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The Covid-19 Crisis too Few are Talking About: Health Care Workers’ Mental Health
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:25h | UTCThe Covid-19 crisis too few are talking about: health care workers’ mental health – STAT
Related: Impact on mental health and perceptions of psychological care among medical and nursing staff in Wuhan during the 2019 novel coronavirus disease outbreak: A cross-sectional study – Brain, Behavior, and Immunity AND Mental Health Needs of Health Care Workers Providing Frontline COVID-19 Care – JAMA Health Forum AND Managing mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic – The BMJ AND Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA Network Open
EASL Position Paper: Care of Patients with Liver Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic
3 Apr, 2020 | 04:16h | UTCCare of patients with liver disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: EASL-ESCMID Position Paper – European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) AND News Release: Patients with advanced liver disease and transplant recipients require specific care during COVID-19 – European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
Interim Guidance for Healthcare Providers Caring for Pediatric Patients to Reduce COVID-19 transmission
3 Apr, 2020 | 04:18h | UTCNews Release: Interim guidance for pediatric resuscitation care to reduce COVID-19 transmission – American Heart Association
[Preprint] Observational Study: Countries with Universal BCG Vaccination Policy May Have Reduced Morbidity and Mortality for COVID-19
3 Apr, 2020 | 04:13h | UTCCommentaries: 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
Opinion: Covid-19 Does Not Lead to a “Typical” Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
3 Apr, 2020 | 04:14h | UTC“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.”
Guide to Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19 Patients
3 Apr, 2020 | 04:02h | UTCComplete 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
COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps
3 Apr, 2020 | 04:09h | UTC- 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
How Hospitals Can Protect Frontline Healthcare Workers From COVID-19
3 Apr, 2020 | 04:04h | UTCHow Hospitals Can Protect Frontline Healthcare Workers From COVID-19 – Medium
Related Commentary on Twitter
It's not just the missing masks in hospitals. Here's some lessons learned from countries that suffered the 1st wave of #COVID19 to protect the #healthcare workforcehttps://t.co/u6rSX8dlEw@realSharonZhou @RoseLikeTheFlwr @ronlivs @AndrewYNg pic.twitter.com/173iJYtWEi
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) April 2, 2020
UK Guidance on Infection Prevention and Control for COVID-19
3 Apr, 2020 | 04:11h | UTCCOVID-19: infection prevention and control – Public Health England
Guidance: Allocation of Scarce Critical Care Resources During a Public Health Emergency
3 Apr, 2020 | 04:00h | UTCAllocation of Scarce Critical Care Resources During a Public Health Emergency – University of Pittsburg
Commentary: A system to allocate scarce ventilators and ICU beds gains traction for not counting any group out – STAT
ASCO Guideline: Systemic Therapy for Melanoma
3 Apr, 2020 | 03:57h | UTCSystemic Therapy for Melanoma: ASCO Guideline – Journal of Clinical Oncology
More on the Use of Face Masks by the Public
3 Apr, 2020 | 03:58h | UTC- Opinion: Wearing Masks Must Be a National Policy – The New York Times
- Coronavirus: Expert panel to assess face mask use by public – BBC
- Expert comment clarifying situation with face masks and WHO – Science Media Centre
- Should Everyone Wear A Mask In Public? Maybe—But It’s Complicated – Forbes
- White House expected to recommend Americans wear cloth masks to prevent coronavirus spread – STAT
Podcast: How to Create an Online Curriculum for Medical Education
3 Apr, 2020 | 03:55h | UTCSee also: Episode List
Update on Treatment of Clostridioides Difficile Infection
3 Apr, 2020 | 03:53h | UTCUpdate on Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infection – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Podcast: A Practical Approach to Lymphadenopathy
3 Apr, 2020 | 03:54h | UTC#202 LIVE! Lymphadenopathy: Taking Your Lumps – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
See also: Episode List
Opioids in Older Adults: Indications, Prescribing, Complications, and Alternative Therapies for Primary Care
3 Apr, 2020 | 03:52h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Comparative Weight Loss with Popular Diets
3 Apr, 2020 | 03:50h | UTCEditorial: Comparative weight loss with popular diets
CDC Guidance: Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators
2 Apr, 2020 | 04:24h | UTC
Thu April 02 – 10 Stories of The Day!
2 Apr, 2020 | 04:29h | UTC
Related: An Ethicist on How to Make Impossible Decisions – The Atlantic
Commentaries: Coronavirus can spread one to three days before symptoms appear: CDC study – Reuters AND CDC Director warns 25 percent of COVID-19 cases may present no symptoms – New Atlas AND SARS-CoV-2 Readily Shed Early in Infection, Transmissible Before Symptoms Emerge – NEJM Journal Watch
Related: Yes, You Can Spread Coronavirus Even If You Don’t Have Symptoms – Self AND Infected but Feeling Fine: The Unwitting Coronavirus Spreaders – The New York Times AND COVID-19: Undocumented Infections are the Infection Source for 79% of Documented Cases
4 – Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019 – Nature
Commentaries: People with coronavirus may be most infectious in the first week of symptoms – MIT Technology Review AND Expert reaction to paper on ‘shedding’ of SARS-CoV-2 virus in 9 patients with COVID-19 – Science Media Centre
5 – Video: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Critical Care Management – JAMA
See also: Other Reviews at Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service
8 – Editorial: Ten Weeks to Crush the Curve – New England Journal of Medicine
9 – Audio Interview: Lessons from Covid-19 Hotspots – New England Journal of Medicine
10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 02 April 2020 Edition
02 April 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)
Video: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Critical Care Management
2 Apr, 2020 | 04:20h | UTCCoronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Critical Care Management – JAMA
Use of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Every Clinician Should Know
2 Apr, 2020 | 04:21h | UTC
Another Study Shows Presymptomatic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
2 Apr, 2020 | 04:26h | UTCCommentaries: Coronavirus can spread one to three days before symptoms appear: CDC study – Reuters AND CDC Director warns 25 percent of COVID-19 cases may present no symptoms – New Atlas AND SARS-CoV-2 Readily Shed Early in Infection, Transmissible Before Symptoms Emerge – NEJM Journal Watch
Related: Yes, You Can Spread Coronavirus Even If You Don’t Have Symptoms – Self AND Infected but Feeling Fine: The Unwitting Coronavirus Spreaders – The New York Times AND COVID-19: Undocumented Infections are the Infection Source for 79% of Documented Cases
Related Commentary on Twitter
New @CDCMMWR report on #COVID19 in Singapore shows that some clusters of cases likely resulted from people without symptoms spreading illness. Social distancing and avoiding crowds are key to slowing the spread of COVID-19. https://t.co/kRysZ9lxzO pic.twitter.com/4UJc0KCDPM
— CDC (@CDCgov) April 1, 2020
Evidence Review: In Patients of COVID-19, what Are the Symptoms and Clinical Features of Mild and Moderate Cases?
2 Apr, 2020 | 04:16h | UTCSee also: Other Reviews at Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service
Virological Assessment of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-2019
2 Apr, 2020 | 04:14h | UTCVirological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019 – Nature
Commentaries: People with coronavirus may be most infectious in the first week of symptoms – MIT Technology Review AND Expert reaction to paper on ‘shedding’ of SARS-CoV-2 virus in 9 patients with COVID-19 – Science Media Centre
Editorial: Ten Weeks to Crush the Curve
2 Apr, 2020 | 04:17h | UTCTen Weeks to Crush the Curve – New England Journal of Medicine