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WHO: Herd immunity, lockdowns and COVID-19
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:19h | UTCCoronavirus disease (COVID-19): Herd immunity, lockdowns and COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter
Herd immunity is a concept used for vaccination, in which a population can be protected from a virus if a threshold of vaccination is reached. Vaccinated people are protected from getting the disease & passing it on, breaking any chains of transmission.
👉https://t.co/X9N7zcyfOX pic.twitter.com/V22iA6OqOq
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) October 16, 2020
New studies show reduced prevalence and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection in ABO blood group O
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:16h | UTCStudy 1: Reduced prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in ABO blood group O – Blood Advances
Commentaries: People with blood type O may have lower risk of Covid-19 infection and severe illness, two new studies suggest – CNN AND Studies offer new evidence for possible link between blood type and COVID-19 susceptibility – American Society of Hematology
Answering key questions about COVID-19 vaccines
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:10h | UTCAnswering Key Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines – JAMA
Commentary on Twitter
Many individuals are hesitant about receiving #COVID19 vaccines. It is critical that clinicians stay well informed about emerging data so that they can help patients make sound decisions https://t.co/1QDwOKuDqc @JesseGoodmanMD @ImmunizeOrg @pharmacists
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) October 16, 2020
NIHR dynamic review of the evidence around ongoing Covid19 symptoms (often called Long Covid)
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:14h | UTCA dynamic review of the evidence around ongoing Covid19 symptoms (often called Long Covid) – National Institute for Health Research
News Release: Living with COVID: NIHR publishes dynamic themed review into ‘ongoing COVID’
Commentaries: Coronavirus: ‘Long Covid could be four different syndromes’ – BBC AND Long covid could be four different syndromes, review suggests – The BMJ AND ‘Long COVID’ may affect multiple parts of body and mind, doctors say – Reuters
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Contemporary management and novel approaches during COVID-19
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:11h | UTCSource: Grupo UTI Clínica HCFMUSP
Commentary on Twitter
Review article in @_Anesthesiology showing a summary of 25 yr of ARDS intervention trials and contemporary management and novel approaches during COVID-19 ✅#ICU #CriticalCare #COVID__19 #ARDS https://t.co/MjLGgoTGy6 pic.twitter.com/wkVoOikhKQ
— Alice Blet, MD, PhD 🩺🔬 (@BletAlice) October 9, 2020
Postlicensure evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccines
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:08h | UTCPostlicensure Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccines – JAMA
Randomized trial: Effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle training with and without electromyographic biofeedback for urinary incontinence in women
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:06h | UTCCommentary: For Urinary Incontinence, No Need to Add Biofeedback to Pelvic Floor Exercises – NEJM Journal Watch
Commentary on Twitter
This RCT did not find a statistically significant or clinically important difference in severity of urinary incontinence between women randomised to electromyographic biofeedback plus pelvic floor muscle training or to pelvic floor muscle training alonehttps://t.co/z8nxLplT57
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) October 17, 2020
Cytokine elevation in severe and critical COVID-19: A rapid systematic review, meta-analysis, and comparison with other inflammatory syndromes
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:07h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
The cytokine storm of severe #COVID19 and how it differs from ARDS, sepsis, and CAR-T cytokine release syndrome. Best review to date on this ★
Today @LancetRespirMed https://t.co/BOUjvIOWLi @danleisman @Poietic_Justice @IcahnMountSinai @CDMD62
🙏 for pulling all this together pic.twitter.com/qZCPbrxvYU— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 16, 2020
New PLOS pricing test could signal end of scientists paying to publish free papers
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:02h | UTCNew PLOS pricing test could signal end of scientists paying to publish free papers – Science
Randomized trial: Targeting rehabilitation to improve outcomes after total knee arthroplasty in patients at risk of poor outcomes
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:04h | UTCCommentary: Self-Directed Physical Therapy Effective After Total Knee Arthroplasty – NEJM Journal Watch
Commentaries on Twitter
Outpatient therapist led rehabilitation was not superior to a single physiotherapist review and home exercise based regimen in patients at risk of poor outcomes after total knee arthroplasty, finds new research by @df_hamiltonhttps://t.co/DOTv1q8VJ6
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) October 13, 2020
This study suggests that targeting postoperative physiotherapy to those most in need is a feasible delivery method, but that the actual content of the rehabilitation seems to have minimal influence on patient outcomes@df_hamiltonhttps://t.co/JISOQE4pMr
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) October 17, 2020
SCCM International consensus conference on prediction and identification of long-term impairments after critical illness
18 Oct, 2020 | 22:59h | UTCSystematic review: Prediction Models for Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Impairments After Critical Illness: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal – Critical Care Medicine
Source: Grupo UTI Clínica HCFMUSP
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Michael_Harhay/status/1316728913368952834
[Abstract Only] Study: Comparison of amisulpride, aripiprazole, and olanzapine in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:00h | UTCAmisulpride, aripiprazole, and olanzapine in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (BeSt InTro): a pragmatic, rater-blind, semi-randomised trial – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/TheLancetPsych/status/1317014163823104000
Guideline on anesthesia and sedation in breastfeeding women
18 Oct, 2020 | 23:01h | UTCGuideline on anaesthesia and sedation in breastfeeding women 2020 – Anaesthesia
Commentary: Guidelines Indicate Breastfeeding Is Safe After Maternal Anesthesia – Physician’s Briefing
Commentary on Twitter
🔐These new @Assoc_Anaes guidelines for anaesthesia and sedation in breastfeeding women are new for 2020 and #FOAMed forever!
An excellent read for #WorldAnaesthesiaDay!@jmitchelldoc @ElaineW14626897 @BfWendy @mikekinsella10
🔗https://t.co/nMAyWjdW0G pic.twitter.com/pRKzcUaNhY
— 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 (@Anaes_Journal) October 16, 2020
Guideline: Management and prevention of anemia (acute bleeding excluded) in adult critical care patients
18 Oct, 2020 | 22:52h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Latest guidelines for anemia 🩸in critically ill patients by @SigLasocki published in @AccpmJ
📈 what threshold?
🩸 how many RBCs?
💉EPO as a substitute?➡️check the Full 📃 for the answers !https://t.co/sJIIbunwKB#CriticalCare #ICU #Anemia #MedTwitter #AnesthTwitter https://t.co/AMD5xZnWDr
— Alice Blet, MD, PhD 🩺🔬 (@BletAlice) October 15, 2020
[Preprint] WHO SOLIDARITY trial results published; Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine, Lopinavir, and Interferon do not improve outcomes in Covid-19
16 Oct, 2020 | 09:42h | UTCRepurposed antiviral drugs for COVID-19; interim WHO SOLIDARITY trial results – medRxiv
Commentary: Remdesivir and interferon fall flat in WHO’s megastudy of COVID-19 treatments – Science
Commentaries on Twitter
Results of the @WHO SOLIDARITY trial:
4 drugs tested in 11,266 patients with COVID in 405 hospitals in 30 countries:
– hydroxychloroquine
– lopinavir
– remdesevir
– interferonNo clear benefit of any of them on survival. https://t.co/ohtTAFaSnc pic.twitter.com/2fO9E8zs8h
— Martin Landray (@MartinLandray) October 16, 2020
This is blockbuster from @WHO: 'Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine, Lopinavir and Interferon regimens have little or no effect on hospitalized COVID-19, as indicated by mortality, initiation of ventilation and duration of hospital stay. @medrxivpreprint https://t.co/aNGLzLL5uW pic.twitter.com/daOAMVW62u
— Harlan Krumholz (@hmkyale) October 15, 2020
Scientific consensus on the COVID-19 pandemic: we need to act now
16 Oct, 2020 | 09:41h | UTCScientific consensus on the COVID-19 pandemic: we need to act now – The Lancet
Viewpoint: Sensible medicine—balancing intervention and inaction during the COVID-19 pandemic
16 Oct, 2020 | 09:38h | UTCSensible Medicine—Balancing Intervention and Inaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA
Author interview: Sensible Medicine—Balancing Intervention and Inaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/seymoc/status/1316765788523511809
Act now, wait for perfect evidence later, says ‘high priestess’ of U.K. COVID-19 masking campaign
16 Oct, 2020 | 09:37h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Profile of @trishgreenhalgh, whose laudable and herculean efforts have favorably influenced our response to the pandemic @ScienceMagazine @UniofOxford https://t.co/t4yTFgmbr2 by @EllenRuppelShel
“As scientists, our goal must be to cut through the rubbish.”— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 15, 2020
Researchers worldwide fight to work and teach amid COVID-19
16 Oct, 2020 | 09:35h | UTCResearchers worldwide fight to work and teach amid COVID-19 – Nature
NEW Special issue of The Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
16 Oct, 2020 | 09:31h | UTCHomepage: Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – The Lancet
Editorial: Global health: time for radical change? – The Lancet
Commentary on Twitter
NEW Special issue of #GBDStudy 2019: 286 causes of death, 369 diseases & injuries, 87 risk factors in 204 countries & territories—data reveal how the world’s population was prepared in terms of underlying health for #COVID19 pandemic https://t.co/Af7hOlLFoJ pic.twitter.com/9kSeyB77Fv
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) October 15, 2020
Cochrane living systematic review: Not enough evidence to recommend convalescent plasma for people with COVID‐19
16 Oct, 2020 | 09:34h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Just updated: @CochraneCollab living review investigates the use of convalescent plasma to treat people with COVID-19: https://t.co/Or5qmxki8H “We remain very uncertain about the effectiveness & safety of using convalescent plasma for people with #COVID19".
— The Cochrane Library (@CochraneLibrary) October 13, 2020
Review: Why and how vaccines work
16 Oct, 2020 | 09:32h | UTCWhy and How Vaccines Work – Cell
Commentary on Twitter
Why and how vaccines work, including how the covid-19 vaccines are positioned, new adjuvants
New @CellCellPress by @VirusesImmunity and @SaadOmer3 https://t.co/ydGfLJh0Uv pic.twitter.com/8niIaMVlAQ— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 15, 2020
Life expectancy after bariatric surgery in the Swedish Obese Subjects Study
16 Oct, 2020 | 09:29h | UTCCommentary: Higher average life expectancy after obesity surgery – University of Gothenburg
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/NEJM/status/1316816109279084545
[Abstract Only] Randomized trial: Upadacitinib vs. Abatacept in rheumatoid arthritis
16 Oct, 2020 | 09:28h | UTCTrial of Upadacitinib or Abatacept in Rheumatoid Arthritis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Rheumatoid Arthritis: When DMARDs Fail, Can JAK Inhibitors Step In? – Physician’s Weekly
Systematic review: Management of colonic diverticulitis
16 Oct, 2020 | 09:25h | UTCManagement of Colonic Diverticulitis – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Full report: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis
Evidence summary: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis