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Study: Saline vs. Lactated Ringer’s Solution in Surgical Patients
7 Apr, 2020 | 04:11h | UTC
Mon April 06 – 10 Stories of The Day!
6 Apr, 2020 | 02:00h | UTC1 – NICE Publishes new COVID-19 Guidelines
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: severe asthma
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing suspected or confirmed pneumonia in adults in the community
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: rheumatological autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic bone disorders
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community
See other recent NICE Guidelines on COVID-19: COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care in adults AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: haematopoietic stem cell transplantation AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: dialysis service delivery AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of radiotherapy AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of systemic anticancer treatments
Commentaries: The CDC Now Recommends Americans Wear Face Masks – Wired AND Everyone should wear face ‘masks’ in public, CDC now recommends – Live Science AND CDC Now Recommends Americans Consider Wearing Cloth Face Coverings In Public – NPR AND The CDC now recommends everyone use cloth masks in public – Vox AND The CDC is recommending that people wear face coverings or cloth masks if they go out in public – Business Insider
“CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.”
Commentary: What’s the Best Material for a Mask? – The New York Times
4 – Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks – Nature
Commentaries: Why wear face masks in public? Here’s what the research shows – The Conversation AND The new coronavirus might spread when people talk, but scientists say masks can help – The Telegraph AND Wearing surgical masks in public could help slow COVID-19 pandemic’s advance – University of Maryland
Related: Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions – National Geographic
5 – COVID-19: Thrombosis, Coagulopathy and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Observational Studies: Anticoagulant treatment is associated with decreased mortality in severe coronavirus disease 2019 patients with coagulopathy – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis AND Abnormal Coagulation parameters are associated with poor prognosis in patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (free PDF)
Q & A: COVID-19 and Coagulopathy: Frequently Asked Questions – American Society of Hematology
6 – Editorial: COVID-19 pneumonia: different respiratory treatment for different phenotypes? – Intensive Care Medicine
Commentary: Possible coronavirus drug identified by Australian scientists – Monash University
9 – Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection and Renin Angiotensin System Blockers – JAMA
Related: The Dilemma of Coronavirus Disease 2019, Aging, and Cardiovascular Disease: Insights From Cardiovascular Aging Science – JAMA Cardiology AND Controversies of renin–angiotensin system inhibition during the COVID-19 pandemic – Nature Reviews Nephrology
10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 06 April 2020 Edition
06 April 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)
Position Statement: Occupational Health Hazards of the Catheterization Laboratory
7 Apr, 2020 | 04:10h | UTC
Opinion – A New Normal With COVID-19: The Next Steps We Must Take
7 Apr, 2020 | 04:12h | UTCA New Normal With COVID-19: The Next Steps We Must Take – Think Global Health
NICE Publishes new COVID-19 Guidelines
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:57h | UTC- News Release: NICE publishes new COVID-19 guidelines on severe asthma, pneumonia, rheumatological disorders and symptom management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: severe asthma
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing suspected or confirmed pneumonia in adults in the community
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: rheumatological autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic bone disorders
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community
See other recent NICE Guidelines on COVID-19: COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care in adults AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: haematopoietic stem cell transplantation AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: dialysis service delivery AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of radiotherapy AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of systemic anticancer treatments
ASCO Guideline: Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer
7 Apr, 2020 | 04:09h | UTC
Study: Wearing Surgical Masks in Public Could Help Slow Spreading of COVID-19
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:55h | UTCRespiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks – Nature
Commentaries: Why wear face masks in public? Here’s what the research shows – The Conversation AND The new coronavirus might spread when people talk, but scientists say masks can help – The Telegraph AND Wearing surgical masks in public could help slow COVID-19 pandemic’s advance – University of Maryland
Related: Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions – National Geographic
CDC Now Recommends Wearing Cloth Face Coverings in Public Settings
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:53h | UTCCommentaries: The CDC Now Recommends Americans Wear Face Masks – Wired AND Everyone should wear face ‘masks’ in public, CDC now recommends – Live Science AND CDC Now Recommends Americans Consider Wearing Cloth Face Coverings In Public – NPR AND The CDC now recommends everyone use cloth masks in public – Vox AND The CDC is recommending that people wear face coverings or cloth masks if they go out in public – Business Insider
“CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.”
CDC Guideline: Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:51h | UTCCommentary: What’s the Best Material for a Mask? – The New York Times
Study: No Benefit from Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Infection
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:46h | UTC
In Vitro Study: Ivermectin Inhibits Replication of SARS-CoV-2
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:49h | UTCCommentary: Possible coronavirus drug identified by Australian scientists – Monash University
COVID-19: Thrombosis, Coagulopathy and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:42h | UTCGuidelines: Practical guidance for the prevention of thrombosis and management of coagulopathy and disseminated intravascular coagulation of patients infected with COVID-19 – Thrombosis UK AND ISTH interim guidance on recognition and management of coagulopathy – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Observational Studies: Anticoagulant treatment is associated with decreased mortality in severe coronavirus disease 2019 patients with coagulopathy – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis AND Abnormal Coagulation parameters are associated with poor prognosis in patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (free PDF)
Q & A: COVID-19 and Coagulopathy: Frequently Asked Questions – American Society of Hematology
Viewpoint: COVID-19 and Renin Angiotensin System Blockers
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:44h | UTCCoronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection and Renin Angiotensin System Blockers – JAMA
Related: The Dilemma of Coronavirus Disease 2019, Aging, and Cardiovascular Disease: Insights From Cardiovascular Aging Science – JAMA Cardiology AND Controversies of renin–angiotensin system inhibition during the COVID-19 pandemic – Nature Reviews Nephrology
COVID-19 Pneumonia: Different Respiratory Treatment for Different Phenotypes?
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:40h | UTC
COVID-19 Pandemic and Cardiac Imaging
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:35h | UTC
The Variety of Cardiovascular Presentations of COVID-19
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:37h | UTCThe Variety of Cardiovascular Presentations of COVID-19 – Circulation
Google COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:34h | UTCCommentary: New Google site shows where people in a community are taking social distancing seriously — and where they’re not – CNBC AND Google data shines light on whether coronavirus lockdowns worldwide are working – Reuters
Modelling the Models
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:32h | UTCModelling the models – CEBM University of Oxford
“Modelling the models. We reviewed 43 models indexed on PubMed, and 13 released by Imperial College to show the significant variation, lack of limitations and lack of references to each other.” (via @carlheneghan see Tweet)
COVID-19: Rapidly Converting to “Virtual Practices”
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:31h | UTCRapidly Converting to “Virtual Practices”: Outpatient Care in the Era of Covid-19 – NEJM Catalyst
Related: Telemedicine in the Time of Coronavirus – Journal of Pain and Symptom Management AND The rise of telemedicine: How COVID-19 is fundamentally changing healthcare for all of us – Medium AND Telemedicine is essential amid the covid-19 crisis and after it – The Economist AND Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine AND Doctors and Patients Turn to Telemedicine in the Coronavirus Outbreak – The New York Times AND Telemedicine Arrives in the U.K.: ‘10 Years of Change in One Week’ – New York Times AND The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Finally Make Telemedicine Mainstream in the U.S. – TIME (free)
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—3 April 2020
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:29h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s journal reviews, 3 April 2020 – The BMJ Opinion
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Covid-19: How a Virus is Turning the World Upside Down
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:30h | UTCEditorial: Covid-19: how a virus is turning the world upside down – The BMJ
Projecting Hospital Utilization During the COVID-19 Outbreaks in the United States
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:28h | UTCNews Release: Yale study finds self-isolation would dramatically reduce ICU bed demand – Yale News
Temporary Emergency Guidance to US Stroke Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
3 Apr, 2020 | 04:20h | UTCNews Release: Interim guidance issued on stroke care during COVID-19 pandemic – American Heart Association
Opinion: Doctors Need Room to Make the Wrenching Decisions They Face
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:27h | UTCDoctors Need Room to Make the Wrenching Decisions They Face – The New York Times
“New York is granting health care providers civil and criminal immunity during the coronavirus emergency. So should other states.”
Fri April 03 – 10 Stories of The Day!
3 Apr, 2020 | 04:23h | UTC
News Release: Interim guidance issued on stroke care during COVID-19 pandemic – American Heart Association
News Release: Interim guidance for pediatric resuscitation care to reduce COVID-19 transmission – American Heart Association
“After considering that, all we can do ventilating these patients is “buying time” with minimum additional damage: the lowest possible PEEP and gentle ventilation. We need to be patient.”
Commentaries: Universal BCG vaccination and protection against COVID-19: critique of an ecological study – Nature Microbiology Community AND A Vaccine From The 1920s Is Now Being Tested For Use Against The Coronavirus Pandemic – Forbes AND Nations with Mandatory TB Vaccines Show Fewer Coronavirus Deaths
6 – COVID-19: infection prevention and control – Public Health England
7 – COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps
- COVID-19 contact tracing apps: 8 privacy questions governments should ask – Imperial College London
- In Germany, High Hopes For New COVID-19 Contact Tracing App That Protects Privacy – NPR
- Covid-19 spreads too fast for traditional contact tracing. New digital tools could help – STAT
- Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests epidemic control with digital contact tracing – Science
8 – How Hospitals Can Protect Frontline Healthcare Workers From COVID-19 – Medium
9 – Complete GUIDE to Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Patients – POCUS 101
Related: Proposal for international standardization of the use of lung ultrasound for COVID‐19 patients; a simple, quantitative, reproducible method – Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine AND Findings of lung ultrasonography of novel corona virus pneumonia during the 2019–2020 epidemic – Intensive Care Medicine AND Can Lung US Help Critical Care Clinicians in the Early Diagnosis of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pneumonia? – Radiology AND Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound findings in novel coronavirus disease-19 pnemoniae: a case report and potential applications during COVID-19 outbreak – European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences AND ACEP Guideline on COVID-19: Ultrasound Machine and Transducer Cleaning
10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 03 April 2020 Edition
03 April 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)