Daily Archives: May 5, 2020
Randomized Clinical Trials and COVID-19: Managing Expectations
5 May, 2020 | 04:56h | UTCRandomized Clinical Trials and COVID-19: Managing Expectations – JAMA
COVID-19: Out-of-control Science and Bypassing Science-based Medicine
5 May, 2020 | 05:04h | UTCCOVID-19: Out-of-control science and bypassing science-based medicine – Science Based Medicine
Related: Covid-19 — A Reminder to Reason – New England Journal of Medicine AND Pandemic Science Out of Control – Issues in Science and Technology AND Science Has an Ugly, Complicated Dark Side. And the Coronavirus Is Bringing It Out – Mother Jones AND Against pandemic research exceptionalism – Science AND In Defense of Evidence-Based Medicine for the Treatment of COVID-19 ARDS – Annals of the American Thoracic Society
ESMO Guidelines: Cancer Patient Management During the Covid-19 Pandemic
5 May, 2020 | 04:41h | UTCCancer Patient Management During the Covid-19 Pandemic – European Society of Medical Oncology
Related: NCCN Guidance: How to Keep our Oncology Patients and Healthcare Workers Safe AND ASCO Recommendations for the Oncology Community During the COVID19 Pandemic AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of systemic anticancer treatments – NICE AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of radiotherapy – NICE AND Caring for patients with cancer in the COVID-19 era – Nature Medicine
Obesity Could Shift Severe COVID-19 Disease to Younger Ages
5 May, 2020 | 04:53h | UTCObesity could shift severe COVID-19 disease to younger ages – The Lancet
NEW Correspondence—D Kass et al examined the correlation between BMI & age in 265 #COVID19 patients admitted to ICU at 6 hospitals & found a significant inverse correlation between age & BMI, in which younger individuals were more likely to be obese https://t.co/SrNSp2W7JQ pic.twitter.com/ozpBug5Mv9
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) May 1, 2020
Critical Conversations: Say This, Not That
5 May, 2020 | 04:32h | UTCCritical Conversations: Say This, Not That – CHEST
White Paper: Current Perspectives on COVID‐19 and Cardiovascular Disease
5 May, 2020 | 04:25h | UTC
AHA/ACC Guidance: Safe Reintroduction of Cardiovascular Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
5 May, 2020 | 04:22h | UTC
Proposal for a COVID-19 Imaging Reporting and Data System (COVID-RADS)
5 May, 2020 | 04:46h | UTC
Ethical and Legal Challenges of COVID-19 Immunity Certificates
5 May, 2020 | 04:16h | UTCRelated: Covid-19 ‘immunity certificates’: practical and ethical conundrums – STAT AND The Dangerous History of Immunoprivilege – The New York Times AND “COVID-19 ‘Immunity Passports’ and Dystopian Segregation: A Few Concerns” – Bioethics.net
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: No Benefit from L-thyroxine Among Elderly Patients with Symptomatic Subclinical Hypothyroidism
5 May, 2020 | 04:11h | UTCL-Thyroxine Therapy for Older Adults With Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Hypothyroid Symptoms: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: L-thyroxine did not improve symptoms or tiredness in older patients with subclinical hypothyroidism – ACP Internist AND More Evidence Against L-Thyroxine for Subclinical Hypothyroidism – NEJM Journal Watch
Related Articles: Association Between Levothyroxine Treatment and Thyroid-Related Symptoms Among Adults Aged 80 Years and Older With Subclinical Hypothyroidism – JAMA AND Thyroid Hormone Therapy for Older Adults with Subclinical Hypothyroidism – New England Journal of Medicine
AHA Scientific Statement: Cardiovascular Considerations in Caring for Pregnant Patients
5 May, 2020 | 04:06h | UTCNews Release: Pregnant women with CVD need specialized care before, during and postpartum – American Heart Association
EULAR Recommendations: Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatic Adverse Events due to Cancer Immunotherapy
5 May, 2020 | 05:18h | UTCRelated: Clinical characteristics of rheumatic syndromes associated with checkpoint inhibitors therapy – Rheumatology AND Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases Induced by Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Review of the Literature – Current Drug Safety AND Immune-related Adverse Events Associated with Cancer Immunotherapy: A Review for the Practicing Rheumatologist – The Journal of Rheumatology AND NCCN Guidelines Insights: Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities (guidelines and reviews on the subject)
Cohort Study: Five-year Outcomes of Magnetic Resonance Imaging–based Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer
5 May, 2020 | 04:01h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Effects of Restrictive vs. Liberal Transfusion Strategies on Longer-term Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery
5 May, 2020 | 03:54h | UTCRelated: Randomized Trial: In Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery, A Restrictive Transfusion Approach Does Not Increase the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury (selection of studies on the subject)
Recommendations for the Management of Lower Urinary Tract Infections in Pregnant and Non-pregnant Women
5 May, 2020 | 03:57h | UTC
Study: In Utero Antidepressants and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Kindergarteners
5 May, 2020 | 03:47h | UTCIn Utero Antidepressants and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Kindergarteners – Pediatrics
Commentaries: Providing the Evidence for Managing Depression in Pregnancy – Pediatrics AND Adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes linked to prenatal exposure to antidepressants – 2 Minute Medicine
Review: Primary and Secondary Prevention of Youth Suicide
5 May, 2020 | 03:39h | UTCPrimary and Secondary Prevention of Youth Suicide – Pediatrics
Systematic Review: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Surgical Wounds Healing by Primary Closure
5 May, 2020 | 03:33h | UTCNegative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by primary closure – Cochrane Library
Summary: Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by primary closure – Cochrane Library
Systematic Review: Corticosteroids as Standalone or Add‐on Treatment for Sore Throat
5 May, 2020 | 03:36h | UTCCorticosteroids as standalone or add‐on treatment for sore throat – Cochrane Library
Summary: Corticosteroids as standalone or add‐on treatment for sore throat – Cochrane Library
Tue May 05 – 10 Stories of The Day!
5 May, 2020 | 05:07h | UTC
1 – COVID-19: Out-of-control science and bypassing science-based medicine – Science Based Medicine
Related: Covid-19 — A Reminder to Reason – New England Journal of Medicine AND Pandemic Science Out of Control – Issues in Science and Technology AND Science Has an Ugly, Complicated Dark Side. And the Coronavirus Is Bringing It Out – Mother Jones AND Against pandemic research exceptionalism – Science AND In Defense of Evidence-Based Medicine for the Treatment of COVID-19 ARDS – Annals of the American Thoracic Society
2 – Randomized Clinical Trials and COVID-19: Managing Expectations – JAMA
3 – Obesity could shift severe COVID-19 disease to younger ages – The Lancet
5 – Cancer Patient Management During the Covid-19 Pandemic – European Society of Medical Oncology
Related: NCCN Guidance: How to Keep our Oncology Patients and Healthcare Workers Safe AND ASCO Recommendations for the Oncology Community During the COVID19 Pandemic AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of systemic anticancer treatments – NICE AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of radiotherapy – NICE AND Caring for patients with cancer in the COVID-19 era – Nature Medicine
6 – Critical Conversations: Say This, Not That – CHEST
Related: Covid-19 ‘immunity certificates’: practical and ethical conundrums – STAT AND The Dangerous History of Immunoprivilege – The New York Times AND “COVID-19 ‘Immunity Passports’ and Dystopian Segregation: A Few Concerns” – Bioethics.net
10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 05 May 2020 Edition
05 May 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)