for Predicting the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic – Annals of Internal Medicine

 

Study: Alcohol-based Hand Rub Solutions are Effective for Virus Inactivation

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:26h | UTC

Inactivation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 by WHO-Recommended Hand Rub Formulations and Alcohols – CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases

Commentary: Studies: Hand sanitizers kill COVID-19 virus, e-consults appropriate – CIDRAP

 

Perspective: Virtual Health Care in the Era of COVID-19

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:18h | UTC

Virtual health care in the era of COVID-19 – The Lancet

Related: Rapidly Converting to “Virtual Practices”: Outpatient Care in the Era of Covid-19 (several texts on the subject)

 

COVID-19 Clinical Guidance for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:21h | UTC

COVID-19 Clinical Guidance for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases – American College of Rheumatology

 

More than 117 Million Children at Risk of Missing Out on Measles Vaccines, as COVID-19 Surges

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:19h | UTC

More than 117 million children at risk of missing out on measles vaccines, as COVID-19 surges – World Health Organization

Commentary: Measles resurgence fear amid coronavirus – BBC

 

Study Uncovers High-risk Occupations for Covid-19 Local Transmission

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:16h | UTC

[Preprint] Work-related Covid-19 Transmission – medRxiv

 

Review: Diagnosis and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:14h | UTC

Diagnosis and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)

 

ACOG Practice Advisory on Covid-19 and Obstetric Care

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:15h | UTC

Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

See also: COVID-19 FAQs for Obstetrician-Gynecologists, Obstetrics – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists AND Algorithm: Outpatient Assessment and Management for Pregnant Women With Suspected or Confirmed Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Commentary: COVID-19 Obstetric Practice Recommendations from ACOG – NEJM Journal Watch

Related Review: Care of the Pregnant Woman with COVID-19 in Labor and Delivery: Anesthesia, Emergency cesarean delivery, Differential diagnosis in the acutely ill parturient, Care of the newborn, and Protection of the healthcare personnel – American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

 

Infective Endocarditis: A Contemporary Review

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:13h | UTC

Infective Endocarditis: A Contemporary Review – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

 

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