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Daily Archives: May 20, 2020

[No Publication Available] Covid-19 Patients Testing Positive After Recovery Aren’t Infectious

20 May, 2020 | 10:00h | UTC

Covid Patients Testing Positive After Recovery Aren’t Infectious, Study Shows – Bloomberg

See also: People who recover from coronavirus and test positive again are NOT contagious: Korean CDC finds ‘re-positive’ patients did not infect any of their 790 contacts – Daily Mail

 


Why Saliva Tests Could Offer a Better Alternative to Nasal COVID-19 Swabs

20 May, 2020 | 09:58h | UTC

Keep your nose out of it: why saliva tests could offer a better alternative to nasal COVID-19 swabs – The Conversation

Original Article: Saliva—Friend and Foe in the COVID-19 Outbreak – Diagnostics

Related Study: Saliva sample as a non-invasive specimen for the diagnosis of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): a cross-sectional study – Clinical Microbiology and Infection

 


Editorial: Lack of Efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19

20 May, 2020 | 10:01h | UTC

Lack of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in covid-19 – The BMJ

Original Research: Hydroxychloroquine in patients with mainly mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019: open label, randomised controlled trial – The BMJ

Related Meta-analysis (preprint) Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis – medRxiv

 


Reducing the Risk of Diagnostic Error in the COVID-19 Era

20 May, 2020 | 09:57h | UTC

Reducing the Risk of Diagnostic Error in the COVID-19 Era – Journal of Hospital Medicine

 


Video: Personal Protective Equipment and Covid-19

20 May, 2020 | 09:55h | UTC

Personal Protective Equipment and Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine

 


Why do Some COVID-19 Patients Infect Many Others, Whereas Most Don’t Spread the Virus at All?

20 May, 2020 | 09:52h | UTC

Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don’t spread the virus at all? – Science

 


Cohort Study: Outcomes of Critically Ill Adults with COVID-19 in New York City

20 May, 2020 | 09:56h | UTC

Epidemiology, clinical course, and outcomes of critically ill adults with COVID-19 in New York City: a prospective cohort study – The Lancet

Commentaries: Critically ill patients with COVID-19 in New York City – The Lancet AND Nearly 40% of critically ill COVID-19 patients in New York City died, study finds – UPI

 


Study Shows Lower Incidence of Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction After the Covid-19 Pandemic

20 May, 2020 | 09:54h | UTC

The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction – New England Journal of Medicine

Related Study: Reduced Rate of Hospital Admissions for ACS during Covid-19 Outbreak in Northern Italy – New England Journal of Medicine

 


Serology for SARS-CoV-2: Apprehensions, Opportunities, and the Path Forward

20 May, 2020 | 09:53h | UTC

Serology for SARS-CoV-2: Apprehensions, opportunities, and the path forward – Science Immunology

 


Lack of Cross-neutralization by SARS Patient Sera Towards SARS-CoV-2

20 May, 2020 | 09:49h | UTC

Lack of cross-neutralization by SARS patient sera towards SARS-CoV-2 – Emerging Microbes & Infections

 


[Preprint] The Infection Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Inferred from Seroprevalence Data

20 May, 2020 | 09:51h | UTC

The infection fatality rate of COVID-19 inferred from seroprevalence data – medRxiv

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 


Meta-Analysis: ACEI/ARB Use and Risk of Infection or Severity or Mortality of COVID-19

20 May, 2020 | 09:50h | UTC

ACEI/ARB Use and Risk of Infection or Severity or Mortality of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Pharmacological Research

Related Study (Preprint): Association of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers with the Risk of Hospitalization and Death in Hypertensive Patients with Coronavirus Disease-19 – medRxiv

 


Meta-Analysis: Accuracy of Chest CT for detecting COVID-19

20 May, 2020 | 09:49h | UTC

Chest CT for detecting COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy – European Radiology

 


Meta-Analysis: Association of Blood Pressure Lowering with Incident Dementia or Cognitive Impairment

20 May, 2020 | 09:45h | UTC

Association of Blood Pressure Lowering With Incident Dementia or Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Controlling blood pressure may reduce dementia risk by 7% – UPI

 


Caring for Critically Ill Adults With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a PICU

20 May, 2020 | 09:46h | UTC

Caring for Critically Ill Adults With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a PICU: Recommendations by Dual Trained Intensivists – Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Related: Repurposing a Pediatric ICU for Adults – New England Journal of Medicine

 


Meta-analysis: Utility of Broad-spectrum Antibiotics for Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Adults

20 May, 2020 | 09:44h | UTC

Utility of broad-spectrum antibiotics for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Commentary: The uncertainty of tuberculosis diagnosis – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

 


Should Azithromycin be Used to Treat COVID-19?

20 May, 2020 | 09:47h | UTC

Should azithromycin be used to treat COVID-19? A rapid review – BJGP Open

 


Wed May 20 – 10 Stories of The Day!

20 May, 2020 | 10:03h | UTC

 

1 – Editorial: Lack of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in covid-19 – The BMJ

Original Research: Hydroxychloroquine in patients with mainly mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019: open label, randomised controlled trial – The BMJ

Related Meta-analysis (preprint): Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis – medRxiv

 

2 – Covid Patients Testing Positive After Recovery Aren’t Infectious, Study Shows – Bloomberg

See also: People who recover from coronavirus and test positive again are NOT contagious: Korean CDC finds ‘re-positive’ patients did not infect any of their 790 contacts – Daily Mail

 

3 – Keep your nose out of it: why saliva tests could offer a better alternative to nasal COVID-19 swabs – The Conversation

Original Article: Saliva—Friend and Foe in the COVID-19 Outbreak – Diagnostics

Related Study: Saliva sample as a non-invasive specimen for the diagnosis of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): a cross-sectional study – Clinical Microbiology and Infection

 

4 – Reducing the Risk of Diagnostic Error in the COVID-19 Era – Journal of Hospital Medicine

 

5 – Epidemiology, clinical course, and outcomes of critically ill adults with COVID-19 in New York City: a prospective cohort study – The Lancet

Commentaries: Critically ill patients with COVID-19 in New York City – The Lancet AND Nearly 40% of critically ill COVID-19 patients in New York City died, study finds – UPI

 

6 – Personal Protective Equipment and Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine

 

7 – The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction – New England Journal of Medicine

Related Study: Reduced Rate of Hospital Admissions for ACS during Covid-19 Outbreak in Northern Italy – New England Journal of Medicine

 

8 – Serology for SARS-CoV-2: Apprehensions, opportunities, and the path forward – Science Immunology

 

9 – Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don’t spread the virus at all? – Science

 

10 –COVID-19 Updates / 20 May 2020 Edition

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

 


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