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Ending Coronavirus Lockdowns Will be a Dangerous Process of Trial and Error

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:45h | UTC

Ending coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process of trial and error – Science

Related: ‘Suppress and lift’: Hong Kong and Singapore say they have a coronavirus strategy that works – Science AND Opinions on Lifting Coronavirus Pandemic Lockdowns (opinions and report) AND Scott Gottlieb on how, and when, to end social distancing – Vox

 

New Scoring System to Prioritize Medically Necessary Operations

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:40h | UTC

Medically-Necessary, Time-Sensitive Procedures: A Scoring System to Ethically and Efficiently Manage Resource Scarcity and Provider Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Journal of the American College of Surgeons

News Release: Scoring system empowers surgery departments to prioritize medically necessary operations – American College of Surgeons

 

Review by Dr. Martin Tobin – Basing Respiratory Management of Coronavirus on Physiological Principles

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:36h | UTC

Basing Respiratory Management of Coronavirus on Physiological Principles – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

 

Related Commentary on Twitter (Thread – Click for More)

 

Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19: No Benefit in New Open-label, Randomized Trial

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:42h | UTC

[Preprint] Hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19: an open-label, randomized, controlled trial – medRxiv

See also just published observational study (Preprint): No evidence of clinical efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection with oxygen requirement: results of a study using routinely collected data to emulate a target trial – medRxiv

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

 

FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Decontaminate Millions of N95 Respirators

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:38h | UTC

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Decontaminate Millions of N95 Respirators – U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Commentary: FDA clears N95 decontamination process that could clean up to 4 million masks per day – Tech Crunch

 

CEBM Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Updates:

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:32h | UTC

“Current data do not support the use of hydroxychloroquine for prophylaxis or treatment of COVID-19.”

 

Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Icelandic Population

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:27h | UTC

Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Icelandic Population – New England Journal of Medicine

 

Implementation Guide: Triage of Scarce Critical Care Resources in COVID-19

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:23h | UTC

Triage of scarce critical care resources in COVID-19: an implementation guide for regional allocation. An expert panel report of the Task Force for Mass Critical Care and the American College of Chest Physicians – CHEST

 

IHME COVID-19 Estimation Updates

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:34h | UTC

COVID-19 estimation updates: What’s new for April 13, 2020 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

See also: IHME | COVID-19 Projections Tool Tutorial (video) AND IHME COVID-19 Projections Tool

See related article criticizing the model: Caution Warranted: Using the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Model for Predicting the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic – Annals of Internal Medicine

 

Study: Alcohol-based Hand Rub Solutions are Effective for Virus Inactivation

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:26h | UTC

Inactivation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 by WHO-Recommended Hand Rub Formulations and Alcohols – CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases

Commentary: Studies: Hand sanitizers kill COVID-19 virus, e-consults appropriate – CIDRAP

 

Perspective: Virtual Health Care in the Era of COVID-19

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:18h | UTC

Virtual health care in the era of COVID-19 – The Lancet

Related: Rapidly Converting to “Virtual Practices”: Outpatient Care in the Era of Covid-19 (several texts on the subject)

 

COVID-19 Clinical Guidance for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:21h | UTC

COVID-19 Clinical Guidance for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases – American College of Rheumatology

 

More than 117 Million Children at Risk of Missing Out on Measles Vaccines, as COVID-19 Surges

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:19h | UTC

More than 117 million children at risk of missing out on measles vaccines, as COVID-19 surges – World Health Organization

Commentary: Measles resurgence fear amid coronavirus – BBC

 

Study Uncovers High-risk Occupations for Covid-19 Local Transmission

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:16h | UTC

[Preprint] Work-related Covid-19 Transmission – medRxiv

 

Review: Diagnosis and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:14h | UTC

Diagnosis and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)

 

Tue April 14 – 10 Stories of The Day!

14 Apr, 2020 | 03:08h | UTC

 

1 – Diagnostic Testing for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome–Related Coronavirus-2: A Narrative Review – Annals of Internal Medicine

 

2 – Pharmacologic Treatments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Review – JAMA

 

3 – New York City Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update – JAMA

 

4 – Universal Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Women Admitted for Delivery – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentary: Universal Screening for SARS-CoV-2 at Delivery Could Identify Many Asymptomatic Women – NEJM Journal Watch

“29 of the 33 patients who were positive for SARS-CoV-2 at admission (87.9%) had no symptoms of Covid-19 at presentation”

 

5 – Ethics in the Time of Coronavirus: Recommendations in the COVID-19 Pandemic – Journal of the American College of Surgeons

 

6 – Association of chemosensory dysfunction and Covid‐19 in patients presenting with influenza‐like symptoms – International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology

Commentary: Loss of smell and taste validated as COVID-19 symptoms in patients with high recovery rate – University of California

 

7 – Management of inflammatory bowel disease patients in the COVID-19 pandemic era: a Brazilian tertiary referral center guidance – Clinics

Related: AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Expert Commentary – Gastroenterology AND Management of Patients with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of an International Meeting – Gastroenterology

 

8 – Face Masks Against COVID-19: An Evidence Review – Preprints

Related Analysis: Face Masks for the Public During the Covid-19 Crisis

 

9 – IDSA’s COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Highlight Difficulty of “Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There” – HIV and ID Observations Blog

See Original Guideline: Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19

 

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 14 April 2020 Edition

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

 

ACOG Practice Advisory on Covid-19 and Obstetric Care

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:15h | UTC

Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

See also: COVID-19 FAQs for Obstetrician-Gynecologists, Obstetrics – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists AND Algorithm: Outpatient Assessment and Management for Pregnant Women With Suspected or Confirmed Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Commentary: COVID-19 Obstetric Practice Recommendations from ACOG – NEJM Journal Watch

Related Review: Care of the Pregnant Woman with COVID-19 in Labor and Delivery: Anesthesia, Emergency cesarean delivery, Differential diagnosis in the acutely ill parturient, Care of the newborn, and Protection of the healthcare personnel – American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

 

Infective Endocarditis: A Contemporary Review

15 Apr, 2020 | 03:13h | UTC

Infective Endocarditis: A Contemporary Review – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

 

Review: Diagnostic Testing for SARS-CoV-2

14 Apr, 2020 | 03:06h | UTC

Diagnostic Testing for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome–Related Coronavirus-2: A Narrative Review – Annals of Internal Medicine

 

Review: Pharmacologic Treatments for COVID-19

14 Apr, 2020 | 03:05h | UTC

Pharmacologic Treatments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Review – JAMA

 

Video: New York City Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

14 Apr, 2020 | 03:03h | UTC

New York City Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update – JAMA

 

Universal Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Women Admitted for Delivery

14 Apr, 2020 | 03:02h | UTC

Universal Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Women Admitted for Delivery – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentary: Universal Screening for SARS-CoV-2 at Delivery Could Identify Many Asymptomatic Women – NEJM Journal Watch

“29 of the 33 patients who were positive for SARS-CoV-2 at admission (87.9%) had no symptoms of Covid-19 at presentation”

 

Ethics in the Time of Coronavirus: Recommendations in the COVID-19 Pandemic

14 Apr, 2020 | 03:00h | UTC

Ethics in the Time of Coronavirus: Recommendations in the COVID-19 Pandemic – Journal of the American College of Surgeons

 

Commentary on the New IDSA’s COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines

14 Apr, 2020 | 02:49h | UTC

IDSA’s COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Highlight Difficulty of “Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There” – HIV and ID Observations Blog

See Original Guideline: Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19

 

Study Validates Loss of Smell and Taste as Symptoms of Covid-19

14 Apr, 2020 | 02:57h | UTC

Association of chemosensory dysfunction and Covid‐19 in patients presenting with influenza‐like symptoms – International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology

Commentary: Loss of smell and taste validated as COVID-19 symptoms in patients with high recovery rate – University of California

 

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