Tue April 21 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Journal of the American Academy of Cardiology

Commentaries: ACC, SCAI, ACEP Release Consensus Statement on Management of AMI Patients During COVID-19 – American College of Cardiology

2 – Description and Proposed Management of the Acute COVID-19 Cardiovascular Syndrome – Circulation

3 – Therapeutic strategies for critically ill patients with COVID-19 – Annals of Intensive Care

4 – Perspectives on the Pandemic | Dr. John Ioannidis Update: 4.17.20

Related (from Dr. John Ioannidis): Antibody Tests Suggest that Coronavirus Infections Vastly Exceed Official Counts AND Study: Population-level COVID-19 Mortality Risk

5 – Timed & titrated use of steroid in COVID-19? – PulmCrit

6 – Sweden Says Controversial Virus Strategy Proving Effective – Bloomberg

Related: Coronavirus in Europe: Is it a myth to say it’s life as normal in Sweden amid COVID-19 pandemic? – Euronews AND Sweden’s government has tried a risky coronavirus strategy. It could backfire – Vox AND Sweden has nearly 10 times the number of COVID-19-related deaths than its Nordic neighbors. Here’s where they went wrong – Business Insider

7 – Important Information on the Use of Serological (Antibody) Tests for COVID-19 – Letter to Health Care Providers – U.S. Food & Drug Administration

See also: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Serological Test Validation and Education Efforts – U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Commentary: FDA Warns Providers About Limits of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Tests – NEJM Journal Watch

8 – D‐dimer levels on admission to predict in‐hospital mortality in patients with Covid‐19 – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Related: D-dimer is Associated with Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Pooled Analysis – Thrombosis and Haemostasis

9 – Thrombocytopenia and Its Association with Mortality in Patients with COVID‐19 – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Related: Thrombocytopenia is associated with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections: A meta-analysis – Clinica Chimica Acta

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 21 April 2020 Edition

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