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Systematic Review: Vaginal Preparation with Antiseptic Solution Before Cesarean Section for Preventing Postoperative Infections

29 Apr, 2020 | 04:36h | UTC

Vaginal preparation with antiseptic solution before cesarean section for preventing postoperative infections – Cochrane Library

 

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USPSTF Draft Statement: Not Enough Evidence to Recommend Hypertension Screening in Children

29 Apr, 2020 | 04:34h | UTC

High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

 

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ASCO Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary in the Head and Neck

29 Apr, 2020 | 04:43h | UTC

Diagnosis and Management of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary in the Head and Neck: ASCO Guideline – Journal of Clinical Oncology

 

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Randomized Trial: Focal Mass Drug Administration and Reactive Focal Vector Control Can Reduce Malaria Transmission by 75%

29 Apr, 2020 | 04:32h | UTC

Effectiveness of reactive focal mass drug administration and reactive focal vector control to reduce malaria transmission in the low malaria-endemic setting of Namibia: a cluster-randomised controlled, open-label, two-by-two factorial design trial – The Lancet

Commentaries: Reducing malaria transmission with reactive focal interventions – The Lancet AND Smart interventions reduce malaria transmission by 75% – University of the Witwatersrand

 

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Wed April 29 – 10 Stories of The Day!

29 Apr, 2020 | 05:23h | UTC

 

1 – Large-Vessel Stroke as a Presenting Feature of Covid-19 in the Young – New England Journal of Medicine

 

2 – Pandemic Science Out of Control – Issues in Science and Technology

 

3 – What policy makers need to know about COVID-19 protective immunity – The Lancet

Related: What Covid-19 antibody tests say — and don’t say — about immunity – Vox AND The False Hope of Antibody Tests – The Atlantic AND What Antibody Studies Can Tell You — and More Importantly, What They Can’t – ProPublica AND What if immunity to covid-19 doesn’t last? – MIT Technology Review AND Beware of Antibody-based COVID-19 “Immunity Passports” – Scientific American AND Coronavirus immunity: Can you catch it twice? – BBC

 

4 – Atypical presentation of COVID-19 in young infants – The Lancet

“In the pandemic context, infants younger than 3 months with isolated fever should be tested for SARS-CoV-2. “

 

5 – Covid-19: concerns grow over inflammatory syndrome emerging in children – The BMJ

Related: UK says some children have died from syndrome linked to COVID-19 – Reuters

 

6 – Characterization of acute acro-ischemic lesions in non-hospitalized patients: a case series of 132 patients during the COVID-19 outbreak – Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

See also: Journal articles on coronavirus with relevance for skin diseases and dermatology – Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham AND From ‘COVID Toes’ to Hives, These Are the Skin Conditions Dermatologists Think Could Be Signs of Coronavirus – TIME

 

7 – Why don’t some coronavirus patients sense their alarmingly low oxygen levels? – Science

 

8 – Patients with cancer appear more vulnerable to SARS-COV-2: a multi-center study during the COVID-19 outbreak – Cancer Discovery

Commentaries: COVID-19 Increases Overall Risk of Death, Complications in Patients With Cancer, Study Shows – AJMC AND Patients with blood and lung cancers are three times more at risk of dying of coronavirus than people with other tumors, study finds – Daily Mail AND Coronavirus: Cancer patients nearly three times more likely to die of Covid-19, study says – Independent

 

9 – Lung pathology of COVID-19: is AFOP in play? – PulmCrit

 

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 29 April 2020 Edition

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

 

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Report: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Thromboembolic Complications in COVID-19

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:45h | UTC

Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Thromboembolic Complications in COVID-19: Report of the National Institute for Public Health of the Netherlands – Radiology

 

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IDSA Guidelines on Infection Prevention in Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:47h | UTC

Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on Infection Prevention in Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19

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

 

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Consensus Statement: Chest Imaging in Pediatric COVID-19 Patient Management

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:43h | UTC

International Expert Consensus Statement on Chest Imaging in Pediatric COVID-19 Patient Management: Imaging Findings, Imaging Study Reporting and Imaging Study Recommendations – Radiology

Commentary: Recommendations issued for imaging use in pediatric COVID-19 – MedicalXpress

 

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Perspective: Pseudoscience and COVID-19 — We’ve Had Enough Already

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:35h | UTC

Pseudoscience and COVID-19 — we’ve had enough already – Nature

 

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Aerodynamic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Two Wuhan Hospitals

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:36h | UTC

Aerodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in two Wuhan hospitals – Nature

Commentary: SARS-CoV-2 Found in Aerosols in Hospital Staff Areas, Public Places – NEJM Journal Watch AND Coronavirus Lingers in Air of Crowded Spaces, New Study Finds – Bloomberg AND Expert reaction to a Nature paper presenting evidence for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the air – Science Media Centre

 

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Study: COVID-19 and Risks Posed to Personnel During Endotracheal Intubation

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:40h | UTC

Exposure to a Surrogate Measure of Contamination From Simulated Patients by Emergency Department Personnel Wearing Personal Protective Equipment – JAMA

Editorial: COVID-19 and Risks Posed to Personnel During Endotracheal Intubation – JAMA

 

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Which Epidemiologist do you Believe? The Debate About Lockdown is Not a Contest Between Good and Evil

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:33h | UTC

Which epidemiologist do you believe? – UnHeard

“The debate about lockdown is not a contest between good and evil”

 

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Perspective: Scientists Who Express Different Views on Covid-19 Should Be Heard, not Demonized

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:30h | UTC

Scientists who express different views on Covid-19 should be heard, not demonized – STAT

 

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Twitter-based Learning for Continuing Medical Education? A New Perspective for a Paradigm Shift in Medical Education, Accelerated by COVID-19

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:28h | UTC

Twitter-based learning for continuing medical education? A new perspective for a paradigm shift in medical education, accelerated by COVID-19 – European Heart Journal

Related: How Twitter is Changing Medical Research (texts on the subject)

 

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Twentieth-Century Lessons for a Modern Coronavirus Pandemic

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:25h | UTC

Twentieth-Century Lessons for a Modern Coronavirus Pandemic – JAMA

Related Podcasts: Pandemic Part 1: 1918 Flu Pandemic and COVID-19 – JAMA AND Pandemic Part 2: A Trip to Philadelphia’s Mutter Museum – JAMA

 

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Study: Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Common Among Residents of a Large Homeless Shelter

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:26h | UTC

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Residents of a Large Homeless Shelter in Boston – JAMA

“36.0% had PCR test results positive for SARS-CoV-2… Among individuals with PCR test results positive for SARS-CoV-2, cough (7.5%), shortness of breath (1.4%), and fever (0.7%) were all uncommon, and 87.8% were asymptomatic”

 

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Mitigating the Wider Health Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic Response

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:23h | UTC

Analysis: Mitigating the wider health effects of covid-19 pandemic response – The BMJ

 

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Covid-19: What do We Know so Far About a Vaccine?

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:20h | UTC

Covid-19: What do we know so far about a vaccine? – The BMJ

 

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Richard Lehman’s Covid-19 Reviews—27 April 2020

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:21h | UTC

Richard Lehman’s covid-19 reviews, 27 April 2020 – The BMJ Opinion

“In this weekly round-up, Richard Lehman looks at a personal selection of articles of relevance to clinicians dealing with covid-19”

 

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Pandemic Parlance: Public Health Needs new Language for the Coronavirus Pandemic

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:22h | UTC

Pandemic parlance: public health needs new language for the coronavirus pandemic – The BMJ Opinion

 

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Closely Watched Arthritis Drug Disappoints as a Covid-19 Treatment, Studies Show

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:18h | UTC

Closely watched arthritis drug disappoints as a Covid-19 treatment, studies show – STAT

 

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Global Injury Morbidity and Mortality from 1990 to 2017

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:14h | UTC

Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 – Injury Prevention

Related Studies: The Burden of Unintentional Drowning: Global, Regional and National Estimates of Mortality from the Global Burden of Disease Study AND Global and National Burden from Road Injuries

 

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Does BCG Vaccination Protect Against Acute Respiratory Infections and COVID-19

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:17h | UTC

Does BCG vaccination protect against acute respiratory infections and COVID-19? A rapid review of current evidence – CEBM University of Oxford

 

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Podcast: Kidney Transplant for the Internist

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:16h | UTC

#210 Kidney Transplant for the Internist – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

See also: Episode List

 

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Tue April 28 – 10 Stories of The Day!

28 Apr, 2020 | 04:49h | UTC

 

1 – Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on Infection Prevention in Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19

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

 

2 – Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Thromboembolic Complications in COVID-19: Report of the National Institute for Public Health of the Netherlands – Radiology

 

3 – International Expert Consensus Statement on Chest Imaging in Pediatric COVID-19 Patient Management: Imaging Findings, Imaging Study Reporting and Imaging Study Recommendations – Radiology

Commentary: Recommendations issued for imaging use in pediatric COVID-19 – MedicalXpress

 

4 – Exposure to a Surrogate Measure of Contamination From Simulated Patients by Emergency Department Personnel Wearing Personal Protective Equipment – JAMA

Editorial: COVID-19 and Risks Posed to Personnel During Endotracheal Intubation – JAMA

 

5 – Aerodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in two Wuhan hospitals – Nature

Commentaries: SARS-CoV-2 Found in Aerosols in Hospital Staff Areas, Public Places – NEJM Journal Watch AND Coronavirus Lingers in Air of Crowded Spaces, New Study Finds – Bloomberg AND Expert reaction to a Nature paper presenting evidence for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the air – Science Media Centre

 

6 – Pseudoscience and COVID-19 — we’ve had enough already – Nature

 

7 – Which epidemiologist do you believe? – UnHeard

“The debate about lockdown is not a contest between good and evil”

 

8 – Scientists who express different views on Covid-19 should be heard, not demonized – STAT

 

9 – Twitter-based learning for continuing medical education? A new perspective for a paradigm shift in medical education, accelerated by COVID-19 – European Heart Journal

Related: How Twitter is Changing Medical Research (texts on the subject)

 

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 28 April 2020 Edition

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

 

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