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Perspective: Treatments Can Harm
6 May, 2020 | 03:38h | UTCTreatments can harm – Evidently Cochrane
Related: Treatments can harm – Students 4 Best Evidence (commentary and EBM resource) AND Patients’ Expectations of the Benefits and Harms of Treatments, Screening, and Tests: A Systematic Review – JAMA Internal Medicine AND If Patients Only Knew How Often Treatments Could Harm Them – The New York Times
Perspective: The Cost of Technology
6 May, 2020 | 03:35h | UTC
Systematic Review: Tonsillectomy vs. Tonsillotomy for Obstructive Sleep-disordered Breathing in Children
6 May, 2020 | 03:33h | UTCSummary: Tonsillectomy versus tonsillotomy for obstructive sleep-disordered breathing in children
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: 12‐hour Fasting vs. Expedited Oral Intake in Women Hospitalized for Hyperemesis Gravidarum
6 May, 2020 | 03:34h | UTC
Wed May 06 – 10 Stories of The Day!
6 May, 2020 | 04:02h | UTC
1 – COVID-19: A physician practice guide to reopening – American Medical Association
News Release: AMA launches physician guide for reopening medical practices
News Release: New COVID-19 guidance for gastroenterologists
3 – Can We Discuss Flatten-the-Curve in COVID19? My Eight Assertions – Dr. John M
4 – Awake Proning for COVID-19 – PulmCrit
5 – Mutant coronavirus story upsets scientists about preprint journalism – HealthNewsReview
Original Story: Scientists say a now-dominant strain of the coronavirus appears to be more contagious than original – Los Angeles Times
Original Preprint Study: Spike mutation pipeline reveals the emergence of a more transmissible form of SARS-CoV-2 – bioRxiv
6 – Should schools reopen? Kids’ role in pandemic still a mystery – Science
Related: Did Closing Schools Actually Help? – The New York Times AND New Studies Add to Evidence that Children May Transmit the Coronavirus – The New York Times AND When Should Schools Reopen? – Center for Global Development AND Systematic Review: School Closure During Coronavirus Outbreaks AND Children are not COVID-19 super spreaders: time to go back to school – Archives of Disease in Childhood
See also: Recovered patients who tested positive for COVID-19 likely not reinfected – Live Science AND South Korea says recovered coronavirus patients who tested positive again did not relapse: Tests picked up ‘dead virus fragments’ – Business Insider
Editorial: Covid-19: adverse mental health outcomes for healthcare workers
10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 06 May 2020 Edition
06 May 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)
Randomized Clinical Trials and COVID-19: Managing Expectations
5 May, 2020 | 04:56h | UTCRandomized Clinical Trials and COVID-19: Managing Expectations – JAMA
COVID-19: Out-of-control Science and Bypassing Science-based Medicine
5 May, 2020 | 05:04h | UTCCOVID-19: Out-of-control science and bypassing science-based medicine – Science Based Medicine
Related: Covid-19 — A Reminder to Reason – New England Journal of Medicine AND Pandemic Science Out of Control – Issues in Science and Technology AND Science Has an Ugly, Complicated Dark Side. And the Coronavirus Is Bringing It Out – Mother Jones AND Against pandemic research exceptionalism – Science AND In Defense of Evidence-Based Medicine for the Treatment of COVID-19 ARDS – Annals of the American Thoracic Society
ESMO Guidelines: Cancer Patient Management During the Covid-19 Pandemic
5 May, 2020 | 04:41h | UTCCancer Patient Management During the Covid-19 Pandemic – European Society of Medical Oncology
Related: NCCN Guidance: How to Keep our Oncology Patients and Healthcare Workers Safe AND ASCO Recommendations for the Oncology Community During the COVID19 Pandemic AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of systemic anticancer treatments – NICE AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of radiotherapy – NICE AND Caring for patients with cancer in the COVID-19 era – Nature Medicine
Obesity Could Shift Severe COVID-19 Disease to Younger Ages
5 May, 2020 | 04:53h | UTCObesity could shift severe COVID-19 disease to younger ages – The Lancet
NEW Correspondence—D Kass et al examined the correlation between BMI & age in 265 #COVID19 patients admitted to ICU at 6 hospitals & found a significant inverse correlation between age & BMI, in which younger individuals were more likely to be obese https://t.co/SrNSp2W7JQ pic.twitter.com/ozpBug5Mv9
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) May 1, 2020
Critical Conversations: Say This, Not That
5 May, 2020 | 04:32h | UTCCritical Conversations: Say This, Not That – CHEST
White Paper: Current Perspectives on COVID‐19 and Cardiovascular Disease
5 May, 2020 | 04:25h | UTC
AHA/ACC Guidance: Safe Reintroduction of Cardiovascular Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
5 May, 2020 | 04:22h | UTC
Proposal for a COVID-19 Imaging Reporting and Data System (COVID-RADS)
5 May, 2020 | 04:46h | UTC
Ethical and Legal Challenges of COVID-19 Immunity Certificates
5 May, 2020 | 04:16h | UTCRelated: Covid-19 ‘immunity certificates’: practical and ethical conundrums – STAT AND The Dangerous History of Immunoprivilege – The New York Times AND “COVID-19 ‘Immunity Passports’ and Dystopian Segregation: A Few Concerns” – Bioethics.net
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: No Benefit from L-thyroxine Among Elderly Patients with Symptomatic Subclinical Hypothyroidism
5 May, 2020 | 04:11h | UTCL-Thyroxine Therapy for Older Adults With Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Hypothyroid Symptoms: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: L-thyroxine did not improve symptoms or tiredness in older patients with subclinical hypothyroidism – ACP Internist AND More Evidence Against L-Thyroxine for Subclinical Hypothyroidism – NEJM Journal Watch
Related Articles: Association Between Levothyroxine Treatment and Thyroid-Related Symptoms Among Adults Aged 80 Years and Older With Subclinical Hypothyroidism – JAMA AND Thyroid Hormone Therapy for Older Adults with Subclinical Hypothyroidism – New England Journal of Medicine
AHA Scientific Statement: Cardiovascular Considerations in Caring for Pregnant Patients
5 May, 2020 | 04:06h | UTCNews Release: Pregnant women with CVD need specialized care before, during and postpartum – American Heart Association
EULAR Recommendations: Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatic Adverse Events due to Cancer Immunotherapy
5 May, 2020 | 05:18h | UTCRelated: Clinical characteristics of rheumatic syndromes associated with checkpoint inhibitors therapy – Rheumatology AND Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases Induced by Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Review of the Literature – Current Drug Safety AND Immune-related Adverse Events Associated with Cancer Immunotherapy: A Review for the Practicing Rheumatologist – The Journal of Rheumatology AND NCCN Guidelines Insights: Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities (guidelines and reviews on the subject)
Cohort Study: Five-year Outcomes of Magnetic Resonance Imaging–based Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer
5 May, 2020 | 04:01h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Effects of Restrictive vs. Liberal Transfusion Strategies on Longer-term Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery
5 May, 2020 | 03:54h | UTCRelated: Randomized Trial: In Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery, A Restrictive Transfusion Approach Does Not Increase the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury (selection of studies on the subject)
Recommendations for the Management of Lower Urinary Tract Infections in Pregnant and Non-pregnant Women
5 May, 2020 | 03:57h | UTC
Study: In Utero Antidepressants and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Kindergarteners
5 May, 2020 | 03:47h | UTCIn Utero Antidepressants and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Kindergarteners – Pediatrics
Commentaries: Providing the Evidence for Managing Depression in Pregnancy – Pediatrics AND Adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes linked to prenatal exposure to antidepressants – 2 Minute Medicine
Review: Primary and Secondary Prevention of Youth Suicide
5 May, 2020 | 03:39h | UTCPrimary and Secondary Prevention of Youth Suicide – Pediatrics
Systematic Review: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Surgical Wounds Healing by Primary Closure
5 May, 2020 | 03:33h | UTCNegative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by primary closure – Cochrane Library
Summary: Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by primary closure – Cochrane Library
Systematic Review: Corticosteroids as Standalone or Add‐on Treatment for Sore Throat
5 May, 2020 | 03:36h | UTCCorticosteroids as standalone or add‐on treatment for sore throat – Cochrane Library
Summary: Corticosteroids as standalone or add‐on treatment for sore throat – Cochrane Library
Characteristics of 100 Children with Covid-19
3 May, 2020 | 22:29h | UTCChildren with Covid-19 in Pediatric Emergency Departments in Italy – New England Journal of Medicine
Related Systematic Review: SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents (study and commentaries)