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Disruptive Modifications to Cardiac Critical Care Delivery During the Covid-19 Pandemic
20 Apr, 2020 | 00:14h | UTC
What’s Happening with Remdesivir?
20 Apr, 2020 | 00:12h | UTCWhat’s Happening With Remdesivir? – Science Translational Medicine
See also: Slow down your giddyup on Gilead news – Health News Review
Defining ARDS & Recruitability, with Implications for COVID Treatment
20 Apr, 2020 | 00:06h | UTCDefining ARDS & recruitability, with implications for COVID treatment – PulmCrit
Hospital Preparedness for COVID-19: A Practical Guide from a Critical Care Perspective
20 Apr, 2020 | 00:07h | UTC
WHO Interim Guidance: Safe Ramadan Practices in the Context of the COVID-19
20 Apr, 2020 | 00:04h | UTCSafe Ramadan practices in the context of the COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Africa Covid-19 Report: At Least 300.000 People Could Lose Their Lives as a Direct Result of COVID-19
20 Apr, 2020 | 00:05h | UTCCOVID-19 in Africa: Protecting Lives and Economies – United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
News Release: COVID-19 in Africa: Protecting Lives and Economies – United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Commentary: Africa could see 300,000 or more coronavirus deaths this year, report says – The Globe and Mail AND U.N. Agency Fears ‘Vulnerable’ Africa May Suffer At Least 300,000 COVID-19 Deaths – NPR
The Pandemic’s Effects on Patients Without Covid-19
19 Apr, 2020 | 23:58h | UTC
COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with Air Conditioning?
20 Apr, 2020 | 00:03h | UTC
Observational Study: Inpatient Use of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers Seems Safe Among Patients with Hypertension Hospitalized With COVID-19
20 Apr, 2020 | 00:01h | UTC
Fri April 17 – 10 Stories of The Day!
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:27h | UTC
1 – Hydroxychloroquine fails first meaningful RCT – PulmCrit
Original Study: Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19: No Benefit in New Open-label, Randomized Trial
Related Commentary: Hydroxychloroquine in the management of critically ill patients with COVID-19: the need for an evidence base – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
We congratulate the authors for this significant contribution to the understanding of this disease.
3 – Coronavirus: Nine in 10 dying have existing illness – BBC
Original Report: Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales: deaths occurring in March 2020 – Office for National Statistics
Related: The Mathematics of Predicting the Course of the Coronavirus – Wired AND Mathematics of life and death: How disease models shape national shutdowns and other pandemic policies – Science AND How to model a pandemic – The Conversation AND Coronavirus exposes the problems and pitfalls of modelling – The Guardian AND Systematic review and critical appraisal of prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of COVID-19 infection – medRxiv AND Modelling the models – CEBM University of Oxford
Related: When to re-open the economy – Medium AND Strategic preparedness and response plan for the new coronavirus – World Health Organization AND Study: Some Social Distance May Need to Continue Until 2022 AND Ending coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process of trial and error – Science AND ‘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 AND No country has beaten the coronavirus yet – Vox
10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 17 April 2020 Edition
17 April 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)
Systematic Review: Prophylactic Role of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine in COVID‐19
19 Apr, 2020 | 23:57h | UTC
COVID-19 and Renin Angiotensin Blockers: Current Evidence and Recommendations
20 Apr, 2020 | 00:00h | UTCCOVID-19 and Renin Angiotensin Blockers: Current Evidence and Recommendations – Circulation
Commentary: COVID-19 and Renin Angiotensin Blockers – American College of Cardiology
Coronavirus: Nine in 10 Dying Have Existing Illness
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:20h | UTCCoronavirus: Nine in 10 dying have existing illness – BBC
Original Report: Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales: deaths occurring in March 2020 – Office for National Statistics
Study Commentary: Hydroxychloroquine Fails First Meaningful RCT
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:25h | UTCHydroxychloroquine fails first meaningful RCT – PulmCrit
Original Study: Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19: No Benefit in New Open-label, Randomized Trial
Related Commentary: Hydroxychloroquine in the management of critically ill patients with COVID-19: the need for an evidence base – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Pathological Evidence of Pulmonary Thrombotic Phenomena in Severe COVID-19
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:24h | UTC* We congratulate the authors for this significant contribution to the understanding of this disease.
Meta-Analysis: Hematologic, Biochemical and Immune Biomarker Abnormalities Associated with Severe Illness and Mortality in COVID-19
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:22h | UTC“non-survivors compared to survivors had more significant increases in WBC count, total bilirubin, creatine kinase, serum ferritin, and interleukin 6 (IL-6), and more significant decreases in lymphocyte count and platelet count.”
Predictive Mathematical Models of the COVID-19 Pandemic
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:14h | UTCRelated: The Mathematics of Predicting the Course of the Coronavirus – Wired AND Mathematics of life and death: How disease models shape national shutdowns and other pandemic policies – Science AND How to model a pandemic – The Conversation AND Coronavirus exposes the problems and pitfalls of modelling – The Guardian AND Systematic review and critical appraisal of prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of COVID-19 infection – medRxiv AND Modelling the models – CEBM University of Oxford
CDC Guidance: Key Strategies to Prepare for COVID-19 in Long-term Care Facilities
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:18h | UTC
Estimating the Maximum Capacity of COVID-19 Cases Manageable per Day Given a Health Care System’s Constrained Resources
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:15h | UTC
These European Countries Are Slowly Lifting Coronavirus Lockdowns. Here’s What That Looks Like
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:12h | UTCRelated: When to re-open the economy – Medium AND Strategic preparedness and response plan for the new coronavirus – World Health Organization AND Study: Some Social Distance May Need to Continue Until 2022 AND Ending coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process of trial and error – Science AND ‘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 AND No country has beaten the coronavirus yet – Vox
Innovation and Transformation in the Response to Covid-19: Seven Areas Where Clinicians Need to Lead
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:11h | UTC
Caring for Patients with Cancer in the COVID-19 Era
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:07h | UTCCaring for patients with cancer in the COVID-19 era – Nature Medicine
Commentary: Caring for cancer patients in the COVID-19 era – Netherlands Cancer Institute
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
Chest CT and Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): A Critical Review of the Literature to Date
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:08h | UTC
Management of the Hospitalized COVID-19 Patient with Acute Cardiomyopathy or Heart Failure
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:05h | UTC
Consensus Statement: Advice for Hepatology and Liver Transplant Providers During the COVID‐19 Pandemic
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:04h | UTC