Daily Archives: June 5, 2020
Lancet, New England Journal Retract Covid-19 Studies, Including one That Raised Safety Concerns About Malaria Drugs
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:07h | UTCScience: Two elite medical journals retract coronavirus papers over data integrity questions
Review: Serodiagnostics for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome–Related Coronavirus-2
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:03h | UTCRelated (just published): Serology assays to manage COVID-19 – Science
Observational Study: Association of Hypertension and Antihypertensive Treatment with COVID-19 Mortality
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:05h | UTCEditorial: Renin–angiotensin system inhibitors in the COVID-19 pandemic: consequences of antihypertensive drugs
Commentaries: Expert reaction to study looking at link between high blood pressure and risk of dying from COVID-19 – Science Media Centre AND Blood pressure drugs linked to lower COVID-19 mortality: study – Reuters
Editorial: Thinking of Risk in the Era of COVID-19
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:00h | UTCThinking of Risk in the Era of COVID-19 – JAMA
Related Article: Making Decisions in a COVID-19 World – JAMA
COVID-19: 10 Things I Wished I’d Known Some Months Ago
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:04h | UTCCOVID-19: 10 things I wished I’d known some months ago – Intensive Care Medicine
COVID-19 Can Last for Several Months
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:56h | UTCCOVID-19 Can Last for Several Months – The Atlantic
Related Commentary on Twitter
?I wrote about COVID-19 long-haulers—the thousands of people who’ve been struggling with *months* of debilitating symptoms. Many have faced disbelief from friends and medical professionals because they don’t fit the typical profile of the disease. 1/ https://t.co/EvIOcwve0x
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) June 4, 2020
COVID-19 Vaccine Development Pipeline Gears Up
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:59h | UTCCOVID-19 vaccine development pipeline gears up – The Lancet
Challenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development?
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:01h | UTCChallenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development? – JAMA
Related: Opinion: Ethical Guidelines for Deliberately Infecting Volunteers with COVID-19 to Speed Vaccine Development (other commentaries on the subject)
Case Series: Preliminary Study Evaluates the use of Famotidine for COVID-19 in Non-hospitalized Patients
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:57h | UTC
Scientists’ Worlds Will Shrink in the Wake of the Pandemic
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:55h | UTCScientists’ worlds will shrink in the wake of the pandemic – Nature
Social Bubbles May be the Best Way for Societies to Emerge from Lockdown
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:53h | UTCSocial bubbles may be the best way for societies to emerge from lockdown – MIT Technology Review
Original Study: Social network-based distancing strategies to flatten the COVID-19 curve in a post-lockdown world – Nature Human Behaviour
See also: Expert reaction to evaluation of post-lockdown social distancing strategies – Science Media Centre
Accuracy of Emergency Department Clinical Findings for Diagnostic of Covid-19
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:48h | UTCCommentary: Clinical Predictors of COVID-19 in the ED – NEJM Journal Watch
The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Make It Quicker and Easier to Trial Drugs
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:54h | UTCThe coronavirus outbreak could make it quicker and easier to trial drugs – Nature
Early Detection of Acute Pulmonary Embolism Among Patients with COVID-19 in the Emergency Department
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:39h | UTCAcute Pulmonary Embolism and COVID-19 – Radiology
Commentary: Pulmonary embolism and COVID-19 – Henry Ford Health System
Meta-Analysis: Effect of Low‐dose Aspirin on Health Outcomes
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:35h | UTCCommentary: Healthy people shouldn’t take daily aspirin to prevent heart disease, review finds – CNN
Meta-Analysis: Noninvasive Oxygenation Strategies Reduces All-Cause Mortality in Adults with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:37h | UTCAssociation of Noninvasive Oxygenation Strategies with All-Cause Mortality in Adults With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Alternatives to Invasive Ventilation in the COVID-19 Pandemic (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Noninvasive oxygenation strategies compared with standard oxygen therapy were significantly associated with lower risk of death in adults with acute hypoxemic #respiratoryfailure https://t.co/mvFIIAlm0J
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) June 4, 2020
Review: Medical Complications of Anorexia Nervosa
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:32h | UTCMedical complications of anorexia nervosa – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free registration may be required)
Review: Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: Recognition, Management, Prevention
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:31h | UTCRecurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: Recognition, management, prevention – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free registration may be required)
Systematic Review: Radical Prostatectomy vs. Deferred Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:34h | UTCRadical prostatectomy versus deferred treatment for localised prostate cancer – Cochrane Library
Fri June 05 – 10 Stories of The Day!
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:09h | UTC
1 – Lancet, New England Journal Retract Covid-19 Studies, Including one That Raised Safety Concerns About Malaria Drugs
Science: Two elite medical journals retract coronavirus papers over data integrity questions
Editorial: Renin–angiotensin system inhibitors in the COVID-19 pandemic: consequences of antihypertensive drugs
Commentaries: Expert reaction to study looking at link between high blood pressure and risk of dying from COVID-19 – Science Media Centre AND Blood pressure drugs linked to lower COVID-19 mortality: study – Reuters
3 – COVID-19: 10 things I wished I’d known some months ago – Intensive Care Medicine
Related (just published): Serology assays to manage COVID-19 – Science
5 – Challenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development? – JAMA
Related: Opinion: Ethical Guidelines for Deliberately Infecting Volunteers with COVID-19 to Speed Vaccine Development (other commentaries on the subject)
6 – Thinking of Risk in the Era of COVID-19 – JAMA
Related Article: Making Decisions in a COVID-19 World – JAMA
7 – COVID-19 vaccine development pipeline gears up – The Lancet
9 – COVID-19 Can Last for Several Months – The Atlantic
10 –COVID-19 Updates / 05 June 2020 Edition
05 June 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)