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Covid: Is there a limit to how much worse variants can get?
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:43h | UTCCovid: Is there a limit to how much worse variants can get? – BBC
WHO: More than 100 reasons to quit tobacco.
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:38h | UTCMore than 100 reasons to quit tobacco – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Quitting tobacco 🚭 can be challenging but there are more than 💯 reasons to #CommitToQuit & start living a healthier life.
Find out more 👉https://t.co/8uBEMvH0cu pic.twitter.com/iwrt86xSVo
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 13, 2021
Pulmonary Exacerbations in Adults With Cystic Fibrosis: A Grown-up Issue in a Changing Cystic Fibrosis Landscape.
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:35h | UTC
M-A: Effect of ultrashort-acting betablockers on mortality in patients with sepsis with persistent tachycardia.
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:33h | UTC
RCT: Single-day low-residue diet prior to colonoscopy demonstrates improved bowel preparation quality and patient tolerance over clear liquid diet
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:26h | UTC
ESC Consensus Document: Prognostically relevant periprocedural myocardial injury and infarction associated with percutaneous coronary interventions.
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:31h | UTCCommentaries: Periprocedural MIs Associated With PCI Prognostically Relevant: ESC/EAPCI – TCTMD AND Periprocedural Myocardial Injury and MI Associated With PCI – American College of Cardiology
M-A: No difference in major postoperative complications or mortality with perioperative liberal vs. restrictive fluid strategies in major abdominal elective surgery.
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:30h | UTC
Perspective | Does vaccinating adults stop kids from spreading COVID too?
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:32h | UTCDoes vaccinating adults stop kids from spreading COVID too? – Nature
2020 WSES guidelines for the detection and management of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy.
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:36h | UTC
High COVID vaccine uptake may protect the unvaccinated.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:34h | UTCHigh COVID vaccine uptake may protect the unvaccinated – CIDRAP
Original Study: Community-level evidence for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine protection of unvaccinated individuals – Nature Medicine
Commentaries on Twitter
Just published @NatureMedicine
Evidence that "vaccination not only protects individuals who have been vaccinated but also provides cross-protection to unvaccinated individuals in the community" as seen in kids benefiting from high % of adults vaxxedhttps://t.co/IPQo6WTFZX pic.twitter.com/jtfD93onnn— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 10, 2021
https://twitter.com/niklasf/status/1402950991268433923
Extracorporeal treatment for poisoning to beta-adrenergic antagonists: systematic review and recommendations from the EXTRIP workgroup.
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:27h | UTC
US donation of 500 million Pfizer vaccines could help ‘turn tide’ as Africa runs out of doses, says WHO.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:31h | UTC
Opinion | The future of pandemic preparedness: agile coordination around clinical trials.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:27h | UTCThe future of pandemic preparedness: agile coordination around clinical trials – STAT
Non-invasive oxygenation strategies for respiratory failure with COVID-19: A concise narrative review of literature in pre and mid-COVID-19 era.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:25h | UTC
Naturally acquired SARS-CoV-2 immunity persists for up to 11 months following infection.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:24h | UTC
CDC says heart inflammation cases were higher than expected in 16- to 24-year-olds after second Covid vaccine shot, but still rare.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:28h | UTCSee also: CDC plans “emergency meeting” on rare heart inflammation following COVID-19 vaccines – CBC News
Related: Israel reports link between rare cases of heart inflammation and COVID-19 vaccination in young men.
Opinion | The Covid-19 Delta variant poses a threat to our return to ‘normal’.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:23h | UTCThe Covid-19 Delta variant poses a threat to our return to ‘normal’ – CNN
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/HoltgraveHealth/status/1402948596476039171
RCT: In patients with atrial fibrillation or mechanical heart valves treated with warfarin undergoing surgery, postoperative bridging treatment with low molecular weight heparin did not prevent major thromboembolism.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:19h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
P-E-R-S-E-V-E-R-A-N-C-E = 15 yrs from start to BMJ publication. Bottom line: in pts with atrial fibrillation or mechanical heart valves who had warfarin interrupted for a procedure, we found no benefit of
postop LMWH bridging to prevent major
thromboembolism @canvector @CIHR_ICRH https://t.co/9z0XTQgsbA— Professor Susan R Kahn (@SusanRKahn1) June 10, 2021
WHO Report: Global antimicrobial resistance and use surveillance system.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:22h | UTCNews Release: Record response to WHO’s call for antimicrobial resistance surveillance reports in 2020 – World Health Organization
Commentary: WHO reveals new global antibiotic resistance data, more concerns – CIDRAP
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
WHO received over 3⃣ million reports for the Global #AntimicrobialResistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS)
The more information we have the better placed the 🌏
is to tackle this increasingly serious health threat.👉 https://t.co/ccZCzdyZUc
pic.twitter.com/DMuLwVu4rC— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 9, 2021
M-A: Safety of thoracentesis and tube thoracostomy in patients with uncorrected coagulopathy.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:15h | UTCCommentary: Is Thoracentesis Safe in Coagulopathic Patients? – JournalFeed
M-A: Mental health interventions may improve psychological outcomes in informal caregivers of critically ill patients.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:14h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/stephanajulia/status/1381591004776595458
Antiarrhythmic drugs for atrial fibrillation in the outpatient setting: common clinical scenarios and pearls for the primary care clinician.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:16h | UTC
The furosemide stress test: current use and future potential.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:12h | UTCThe furosemide stress test: current use and future potential – Renal Failure
Editorial: Embrace the WHO’s new naming system for coronavirus variants.
10 Jun, 2021 | 09:48h | UTCEmbrace the WHO’s new naming system for coronavirus variants – Nature
Opinion | Epidemiology, not geopolitics, should guide COVID-19 vaccine donations.
10 Jun, 2021 | 09:51h | UTCEpidemiology, not geopolitics, should guide COVID-19 vaccine donations – The Lancet
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Maximizing potential benefit of vaccine donations depends on doses going where they can do the"most good" but there's no consensus on where that would be
Murray @IHME_UW @RCReinerJr & I propose an approach that prioritizes epidemiology over geopolitics 1/https://t.co/OxOXLr5L55
— Tom Bollyky (@TomBollyky) June 9, 2021