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USPSTF Statement: Insufficient evidence to recommend Vitamin D deficiency screening

14 Apr, 2021 | 01:47h | UTC

Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Evidence Report: Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force

Editorial: The USPSTF 2021 Recommendations on Screening for Asymptomatic Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: The Challenge for Clinicians Continues – JAMA AND Why USPSTF Still Finds Insufficient Evidence to Support Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency – JAMA Network Open

JAMA Patient Page: Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults

 

Study shows practitioners overestimate the probability of disease before and after testing

14 Apr, 2021 | 01:44h | UTC

Accuracy of Practitioner Estimates of Probability of Diagnosis Before and After Testing – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Physicians, Probabilities, and Populations—Estimating the Likelihood of Disease for Common Clinical Scenarios – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

M-A: Effectiveness of treatments for acute and subacute mechanical non-specific low back pain

14 Apr, 2021 | 01:39h | UTC

Effectiveness of treatments for acute and subacute mechanical non-specific low back pain: a systematic review with network meta-analysis – British Journal of Sports Medicine

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Guidance: Using Ventilation and filtration to reduce aerosol transmission of COVID-19 in long-term care homes

15 Apr, 2021 | 06:54h | UTC

Using Ventilation and filtration to reduce aerosol transmission of COVID-19 in long-term care homes – Public Health Agency of Canada

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Case Report: Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia after Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

15 Apr, 2021 | 07:02h | UTC

Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia after Ad26.COV2.S Vaccination – New England Journal of Medicine

Related: U.S. regulators pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout over rare (1 in a million) cases of blood clots AND 4 Things to Know About the J&J Covid Vaccine Pause – Kaiser Health News AND Why Johnson & Johnson shots were paused — and why that’s so confusing – Vox AND Is it the adenovirus vaccine technology, used by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, causing blood clots? There’s no evidence yet – The Conversation

 

Spatiotemporal pattern of COVID-19 spread in Brazil

15 Apr, 2021 | 07:06h | UTC

Spatiotemporal pattern of COVID-19 spread in Brazil – Science

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Opinion | Deep Cleaning Isn’t a Victimless Crime

15 Apr, 2021 | 06:56h | UTC

Deep Cleaning Isn’t a Victimless Crime – The Atlantic

Related: CDC Updated Guidance: “It is possible for people to be infected through contact with contaminated surfaces or objects, but the risk is generally considered to be low” (CDC Guidance and more)

 

Observational study: Impact of the influenza vaccine on COVID-19 infection rates and severity

15 Apr, 2021 | 06:47h | UTC

Impact of the influenza vaccine on COVID-19 infection rates and severity – American Journal of Infection Control

Commentary: Flu shot associated with fewer, less severe COVID cases – University of Michigan

 

Physical inactivity is associated with a higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes: a study in 48 440 adult patients

15 Apr, 2021 | 06:49h | UTC

Physical inactivity is associated with a higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes: a study in 48 440 adult patients – British Journal of Sports Medicine

Commentaries: Exercise may strongly protect against poor COVID-19 outcomes – CIDRAP AND One Good Way to Help Beat COVID: Exercise – HealthDay

 

New studies suggest SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 is not more deadly, just more transmissible

14 Apr, 2021 | 02:12h | UTC

Study 1: Changes in symptomatology, reinfection, and transmissibility associated with the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7: an ecological study – The Lancet Public Health

Study 2: Genomic characteristics and clinical effect of the emergent SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage in London, UK: a whole-genome sequencing and hospital-based cohort study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Commentaries: Expert reaction to two papers looking at the transmissibility and severity of the B.1.1.7 variant – Science Media Centre AND UK coronavirus variant not more deadly, just spreads more easily, studies find – LiveScience

 

ESC Position Statement: Management of secondary mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure

14 Apr, 2021 | 01:34h | UTC

The management of secondary mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure: a joint position statement from the Heart Failure Association (HFA), European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), and European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC – European Heart Journal

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Viewpoint | Industry-Sponsored Speaker Programs—End of the Line?

14 Apr, 2021 | 01:36h | UTC

Industry-Sponsored Speaker Programs—End of the Line? – JAMA

 

Pancreatic cystic neoplasms: a review of current recommendations for surveillance and management

14 Apr, 2021 | 01:27h | UTC

Pancreatic cystic neoplasms: a review of current recommendations for surveillance and management – Abdominal Radiology

 

Cohort study: Higher cumulative exposure to Thiazide diuretics linked to an increased risk of skin cancer in people older than 65 years

13 Apr, 2021 | 05:08h | UTC

Association between antihypertensive medications and risk of skin cancer in people older than 65 years: a population-based study – Canadian Medical Association Journal

Commentaries: Thiazides May Up Risk for Skin Cancer in Older Adults – HealthDay AND Some blood pressure medication linked to higher risk of skin cancer, study finds – CTV News

Related study: Case-Control Study: Possible Association of Hydrochlorothiazide Use and Risk of Melanoma

 

Diagnosis and management of leukocytoclastic vasculitis

14 Apr, 2021 | 01:26h | UTC

Diagnosis and management of leukocytoclastic vasculitis – Internal and Emergency Medicine

 

AHA Scientific Statement: Management of Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

13 Apr, 2021 | 05:10h | UTC

Management of Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Stroke

Commentaries: Stroke affecting the eye requires immediate treatment, can signal future vascular events – American Heart Association AND AHA Issues Statement on Central Retinal Artery Occlusion – HealthDay

 

Study: Protocoled time-limited trials among critically ill patients with advanced medical illnesses were associated with reduction of nonbeneficial ICU treatments

13 Apr, 2021 | 05:16h | UTC

Evaluation of Time-Limited Trials Among Critically Ill Patients With Advanced Medical Illnesses and Reduction of Nonbeneficial ICU Treatments – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Time-Limited Trials and Potentially Nonbeneficial Treatment in the ICU—Willing to Wait for It – JAMA Internal Medicine AND Time-limited trials may decrease the length of stay of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit – 2 Minute Medicine

Author interview: Time-Limited Trials Among Patients With Advanced Illness to Reduce Nonbeneficial ICU Treatments

Related review: Time-limited trial of intensive care treatment: an overview of current literature – Intensive Care Medicine

 

IDSA Guidance on the Treatment of ESBL Enterobacterales, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Pseudomonas

13 Apr, 2021 | 05:11h | UTC

Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidance on the Treatment of Extended-Spectrum β-lactamase Producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-E), Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa with Difficult-to-Treat Resistance (DTR-P. aeruginosa) – Clinical Infectious Diseases

 

Opinion | More kids are being diagnosed with ADHD for borderline (yet challenging) behaviors. Our new research shows why that’s a worry

13 Apr, 2021 | 05:14h | UTC

More kids are being diagnosed with ADHD for borderline (yet challenging) behaviours. Our new research shows why that’s a worry – The Conversation

Original study: Overdiagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Scoping Review – JAMA Network Open

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Why would a Covid vaccine cause rare blood clots? Researchers have found clues

14 Apr, 2021 | 02:14h | UTC

Why would a Covid vaccine cause rare blood clots? Researchers have found clues – STAT

Related: How could a COVID vaccine cause blood clots? Scientists race to investigate – Nature

 

U.S. regulators pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout over rare (1 in a million) cases of blood clots

14 Apr, 2021 | 02:16h | UTC

Joint CDC and FDA Statement on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine – U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Commentaries: Covid-19: US suspends Johnson and Johnson vaccine rollout over blood clots – BMJ AND CDC and FDA recommend US pause use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine over blood clot concerns – CNN AND US halts J&J COVID vaccine after reports of blood clots – CIDRAP AND U.S. urges pause on use of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine after rare blood clotting cases – CIDRAP

 

Long-term mortality of elderly patients after intensive care unit admission for COVID-19

14 Apr, 2021 | 02:09h | UTC

Long-term mortality of elderly patients after intensive care unit admission for COVID-19 – Intensive Care Medicine

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

WHO, agencies urge countries to suspend sale of live wild mammals at markets

14 Apr, 2021 | 02:06h | UTC

WHO, agencies urge countries to suspend sale of live wild mammals at markets – Reuters

Original Guidance: Reducing public health risks associated with the sale of live wild animals of mammalian species in traditional food markets – World Health Organization

 

Review: Vaccine development for emerging infectious diseases

14 Apr, 2021 | 02:01h | UTC

Vaccine development for emerging infectious diseases – Nature

 

Opinion | Coronavirus Variants Don’t Have to Be Scary. Still, Mask Up.

14 Apr, 2021 | 02:05h | UTC

Coronavirus Variants Don’t Have to Be Scary. Still, Mask Up. – The New York Times

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

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