Daily Archives: October 10, 2021
Kids are losing school days to quarantines. Here’s a way to keep them in classrooms – “Test-to-stay could dramatically reduce close contact quarantines”.
10 Oct, 2021 | 21:52h | UTCKids are losing school days to quarantines. Here’s a way to keep them in classrooms – NPR
Related study: Cluster RCT: Daily contact testing of school-based contacts was non-inferior to self-isolation for control of COVID-19 transmission.
New Global Burden of Disease analyses show depression and anxiety among the top causes of health burden worldwide, and a significant increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
10 Oct, 2021 | 21:57h | UTCCommentaries:
Depression and anxiety disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: knowns and unknowns – The Lancet
Covid crisis dramatically worsened global mental health, study finds – The Guardian
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
✨?–The #COVID19 pandemic led to a stark rise in depressive and anxiety disorders globally in 2020 w/women & younger people most affected, according to a new study by our researchers & collaborators published today in @TheLancet. #GBDstudy #MentalHealth
»https://t.co/qXEDzn3idV pic.twitter.com/4xsofBXyvS
— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) October 8, 2021
RCT: Therapeutic-dose heparin superior to standard prophylactic or intermediate-dose heparins for thromboprophylaxis in high-risk hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
10 Oct, 2021 | 21:53h | UTCInvited commentary: Anticoagulant Therapy in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 – JAMA Internal Medicine
Related studies (some conflicting results)
Commentary on Twitter
Thromboprophylaxis w therapeutic-dose LMWH reduced major thromboembolism and death by 32% compared with institutional standard heparin without increased major bleeding among #COVID19 inpatients with elevated D-dimers. The effect wasn't seen in ICU patients https://t.co/Wrgj2Ho5lv
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) October 7, 2021
Heart-inflammation risk from Pfizer COVID vaccine is very low.
10 Oct, 2021 | 21:42h | UTCHeart-inflammation risk from Pfizer COVID vaccine is very low – Nature
Original studies:
[Preprint] COVID-19 in children due to SARS-CoV-2 Delta strain resembles illness due to the Alpha variant, with short duration and similar symptom burden.
10 Oct, 2021 | 21:44h | UTCIllness characteristics of COVID-19 in children infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant – medRxiv
Commentary on Twitter
Did you hear “Delta is different”, when it comes to #COVID19 symptom severity in children?
GOOD NEWS ?
Turns out there is barely any difference at all between Delta and Alpha in symptom duration, severity, or risk of “long covid”
Myth busted ? https://t.co/iPd9AedXaS
— Alasdair Munro (@apsmunro) October 7, 2021
Bioethics | The Trolley Problem and Vaccinating Young People Against COVID-19.
10 Oct, 2021 | 21:50h | UTCThe Trolley Problem and Vaccinating Young People Against COVID-19 – Science-Based Medicine
WHO report highlights global shortfall in investment in mental health.
10 Oct, 2021 | 21:39h | UTCWHO report highlights global shortfall in investment in mental health – World Health Organization
Report: Mental Health ATLAS 2020 – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
The world has failed to provide people with the #MentalHealth services they need: new Mental Health Atlas
Read more➡️https://t.co/J0uKvKWZ46 pic.twitter.com/0wKx6JTV2F— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) October 8, 2021
World Mental Health Day: prioritize social justice, not only access to care.
10 Oct, 2021 | 21:37h | UTCWorld Mental Health Day: prioritise social justice, not only access to care – The Lancet (free registration required)
Commentary on Twitter
"…under the wrong set of social circumstances, everyone is vulnerable to mental health problems."#WorldMentalHealthDay: prioritise social justice, not only access to care—a Comment by Soumitra Pathare @netshrink and colleagues. https://t.co/AwdSXo8y5H pic.twitter.com/Az6AB9vLmm
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) October 10, 2021
M-A: Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for screening to detect major depression.
10 Oct, 2021 | 21:34h | UTCSee calculator: PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9)
Commentary on Twitter
This new study investigates the accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the most commonly used depression screening tool in general practice, for detecting major depression https://t.co/9WoI3MofWH
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) October 10, 2021
Age at onset of mental disorders worldwide: large-scale meta-analysis of 192 epidemiological studies.
10 Oct, 2021 | 21:31h | UTC
ACG Clinical Guidelines: Management of Benign Anorectal Disorders
10 Oct, 2021 | 21:29h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
? 2021 ACG Guidelines for Benign Anorectal Disorders ???
?defecation disorders
?proctalgia syndromes
?hemorrhoids
?anal fissures
?fecal incontinence #GITwitter? https://t.co/TeqTWjQkg1 pic.twitter.com/gEfkBsH7kn
— Carl Kay (@CarlKayMD) October 8, 2021
Editorial: Brain health and its social determinants.
10 Oct, 2021 | 21:35h | UTCBrain health and its social determinants – The Lancet
Commentary on Twitter
Globally, action to tackle the social determinants of mental ill health—including poverty, racism, and discrimination—remains a low priority in too many countries.
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, read our Editorial: https://t.co/VRJkZ8kVn5#MentalHealth #WMHD2021 pic.twitter.com/hxvrCoMbt0
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) October 10, 2021