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Fri June 12 – 10 Stories of The Day!

12 Jun, 2020 | 09:31h | UTC

 

1 – Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves: study – Reuters

Original Study: A modelling framework to assess the likely effectiveness of facemasks in combination with ‘lock-down’ in managing the COVID-19 pandemic – Proceedings of the Royal A

 

2 – Face Masks Considerably Reduce COVID-19 Cases in Germany: A Synthetic Control Method Approach – Institute of Labor Economics

 

3 – Covid-19: Appropriate PPE prevents infections in doctors in frontline roles, study shows – The BMJ

Original Study: Use of personal protective equipment against coronavirus disease 2019 by healthcare professionals in Wuhan, China: cross sectional study – The BMJ

 

4 – Opinion: John Ioannidis and Medical Tribalism in the Era of Covid-19 – Undark

“The critical questions the Stanford professor is raising about Covid-19 have gotten lost amid partisan bickering”

 

5 – Debate: What to Think of Public Health Experts Defending Protests During the Pandemic?

Opinion 1: Public-Health Experts Are Not Hypocrites – The Atlantic

Opinion 2: We often accuse the right of distorting science. But the left changed the coronavirus narrative overnight – The Guardian

“Health is about more than simply remaining free of coronavirus infection.” (from The Atlantic)

“Progressives blithely accepted throwing millions out of work to fight coronavirus – but now urge street protests to fight racism” (from The Guardian)

 

6 – Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Fecal Viral Shedding in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Network Open

Commentary: COVID-19 may spread through feces of those infected, analysis finds – UPI

 

7 – Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Geneva, Switzerland (SEROCoV-POP): a population-based study – The Lancet

 

8 – Covid-19 Patient Gets Double Lung Transplant, Offering Hope for Others – The New York Times

See also: After COVID-19 Left Her Lungs ‘Full of Holes,’ First U.S. Coronavirus Patient Receives Double Lung Transplant – TIME

 

9 – Rehabilitation after COVID-19: an evidence-based approach – Clinical Medicine Journal

 

10 –COVID-19 Updates / 12 June 2020 Edition

12 June 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)

 

Why, When, and How to Use Lung Ultrasound During the COVID-19 Pandemic

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:46h | UTC

Why, when, and how to use lung ultrasound during the COVID-19 pandemic: enthusiasm and caution – European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging

 

Guideline: Prone Position Ventilation in Non-Intubated, Spontaneously Ventilating Patients

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:47h | UTC

Prone position ventilation in non-intubated, spontaneously ventilating patients: New guidance from the Intensive Care Society (UK) and existing evidence – Journal of the Intensive Care Society

 

Risks to Healthcare Workers Following Tracheal Intubation of Patients with COVID‐19

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:45h | UTC

Risks to healthcare workers following tracheal intubation of patients with COVID‐19: a prospective international multicentre cohort study – Anaesthesia

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

Asymptomatic Coronavirus Spread is Real

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:41h | UTC

Asymptomatic coronavirus spread is real – Vox

Related: Fauci says the WHO’s comment on asymptomatic spread is wrong. Here’s the difference between asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic spread – CNN AND WHO Clarifies Comments on Asymptomatic Spread of Covid-19

 

The Importance of Proper Death Certification During the COVID-19 Pandemic

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:43h | UTC

The Importance of Proper Death Certification During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA

 

COVID-19 and Cushing’s Syndrome Recommendations

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:39h | UTC

COVID-19 and Cushing’s syndrome: recommendations for a special population with endogenous glucocorticoid excess – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

 

Opinion: Collective Intelligence, Not Market Competition, Will Deliver the Best Covid-19 Vaccine

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:35h | UTC

Collective intelligence, not market competition, will deliver the best Covid-19 vaccine – STAT

 

How and When to End the COVID-19 Lockdown: An Optimization Approach

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:40h | UTC

How and When to End the COVID-19 Lockdown: An Optimization Approach – Frontiers in Public Health

 

Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:37h | UTC

Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker – The New York Times

 

Guidance on Acute Management of Atrial Fibrillation in COVID‐19

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:34h | UTC

Guidance on Acute Management of Atrial Fibrillation in COVID‐19 – Journal of the American Heart Association

 

The Spectrum of Cardiac Manifestations in COVID-19 – A Systematic Echocardiographic Study

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:32h | UTC

The Spectrum of Cardiac Manifestations in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – a Systematic Echocardiographic Study – Circulation

Commentary: Echocardiograms Detail COVID-19’s Effects on the Heart – NEJM Journal Watch

 

Review: Acute Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:31h | UTC

Acute myocardial injury in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 infection: A review – Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

 

[Preprints Studies] Relationship Between Blood Group and Risk of Infection and Death in COVID-19

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:28h | UTC

Study 1: Relationship Between Blood Group and Risk of Infection and Death in COVID-19: a live Meta-Analysis – medRxiv AND Commentary:  Blood type plays role in SARS-CoV-2 infection – News Medical

Study 2: The ABO blood group locus and a chromosome 3 gene cluster associate with SARS-CoV-2 respiratory failure in an Italian-Spanish genome-wide association analysis – medRxiv AND Commentary:  The Role Of Blood Type In Covid-19 Infection And Respiratory Failure – Forbes

 

[Preprint] SARS-CoV-2 in First Trimester Pregnancy – Does it Affect the Fetus?

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:29h | UTC

SARS-CoV-2 in first trimester pregnancy – does it affect the fetus? – medRxiv

Commentary: Maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection not harmful in first trimester pregnancies – News Medical

 

WHO Welcomes Favorable World Trade Organization Ruling On Plain Tobacco Product Packaging

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:24h | UTC

World Health Organization Welcomes Favorable World Trade Organization Ruling On Plain Tobacco Product Packaging – Health Policy Watch

Commentary: Landmark legal victory for public health and a major setback for the tobacco industry – World Health Organization

 

Randomized Trial: Thrombectomy for Stroke in the Public Health Care System of Brazil

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:26h | UTC

Thrombectomy for Stroke in the Public Health Care System of Brazil – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentary: Stroke Thrombectomy’s Benefits Hold Strong in Developing World – MedPage Today (free registration required)

 

Guidelines for the Acute Treatment of Cerebral Edema in Neurocritical Care Patients

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:21h | UTC

Guidelines for the Acute Treatment of Cerebral Edema in Neurocritical Care Patients – Neurocritical Care

Source: Critical Care Reviews

 

Reporting of Financial Conflicts of Interest by Canadian Clinical Practice Guideline Producers

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:22h | UTC

Reporting of financial conflicts of interest by Canadian clinical practice guideline producers: a descriptive study – Canadian Medical Association Journal

 

ASTRO Guideline: Radiation Therapy for Cervical Cancer

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:20h | UTC

Radiation Therapy for Cervical Cancer: Executive Summary of an ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline – Practical Radiation Oncology

Commentary: ASTRO’s new guideline provides recommendations for radiation therapy to treat cervical cancer – News Medical

 

Thu June 11 – 10 Stories of The Day!

11 Jun, 2020 | 09:54h | UTC

 

1 – Prone position ventilation in non-intubated, spontaneously ventilating patients: New guidance from the Intensive Care Society (UK) and existing evidence – Journal of the Intensive Care Society

 

2 – Why, when, and how to use lung ultrasound during the COVID-19 pandemic: enthusiasm and caution – European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging

 

3 – Risks to healthcare workers following tracheal intubation of patients with COVID‐19: a prospective international multicentre cohort study – Anaesthesia

 

4 – The Importance of Proper Death Certification During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA

 

5 – Asymptomatic coronavirus spread is real – Vox

Related: Fauci says the WHO’s comment on asymptomatic spread is wrong. Here’s the difference between asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic spread – CNN AND WHO Clarifies Comments on Asymptomatic Spread of Covid-19

 

6 – How and When to End the COVID-19 Lockdown: An Optimization Approach – Frontiers in Public Health

 

7 – COVID-19 and Cushing’s syndrome: recommendations for a special population with endogenous glucocorticoid excess – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

 

8 – Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker – The New York Times

 

9 – Collective intelligence, not market competition, will deliver the best Covid-19 vaccine – STAT

 

10 –COVID-19 Updates / 11 June 2020 Edition

11 June 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)

 

Exercise in the SARS-CoV-2 Era

10 Jun, 2020 | 04:54h | UTC

Exercise in the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) era: A Question and Answer session with the experts Endorsed by the section of Sports Cardiology & Exercise of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

 

Study: Lockdown Increases Lifestyle Behaviors Linked to Obesity in Children

10 Jun, 2020 | 04:52h | UTC

Effects of COVID‐19 Lockdown on Lifestyle Behaviors in Children with Obesity Living in Verona, Italy: A Longitudinal Study – Obesity

Commentary: COVID-19 lockdowns worsen childhood obesity, study finds – University at Buffalo

 

Covid-19: Three Big Studies Say Hydroxychloroquine Does Not Help

10 Jun, 2020 | 04:58h | UTC

Three big studies dim hopes that hydroxychloroquine can treat or prevent COVID-19 – Science

Original Studies: No Benefit From the Use of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 AND Hydroxychloroquine Not Effective as Postexposure Prophylaxis for Covid-19

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

Study: Survey Suggests Lockdown Increased Psychological Distress and Loneliness by 3-fold

10 Jun, 2020 | 04:50h | UTC

Psychological Distress and Loneliness Reported by US Adults in 2018 and April 2020 – JAMA

Commentary: Survey finds large increase in psychological distress reported among US adults during the COVID-19 pandemic – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health AND Three times more Americans are now experiencing psychological distress due to the pandemic -ZME Science

 

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