Tue March 24 – 10 Stories of The Day!
24 Mar, 2020 | 09:58h | UTC
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
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
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?
- Prisons and custodial settings are part of a comprehensive response to COVID-19 – The Lancet Public Health
- Preventing COVID-19 outbreak in prisons: a challenging but essential task for authorities – WHO/Europe
- COVID-19: prisons and other prescribed places of detention guidance – Public Health England
- A coronavirus outbreak in jails or prisons could turn into a nightmare
- ‘A Storm Is Coming’: Fears of an Inmate Epidemic as the Virus Spreads in the Jails – The New York Times
- ‘Everyone will be contaminated’: prisons face strict coronavirus controls – The Guardian
6 – FDA Recommendations for Conserving Medical Supplies
- Ventilator Supply Mitigation Strategies: Letter to Health Care Providers – U.S. Food & Drug Administration
- Medical Glove Conservation Strategies: Letter to Health Care Providers – U.S. Food & Drug Administration
- Surgical Mask and Gown Conservation Strategies – Letter to Healthcare Providers – U.S. Food & Drug Administration
- See also: Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Facemasks – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
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)