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Daily Archives: April 21, 2020

Tue April 21 – 10 Stories of The Day!

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:24h | UTC

 

1 – Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Journal of the American Academy of Cardiology

Commentaries: ACC, SCAI, ACEP Release Consensus Statement on Management of AMI Patients During COVID-19 – American College of Cardiology

 

2 – Description and Proposed Management of the Acute COVID-19 Cardiovascular Syndrome – Circulation

 

3 – Therapeutic strategies for critically ill patients with COVID-19 – Annals of Intensive Care

 

4 – Perspectives on the Pandemic | Dr. John Ioannidis Update: 4.17.20

Related (from Dr. John Ioannidis): Antibody Tests Suggest that Coronavirus Infections Vastly Exceed Official Counts AND Study: Population-level COVID-19 Mortality Risk

 

5 – Timed & titrated use of steroid in COVID-19? – PulmCrit

 

6 – Sweden Says Controversial Virus Strategy Proving Effective – Bloomberg

Related: Coronavirus in Europe: Is it a myth to say it’s life as normal in Sweden amid COVID-19 pandemic? – Euronews AND Sweden’s government has tried a risky coronavirus strategy. It could backfire – Vox AND Sweden has nearly 10 times the number of COVID-19-related deaths than its Nordic neighbors. Here’s where they went wrong – Business Insider

 

7 – Important Information on the Use of Serological (Antibody) Tests for COVID-19 – Letter to Health Care Providers – U.S. Food & Drug Administration

See also: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Serological Test Validation and Education Efforts – U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Commentary: FDA Warns Providers About Limits of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Tests – NEJM Journal Watch

 

8 – D‐dimer levels on admission to predict in‐hospital mortality in patients with Covid‐19 – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Related: D-dimer is Associated with Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Pooled Analysis – Thrombosis and Haemostasis

 

9 – Thrombocytopenia and Its Association with Mortality in Patients with COVID‐19 – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Related: Thrombocytopenia is associated with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections: A meta-analysis – Clinica Chimica Acta

 

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 21 April 2020 Edition

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

 


ACC Consensus Statement: Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:17h | UTC

Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Journal of the American Academy of Cardiology

Commentaries: ACC, SCAI, ACEP Release Consensus Statement on Management of AMI Patients During COVID-19 – American College of Cardiology

 


Video: Perspectives on the Pandemic | Dr. John Ioannidis Update

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:12h | UTC

Perspectives on the Pandemic | Dr. John Ioannidis Update: 4.17.20

Related (from Dr. John Ioannidis): Antibody Tests Suggest that Coronavirus Infections Vastly Exceed Official Counts AND Study: Population-level COVID-19 Mortality Risk

 


Description and Proposed Management of the Acute COVID-19 Cardiovascular Syndrome

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:15h | UTC

Description and Proposed Management of the Acute COVID-19 Cardiovascular Syndrome – Circulation

 


Therapeutic Strategies for Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:14h | UTC

Therapeutic strategies for critically ill patients with COVID-19 – Annals of Intensive Care

 


Opinion – Timed & Titrated use of Steroids in COVID-19?

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:11h | UTC

Timed & titrated use of steroid in COVID-19? – PulmCrit

 


Sweden Says Controversial Virus Strategy Proving Effective

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:09h | UTC

Sweden Says Controversial Virus Strategy Proving Effective – Bloomberg

Related: Coronavirus in Europe: Is it a myth to say it’s life as normal in Sweden amid COVID-19 pandemic? – Euronews AND Sweden’s government has tried a risky coronavirus strategy. It could backfire – Vox AND Sweden has nearly 10 times the number of COVID-19-related deaths than its Nordic neighbors. Here’s where they went wrong – Business Insider

 


FDA Letter Warns About the Limitations of Antibody Tests for COVID-19

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:08h | UTC

Important Information on the Use of Serological (Antibody) Tests for COVID-19 – Letter to Health Care Providers – U.S. Food & Drug Administration

See also: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Serological Test Validation and Education Efforts – U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Commentary: FDA Warns Providers About Limits of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Tests – NEJM Journal Watch

 


D‐dimer Levels on Admission to Predict In‐hospital Mortality in Patients with Covid‐19

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:06h | UTC

D‐dimer levels on admission to predict in‐hospital mortality in patients with Covid‐19 – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Related: D-dimer is Associated with Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Pooled Analysis – Thrombosis and Haemostasis

 


The Pandemic’s Hidden Victims: Sick or Dying, but Not from the Virus

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:01h | UTC

The Pandemic’s Hidden Victims: Sick or Dying, but Not From the Virus – The New York Times

 


Thrombocytopenia and Its Association with Mortality in Patients with COVID‐19

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:04h | UTC

Thrombocytopenia and Its Association with Mortality in Patients with COVID‐19 – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Related: Thrombocytopenia is associated with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections: A meta-analysis – Clinica Chimica Acta

 


[Preprint] Meta-Analysis: Smoking is Associated with COVID-19 Progression

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:02h | UTC

Smoking is Associated with COVID-19 Progression: A Meta-Analysis – medRxiv

Commentary: Smoking doubles risk of severe COVID-19 disease – News Medical

 


Miller Fisher Syndrome and Polyneuritis Cranialis in COVID-19

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:03h | UTC

Miller Fisher Syndrome and polyneuritis cranialis in COVID-19 – Neurology

 


AAP Policy Statement: Providing Care for Infants Born at Home

21 Apr, 2020 | 07:58h | UTC

Providing Care for Infants Born at Home – Pediatrics

News Release: AAP does not recommend home births, but offers guidance – American Academy of Pediatrics

Commentary: AAP policy statement provides recommendations for newborn care during planned home births – 2 Minute Medicine

 


ATS Guideline: Diagnosis and Detection of Sarcoidosis

21 Apr, 2020 | 08:00h | UTC

Diagnosis and Detection of Sarcoidosis. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

News Release: First official ATS practice guidelines for Sarcoidosis cover diagnosis and detection – American Thoracic Society

 


Podcast: Hypothyroidism Master Class

21 Apr, 2020 | 07:56h | UTC

#208 Hypothyroidism Master Class with Susan Mandel MD, MPH – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

 


Cohort Study: Association of Early-Life Social and Digital Media Experiences with Development of Autism Spectrum Disorder–Like Symptoms

21 Apr, 2020 | 07:55h | UTC

Association of Early-Life Social and Digital Media Experiences With Development of Autism Spectrum Disorder–Like Symptoms – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Expert reaction to study looking at screen time in infants and autism spectrum disorder-like symptoms – Science Media Centre AND More Screen Time, Less Parental Playtime Increase Toddler’s ASD-Like Symptoms – Physician’s Weekly

 


WHO Advisory Body Releases Malaria Eradication Report

21 Apr, 2020 | 07:56h | UTC

Malaria eradication: benefits, future scenarios & feasibility – World Health Organization

News Release: WHO advisory body releases malaria eradication report

 


Mapping Local Patterns of Childhood Overweight and Wasting in Low- and Middle-income Countries

21 Apr, 2020 | 07:53h | UTC

Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017 – Nature Medicine

 


Randomized Trial: Twitter Promotion Increases Citation Rates of Cardiovascular Articles

21 Apr, 2020 | 07:53h | UTC

Twitter promotion predicts citation rates of cardiovascular articles: a preliminary analysis from the ESC Journals Randomized Study – European Heart Journal

 


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