Daily Archives: January 19, 2021
WHO chief warns against ‘catastrophic moral failure’ in COVID-19 vaccine access
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:58h | UTCWHO chief warns against ‘catastrophic moral failure’ in COVID-19 vaccine access – United Nations
Commentaries: Vaccine nationalism puts world on brink of ‘catastrophic moral failure’: WHO chief – Reuters AND Covid vaccine: WHO warns of ‘catastrophic moral failure’ – BBC
Meta-analysis: Corticosteroid use in COVID-19 patients
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:56h | UTCRelated meta-analysis: Corticosteroids for Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) With Different Disease Severity: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials – Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Covid-19: What new variants are emerging and how are they being investigated?
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:51h | UTCCovid-19: What new variants are emerging and how are they being investigated? – The BMJ
Evidence summary and clinical decision algorithm to guide clinicians in the care of the hypoxemic, non-intubated patients with suspected Covid-19
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:57h | UTC
IDSA: COVID-19 Diagnostic Guidelines Updates
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:54h | UTCCOVID-19 Diagnostic Guidelines Updates (Jan. 16, 2021) – Infectious Diseases Society of America
New calculator identifies COVID-19 patients at highest risk of deterioration
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:52h | UTCCommentaries: Improving clinical management of COVID-19: the role of prediction models – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Tool identifies COVID-19 patients at highest risk of deterioration – UK Research and Innovation
See calculator: 4C Mortality & 4C Deterioration
Commentary on Twitter
This model helps predict clinical deterioration of hospitalized patients with #COVID19 using 11 commonly measured/identifiable variables at the time of hospital contact.
Validated on ~75000 patients from 260 hospitals in the UK.
Nice.
By @Rishi_K_Gupta: https://t.co/OX8vtLtcVY pic.twitter.com/FEs5gZ9M5U
— Isaac Bogoch (@BogochIsaac) January 13, 2021
Rapid increase in covid cases ‘not due to the variant’, WHO says
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:49h | UTCRapid Increase In COVID Cases ‘Not Due To The Variant’, WHO Says – Health Policy Watch
Can COVID-19 cause diabetes?
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:48h | UTCCan COVID-19 cause diabetes? – Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Commentary on Twitter
Can #COVID19 induce #diabetes?
We don't know if #SARSCoV2 can directly damage pancreatic β-islet cells.
"If covid-19 were in fact to cause permanent insulin-dependent diabetes, SARS-CoV-2 would be unique." https://t.co/EMjW7d4Azv @NatMetabolism @ColumbiaMed Domenico Accili pic.twitter.com/HpNe9IToGm— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 12, 2021
Meta-analysis: saliva and nasopharyngeal swab nucleic acid amplification have similar diagnostic accuracy for the detection of SARS-CoV-2
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:46h | UTC
WHO urges governments to promote healthy food in public facilities
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:40h | UTCWHO urges governments to promote healthy food in public facilities – World Health Organization
Original Report: Action framework for developing and implementing public food procurement and service policies for a healthy diet – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter
Governments worldwide have a responsibility to serve and sell food that improves the health of their people. @WHO's new action framework is an opportunity to make healthy food choices the default choices in public settings. https://t.co/NdUtXBNSL1
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) January 18, 2021
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized women giving birth with and without COVID-19
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:45h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
The higher rates of preterm birth, preeclampsia, thrombotic events and death in women giving birth with #COVID19 highlight the need for strategies to minimize risk https://t.co/W8PtvAKkgt
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) January 15, 2021
After return of spontaneous circulation in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, too early ECG acquisition (7 minutes or less) is associated with false-positive findings for STEMI
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:44h | UTCCommentary: Delaying Electrocardiography in Cardiac Arrest: A Pause for the Cause – JAMA Network Open
Opinion: A big science publisher is going open access. But at what cost?
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:35h | UTCOpinion: A Big Science Publisher Is Going Open Access. But at What Cost? – Undark
Related: A new mandate highlights costs, benefits of making all scientific articles free to read – Science AND Open-access Science Funders Announce Price Transparency Rules for Publishers (several resources on the subject) AND For €9500, Nature journals will now make your paper free to read
Reflection: Against diagnosis
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:38h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Diagnosis lies at the heart of medicine. But is it all it’s cracked up to be? Sometimes a diagnosis can be confusing, stigmatising, frightening, unnecessary – or just plain wrong. My latest piece @PMJ_BMJ.https://t.co/LPAScmLBRY
— John Launer (@JohnLauner) January 16, 2021
Podcast: What the USPSTF? Preventive Medicine Updates
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:37h | UTC
Randomized trial: Preoperative exercise improves vascular caliber and maturation of arteriovenous fistula
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:33h | UTC
Study: Sweetened beverage sales decreased after new tax implementation and bounced back quickly after the tax was repealed
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:24h | UTCCommentaries: Sweetened beverage sales bounced back quickly after Cook County tax repealed – University of Illinois at Chicago AND Is the Association Between Beverage Taxes and Reductions in Sales Driven by Communication of Health Consequences in Addition to Price Increases? – JAMA Network Open
Commentaries on Twitter
Compelling new data from CookCounty where SSB tax was repealed:
Tax in effect: SSB sales volumes⬇️
Tax repealed: volumes⬆️to pre-tax levelsTakeaway: people are price sensitive yet absence of public ed campaigns on harms of SSBs meant no lasting impact https://t.co/DV811Vadlc pic.twitter.com/R5BUJ5H7Ad
— Neena Prasad (@Neena_P) December 30, 2020
Meta-Analysis: After transcatheter aortic valve implantation, Aspirin alone is a better choice than dual antiplatelet therapy
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:34h | UTCMeta-Analysis Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Single vs. Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Post Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Patients. – American Journal of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Perspective: Addressing polypharmacy in outpatient dialysis units
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:27h | UTCRelated: Targeted Deprescribing in an Outpatient Hemodialysis Unit: A Quality Improvement Study to Decrease Polypharmacy – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Polypharmacy management in older patients
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:26h | UTCPolypharmacy Management in Older Patients – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Designing and undertaking randomized implementation trials: guide for researchers
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:20h | UTCDesigning and undertaking randomised implementation trials: guide for researchers – The BMJ
Commentary on Twitter
Despite the need for high quality evidence from implementation research, randomised trials of implementation strategies often have serious limitations. This article aims to provide a best practice guide to randomised implementation trialshttps://t.co/CqTvhsINPv
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) January 18, 2021
AUA/ASRM Guideline: Diagnosis and treatment of infertility in men
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:21h | UTCDiagnosis and Treatment of Infertility in Men: AUA/ASRM Guideline Part I – The Journal of Urology
Diagnosis and Treatment of Infertility in Men: AUA/ASRM Guideline PART II – The Journal of Urology
Meta-analysis: The effect of low-fat and low-carbohydrate diets on weight loss and lipid levels
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:18h | UTC
Randomized trial: Ultra-hypofractionated vs. conventionally fractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:14h | UTCUltra-hypofractionated versus conventionally fractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer (HYPO-RT-PC): patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes of a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Randomized trial: Prevention of biliary fistula after partial hepatectomy by transcystic biliary drainage
19 Jan, 2021 | 01:19h | UTCPrevention of biliary fistula after partial hepatectomy by transcystic biliary drainage: randomized clinical trial – British Journal of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)