Daily Archives: March 9, 2021 | LinksMedicus Free Medical News & Perspectives

Restricting daily chest radiography in the ICU: Implementing evidence-based medicine to decrease utilization

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:25h | UTC

Restricting Daily Chest Radiography in the Intensive Care Unit: Implementing Evidence-Based Medicine to Decrease Utilization – Journal of the American College of Radiology

Commentary: Curbing daily use of chest x-ray in ICU cuts major costs – AuntMinnie (free registration required)

Commentary on Twitter

"Changing ordering practices in the adult ICUs to align with established evidence-based guidelines resulted in a 37% decrease in the utilization of portable chest radiography." https://t.co/waUQNdAM2i @JACRJournal pic.twitter.com/eKGDwgWCM8

— Rich Duszak, MD (@RichDuszak) July 9, 2020

RCT: 5 days of high-dose amoxicillin therapy noninferior to 10 days for the treatment of pediatric community-acquired pneumonia

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:29h | UTC

Short-Course Antimicrobial Therapy for Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia: The SAFER Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Rightsizing Treatment for Pneumonia in Children

Commentary: Five days of antibiotics fine for children with pneumonia – McMaster University

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

This is fantastic! In outpatient community acquired pneumonia (CAP) a 5 day course of amoxicillin is just as effective as a 10 day course. A small thread follow1/6https://t.co/ewceFEe4gw

— Ricardo Quinonez, MD (@QuinonezRicardo) March 8, 2021

3-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Patients With Heart Failure

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:22h | UTC

3-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Patients With Heart Failure – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: 3-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Heart Failure – American College of Cardiology

M-A: Association of umbilical cord management strategies with outcomes of preterm infants

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:26h | UTC

Association of Umbilical Cord Management Strategies With Outcomes of Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

The first modified Delphi consensus statement on sleeve gastrectomy

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:09h | UTC

The first modified Delphi consensus statement on sleeve gastrectomy – Surgical Endoscopy

Propofol vs. Volatile Anesthetics: RCT finds no difference in postoperative pulmonary complications after lung resection surgery

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:17h | UTC

Comparative Effect of Propofol and Volatile Anesthetics on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications After Lung Resection Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial – Anesthesia & Analgesia (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

The Lancet Series: Maternal and child undernutrition progress

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:20h | UTC

Maternal and child undernutrition progress – The Lancet (free registration required)

News release: New Lancet series shows mixed progress on maternal and child undernutrition in last decade

Systematic review: (Ultra‐)long‐acting insulin analogs for people with type 1 diabetes mellitus

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:14h | UTC

(Ultra‐)long‐acting insulin analogues for people with type 1 diabetes mellitus – Cochrane Library

Summary: Do people with type 1 diabetes mellitus benefit from using a different type of insulin as their basal insulin? – Cochrane Library

New CDC Guideline for fully vaccinated individuals says people can get together indoors without masks. Precautions should continue in public.

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:56h | UTC

Guideline: Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Commentaries: You’re fully vaccinated? The CDC says you can now have friends and family over for dinner – Vox AND CDC says fully vaccinated Americans can spend time together indoors and unmasked – STAT AND CDC Says It’s Safe For Vaccinated People To Do These Activities – WBUR AND If you got the COVID-19 vaccine, here’s what the CDC says you can do – Live Science

Report: Risk of death from Covid-19 significantly increased in countries where most are overweight

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:52h | UTC

Report: COVID-19 and Obesity: The 2021 Atlas

Commentaries: Covid-19 death rates 10 times higher in countries where most adults are overweight, report finds – CNN AND Covid-19: Highest death rates seen in countries with most overweight populations – The BMJ AND Covid-19: We must tackle obesity and health inequalities in order to build back better – The BMJ Opinion AND COVID-19 Death Rates 10 Times Higher in Countries Where Most Are Overweight – HealthDay

CDC study: Body mass index and risk for COVID-19–related hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, invasive mechanical ventilation, and death

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:54h | UTC

Body Mass Index and Risk for COVID-19–Related Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, and Death — United States, March–December 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Commentaries: CDC: Obese adults at higher risk for hospitalization, death from COVID-19 – UPI AND Obesity a Big Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19, Study Confirms – HealthDay

Colchicine and COVID-19: a Tale of Two Trials

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:51h | UTC

Colchicine and COVID-19: a Tale of Two Trials – CVCT CardioBrief

Study 1: RECOVERY trial: Colchicine arm stopped for lack of efficacy in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

Study 2: [Preprint] Efficacy of Colchicine in Non-Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

New study of Coronavirus variants predicts virus evolving to escape current vaccines, treatments

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:49h | UTC

News release: New Study of Coronavirus Variants Predicts Virus Evolving to Escape Current Vaccines, Treatments – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Original study: Antibody Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.351 and B.1.1.7 – Nature

Commentary on Twitter

The B.1.351 and B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variants (first detected in South Africa and the UK, respectively) show increased resistance to antibody neutralization in laboratory experiments, according to a study in Nature. https://t.co/k0QBoeim6F pic.twitter.com/czyNYMBGxF

— Nature (@nature) March 8, 2021

Editorial | Avoiding exploitation in multinational covid-19 vaccine trials

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:43h | UTC

Avoiding exploitation in multinational covid-19 vaccine trials – The BMJ

Study confirms higher transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:47h | UTC

Estimated transmissibility and impact of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England – Science

Commentary: Study confirms B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 is more transmissible – News Medical

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

Our paper “Estimated transmissibility and impact of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England” has now been published in Science (early release: https://t.co/8LRLp669LL). I’ve tweeted about this a few times before, so I’m going to focus here on some key messages. (1/8)

— Nick Davies (@_nickdavies) March 3, 2021

[Preprint] Systematic review: Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection vs. persistent COVID-19

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:44h | UTC

SARS-CoV-2 Sequence Characteristics of COVID-19 Persistence and Reinfection – medRxiv

Commentary: How can physicians distinguish between COVID-19 persistence and SARS-CoV-2 reinfection? – News Medical

Ten things to consider when implementing rationing guidelines during a pandemic

9 Mar, 2021 | 02:46h | UTC

Ten things to consider when implementing rationing guidelines during a pandemic – Intensive Care Medicine

Commentary on Twitter

Rationing in #pandemic? Consider
1⃣identify scarce resources
2⃣exhaust ways to integrate
3⃣be clear/involve public
4⃣prognosis/age
5⃣responsibilities
6⃣pt goals/choice
7⃣disabilities, poverty, racism
8⃣prioritize
9⃣legal coverage
?impact on HCWs#COVID19 https://t.co/iSWVbqH3FY pic.twitter.com/bIoYmsSKQD

— Intens Care Med (@yourICM) March 7, 2021