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Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke During the COVID-19 Pandemic
14 May, 2020 | 09:51h | UTCCommentary: Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke During COVID-19 Pandemic – American College of Cardiology
Systematic Review: SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and Children
14 May, 2020 | 02:33h | UTCRelated Systematic Review: SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents (study and commentaries)
WHO Report: World Health Statistics 2020
14 May, 2020 | 02:31h | UTCFull Report: World Health Statistics 2020: Monitoring health for the SDGs – World Health Organization
Visual Summary: World Health Statistics 2020
News Release: WHO: People living longer and healthier lives but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track – World Health Organization
Other Resources: Global Health Observatory (GHO) data – World Health Organization
Global, Regional and National Burden of Osteoarthritis 1990-2017
14 May, 2020 | 02:27h | UTCCommentary: The number of people with osteoarthritis worldwide is on the rise – News Medical
[Abstract Only] Cost–benefit Analysis of Cancer Drugs in the USA and Europe
14 May, 2020 | 02:25h | UTCPrices and clinical benefit of cancer drugs in the USA and Europe: a cost–benefit analysis – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: High cost of cancer drugs not always justified – University of Zurich AND High Cost of Cancer Drugs Does Not Reflect Clinical Benefit – Medscape
Randomized Trial: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery at Cesarean Delivery to Reduce Postoperative Length of Stay
14 May, 2020 | 02:29h | UTCRelated Study (just published): A Randomized Controlled Trial of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Versus Standard of Care Recovery for Emergency Cesarean Deliveries at Mbarara Hospital, Uganda – Anesthesia & Analgesia
See also: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Cesarean Delivery (guidelines on the subject)
Review: Pulmonary Complications Associated with Veno-arterial ECMO
14 May, 2020 | 02:22h | UTC
ERS Guideline: Withdrawal of Inhaled Corticosteroids in COPD
14 May, 2020 | 02:17h | UTC
Research Round-up: COPD
14 May, 2020 | 02:20h | UTCResearch round-up: COPD – Nature
Related: Should physicians still be prescribing steroid inhalers as a first-line treatment for COPD? – Nature AND Redefining the diagnostic criteria for COPD – Nature
See other articles from the series: Nature Outlook on COPD
Cohort Study: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Linked to Improved Survival After Hospitalization for COPD
14 May, 2020 | 02:14h | UTCAssociation Between Initiation of Pulmonary Rehabilitation After Hospitalization for COPD and 1-Year Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Improved Survival for Patients With COPD (free for a limited period)
Meta-Analysis: Progression to Type 2 Diabetes in Women with Previous Gestational Diabetes
14 May, 2020 | 02:11h | UTCCommentary: Gestational diabetes—missed opportunities in post-partum follow-up – The BMJ Opinion
Thu May 14 – 10 Stories of The Day!
14 May, 2020 | 10:18h | UTC
Related: Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary, and Pancreatic Manifestations of COVID-19 (review and guideline) AND Abdominal Imaging Findings in COVID-19: Preliminary Observations – Radiology
2 – SARS-CoV-2 Rates in BCG-Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Young Adults – JAMA
Related: BCG Against Coronavirus: Less Hype And More Evidence, Please – Forbes AND Does BCG vaccination protect against acute respiratory infections and COVID-19? A rapid review of current evidence – CEBM University of Oxford AND Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination and COVID-19 – World Health Organization
3 – Before/after study of short-course steroid in COVID-19 – PulmCrit
Original Study (Preprint): Early Short Course Corticosteroids in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 – medRxiv
Commentaries: Scientists develop online calculator to predict individual’s risk of dying from Covid-19 – The Independent AND Expert reaction to study estimating excess deaths over one year directly or indirectly related to COVID-19 based on underlying health conditions and age of UK population, and making comments on the effect of easing the lockdown – Science Media Centre
See calculator: OurRisk.CoV
Commentaries: As COVID-19 devastates already fragile health systems, over 6,000 additional children under five could die a day, without urgent action – UNICEF AND Unicef: 6,000 children could die every day due to impact of coronavirus – The Guardian
6 – Virtual care: new models of caring for our patients and workforce – The Lancet Digital Health
8 – Coronavirus Test Shortages Trigger a New Strategy: Group Screening – Scientific American
Related: Pooling of Samples for Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Asymptomatic People (studies and commentaries) AND Sample Pooling as a Strategy to Detect Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 – JAMA Network
Commentary: Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke During COVID-19 Pandemic – American College of Cardiology
10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 14 May 2020 Edition
14 May 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)
Interpreting a Covid-19 Test Result
13 May, 2020 | 02:18h | UTCPractice Pointer: Interpreting a covid-19 test result – The BMJ
Related: Interpreting Diagnostic Tests for SARS-CoV-2 – JAMA
Editorial: Waste in Covid-19 Research
13 May, 2020 | 02:17h | UTCWaste in covid-19 research – The BMJ
Related Landmark Paper from the Author: Avoidable waste in the production and reporting of research evidence – The Lancet (free registration required)
Related Commentary on Twitter
"A deluge of poor quality research is sabotaging an effective evidence based response" say @PaulGlasziou, Sharon Sanders and @Tammy_Hoffmann https://t.co/jvx8FQxQCo
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) May 12, 2020
New Clinical Risk Score to Predict the Occurrence of Critical Illness in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19
13 May, 2020 | 02:14h | UTCSee also: Calculation Tool For Predicting Critical-ill COVID-19 At Admission
Related Preprint Study (just published): Development and validation of the COVID-19 severity index (CSI): a prognostic tool for early respiratory decompensation – medRxiv AND Calculation Tool: https://covidseverityindex.org/
Study: A Close Relative of SARS-CoV-2 Found in Bats Offers More Evidence It Evolved Naturally
13 May, 2020 | 02:08h | UTCA close relative of SARS-CoV-2 found in bats offers more evidence it evolved naturally – Cell Press
Original Article: A novel bat coronavirus closely related to SARS-CoV-2 contains natural insertions at the S1/S2 cleavage site of the spike protein – Current Biology
World Report: New Zealand Eliminates COVID-19
13 May, 2020 | 02:10h | UTCNew Zealand eliminates COVID-19 – The Lancet
See also: How New Zealand ‘eliminated’ Covid-19 after weeks of lockdown – CNN AND New Zealand has ‘effectively eliminated’ coronavirus. Here’s what they did right. – National Geographic AND Why New Zealand’s Coronavirus Elimination Strategy Is Unlikely to Work in Most Other Places – TIME
Study Commentary – Virus Wars: Return of Lopinavir/Ritonavir (Along with Ribavirin and Interferon)
13 May, 2020 | 02:12h | UTCVirus Wars: Return of Lopinavir/Ritonavir (along with ribavirin and interferon) – PulmCrit
Original Article: Triple Therapy Antiviral Combination Seems Promising for COVID-19 in Open-label, Randomized, Phase 2 Trial (study and commentaries)
Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary, and Pancreatic Manifestations of COVID-19
13 May, 2020 | 02:05h | UTC
Telepsychiatry and the Covid-19 Pandemic
13 May, 2020 | 02:02h | UTC
Updated WHO Guidance: Considerations for School-related Public Health Measures in the Context of COVID-19
13 May, 2020 | 01:57h | UTCRelated: Should Schools Reopen? Kids’ Role in Pandemic Still a Mystery (resources on the subject)
Hydroxychloroquine in Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
13 May, 2020 | 01:53h | UTC“While initial studies with hydroxychloroquine showed some ray of hope, recent studies that have emerged found either no benefit or a possible harm in COVID-19.”
A Pandemic Benefit: The Expansion of Telemedicine
13 May, 2020 | 02:00h | UTCA Pandemic Benefit: The Expansion of Telemedicine – The New York Times
Related: COVID-19: Rapidly Converting to “Virtual Practices” (several commentaries on the subject) AND A digital embrace to blunt the curve of COVID19 pandemic – npj Digital Medicine
Allocating Scarce Resources and Triaging Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic
13 May, 2020 | 01:55h | UTC
Remdesivir in COVID-19: A Critical Review of Pharmacology, Pre-clinical and Clinical Studies
13 May, 2020 | 01:50h | UTC“While the first double-blind, randomized-controlled trial (DBRCT) found no significant benefit with remdesivir compared to placebo, preliminary reports from another DBRCT showed a significant faster recovery, without any difference in mortality.”