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Rumination syndrome: pathophysiology, diagnosis and practical management.
19 Jan, 2022 | 08:25h | UTC
Practical guide to cardiopulmonary exercise testing in adults.
19 Jan, 2022 | 08:26h | UTCPractical guide to cardiopulmonary exercise testing in adults – Respiratory Research
Dyspepsia: A stepwise approach to evaluation and management.
19 Jan, 2022 | 08:24h | UTCDyspepsia: A stepwise approach to evaluation and management – Family Practice
A single-arm study evaluated Naive T-Cell depleted peripheral blood stem-cell grafts for the prevention of chronic graft-versus-host disease.
19 Jan, 2022 | 08:22h | UTCNaive T-Cell Depletion to Prevent Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease – Journal of Clinical Oncology
Commentary: New graft strategy may improve outcomes for blood stem cell recipients – University of Pittsburg
Opinion: Five tips for becoming an ideal general hospitalist.
19 Jan, 2022 | 08:23h | UTCFive Tips for Becoming an Ideal General Hospitalist – International Journal of General Medicine
M-A: Role of adjuvant therapy in esophageal cancer patients after neoadjuvant therapy and esophagectomy.
19 Jan, 2022 | 08:19h | UTCRole of Adjuvant Therapy in Esophageal Cancer Patients After Neoadjuvant Therapy and Esophagectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
New in Annals! Meta-analysis examines the effect of adjuvant therapy on overall survival after esophagectomy
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— Annals of Surgery (@AnnalsofSurgery) November 2, 2021
Dermatologic immune-related adverse events: the toxicity spectrum and recommendations for management.
19 Jan, 2022 | 08:15h | UTCRelated: Management of Dermatologic Adverse Events from Cancer Therapies
Prolonged follow-up of RCT: Emission Tomography–driven strategy in advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma.
19 Jan, 2022 | 08:16h | UTCPositron Emission Tomography–Driven Strategy in Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma: Prolonged Follow-Up of the AHL2011 Phase III Lymphoma Study Association Study – Journal of Clinical Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
COVAX delivers one billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose – but 41% of world remains unvaccinated.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:56h | UTCSee also: COVID program delivers 1 billion doses to poorer countries – Associated Press
Related:
Is Covax finally going to vaccinate the world?
Perspective | A beautiful idea: how COVAX has fallen short.
WHO Launches Strategy to Achieve Global Covid-19 Vaccination by mid-2022.
WHO special envoys: To beat Covid, there’s a simple lesson – no one’s safe until everyone’s safe.
WHO COVAX Joint Statement: Call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021.
Covax: How will Covid vaccines be shared around the world?
M-A: Evaluation of interventions to reduce opioid prescribing for patients discharged from the emergency department.
19 Jan, 2022 | 08:13h | UTCInvited commentary: Optimizing Opioid Prescriptions for Patients in the Emergency Department—How Much Is Almost Never? – JAMA Network Open
Commentary on Twitter
This meta-analysis of 63 studies showed that most interventions were able to reduce opioid prescription rates but not the prescribed opioid quantity for ED-discharged patients. Almost no data on patients-centered outcomes were assessed in these studies. https://t.co/Cd1D7EjCkI
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) January 13, 2022
Measures implemented in the school setting to contain the COVID‐19 pandemic: a rapid review.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:54h | UTCNews Release: Measures implemented in the school setting to contain the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review – Cochrane Library
RCT: Safety and efficacy of lower-sodium oxybate in adults with idiopathic hypersomnia.
19 Jan, 2022 | 08:11h | UTCSafety and efficacy of lower-sodium oxybate in adults with idiopathic hypersomnia: a phase 3, placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomised withdrawal study – The Lancet Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
[Not published yet] Study in Israel finds fourth COVID booster has limited efficacy.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:59h | UTCSee also:
Israeli trial, world’s first, finds 4th dose ‘not good enough’ against Omicron – The Times of Israel
Israel study: 4th vaccine shows limited results with omicron – MedicalXpress
COVID-19 updated evidence: a Cochrane round-up.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:53h | UTCCOVID-19 evidence: a Cochrane round-up – Cochrane Library
Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:48h | UTCSee also: The CDC updated its mask guidelines. What to know about ‘the highest level of protection’ – CNN
Study raises doubts about rapid Covid tests’ reliability in early days after infection.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:51h | UTCStudy raises doubts about rapid Covid tests’ reliability in early days after infection – STAT
Original Article (preprint): Discordant SARS-CoV-2 PCR and Rapid Antigen Test Results When Infectious: A December 2021 Occupational Case Series – medRxiv
Review: Treatment of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) in children and adolescents.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:46h | UTCTreatment of MIS-C in Children and Adolescents – Current Pediatrics Reports
Related:
Review of 4,470 cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in the US.
An Update on Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Related to SARS-CoV-2.
Ten Things to Know About Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).
Kawasaki Disease and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: An Overview and Comparison.
Cohort study: Six month follow-up of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children.
Clinical Update: Acute covid-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Cutaneous findings in SARS-CoV-2-associated Multisystem Inflammatory Disease in Children (MIS-C)
SR: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children related to COVID-19
Case series of Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome after Covid-19 vaccination in the US.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:41h | UTC
Shoulder injury related to SARS-CoV-2 vaccine administration.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:40h | UTCShoulder injury related to SARS-CoV-2 vaccine administration – Canadian Medical Association Journal
Perspective | Post-acute neurological consequences of COVID-19: an unequal burden – “COVID-19 and its neurological consequences particularly burden marginalized communities, and so can only be effectively treated by advancing health equity”.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:44h | UTCPost-acute neurological consequences of COVID-19: an unequal burden – Nature Medicine
Pro-Con Debate: Cardiac Troponin measurement as part of routine follow-up of myocardial damage following noncardiac surgery.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:36h | UTC
ACP Guideline: Diagnosis and management of acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:38h | UTCRelated Systematic Reviews:
Annals Video Summary: Diagnostic Imaging and Medical Management of Acute Left-Sided Colonic Diverticulitis: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine
News Release: ACP releases two new clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and management of diverticulitis – American College of Physicians
Study shows many patients with metastatic cancer near the end of life still receive guideline-nonconcordant radiotherapy.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:35h | UTCCommentary: Study: Cancer patients given high-dose radiation treatments even near end of life – UPI
Podcast: Lower Extremity Edema Pearls.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:33h | UTC#316 Lower Extremity Edema – The Curbsiders
Association of hormonal contraceptive use with adverse health outcomes: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials and cohort studies.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:29h | UTC