Daily Archives: October 18, 2020
The Lancet: Latest global disease estimates reveal perfect storm of rising chronic diseases and public health failures fuelling COVID-19 pandemic
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:21h | UTCCommentaries: Global rise in chronic diseases combined with Covid-19 bodes ill for world health – CNN AND Global study shows deadly convergence of chronic disease, COVID-19 – CIDRAP
See report: NEW Special issue of The Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Related Editorial: Global health: time for radical change? – The Lancet
[Preprint] Multi-organ impairment in low-risk individuals with long COVID
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:18h | UTCMulti-organ impairment in low-risk individuals with long COVID – medRxiv
Related study (preprint): Persistent symptoms after Covid-19: qualitative study of 114 long Covid patients and draft quality criteria for services – medRxiv
Commentary on Twitter
"In a young, low-risk population with ongoing symptoms, almost 70% of individuals have impairment in 1 or more organs 4 months after initial symptoms of #SARSCoV2 infection" #LongCovid https://t.co/gPnDtacI1J by @amibanerjee1 and colleagues
via @ahandvanish<-? pic.twitter.com/7mKEsQgq5l— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 17, 2020
Improving prone positioning for severe ARDS during the COVID-19 pandemic: An implementation mapping approach
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:17h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Improving Prone Positioning for Severe ARDS during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Implementation Mapping Approach
✅ Just Accepted
? https://t.co/V8K3MUdSWU pic.twitter.com/wPJCp2mKaE— Annals of the ATS (@AnnalsATS) October 13, 2020
WHO: Herd immunity, lockdowns and COVID-19
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:19h | UTCCoronavirus disease (COVID-19): Herd immunity, lockdowns and COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter
Herd immunity is a concept used for vaccination, in which a population can be protected from a virus if a threshold of vaccination is reached. Vaccinated people are protected from getting the disease & passing it on, breaking any chains of transmission.
?https://t.co/X9N7zcyfOX pic.twitter.com/V22iA6OqOq
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) October 16, 2020
New studies show reduced prevalence and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection in ABO blood group O
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:16h | UTCStudy 1: Reduced prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in ABO blood group O – Blood Advances
Commentaries: People with blood type O may have lower risk of Covid-19 infection and severe illness, two new studies suggest – CNN AND Studies offer new evidence for possible link between blood type and COVID-19 susceptibility – American Society of Hematology
Answering key questions about COVID-19 vaccines
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:10h | UTCAnswering Key Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines – JAMA
Commentary on Twitter
Many individuals are hesitant about receiving #COVID19 vaccines. It is critical that clinicians stay well informed about emerging data so that they can help patients make sound decisions https://t.co/1QDwOKuDqc @JesseGoodmanMD @ImmunizeOrg @pharmacists
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) October 16, 2020
NIHR dynamic review of the evidence around ongoing Covid19 symptoms (often called Long Covid)
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:14h | UTCA dynamic review of the evidence around ongoing Covid19 symptoms (often called Long Covid) – National Institute for Health Research
News Release: Living with COVID: NIHR publishes dynamic themed review into ‘ongoing COVID’
Commentaries: Coronavirus: ‘Long Covid could be four different syndromes’ – BBC AND Long covid could be four different syndromes, review suggests – The BMJ AND ‘Long COVID’ may affect multiple parts of body and mind, doctors say – Reuters
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Contemporary management and novel approaches during COVID-19
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:11h | UTCSource: Grupo UTI Clínica HCFMUSP
Commentary on Twitter
Review article in @_Anesthesiology showing a summary of 25 yr of ARDS intervention trials and contemporary management and novel approaches during COVID-19 ✅#ICU #CriticalCare #COVID__19 #ARDS https://t.co/MjLGgoTGy6 pic.twitter.com/wkVoOikhKQ
— Alice Blet, MD, PhD (@BletAlice) October 9, 2020
Postlicensure evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccines
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:08h | UTCPostlicensure Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccines – JAMA
Randomized trial: Effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle training with and without electromyographic biofeedback for urinary incontinence in women
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:06h | UTCCommentary: For Urinary Incontinence, No Need to Add Biofeedback to Pelvic Floor Exercises – NEJM Journal Watch
Commentary on Twitter
This RCT did not find a statistically significant or clinically important difference in severity of urinary incontinence between women randomised to electromyographic biofeedback plus pelvic floor muscle training or to pelvic floor muscle training alonehttps://t.co/z8nxLplT57
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) October 17, 2020
Cytokine elevation in severe and critical COVID-19: A rapid systematic review, meta-analysis, and comparison with other inflammatory syndromes
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:07h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
The cytokine storm of severe #COVID19 and how it differs from ARDS, sepsis, and CAR-T cytokine release syndrome. Best review to date on this ★
Today @LancetRespirMed https://t.co/BOUjvIOWLi @danleisman @Poietic_Justice @IcahnMountSinai @CDMD62
? for pulling all this together pic.twitter.com/qZCPbrxvYU— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 16, 2020
New PLOS pricing test could signal end of scientists paying to publish free papers
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:02h | UTCNew PLOS pricing test could signal end of scientists paying to publish free papers – Science
Randomized trial: Targeting rehabilitation to improve outcomes after total knee arthroplasty in patients at risk of poor outcomes
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:04h | UTCCommentary: Self-Directed Physical Therapy Effective After Total Knee Arthroplasty – NEJM Journal Watch
Commentaries on Twitter
Outpatient therapist led rehabilitation was not superior to a single physiotherapist review and home exercise based regimen in patients at risk of poor outcomes after total knee arthroplasty, finds new research by @df_hamiltonhttps://t.co/DOTv1q8VJ6
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) October 13, 2020
This study suggests that targeting postoperative physiotherapy to those most in need is a feasible delivery method, but that the actual content of the rehabilitation seems to have minimal influence on patient outcomes@df_hamiltonhttps://t.co/JISOQE4pMr
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) October 17, 2020
SCCM International consensus conference on prediction and identification of long-term impairments after critical illness
18 Oct, 2020 | 22:59h | UTCSystematic review: Prediction Models for Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Impairments After Critical Illness: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal – Critical Care Medicine
Source: Grupo UTI Clínica HCFMUSP
Commentary on Twitter
"Prediction Models for Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Impairments After Critical Illness"
Open-access: https://t.co/zGz9Fb0Ku7
Companion to @SCCM's https://t.co/T9Pw40uD48
Led by @HainesKimberley @LizzyHib
Table 4 = awesome?(special thanks @GSCollins @MaartenvSmeden) pic.twitter.com/UyFPKOSHFM— Michael Harhay (@Michael_Harhay) October 15, 2020
[Abstract Only] Study: Comparison of amisulpride, aripiprazole, and olanzapine in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:00h | UTCAmisulpride, aripiprazole, and olanzapine in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (BeSt InTro): a pragmatic, rater-blind, semi-randomised trial – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
“In this pragmatic, long-term, semi-randomised trial, we compared the #antipsychotic efficacy of amisulpride, aripiprazole, and olanzapine.”
New research: The BeST InTro trialhttps://t.co/r0AVfzFgnB
— The Lancet Psychiatry (@TheLancetPsych) October 16, 2020
Guideline on anesthesia and sedation in breastfeeding women
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:01h | UTCGuideline on anaesthesia and sedation in breastfeeding women 2020 – Anaesthesia
Commentary: Guidelines Indicate Breastfeeding Is Safe After Maternal Anesthesia – Physician’s Briefing
Commentary on Twitter
?These new @Assoc_Anaes guidelines for anaesthesia and sedation in breastfeeding women are new for 2020 and #FOAMed forever!
An excellent read for #WorldAnaesthesiaDay!@jmitchelldoc @ElaineW14626897 @BfWendy @mikekinsella10
?https://t.co/nMAyWjdW0G pic.twitter.com/pRKzcUaNhY
— ??????????? (@Anaes_Journal) October 16, 2020
Guideline: Management and prevention of anemia (acute bleeding excluded) in adult critical care patients
18 Oct, 2020 | 22:52h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Latest guidelines for anemia ?in critically ill patients by @SigLasocki published in @AccpmJ
? what threshold?
? how many RBCs?
?EPO as a substitute?➡️check the Full ? for the answers !https://t.co/sJIIbunwKB#CriticalCare #ICU #Anemia #MedTwitter #AnesthTwitter https://t.co/AMD5xZnWDr
— Alice Blet, MD, PhD (@BletAlice) October 15, 2020