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Wed March 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!

25 Mar, 2020 | 03:08h | UTC

 

1 – WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 1: prevention: tuberculosis preventive treatment – World Health Organization (free)

News Release: New WHO recommendations to prevent tuberculosis aim to save millions of lives – World Health Organization (free)

See also: Handbook (free)

Commentary: Don’t forget chronic lung and immune conditions during covid-19, says WHO – The BMJ (free)

 

2 – Interventions to mitigate early spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore: a modelling study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Commentaries: Singapore modelling study estimates impact of physical distancing on reducing spread of COVID-19 – The Lancet AND Scientific and ethical basis for social-distancing interventions against COVID-19 – The Lancet Infectious Diseases AND Study: Social distancing might reduce COVID-19 spread by as much as 99% – UPI

 

3 – Interim Guidance for Healthcare Providers during COVID-19 Outbreak – American Heart Association (free PDF)

News Release: Interim guidance to reduce COVID-19 transmission during resuscitation care – American Heart Association (free)

Related: Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for COVID-19 in the United States – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Cardiologists

 

4 – Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Cardiovascular Disease – Circulation

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Cardiologists

 

5 – Effect of gastrointestinal symptoms on patients infected with COVID-19 – Gastroenterology (PDF)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Gastroenterologists

 

6 – [Special Edition: March 2020] Pill splitting: Making the most of meds in a time of need – Therapeutics Initiative (free)

 

7 – Report: N95 mask can be decontaminated without decreasing filtration efficiency – Stanford Medicine

“Stanford: N95 masks can be decontaminated without decreasing filtration efficiency using 70C heat for 30 min. Alcohol and bleach should not be used.” (via @CMichaelGibson see Tweet)

 

8 – Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related Podcast: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: The Primary Care Perspective – JAMA (free)

 

9 – Risk of colorectal cancer incidence and mortality after polypectomy: a Swedish record-linkage study – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (free)

Commentaries: Polyps and Colorectal Cancer risk – Karolinska Institutet (free) AND Risk of colorectal cancer incidence and mortality after polypectomy – ESMO (free)

 

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 25 March 2020 Edition

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

 


Study: Effect of Gastrointestinal Symptoms on Patients Infected with COVID-19

25 Mar, 2020 | 02:36h | UTC

Effect of gastrointestinal symptoms on patients infected with COVID-19 – Gastroenterology (PDF)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Gastroenterologists

 


New WHO Recommendations to Prevent Tuberculosis

25 Mar, 2020 | 02:55h | UTC

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 1: prevention: tuberculosis preventive treatment – World Health Organization (free)

News Release: New WHO recommendations to prevent tuberculosis aim to save millions of lives – World Health Organization (free)

See also: Handbook (free)

Commentaries: Don’t forget chronic lung and immune conditions during covid-19, says WHO – The BMJ (free) AND As COVID-19 rages, WHO calls for more efforts to prevent TB – CIDRAP (free)

 


Review: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Cardiovascular Disease

25 Mar, 2020 | 02:43h | UTC

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Cardiovascular Disease – Circulation

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Cardiologists

 


AHA: Interim Guidance to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission During Resuscitation Care

25 Mar, 2020 | 02:47h | UTC

Interim Guidance for Healthcare Providers during COVID-19 Outbreak – American Heart Association (free PDF)

News Release: Interim guidance to reduce COVID-19 transmission during resuscitation care – American Heart Association (free)

Related: Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for COVID-19 in the United States – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Cardiologists

 


Review: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

25 Mar, 2020 | 02:00h | UTC

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related Podcast: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: The Primary Care Perspective – JAMA (free)

 


Tue March 24 – 10 Stories of The Day!

24 Mar, 2020 | 09:58h | UTC

 

1 – Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentary: Life, or death? Experts guide pandemic medical equipment decisions – CIDRAP

Related Perspective: The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic – New England Journal of Medicine

 

2 – Incidence, clinical characteristics and prognostic factor of patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis – medRxiv (free PDF)

Commentary: Study Calculates Just How Much Age, Medical Conditions Raise Odds Of Severe COVID-19 – NPR (free)

 

3 – Chloroquine for COVID-19: Cutting Through the Hype – The Scientist

See also: Statistical review of Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial – Zenodo

 

4 – Preparing for COVID-19: Long-term Care Facilities, Nursing Homes – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Related Guideline: Infection Prevention and Control guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities in the context of COVID-19 – World Health Organization (PDF)

Related Article: COVID-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility — King County, Washington, February 27–March 9, 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Related Perspective: The Coronavirus’s Rampage Through a Suburban Nursing – The New York Times

 

5 – COVID-19: What About Prisons?

 

6 – FDA Recommendations for Conserving Medical Supplies

 

7 – Anti-arrhythmic properties of non-antiarrhythmic medications – Pharmacological Research (free)

 

8 – Association Between Surgical Approach and Major Surgical Complications in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Controversies in Hip Arthroplasty: Using Registries to Answer Difficult Questions (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Complication Rates Vary Between Hip Surgery Approaches – MedicalResearch.com (free)

 

9 – Obesity Treatment Among Adolescents: A Review of Current Evidence and Future Directions – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

 

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 23 March 2020 Edition

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

 


Pill Splitting: Making the Most of Meds in a Time of Need

25 Mar, 2020 | 02:29h | UTC

[Special Edition: March 2020] Pill splitting: Making the most of meds in a time of need – Therapeutics Initiative (free)

 


Report: N95 Mask Decontamination

25 Mar, 2020 | 02:18h | UTC

Report: N95 mask can be decontaminated without decreasing filtration efficiency – Stanford Medicine

“Stanford: N95 masks can be decontaminated without decreasing filtration efficiency using 70C heat for 30 min. Alcohol and bleach should not be used.” (via @CMichaelGibson see Tweet)

 


Cohort Study: Risk of Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality after Polypectomy

25 Mar, 2020 | 01:57h | UTC

Risk of colorectal cancer incidence and mortality after polypectomy: a Swedish record-linkage study – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (free)

Commentaries: Polyps and Colorectal Cancer risk – Karolinska Institutet (free) AND Risk of colorectal cancer incidence and mortality after polypectomy – ESMO (free)

 


Chloroquine for COVID-19: Cutting Through the Hype

24 Mar, 2020 | 11:32h | UTC

Chloroquine for COVID-19: Cutting Through the Hype – The Scientist

See also: Statistical review of Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial – Zenodo

 


[Preprint] Incidence, Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factor of Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

24 Mar, 2020 | 11:37h | UTC

Incidence, clinical characteristics and prognostic factor of patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis – medRxiv (free PDF)

Commentary: Study Calculates Just How Much Age, Medical Conditions Raise Odds Of Severe COVID-19 – NPR (free)

 


Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19

24 Mar, 2020 | 11:42h | UTC

Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentary: Life, or death? Experts guide pandemic medical equipment decisions – CIDRAP

Related Perspective: The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic – New England Journal of Medicine

 


FDA Recommendations for Conserving Medical Supplies

24 Mar, 2020 | 11:23h | UTC

See also: Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Facemasks – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

 


COVID-19: What About Prisons?

24 Mar, 2020 | 11:16h | UTC

 


Cohort Study: Association Between Surgical Approach and Major Surgical Complications in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty

24 Mar, 2020 | 11:09h | UTC

Association Between Surgical Approach and Major Surgical Complications in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Controversies in Hip Arthroplasty: Using Registries to Answer Difficult Questions (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Complication Rates Vary Between Hip Surgery Approaches – MedicalResearch.com (free)

 


Mon March 23 – 10 Stories of The Day!

23 Mar, 2020 | 02:08h | UTC

 

1 – Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – Intensive Care Medicine (free PDF)

Infographics: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Rapid Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with COVID-19 (free)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Critical Care and Emergency Physicians (free resources)

 

2 – 2nfection Prevention and Control guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities in the context of COVID-19 – World Health Organization (PDF)

Related Study: COVID-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility — King County, Washington, February 27–March 9, 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (free)

“Introduction of COVID-19 into a long-term residential care facility in Washington resulted in cases among 81 residents, 34 staff members, and 14 visitors; 23 persons died” (from CDC)

 

3 – COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Critical Care and Emergency Physicians (free resources)

 

4 – COVID-19 rapid guideline: dialysis service delivery – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Nephrologists (free resources)

 

5 – COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of systemic anticancer treatments – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Oncologists & Hematologists (free resources)

 

6 – Favipiravir versus Arbidol for COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial – medRxiv

 

7 – Global Covid-19 Case Fatality Rates – Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford (free)

 

8 – Position Statement: Loss of sense of smell as marker of COVID-19 infection – ENT-UK

See also: There’s An Unexpected Loss Of Smell And Taste In Coronavirus Patients – Forbes (free) AND If you’ve lost your sense of smell or taste, you could be a ‘hidden carrier’ of the coronavirus – Business Insider (free)

 

9 – Coronavirus disease 2019: the harms of exaggerated information and non‐evidence‐based measures – European Journal of Clinical Investigation (free PDF)

Related Opinion Piece: A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data – STAT (free)

Rebuttal 1: We know enough now to act decisively against Covid-19. Social distancing is a good place to start – STAT (free)

Rebuttal 2: A Rebuttal to “A Fiasco in the Making?” – Hilda Bastian (Free)

 

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 23 March 2020 Edition

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

 


Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019

23 Mar, 2020 | 01:37h | UTC

Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – Intensive Care Medicine (free PDF)

Infographics: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Rapid Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with COVID-19 (free)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Critical Care and Emergency Physicians (free resources)

 


NICE COVID-19 Rapid Guideline: Critical Care

23 Mar, 2020 | 01:32h | UTC

COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Critical Care and Emergency Physicians (free resources)

 


NICE COVID-19 Rapid Guideline: Delivery of Systemic Anticancer Treatments

23 Mar, 2020 | 01:24h | UTC

COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of systemic anticancer treatments – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Oncologists & Hematologists (free resources)

 


NICE COVID-19 Rapid Guideline: Dialysis Service Delivery

23 Mar, 2020 | 01:30h | UTC

COVID-19 rapid guideline: dialysis service delivery – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Nephrologists (free resources)

 


COVID-19: Updates for Critical Care and Emergency Physicians

25 May, 2020 | 00:01h | UTC

Guidelines:

Podcasts:

Videos:

Selected Articles:

“This pandemic has changed the risk-benefit balance for CPR: from “there is no harm in trying” to “there is little benefit to the patient, and potentially significant harm to staff.””

News & Perspectives:

COVID-19 Critical Care: This page will be updated as often as necessary and will be fixed in the right column on our homepage.

 


COVID-19: Updates for Anesthesiologists

25 May, 2020 | 00:01h | UTC

Guidelines:

Articles:

COVID-19 Anesthesiology: This page will be updated as often as necessary and will be fixed in the right column on our homepage.

 


COVID-19: Updates for Radiologists

18 May, 2020 | 00:27h | UTC

Guidelines:

Articles:

COVID-19 Hemato-Oncology: This page will be updated as often as necessary and will be fixed in the right column on our homepage.

 


COVID-19: Updates for Pediatricians

25 May, 2020 | 00:01h | UTC

Podcasts:

Guidelines & Reports:

Selected Articles:

News & Perspectives:

COVID-19 Pediatrics: This page will be updated as often as necessary and will be fixed in the right column on our homepage.

 


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