Daily Archives: June 26, 2020

Updated: Critical Care Guide for Adults with COVID-19

26 Jun, 2020 | 09:28h | UTC

Clinical guide for the management of critical care for adults with COVID-19 during the Coronavirus pandemic – Intensive Care Society

 

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NIH Guideline Provides Recommendations for Dexamethasone in Patients with COVID-19

26 Jun, 2020 | 09:26h | UTC

The National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel Provides Recommendations for Dexamethasone in Patients with COVID-19

 

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Covid-19 Antibody Tests: A Briefing

26 Jun, 2020 | 09:17h | UTC

Covid-19 antibody tests: a briefing – The BMJ

Commentary: Coronavirus: Antibody test lacks ‘proper assessment’ – BBC

 

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Systematic Review: Antibody Tests for Identification of Current and Past Infection with SARS‐CoV‐2

26 Jun, 2020 | 09:19h | UTC

Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS‐CoV‐2 – Cochrane Library

News Release: New Cochrane review assesses how accurate antibody tests are for detecting COVID-19 – Cochrane Library

Commentaries: New Cochrane review assesses how accurate antibody tests are for detecting COVID-19 – Wiley AND Expert reaction to Cochrane Review of antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2 – Science Media Centre AND Covid-19: Timing is critical for antibody tests, finds Cochrane review – The BMJ

 

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Masks: The Easiest Way to Save Lives and Spare Jobs

26 Jun, 2020 | 09:14h | UTC

Masks: The Easiest Way to Save Lives and Spare Jobs – Think Global Health

 

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Perspective: “I’m a Viral Immunologist. Here’s What Antibody Tests for Covid-19 Tell Us”

26 Jun, 2020 | 09:15h | UTC

I’m a viral immunologist. Here’s what antibody tests for Covid-19 tell us – The Guardian

 

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[Preprint] Randomized Re-Opening of Training Facilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

26 Jun, 2020 | 09:07h | UTC

Randomized Re-Opening of Training Facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic – medRxiv

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

Rare sighting! ? Non-drug pandemic RCT! 3,716 gym members randomized after re-opening in Norway: only gym attendee infected was infected at work; none in ctrl gp. (Only 3,016 Covid-19 tests though, but did check hospital records) (Funder @forskningsradet) https://t.co/qbfezJYrgA

— Hilda Bastian (@hildabast) June 25, 2020

 

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Study: Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Complications of COVID-19

26 Jun, 2020 | 09:12h | UTC

Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study – The Lancet Psychiatry

Commentary: When Covid-19 hits the brain, it can cause strokes, psychosis and a dementia-like syndrome, new survey shows – STAT

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

NEW—First UK-wide study describes brain complications in some patients with severe #COVID19: study reports complications for 125 patients with complete data – including stroke (62%, 77 people) and an altered mental state (31%, 39 people) @TheLancetPsych https://t.co/uxViDawia7 pic.twitter.com/boJEek5Gbi

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) June 25, 2020

 

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CDC: Pregnant Women Are at Increased Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness

26 Jun, 2020 | 09:06h | UTC

Characteristics of Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status — United States, January 22–June 7, 2020 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Commentaries: CDC: Pregnant women with COVID-19 face more critical care – CIDRAP AND Study Raises Concerns for Pregnant Women With the Coronavirus – The New York Times

 

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COVID-19 in Children and Adolescents in Europe: A Multinational, Multicenter Cohort Study

26 Jun, 2020 | 09:09h | UTC

COVID-19 in children and adolescents in Europe: a multinational, multicentre cohort study – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

 

Children and #COVID19: the largest report to date, for 582 kids, from 25 European countries: 8% ICU, CFR 0.7%, age < 1 year 5 X risk for ICU
Just published @LancetChildAdol https://t.co/ElbvwFGDuD pic.twitter.com/pqx8LwhuNG

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 25, 2020

 

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[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Serum Urate Lowering with Allopurinol Does Not Improve Kidney Function in Type 1 Diabetes

26 Jun, 2020 | 09:03h | UTC

Serum Urate Lowering with Allopurinol and Kidney Function in Type 1 Diabetes – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentaries: Despite Lowering Serum Urate Levels, Allopurinol Does Not Slow Kidney Decline in Type 1 Diabete – Physician`s Weekly AND Does Lowering Uric Acid With Allopurinol Slow Progression Of Chronic Kidney Disease? – MedicalResearch.com AND Study finds promising treatment to slow kidney disease doesn’t prove out in clinical trial – University of Minnesota Medical School

 

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Spectrum of Imaging Findings in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with COVID-19

26 Jun, 2020 | 09:04h | UTC

Spectrum of Imaging Findings on Chest Radiographs, US, CT, and MRI Images in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with COVID-19 – Radiology

Commentary: New study looks at post-COVID-19 emerging disease in children – Radiological Society of North America

 

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Fri June 26 – 10 Stories of The Day!

26 Jun, 2020 | 09:29h | UTC

 

1 – Clinical guide for the management of critical care for adults with COVID-19 during the Coronavirus pandemic – Intensive Care Society

 

2 – The National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel Provides Recommendations for Dexamethasone in Patients with COVID-19

 

3 – Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS‐CoV‐2 – Cochrane Library

News Release: New Cochrane review assesses how accurate antibody tests are for detecting COVID-19 – Cochrane Library

Commentaries: New Cochrane review assesses how accurate antibody tests are for detecting COVID-19 – Wiley AND Expert reaction to Cochrane Review of antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2 – Science Media Centre AND Covid-19: Timing is critical for antibody tests, finds Cochrane review – The BMJ

 

4 – Covid-19 antibody tests: a briefing – The BMJ

Commentary: Coronavirus: Antibody test lacks ‘proper assessment’ – BBC

 

5 – I’m a viral immunologist. Here’s what antibody tests for Covid-19 tell us – The Guardian

 

6 – Masks: The Easiest Way to Save Lives and Spare Jobs – Think Global Health

 

7 – Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study – The Lancet Psychiatry

Commentary: When Covid-19 hits the brain, it can cause strokes, psychosis and a dementia-like syndrome, new survey shows – STAT

 

8 – COVID-19 in children and adolescents in Europe: a multinational, multicentre cohort study – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

 

9 – Randomized Re-Opening of Training Facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic – medRxiv

 

10 –COVID-19 Updates / 26 June 2020 Edition

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

 

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