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Short review | A practical approach to the patient with chronic diarrhea
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:03h | UTCA practical approach to the patient with chronic diarrhoea – Clinical Medicine Journal
Systematic review: Lens extraction for chronic angle-closure glaucoma
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:01h | UTCLens extraction for chronic angle-closure glaucoma – Cochrane Library
Systematic review: Laser peripheral iridoplasty for chronic angle closure
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:02h | UTCLaser peripheral iridoplasty for chronic angle closure – Cochrane Library
M-A: Non-drug therapies as good as or better than drugs for treating depression in people with dementia
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:05h | UTCCommentaries: Non-drug therapies as good as or better than drugs for treating depression in people with dementia – The BMJ AND Social prescribing may help reduce symptoms of depression in people with dementia – The BMJ Opinion AND Nondrug Interventions Can Help Alleviate Depression in Dementia Patients – HealthDay
Video: Why you can’t compare Covid-19 vaccines
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:33h | UTCWhy you can’t compare Covid-19 vaccines – Vox
Long Covid in the UK – More than a million affected in February, survey suggests
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:31h | UTCLong Covid: More than a million affected in February, survey suggests – BBC
Commentary on Twitter
YOUNG ADULTS MOST AFFECTED—Long-Covid symptoms are affecting about 1.1 million people in the U.K., with about half that number saying the disease is harming their day-to-day lives, government statistics show. Top #LongCovid age group? 25-34! Thread 🧵 https://t.co/Fwo8Opeqr6
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 1, 2021
After the WHO report: what’s next in the search for COVID’s origins
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:26h | UTCAfter the WHO report: what’s next in the search for COVID’s origins – Nature
Why is it so hard to investigate the rare side effects of COVID vaccines?
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:28h | UTCWhy is it so hard to investigate the rare side effects of COVID vaccines? – Nature
[Press release – not published yet] Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is 91% effective for at least 6 months
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:29h | UTCCommentaries: Ongoing trial shows Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine remains highly effective after six months – CNN AND Coronavirus: Pfizer jab ‘stopping 91% of cases in first six months’ – BBC AND Expert reaction to press release from Pfizer and BioNTech on efficacy and safety up to six months after second vaccine dose, including data from South Africa – Science Media Centre AND Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine effective after 6 months and works against problem variant – LiveScience
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:23h | UTCCommentaries: Covid-19 led to a global increase in stillbirths, maternal mortality, and depression, review finds – CNN AND COVID-19 pandemic and health-care disruptions: count the most vulnerable – The Lancet Global Health
Commentary on Twitter
NEW—Pregnancy outcomes worsened during the #COVID19 pandemic worldwide, with an increase in maternal deaths, stillbirth, ruptured ectopic pregnancies, and maternal depression.
New review of 40 studies from 17 countries in @LancetGH: https://t.co/GWBohu6b6k pic.twitter.com/4RzgtShYeH
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) April 1, 2021
Another study shows a single dose of mRNA vaccine may be enough for patients with previous Covid-19
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:36h | UTCCommentary: If I’ve Had COVID-19, Do I Still Need Two Doses of Vaccine? – TIME AND The research is in: People who’ve already had COVID-19 need just one shot – Insider
Related: Studies: Single dose of vaccine acts as ‘booster’ in those with prior COVID-19 infection (studies and commentary) AND Binding and Neutralization Antibody Titers After a Single Vaccine Dose in Health Care Workers Previously Infected With SARS-CoV-2 – JAMA AND Antibody Responses in Seropositive Persons after a Single Dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine – New England Journal of Medicine
Opinion | Mask Mandates, On-Premises Dining, and COVID-19
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:24h | UTCMask Mandates, On-Premises Dining, and COVID-19 – JAMA
Rapid point-of-care tests for diagnosing COVID-19 infection: the latest Cochrane evidence
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:21h | UTCOriginal review and commentaries: Systematic review: Rapid, point‐of‐care antigen and molecular‐based tests for diagnosis of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection
Therapeutics and COVID-19 | WHO guideline update advises Ivermectin should only be used to treat COVID-19 within clinical trials
1 Apr, 2021 | 04:02h | UTCSummary and Infographic: Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis – The BMJ
Original guideline: Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline – World Health Organization
News release: WHO advises that ivermectin only be used to treat COVID-19 within clinical trials – World Health Organization
Commentary: WHO joins Europe, Merck in recommending against ivermectin for COVID-19 – Reuters
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/ThomasAgoritsas/status/1377372928451301384
Obesity in women: anesthetic implications for peri‐operative and peripartum management
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:07h | UTC
ERAS Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Emergency Laparotomy: Part 1—Preoperative: Diagnosis, Rapid Assessment and Optimization
1 Apr, 2021 | 03:35h | UTC
Consensus Document: Management of superficial and deep surgical site infection
1 Apr, 2021 | 03:33h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 – JAMA Surgery AND Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection – World Health Organization AND Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence AND APSIC guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infections – Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
M-A: Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections
1 Apr, 2021 | 03:30h | UTCCommentaries: Vitamin D to prevent acute respiratory infections – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology AND
RCT: Reduced-sodium added-potassium salt substitute reduces blood pressure in hypertensive patients
1 Apr, 2021 | 03:32h | UTC
Commentaries on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Dr_WuJ/status/1376715405553590275
Salt substitution (70% sodium chloride/30% potassium chloride blend) is an effective, low-cost intervention for BP controlhttps://t.co/EemPEY9T2k pic.twitter.com/xVITnGLEip
— K Pavithran (@drkpavithran) March 31, 2021
Podcast: Diagnosis and management of diabetic ketoacidosis in children
1 Apr, 2021 | 03:24h | UTC#22: DKA: Mind the Gap! – The Cribsiders Pediatric Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
🚨EPISODE 22: DKA, Mind the Gap!🚨
We welcome back pediatric endocrinologist Dr Hussein Abdullatif (@hussein45169069) to discuss all things Diabetic Ketoacidosis!#MedTwitter #tweetiatrician https://t.co/UQxhOsFGFc
— The Cribsiders – Pediatric Podcast (@TheCribsiders) March 31, 2021
RCT: Second-line FOLFOX chemotherapy vs. active symptom control for advanced biliary tract cancer
1 Apr, 2021 | 03:21h | UTCCommentary: Treating patients with advanced biliary tract cancers: Changing tactics – Cancer Research UK
Systematic review: Circumcision devices vs. standard surgical techniques in adolescent and adult male circumcisions
1 Apr, 2021 | 03:23h | UTC
Cohort study: Association of spontaneous abortion with all cause and cause specific premature mortality
1 Apr, 2021 | 03:27h | UTCCommentaries: Miscarriage linked to increased risk of early death – The BMJ AND Miscarriage Linked to Higher Risk for Premature Mortality – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
Study suggests spontaneous abortion is associated with a greater risk of premature death, particularly from cardiovascular disease. Spontaneous abortion could be an early marker of future health risk in women, including premature death, say the authorshttps://t.co/mA7IrF0J00
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) March 28, 2021
RCT: Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
1 Apr, 2021 | 03:19h | UTCAdjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
RCT: The effect of external ventricular drain tunneling length on CSF infection rate in pediatric patients
1 Apr, 2021 | 03:16h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
In this randomized, double-blind, controlled trial in @TheJNS:
External ventricular drain tunnel lengths of 5 cm and longer did not show a difference in the CSF infection rate in pediatric patients. https://t.co/RohLQpttCZ
— Saleh Almenawer, MD (@SalehAlmenawer) March 25, 2021