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During the COVID-19 pandemic, female, primary care, and behavioral health physicians were most likely to be early adopters of virtual health care. Physicians born between 1928 and 1945 and in surgical specialties were less likely to be early adopters.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:20h | UTC
Development and use of a calculator to measure pediatric low-value care delivered in US children’s hospitals.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:19h | UTCCommentary: Pediatric Services With Limited Benefits Cost Millions – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Expert Review: Preeclampsia has two phenotypes which require different treatment strategies.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:15h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
AJOG Expert Review in Preeclampsia: Preeclampsia has 2 phenotypes which require different treatment strategies https://t.co/qVJU0NBpGf pic.twitter.com/7i1W46pbKd
— AJOG (@AJOG_thegray) December 31, 2021
Review: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:13h | UTCJuvenile idiopathic arthritis – Nature Reviews Disease Primers (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Infographic: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Commentary on Twitter
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— Nature Reviews Disease Primers (@DiseasePrimers) January 27, 2022
Review: Perioperative management of polytrauma patients with severe traumatic brain injury undergoing emergency extracranial surgery.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:14h | UTC
Perspective | Ultrahypofractionated radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: how far can we go?
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:09h | UTC
Cohort Study: Bullous Pemphigoid is associated with a 5-fold higher risk of cardiovascular mortality.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:11h | UTCRisk of All-Cause Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease Mortality, and Cancer Mortality in Patients With Bullous Pemphigoid – JAMA Dermatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Long-term safety and efficacy of anacetrapib in patients with atherosclerotic vascular disease.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:05h | UTC
Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury: incidence, epidemiology, clinical outcomes, and economic impact.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:04h | UTC
Review: Management of acute traumatic spinal cord injury.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:04h | UTCManagement of Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Review of the Literature – Frontiers of Surgery
M-A: Clinical and endoscopic characteristics associated with post-endoscopy upper gastrointestinal cancers.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:08h | UTCClinical and Endoscopic Characteristics Associated with Post-Endoscopy Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Gastroenterology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Long-Term Results of RCT: Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy vs. upfront surgery for resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:01h | UTCNeoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Versus Upfront Surgery for Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Long-Term Results of the Dutch Randomized PREOPANC Trial – Journal of Clinical Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
RCT: In patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase resistant/intolerant to ≥2 tyrosine kinase inhibitors, Asciminib resulted in better disease response compared to Bosutinib.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:00h | UTCNews Release: Asciminib Superior to Bosutinib in Chronic-Phase CML – ASH Clinical News
M-A: Surgical management of rib fractures after blunt trauma.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:02h | UTC
A nationwide, population-based case-control study showed dentist’s visits were not associated with increased risk of brain abscess.
28 Jan, 2022 | 07:58h | UTCDentist’s visits and risk of brain abscess: a nationwide, population-based case control study – Clinical Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
Finally💥
High-quality large-scale clinical study on brain abscess
Dentist’s visits & risk of brain abscess
Recent invasive dental procedures & number of dentist’s visits were NOT associated w culture verified brain abscess caused by oral cavity bacteria https://t.co/ziEke7eBYm— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 (@ABsteward) December 30, 2021
Lab study shows new antiviral pills maintain efficacy against Omicron, but antibody drugs are substantially less effective.
27 Jan, 2022 | 10:03h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Investigators assessed the in vitro activities of seven monoclonal antibodies & three antiviral drugs against #COVID19 variants. All antibodies showed no or weak neutralizing activity against omicron; two drugs effective at omicron neutralization. https://t.co/rOZzmtsDZS pic.twitter.com/shfKDW6r5q
— NEJM (@NEJM) January 26, 2022
Opinion: Despite Omicron arriving, keeping schools open as safely as possible should be the goal.
27 Jan, 2022 | 09:58h | UTC
Cases of lung transplantation for Covid-19–related respiratory failure in the US were associated with a three-month survival of 95.6%.
27 Jan, 2022 | 10:00h | UTCCommentaries:
New data on COVID-19 lung transplants – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
~7 Percent of Lung Transplants Due to COVID-19 Respiratory Failure – HealthDay
Omicron’s most crucial warning: A disease can move much faster than we can.
27 Jan, 2022 | 09:57h | UTCOmicron’s most crucial warning: A disease can move much faster than we can – Vox
[Preprint] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron transmission in Danish households.
27 Jan, 2022 | 09:53h | UTCSARS-CoV-2 Omicron VOC Transmission in Danish Households – medRxiv
News Release: Danish researchers investigate Omicron transmission in Danish households – Statens Serum Institut
Commentary on Twitter
Reminder that, despite its infectivity, Omicron's household attack rate is ~1-in-3 (less in fully vaxxed). People often assume that, if one person in household is infected, it's inevitable everybody'll get it. Ain't so; worth trying to isolate if feasible.https://t.co/OLcUtfH8Up
— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter) January 23, 2022
AAP Report: Some alternative peripartum, neonatal practices carry disease risks.
27 Jan, 2022 | 09:41h | UTCNews Release: Some alternative peripartum, neonatal practices carry disease risks: AAP report – American Academy of Pediatrics
Report: Risks of Infectious Diseases in Newborns Exposed to Alternative Perinatal Practices – Pediatrics
Commentary: Risks Discussed for Alternative Peripartum, Neonatal Practices – HealthDay
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on pediatric oncology providers globally: A mixed‐methods study.
27 Jan, 2022 | 09:46h | UTCNews Release: How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted clinicians who care for children with cancer? – Wiley
Italian lab study finds Sputnik V beat Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine against Omicron – yielding higher antibody levels.
27 Jan, 2022 | 09:47h | UTC
Perspective: From vaginal laser treatment to spa breaks – it’s the great menopause gold rush.
27 Jan, 2022 | 09:36h | UTCFrom vaginal laser treatment to spa breaks – it’s the great menopause gold rush – The Guardian
Review | Immune-checkpoint inhibitors: long-term implications of toxicity.
27 Jan, 2022 | 09:39h | UTCImmune-checkpoint inhibitors: long-term implications of toxicity – Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Commentary on Twitter
New Review by Douglas Johnson, Caroline Nebhan, Javid Moslehi (@CardioOncology) & Justin Balko now live online: 'Immune-checkpoint inhibitors: long-term implications of toxicity' https://t.co/7ymExYiqEY #ImmunoOnc #medonc pic.twitter.com/m6m92mZwOZ
— NatureRevClinOncol (@NatRevClinOncol) January 26, 2022