Daily Archives: August 17, 2021
Study provides suggestions for keeping classroom air fresh.
17 Aug, 2021 | 09:08h | UTCStudy provides suggestions for keeping classroom air fresh – MIT News
Original study: Patterns of SARS-CoV-2 aerosol spread in typical classrooms – Building and Environment
Related:
WHO: Roadmap to improve and ensure good indoor ventilation in the context of COVID-19
CDC releases new ventilation guidelines for indoor environments to reduce Covid-19 risk
We studied how to reduce airborne COVID spread in hospitals. Here’s what we learnt.
17 Aug, 2021 | 09:09h | UTCRelated:
WHO: Roadmap to improve and ensure good indoor ventilation in the context of COVID-19
CDC releases new ventilation guidelines for indoor environments to reduce Covid-19 risk
Systematic review: Systemic corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID‐19.
17 Aug, 2021 | 09:11h | UTCSystemic corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID‐19 – Cochrane Library
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
JUST PUBLISHED – Systemic #corticosteroids for the treatment of #COVID19 from @CochraneHaem – https://t.co/l4V993gLzj 1/5 pic.twitter.com/Vjk4aHXKFV
— The Cochrane Library (@CochraneLibrary) August 16, 2021
Cohort study: Younger children may be more likely to transmit SARS-CoV-2 infection in households compared with older children, the risk being higher for contacts of children aged 0 to 3 years.
17 Aug, 2021 | 09:05h | UTCAssociation of Age and Pediatric Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Infection – JAMA Pediatrics
Editorial: Yes, Children Can Transmit COVID, but We Need Not Fear
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
A new, large Ontario study of >6000 households (>1700 w/ secondary attacks) concludes that younger children (0-3 years) may transmit covid more than older (14-17); odds ratio 1.4https://t.co/TosD0Hc1Ve @JAMAPediatrics pic.twitter.com/LLHpTXOckt
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 16, 2021
Rapid, large-scale wastewater surveillance and automated reporting system enabled early detection of nearly 85% of COVID-19 cases on a University campus.
17 Aug, 2021 | 09:06h | UTCCommentary: The Newest Disease Detection Tool for Covid and Beyond: Poop – Kaiser Health News
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[Preprint] Wastewater genomic testing can effectively track COVID-19 variants of concern.
Human Waste Could Be The Next Big Weapon in Controlling COVID-19 – TIME
Next steps for wastewater testing to help end this pandemic — and prevent the next one – STAT
The myriad ways sewage surveillance is helping fight COVID around the world – Nature
It’s time to begin a national wastewater testing program for Covid-19 – STAT
Coronavirus: Testing sewage an ‘easy win’ – BBC
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Testing in Recipients of COVID-19 Vaccination: Why, When, and How?
17 Aug, 2021 | 09:03h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
A nice read on and increasingly debated issue.
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Testing in Recipients of COVID-19 Vaccination: Why, When, and How? https://t.co/yllJVUEct0 via @MDPIOpenAccess— Adam Cifu (@adamcifu) August 16, 2021
[Preprint] Full vaccination suppresses SARS-CoV-2 delta variant mutation frequency.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:59h | UTCFull vaccination suppresses SARS-CoV-2 delta variant mutation frequency – medRxiv
Commentary: Research debunks myth that COVID vaccination promotes mutations – News Medical
Commentary on Twitter
Evidence that vaccinations successfully suppress viral mutations and that the unvaccinated are the source of the variants. https://t.co/U80T4JLO7A
"No one is safe until everyone is safe." pic.twitter.com/B2pVeMm96r— Daniel Griffin MD PhD (@DanielGriffinMD) August 15, 2021
Top antimicrobial stewardship intervention publications in 2020.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:51h | UTC
Accuracy of novel antigen rapid diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2: A living systematic review and meta-analysis.
17 Aug, 2021 | 09:02h | UTC
COVID-19 long haulers – “With the risks of drug development prohibitive, repurposed or repositioned medicines appear the best hope against long-COVID, a condition that still raises many unanswered questions”.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:57h | UTCCOVID-19 long haulers – Nature Biotechnology
Related: M-A: More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19. (several articles on the subject)
Commentary on Twitter
A News Feature published in @NatureBiotech reports on how repurposed or repositioned medicines appear to be the best hope against long-COVID. https://t.co/Hc9s2tr8N8 pic.twitter.com/ue2sH4gWzT
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) August 16, 2021
Study finds editorialists in top journals with industry-related conflicts of interest were more likely to author an unduly favorable editorial for cancer drugs.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:47h | UTC
RCT: Once-weekly tirzepatide vs. once-daily insulin degludec as add-on to metformin with or without SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:50h | UTCOnce-weekly tirzepatide versus once-daily insulin degludec as add-on to metformin with or without SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes (SURPASS-3): a randomised, open-label, parallel-group, phase 3 trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
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RCT: New blood test could improve prostate cancer screening.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:48h | UTCProstate cancer screening using a combination of risk-prediction, MRI, and targeted prostate biopsies (STHLM3-MRI): a prospective, population-based, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News release: New blood test improves prostate cancer screening – Karolinska Institutet
Related:
RCT: MRI can cut overdiagnoses in prostate-cancer screening by half.
Commentary on Twitter
Online first: #Prostatecancer #screening using a combination of risk-prediction, MRI, and targeted prostate biopsies (STHLM3-MRI): a prospective, population-based, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial #pcsm https://t.co/bijoJk8RbK pic.twitter.com/ENWEjqG3Kr
— The Lancet Oncology (@TheLancetOncol) August 13, 2021
P/FP ratio: incorporation of PEEP into the PaO2/FiO2 ratio for prognostication and classification of acute respiratory distress syndrome.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:46h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
P/FP ratio – This multifactorial P/FP ratio has a greater predictive validity for hospital mortality in ARDS than the P/F ratio. Changes in severity classification with the P/FP ratio reflect both true illness severity and the applied PEEP strategy.https://t.co/bsCm7ZFjIv pic.twitter.com/wwZZ0hhnlF
— Sunitha Palanidurai (@PFPratio) August 12, 2021
Scientific medical conferences can be easily modified to improve female inclusion: a prospective study.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:53h | UTCAuthor Interview: Victoria Salem on improving female inclusion in conferences
Commentaries:
Women participate less at conferences, even with gender-balanced delegates – Imperial College London
Women participate less at conferences, even if gender-balanced – study – The Guardian
Commentaries on Twitter
?conference organisers take note: female chairs and picking first questions from females are easy modifications for scientific medical conferences to improve female inclusion https://t.co/pt722RB6E8
— Dr Sharleen O’Reilly (@OReillySharleen) August 5, 2021
"If women are not visible at conferences, they cannot act as role models…creating a self-perpetuating cycle."
How scientific medical conferences can be easily modified to improve female inclusion. Read in @TheLancetEndo—https://t.co/3vK5KCdqco #GenerationEquality pic.twitter.com/YPaqnlcCZo
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) July 30, 2021
Excellent study @Soc_Endo – a female session chair and the first question asked by a woman significantly increases active female participation at a scientific conference – read @TheLancetEndo and listen to first author Victoria Salem, highly recommended! @MDSEquality @500womensci https://t.co/PWECJ7TLFU
— Wiebke Arlt ? ? Birmingham, Yes Birmingham (@WiebkeArlt) July 30, 2021
Cohort study: Early invasive coronary angiography in patients with acute ischemic heart failure is linked to better outcomes.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:44h | UTCCommentary: Early Invasive Angiography in Acute Heart Failure – American College of Cardiology
Commentary on Twitter
Our new paper published in #EHJ @escardio! In acute HF with features suggestive of underlying CAD (prior MI, ⬆️trop, or angina), coronary angiography within 2 weeks of admission was associated with ⬇️mortality, CV death, and HF readmissions and ⬆️ revascularization at 2 years. https://t.co/q2cpV3mcMs
— Leah Kosyakovsky (@leahkosyakovsky) July 31, 2021
Review: Initial management of blunt and penetrating neck trauma.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:40h | UTCInitial management of blunt and penetrating neck trauma – BJA Education
EM Cases: Testicular Torsion: A Diagnostic Pathway – “Time is Testes”.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:41h | UTCEM Cases: Testicular Torsion: A Diagnostic Pathway – emDocs
Out of hospital cardiac arrest: Past, present, and future.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:39h | UTCOut of hospital cardiac arrest: Past, present, and future – Resuscitation
Cohort study: Association of incomplete polyp removal with risk of postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:43h | UTCOriginal study: Recurrence of Colorectal Neoplastic Polyps After Incomplete Resection – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Perspective: The high stakes of outsourcing in health care.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:38h | UTCThe High Stakes of Outsourcing in Health Care – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Benefits and risks of frequent or longer hemodialysis: weighing the evidence.
17 Aug, 2021 | 08:37h | UTC