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Open Access 2019: A Year of Momentum on the Subscription Off-Ramp
4 Feb, 2020 | 08:50h | UTCOpen Access 2019: A Year of Momentum on the Subscription Off-Ramp – Absolutely Maybe Blog (free)
Related: The Future of OA: A Large-scale Analysis Projecting Open Access Publication and Readership (free study and commentary) AND WHO Joins Coalition for Free Digital Access to Health Research (free resources)
Review: Pathophysiological and Clinical Considerations in the Perioperative Care of Patients with a Previous Ischemic Stroke
4 Feb, 2020 | 08:52h | UTC
[Abstract Only] Study: Accuracy of Coronary CT Angiography to Exclude Significant CAD in Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome
4 Feb, 2020 | 08:49h | UTCCommentaries: Coronary CT Angiography in NSTEACS Patients – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free) AND CCTA to Avoid Invasive Cath in NSTE ACS? Clues From VERDICT – TCTMD (free)
Opinion: Cash from Cannabis Companies Creates Conflicted Researchers
4 Feb, 2020 | 08:49h | UTCCash from cannabis companies creates conflicted researchers – STAT (free)
Guideline: Enhanced Recovery After Lung Surgery
4 Feb, 2020 | 08:00h | UTCRelated: Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) – European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (free) AND Enhanced recovery programs in lung cancer surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – Cancer Management and Research (free)
See also other Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guidelines (free)
Tue February 4 – 10 Stories of The Day!
4 Feb, 2020 | 08:10h | UTC
1 – Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2020 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Commentary: ACIP releases updated vaccination schedule with several changes – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Related: Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) – European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (free) AND Enhanced recovery programs in lung cancer surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – Cancer Management and Research (free)
See also other Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guidelines (free)
3 – WHO outlines steps to save 7 million lives from cancer – World Health Organization (free)
See Report: World Cancer Report: Cancer Research for Cancer Prevention – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Related: Is the world making progress against cancer? – Our World in Data (free)
5 – 2019 Update on Pediatric Medical Overuse: A Systematic Review – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)
6 – Assessment of C-Reactive Protein Diagnostic Test Accuracy for Late-Onset Infection in Newborn Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)
7 – Critical Care Nephrology: Core Curriculum 2020 – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (free)
Source: Grupo UTIclínica – HCFMUSP
See also: WHO Q&A on Coronaviruses (free) AND WHO Page on the Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (free resources)
9 – Novel Coronavirus – Selected News & Perspectives / 04 February 2020
– The New Coronavirus Is a Truly Modern Epidemic – The Atlantic (free)
“New diseases are mirrors that reflect how a society works—and where it fails.”
– China Pledged to Build a New Hospital in 10 Days. It’s Close. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“State news outlets reported that the 1,000-bed facility would accept patients from Monday even as construction workers raced to complete it.”
– Coronavirus: Here Are 10 Misconceptions Being Spread – Forbes (free)
– China nCoV surge tops 17,000 as more vaccine support announced – CIDRAP (free)
– We need new forms of governance to better manage our response to pandemics – The BMJ Opinion (free)
10 – Novel Coronavirus – Latest Articles / 04 February 2020
– A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China – Nature (free PDF)
– A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin – Nature (free PDF)
Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2020
4 Feb, 2020 | 08:02h | UTCRecommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2020 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Commentary: ACIP releases updated vaccination schedule with several changes – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Just out in @AnnalsofIM
New Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (#ACIP) Adult #Immunization Schedule recommends changes to several vaccineshttps://t.co/wa31QMpWct
Nice simplified tables, too. 👇#vaccines pic.twitter.com/u2EoD1gNbe
— Chris Hendel (@chrishendel) February 3, 2020
Meta-Analysis: Assessment of C-Reactive Protein Diagnostic Test Accuracy for Late-Onset Infection in Newborn Infants
4 Feb, 2020 | 07:52h | UTCAssessment of C-Reactive Protein Diagnostic Test Accuracy for Late-Onset Infection in Newborn Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)
Meta-Analysis: Aspirin for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis After Total Hip and Knee Replacement
4 Feb, 2020 | 07:55h | UTC
It’s World Cancer Day – 4 February 2020 / Report: WHO Outlines Steps to Save 7 Million Lives from Cancer
4 Feb, 2020 | 07:57h | UTCWHO outlines steps to save 7 million lives from cancer – World Health Organization (free)
See Report: World Cancer Report: Cancer Research for Cancer Prevention – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Related: Is the world making progress against cancer? – Our World in Data (free)
WHO Q&A on Coronaviruses / WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 3 February 2020
4 Feb, 2020 | 07:44h | UTCWHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 3 February 2020 – World Health Organization (free)
See also: WHO Q&A on Coronaviruses (free) AND WHO Page on the Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (free resources)
Critical Care Nephrology: Core Curriculum 2020
4 Feb, 2020 | 07:50h | UTCCritical Care Nephrology: Core Curriculum 2020 – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (free)
Source: Grupo UTIclínica – HCFMUSP
2019 Update on Pediatric Medical Overuse
4 Feb, 2020 | 07:53h | UTC2019 Update on Pediatric Medical Overuse: A Systematic Review – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)
Novel Coronavirus – Selected News & Perspectives / 04 February 2020
4 Feb, 2020 | 07:40h | UTC– The New Coronavirus Is a Truly Modern Epidemic – The Atlantic (free)
“New diseases are mirrors that reflect how a society works—and where it fails.”
– China Pledged to Build a New Hospital in 10 Days. It’s Close. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“State news outlets reported that the 1,000-bed facility would accept patients from Monday even as construction workers raced to complete it.”
– Coronavirus: Here Are 10 Misconceptions Being Spread – Forbes (free)
– China nCoV surge tops 17,000 as more vaccine support announced – CIDRAP (free)
– We need new forms of governance to better manage our response to pandemics – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Mon February 3 – 10 Stories of The Day!
2 Feb, 2020 | 20:27h | UTC
See also: WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 02 FEBRUARY 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
2 – Novel Coronavirus – Selected News & Perspectives / 03 February 2020
– How Bad Will the Coronavirus Outbreak Get? Here Are 6 Key Factors – The New York Times (free)
– Why Travel Bans Don’t Work During An Outbreak Like Coronavirus – Forbes (free)
– 8 questions about the coronavirus outbreak, answered – Vox (free)
– Is reporting of the coronavirus producing viral panic? – The BMJ Opinion (free)
– Top WHO official says it’s not too late to stop the new coronavirus outbreak – STAT (free)
3 – Novel Coronavirus – Latest Articles / 03 February 2020
Wellcome Trust Statement: Sharing research data and findings relevant to the novel coronavirus (nCoV) outbreak (free)
– First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
– Drug treatment options for the 2019-new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) – Bioscience Trends (free PDF)
– Novel Wuhan (2019-nCoV) Coronavirus – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free PDF)
4 – Electrical versus pharmacological cardioversion for emergency department patients with acute atrial fibrillation (RAFF2): a partial factorial randomised trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: Electrical vs Chemical Cardioversion in ED Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (RAFF2) – EMOttawa (free)
Related Study: Randomized Trial: Early vs. Delayed Cardioversion in Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation – New England Journal of Medicine (free study and commentaries)
Related Study: Impact of HPV vaccination and cervical screening on cervical cancer elimination: a comparative modelling analysis in 78 low-income and lower-middle-income countries – The Lancet (free)
Commentaries: New estimates of the number of cervical cancer cases and deaths that could be averted in low-income and lower-middle-income countries by scale-up of screening and vaccination activities – International Agency for Research on Cancer (free) AND Mass cervical cancer vaccine rollout could save 62 million lives in next 100 years – The Guardian (free)
6 – Clarifying the Language of Clinician Distress – JAMA (free for a limited period)
7 – Preprints can fill a void in times of rapidly changing science – STAT (free)
Commentaries: ‘Spring forward’ to daylight saving time brings surge in fatal car crashes – University of Colorado at Boulder (free) AND Daylight Saving Time Linked to More Deadly Car Crashes – Gizmodo (free)
9 – A systematic scoping review of clinical indications for induction of labour – PLOS One (free)
Commentary: New evidence supports advice not to drink alcohol in pregnancy – NHS Choices (free) AND Study backs up advice not to drink alcohol at all in pregnancy – OnMedica (free) AND Drinking alcohol during pregnancy: #Drymester the safest approach – University of Bristol (free)
Novel Coronavirus – Latest Articles / 04 February 2020
4 Feb, 2020 | 07:38h | UTC– A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China – Nature (free PDF)
– A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin – Nature (free PDF)
WHO Advises Against any Restrictions of International Traffic / WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 02 February 2020
2 Feb, 2020 | 20:21h | UTCSee also: WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 02 FEBRUARY 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Related Commentary on Twitter
.@WHO doesn’t recommend limiting trade & movement.
Travel restrictions can cause more harm than good by hindering info-sharing & medical supply chains & harming economies. We urge countries & companies to make evidence-based, consistent decisions. https://t.co/ksxOV6sbDN— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) January 31, 2020
Novel Coronavirus – Latest Articles / 03 February 2020
2 Feb, 2020 | 20:14h | UTCWellcome Trust Statement: Sharing research data and findings relevant to the novel coronavirus (nCoV) outbreak (free)
– First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
– Drug treatment options for the 2019-new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) – Bioscience Trends (free PDF)
– Novel Wuhan (2019-nCoV) Coronavirus – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free PDF)
Novel Coronavirus – Selected News & Perspectives / 03 February 2020
2 Feb, 2020 | 20:16h | UTC– How Bad Will the Coronavirus Outbreak Get? Here Are 6 Key Factors – The New York Times (free)
– Why Travel Bans Don’t Work During An Outbreak Like Coronavirus – Forbes (free)
– 8 questions about the coronavirus outbreak, answered – Vox (free)
– Is reporting of the coronavirus producing viral panic? – The BMJ Opinion (free)
– Top WHO official says it’s not too late to stop the new coronavirus outbreak – STAT (free)
Modeling Analysis: Mortality Impact of Achieving WHO Cervical Cancer Elimination Targets
2 Feb, 2020 | 20:07h | UTCRelated Study: Impact of HPV vaccination and cervical screening on cervical cancer elimination: a comparative modelling analysis in 78 low-income and lower-middle-income countries – The Lancet (free)
Commentaries: New estimates of the number of cervical cancer cases and deaths that could be averted in low-income and lower-middle-income countries by scale-up of screening and vaccination activities – International Agency for Research on Cancer (free) AND Mass cervical cancer vaccine rollout could save 62 million lives in next 100 years – The Guardian (free)
Viewpoint: Clarifying the Language of Clinician Distress
2 Feb, 2020 | 20:03h | UTCClarifying the Language of Clinician Distress – JAMA (free for a limited period)
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Electrical vs. Pharmacological Cardioversion for Emergency Department Patients with Acute Atrial Fibrillation
2 Feb, 2020 | 20:11h | UTCElectrical versus pharmacological cardioversion for emergency department patients with acute atrial fibrillation (RAFF2): a partial factorial randomised trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: Electrical vs Chemical Cardioversion in ED Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (RAFF2) – EMOttawa (free)
Related Study: Randomized Trial: Early vs. Delayed Cardioversion in Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation – New England Journal of Medicine (free study and commentaries)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Published in @TheLancet today, @EMO_Daddy et al. are at it again with the RAFF2 trial; showing immediate rhythm control in patients with acute atrial fibrillation is safe and effective.
Visual infographic below.
Summary: https://t.co/OyFeKjIyjc
Article: https://t.co/y983EWDOaK pic.twitter.com/22EofQFgnH— EM Ottawa (@emergmedottawa) January 31, 2020
Perspective: Preprints Can Fill a Void in Times of Rapidly Changing Science
2 Feb, 2020 | 20:01h | UTCPreprints can fill a void in times of rapidly changing science – STAT (free)
A Systematic Scoping Review of Clinical Indications for Induction of Labor
2 Feb, 2020 | 19:56h | UTCA systematic scoping review of clinical indications for induction of labour – PLOS One (free)
Study: Spring Daylight Saving Time Transition Acutely Increases Fatal Traffic Accident Risk by 6%
2 Feb, 2020 | 19:57h | UTCCommentaries: ‘Spring forward’ to daylight saving time brings surge in fatal car crashes – University of Colorado at Boulder (free) AND Daylight Saving Time Linked to More Deadly Car Crashes – Gizmodo (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Yet another new paper on the health danger of Daylight Savings Time from a large dataset of >730,000 fatal car accidentshttps://t.co/yYHfTbQEHI @CurrentBiology @CellPressNews by @DrCelineVetter and colleagues @CUBoulderIPHY @CUBoulder pic.twitter.com/mZlQzz4hAe
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 31, 2020