Daily Archives: February 21, 2022
ESCMID rapid guidelines for assessment and management of long COVID.
21 Feb, 2022 | 09:31h | UTCRelated:
ERS statement on Long COVID-19 follow-up.
Proposed subtypes of long-Covid and their respective potential therapies.
EuGMS Guidance: Management of post-acute COVID-19 patients in geriatric rehabilitation.
Addressing Post-COVID Symptoms: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians.
Update to post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Caring for the ‘long-haulers’.
Systematic Review: Short-term and long-term rates of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
WHO Consensus: A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition (Long Covid).
Characterizing long COVID: a living systematic review.
Long Covid – The illness narratives.
New guidelines to help doctors manage long COVID patients published.
M-A: More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19. (several articles on the subject)
RCT: In patients with mild to moderate Covid-19 and comorbidities, treatment with Ivermectin did not reduce the risk of disease progression.
21 Feb, 2022 | 09:34h | UTCCommentaries:
Ivermectin doesn’t prevent severe disease from Covid-19, new study finds – CNN
Ivermectin futile for mild to moderate COVID-19, study finds – CIDRAP
Related:
Case Series: Toxic effects from ivermectin use associated with prevention and treatment of Covid-19.
Long-term consequences of the misuse of ivermectin data.
Ivermectin: How false science created a Covid ‘miracle’ drug.
Fraudulent ivermectin studies open up new battleground between science and misinformation.
The lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data alone are inherently unreliable.
Ivermectin: Cochrane’s most talked about review so far, ever. Why?
Flawed ivermectin preprint highlights challenges of COVID drug studies.
Systematic review: no evidence to support the use of Ivermectin for treating or preventing COVID-19.
Why was a major study on ivermectin for covid-19 just retracted?
RCT: Ivermectin does not prevent hospitalizations in patients with COVID-19.
RCT: Ivermectin does not improve time to resolution of symptoms among adults with mild COVID-19
RCT: Advising overweight patients to increase sleep duration may reduce caloric intake.
21 Feb, 2022 | 09:27h | UTCNews Release: Getting more sleep reduces caloric intake, a game changer for weight loss programs – University of Chicago Medical Center
Commentaries:
Cut nearly 300 calories a day by doing something you already do – CNN
Individualized Sleep Counseling Can Aid Weight Loss in Overweight – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
In this randomized clinical trial of overweight adults who habitually sleep <6.5 hours per night, sleep extension reduced daily energy intake by ~270 kcal. Maintaining adequate sleep duration could be a viable intervention to prevent or reverse obesity. https://t.co/4nURTFSMO0 pic.twitter.com/jXaRx7wOdG
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) February 7, 2022
Review | Long COVID: post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 with a cardiovascular focus.
21 Feb, 2022 | 09:30h | UTCLong COVID: post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 with a cardiovascular focus – European Heart Journal
News Release: Review highlights impact of Long COVID on cardiovascular system – University of Oxford
Related:
The pathogenesis and long-term consequences of Covid-19 cardiac injury: state-of-the-art review.
COVID-19 infections increase risk of heart conditions up to a year later, study finds.
Perspective | Is it time to live with COVID-19? Some scientists warn of ‘endemic delusion’.
21 Feb, 2022 | 09:28h | UTCIs it time to live with COVID-19? Some scientists warn of ‘endemic delusion’ – Science
Real-world effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines: a literature review and meta-analysis.
21 Feb, 2022 | 09:33h | UTC
Surgery students ‘losing dexterity to stitch patients’.
21 Feb, 2022 | 09:24h | UTCSurgery students ‘losing dexterity to stitch patients’ – BBC
ESGE Guideline: Endoscopic management of subepithelial lesions, including neuroendocrine neoplasms.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:49h | UTC
Somatic Genomic Testing in Patients with Metastatic or Advanced Cancer: ASCO Provisional Clinical Opinion.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:47h | UTC
IPSO Pediatric Surgical Oncology Surgical Practice Guidelines.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:44h | UTCInternational Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology (IPSO) Surgical Practice Guidelines – eCancer
ERAS/SVS Consensus Statement on perioperative care in open aortic vascular surgery.
21 Feb, 2022 | 09:21h | UTC
Expert Review | The importance of nutrition in pregnancy and lactation: lifelong consequences.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:38h | UTC
Review: Cancer-associated venous thromboembolism.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:42h | UTCCancer-associated venous thromboembolism – Nature Reviews Disease Primers (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Infographic: Cancer-associated venous thromboembolism – Nature Reviews Disease Primers (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Related:
NCCN Guideline: Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolic Disease.
ASH 2021 guidelines for prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer
Review: venous and arterial thromboembolism in patients with cancer.
AAAAI Practical Guidance for the Diagnosis and Management of Secondary Hypogammaglobulinemia.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:45h | UTC
RCT: Sub dissociative dose of ketamine with haloperidol vs. fentanyl on pain reduction in patients with acute pain in the emergency department.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:37h | UTCSub dissociative dose of ketamine with haloperidol versus fentanyl on pain reduction in patients with acute pain in the emergency department; a randomized clinical trial – The American Journal of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Free Supplement: Preeclampsia and Eclampsia.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:40h | UTCPreeclampsia and Eclampsia – The American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Analysis of 567,758 randomized controlled trials published over 30 years reveals trends in phrases used to discuss results that do not reach statistical significance.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:34h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Spinning p-values in randomized controlled trials:
"Analysis of 567,758 randomized controlled trials published over 30 years reveals trends in phrases used to discuss results that do not reach statistical significance" (https://t.co/2MXZeCShWU)#statstwitter pic.twitter.com/uu8RiRR63J
— Gary Collins ?? (@GSCollins) February 19, 2022
Review | Acute traumatic brain injury in frail patients: the next pandemic.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:31h | UTCAcute traumatic brain injury in frail patients: the next pandemic – Current Opinion in Critical Care
RCT: Low-dose aspirin did not significantly reduce the risk of preterm birth in women with a previous spontaneous preterm birth (RR 0.83; 95% CI 0.58 to 1.20; p = 0.32).
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:33h | UTC
Overview of Allergy and Anaphylaxis.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:28h | UTCOverview of Allergy and Anaphylaxis – Emergency Clinics of North America
RCT: Single-dose metronidazole vs. treatment for 7 days for treating Trichomonas vaginalis in women.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:23h | UTCA Comparison of Single-Dose Versus Multidose Metronidazole by Select Clinical Factors for the Treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis in Women – Sexually Transmitted Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
WSES Position Paper: Robotic surgery in emergency setting.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:29h | UTCRobotic surgery in emergency setting: 2021 WSES position paper – World Journal of Emergency Surgery
RCT: Two vs. three courses of preoperative cisplatin and fluorouracil plus docetaxel for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:25h | UTCMulticenter randomised trial of two versus three courses of preoperative cisplatin and fluorouracil plus docetaxel for locally advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma – British Journal of Cancer (link to abstract – read for free here)
Commentary on Twitter
Multicenter randomised trial of two versus three courses of preoperative cisplatin and fluorouracil plus docetaxel for locally advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Read for free: https://t.co/vXRAP29FRo#Chemotherapy #Cancer pic.twitter.com/D7KBifTFOS
— British Journal of Cancer (@BrJCancer) February 9, 2022
Pro-Con Debate: Anesthesiologist- versus hospitalist- run preoperative clinics and perioperative care.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:17h | UTC
RCT: Perianal application of glyceryl trinitrate ointment vs. tocopherol acetate ointment for treating chronic anal fissure.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:26h | UTCPerianal Application of Glyceryl Trinitrate Ointment Versus Tocopherol Acetate Ointment in the Treatment of Chronic Anal Fissure: A Randomized Clinical Trial – Diseases of the Colon & Rectum (link to abstract – $ for full-text)