Daily Archives: April 23, 2020 | LinksMedicus Free Medical News & Perspectives

Thu April 23 – 10 Stories of The Day!

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:45h | UTC

1 – Presenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area – JAMA

Commentary: Almost Every Hospitalized Coronavirus Patient Has Another Underlying Health Issue, According to a Study of New York Patients – TIME

2 – Alterations in Smell or Taste in Mildly Symptomatic Outpatients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection – JAMA

3 – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review – JAMA Pediatrics

Commentaries: Most kids with coronavirus usually recover within two weeks, JAMA study finds – CNBC AND Young people at lower risk for COVID-19, can still transmit the virus – UPI AND Expert reaction to systematic review of COVID-19 in children – Science Media Centre

4 – COVID-19 in Children in the United States: Intensive Care Admissions, Estimated Total Infected, and Projected Numbers of Severe Pediatric Cases in 2020 – Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Commentaries: The coronavirus has probably infected far more children in the US than thought, a study says – Business Insider AND COVID-19 possibly striking more children than expected – University of South Florida

5 – Saliva is more sensitive for SARS-CoV-2 detection in COVID-19 patients than nasopharyngeal swabs – medRxiv

6 – Remdesivir in covid-19 – The BMJ

7 – A Call for Rational Intensive Care in the Era of COVID-19 – American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

8 – Estimated population wide benefits and risks in China of lowering sodium through potassium enriched salt substitution: modelling study – The BMJ

Commentaries: Salt substitution could prevent almost half a million deaths from CVD in China – George Institute for Global Health AND Embracing salt substitutes could help China prevent 450K CVD deaths per year – Cardiovascular Business

9 – Low-cost, easy-to-build non-invasive pressure support ventilator for under-resourced regions: open source hardware description, performance and feasibility testing – European Respiratory Journal

Commentary: Low-cost, easy-to-build ventilator performs similarly to high-quality commercial device – European Lung Foundation

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 23 April 2020 Edition

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

Systematic Review: SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:40h | UTC

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review – JAMA Pediatrics

Commentaries: Most kids with coronavirus usually recover within two weeks, JAMA study finds – CNBC AND Young people at lower risk for COVID-19, can still transmit the virus – UPI AND Expert reaction to systematic review of COVID-19 in children – Science Media Centre

Clinical Features and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:43h | UTC

Presenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area – JAMA

Commentary: Almost Every Hospitalized Coronavirus Patient Has Another Underlying Health Issue, According to a Study of New York Patients – TIME

Alterations in Smell or Taste in Mildly Symptomatic Outpatients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:41h | UTC

Alterations in Smell or Taste in Mildly Symptomatic Outpatients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection – JAMA

[Preprint] Study: Saliva is More Sensitive for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in COVID-19 Patients than Nasopharyngeal Swabs

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:36h | UTC

Saliva is more sensitive for SARS-CoV-2 detection in COVID-19 patients than nasopharyngeal swabs – medRxiv

COVID-19 in Children in the United States

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:38h | UTC

COVID-19 in Children in the United States: Intensive Care Admissions, Estimated Total Infected, and Projected Numbers of Severe Pediatric Cases in 2020 – Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Commentaries: The coronavirus has probably infected far more children in the US than thought, a study says – Business Insider AND COVID-19 possibly striking more children than expected – University of South Florida

Opinion: A Call for Rational Intensive Care in the Era of COVID-19

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:34h | UTC

A Call for Rational Intensive Care in the Era of COVID-19 – American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Editorial: Remdesivir in Covid-19

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:35h | UTC

Remdesivir in covid-19 – The BMJ

Low-cost, Easy-to-build Non-Invasive Pressure Support Ventilator for Under-resourced Regions: Open Source Hardware Description, Performance and Feasibility Testing

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:26h | UTC

Low-cost, easy-to-build non-invasive pressure support ventilator for under-resourced regions: open source hardware description, performance and feasibility testing – European Respiratory Journal

Commentary: Low-cost, easy-to-build ventilator performs similarly to high-quality commercial device – European Lung Foundation

Potassium Enriched Salt Substitution Could Prevent a Large Number of Cardiovascular Deaths

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:27h | UTC

Estimated population wide benefits and risks in China of lowering sodium through potassium enriched salt substitution: modelling study – The BMJ

Commentaries: Salt substitution could prevent almost half a million deaths from CVD in China – George Institute for Global Health AND Embracing salt substitutes could help China prevent 450K CVD deaths per year – Cardiovascular Business

Meta-Analysis: Interventions for the Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:22h | UTC

Interventions for the management of malignant pleural effusions: a network meta‐analysis – Cochrane Library

Cochrane Review Confirms Effectiveness and Safety of MMR vaccines

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:24h | UTC

Vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella in children – Cochrane Library

News Release: Cochrane Review confirms effectiveness of MMR vaccines – Cochrane Library

Preoperative Evaluation Before Noncardiac Surgery

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:17h | UTC

Preoperative Evaluation Before Noncardiac Surgery – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Related Review: Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment (review and guidelines)

Randomized Trials: Surgical Interventions for Uterine Prolapse and for Vault Prolapse

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:20h | UTC

Surgical interventions for uterine prolapse and for vault prolapse: the two VUE RCTs – Health Technology Assessment

[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Ruxolitinib for Glucocorticoid-Refractory Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:14h | UTC

Ruxolitinib for Glucocorticoid-Refractory Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease – New England Journal of Medicine

Review: The Treatment of Gallstone Disease

23 Apr, 2020 | 09:19h | UTC

The Treatment of Gallstone Disease – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international

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