Daily Archives: March 14, 2022
Effectiveness of contact tracing in the control of infectious diseases: a systematic review.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:45h | UTC
Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing intraoperative red blood cell transfusion strategies.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:47h | UTCRelated:
Research: Restrictive or Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery
Transfusion Requirements After Cardiac Surgery: The TRACS Randomized Controlled Trial – JAMA
The changing epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:37h | UTCThe changing epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 – Science
Duration of effectiveness of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease: results of a systematic review and meta-regression.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:44h | UTCCommentaries:
Waning of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness: individual and public health risk – The Lancet
Stopping pandemics before they start: Lessons learned from SARS-CoV-2.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:38h | UTCStopping pandemics before they start: Lessons learned from SARS-CoV-2 – Science
Writing up your clinical trial report for a scientific journal: the REPORT trial guide for effective and transparent research reporting without spin.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:32h | UTC
Review: Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:34h | UTCPost-acute COVID-19 syndrome – European Respiratory Journal
Related:
ESCMID rapid guidelines for assessment and management of long COVID.
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)
Comprehensive quality of life outcomes with invasive vs. conservative management of chronic coronary disease in the ISCHEMIA trial.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:27h | UTCComprehensive Quality of Life Outcomes with Invasive versus Conservative Management of Chronic Coronary Disease in ISCHEMIA – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Original Articles:
ISCHEMIA Trial: Initial Invasive vs. Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease
ISCHEMIA Trial: Management of Coronary Disease in Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease
Commentary on Twitter
#OriginalResearch: Analysis from the #ISCHEMIA trial showed that chronic #CAD patients with frequent baseline angina reported improvement in QoL when treated with invasive strategy vs conservative management @djc795 @greggwstone @sripalbangalor @DanMarkMD https://t.co/mC8ey8qUCx pic.twitter.com/jF5SiaKdV0
— Circulation (@CircAHA) March 10, 2022
Practical, evidence-based approaches to nutritional modifications to reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:25h | UTC
Cohort Study: Long-term cannabis use is associated with cognitive deficits and smaller hippocampal volume in midlife.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:31h | UTCLong-Term Cannabis Use and Cognitive Reserves and Hippocampal Volume in Midlife – The American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Long-Term Cannabis Use Associated With Cognitive Deficits in Midlife – Psychiatric News Alert
Choosing Wisely Canada: Canadian fertility and andrology society’s list of top items physicians and patients should question in fertility medicine.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:23h | UTCChoosing Wisely Canada: Canadian fertility and andrology society’s list of top items physicians and patients should question in fertility medicine – Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
Systematic Review: Systemic interventions for treatment of Stevens‐Johnson syndrome (SJS), toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), and SJS/TEN overlap syndrome.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:20h | UTC
Systematic Review: Point‐of‐care viral load tests to detect high HIV viral load in people living with HIV/AIDS attending health facilities.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:19h | UTC
Systematic Review: Binocular versus standard occlusion or blurring treatment for unilateral amblyopia in children aged three to eight years.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:16h | UTCRelated: Binocular treatment for amblyopia: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials – PLOS One
Systematic Review: Poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors for the treatment of ovarian cancer.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:17h | UTCPoly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors for the treatment of ovarian cancer – Cochrane Library
Healthcare-associated infections in adult intensive care unit patients: Changes in epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention and contributions of new technologies.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:04h | UTC
RCT: Vortioxetine 5, 10, and 20 mg significantly reduces the risk of relapse compared with placebo in patients with remitted major depressive disorder.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:03h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
RCT: In patients with remitted MDD with 10 mg/day of vortioxetine, time to relapse was longer and cumulative relapse rates were lower for vortioxetine 5 mg (19.3%), 10 mg (17.9%), and 20 mg (17.4%) versus placebo (32.5%) over 28 weeks (p<0.05 for all) https://t.co/LzwFaxVt4d pic.twitter.com/Gq3lLTtVcS
— PfOL (@psychopharmacol) March 11, 2022
Target temperature management following cardiac arrest: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:14h | UTCRelated:
ERC-ESICM guidelines on temperature control after cardiac arrest in adults.
Review: Mycobacterial skin infection.
14 Mar, 2022 | 00:59h | UTCMycobacterial skin infection – Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
Diagnostic test interpretation: cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:01h | UTCCardiopulmonary Exercise Testing – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Review: Electrical management of heart failure: from pathophysiology to treatment.
14 Mar, 2022 | 00:58h | UTCElectrical management of heart failure: from pathophysiology to treatment – European Heart Journal
Update on management of atrial fibrillation in heart failure: a focus on ablation.
14 Mar, 2022 | 00:57h | UTCUpdate on management of atrial fibrillation in heart failure: a focus on ablation – Heart
Commentary on Twitter
https://t.co/M9tKQXJWwe Update on management of atrial fibrillation in heart failure: a focus on ablation pic.twitter.com/flPdBMcHwM
— Heart_BMJ (@Heart_BMJ) June 15, 2021
Observational Study: Comparison of intracranial pressure measurements before and after hypertonic saline or mannitol treatment in children with severe traumatic brain injury.
14 Mar, 2022 | 00:51h | UTCInvited Commentary: ADAPTing to a New Era of Comparative Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury—Generating Evidence From Observational Data – JAMA Network Open
Commentary on Twitter
For children with severe TBI, hypertonic saline is recommended in published guidelines. However, mannitol is in wide-spread clinical use. In this comparative effectiveness, hypertonic saline was associated with improved ICP compared to mannitol. https://t.co/7JW224Dbio
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) March 10, 2022
RCT: Effectiveness of Fosfomycin for treating multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremic urinary tract infections.
14 Mar, 2022 | 00:53h | UTCCommentaries:
The Role of Intravenous Fosfomycin: Finding Our Way Out of Dante’s Forest Dark – JAMA Network Open
Fosfomycin Not Noninferior to Comparators for Bacteremic UTI – HealthDay
‘Forgotten’ antibiotic recovered for resistant bacterial infections – University of Seville
Commentary on Twitter
In this RCT, fosfomycin did not demonstrate noninferiority in MDR-E coli bacteremic UTI, mostly due to adverse event-related withdrawals in mITT, but showed efficacy in per protocol analysis. #FORESTtrial @jesusrbano https://t.co/oiPtiQo2XA pic.twitter.com/Q44QQb18cN
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) January 13, 2022
Bioethics | The rupture of anonymity for sperm donors—a tangled web of conflicting rights.
14 Mar, 2022 | 00:49h | UTCThe rupture of anonymity for sperm donors—a tangled web of conflicting rights – The BMJ
Commentary on Twitter
Direct-to-consumer DNA testing has torn the veil separating social family and genetic heritage. This Opinion article examines how it has brought the rights of donor conceived people to information into conflict with donors’ right to privacyhttps://t.co/avX64dbnhb
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) March 11, 2022