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Meta-Analysis: Acute Complications and Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:36h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Ambulatory Management of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:29h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Thulium Laser Transurethral Vaporesection of the Prostate vs. Transurethral Resection for Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms or Urinary Retention
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:31h | UTCInvited Commentary: Surgery for benign prostatic obstruction
Four Decades of HIV/AIDS — Much Accomplished, Much to Do
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:28h | UTCFour Decades of HIV/AIDS — Much Accomplished, Much to Do – New England Journal of Medicine
Meta-analysis: The Safety and Efficacy of Aspirin Discontinuation on a Background of a P2Y12 Inhibitor in Patients after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:27h | UTCCommentaries: Short DAPT Reduces Bleeding With No Increase in MACE: Meta-analysis – TCTMD AND Discontinuing Aspirin on Background of P2Y12 Inhibitor After PCI – American College of Cardiology
Video: Coronavirus Update with Anthony Fauci
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:48h | UTCCoronavirus Update With Anthony Fauci – JAMA
Selected Articles: COVID-19 in Surgical Patients
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:46h | UTCArticle 1: Managing COVID-19 in Surgical Systems – Annals of Surgery
Article 3: COVID-19 – Considerations and Implications for Surgical Learners – Annals of Surgery
Article 5: A Guide for Surgical and Procedural Recovery After the First Surge of Covid-19 – NEJM Catalyst
Covid-19: Viral Loads in Upper Respiratory Specimens Peak by 2-3 Days from Symptom Onset and Decrease Rapidly Thereafter
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:40h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
Distribution of Transmission Potential during Non-Severe COVID-19 Illness https://t.co/w5lfg50ZXj. Elegant study from @ClevelandClinic suggesting in non-severe COVID-19, viral loads in upper resp specimens peak by 2-3 days from symptom onset and decrease rapidly thereafter.
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) July 2, 2020
Review: Neurological Associations of COVID-19
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:38h | UTCNeurological associations of COVID-19 – The Lancet Neurology
Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Patients with COVID-19 vs. Patients with Influenza
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:37h | UTCCommentaries: Stroke appears 8 times more likely with COVID than with flu – MedicalXpress AND Comparing COVID-19’s stroke rate with those of other respiratory infections – Cardiovascular Business
Study Supports Link Between COVID-19 and ‘COVID Toes’
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:34h | UTCNews Release: Study supports link between COVID-19 and ‘COVID Toes’ – Wiley
CDC Survey: Most Patients with Covid-19 Don’t Know Who Infected Them
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:35h | UTCCommentaries: Most COVID-19 patients don’t know who infected them, CDC survey finds – USA Today AND Despite Lockdowns Many Americans Likely Contracted Coronavirus From Strangers – Medical Daily AND Many Americans with COVID-19 don’t know how they got infected, survey suggests – Live Sciences
Systematic Review: Effect of Alcohol on Blood Pressure
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:30h | UTCEffect of alcohol on blood pressure – Cochrane Library
Summary: Alcohol has a biphasic effect on blood pressure and increases heart rate – Cochrane Library
Apgar Score and Risk of Neonatal Death among Preterm Infants
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:32h | UTCApgar Score and Risk of Neonatal Death among Preterm Infants – New England Journal of Medicine
Commentaries: Apgar score effective in assessing health of preterm infants – Karolinska Institutet AND Apgar scores provide prognostic information for survival of preterm infants – 2 Minute Medicine AND Decreasing Apgar Scores Ups Risk of Neonatal Mortality in Preterm Infants – Physician’s Weekly
Lactose Intolerance: A Concise Review to Skim the Surface
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:29h | UTCLactose Intolerance: A Concise Review to Skim the Surface – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Opinion: Limited Evidence for the Health Effects and Safety of Intermittent Fasting Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:27h | UTCAuthor Interview: Limited Evidence for the Health Effects and Safety of Intermittent Fasting in Type 2 Diabetes
Opinion: Covid-19 Pandemic—An Opportunity to Reduce and Eliminate Low-Value Practices in Oncology?
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:26h | UTCCovid-19 Pandemic—An Opportunity to Reduce and Eliminate Low-Value Practices in Oncology? – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)
Contemporary Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke Across the Continuum: From TeleStroke to Intra-Arterial Management
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:28h | UTC
Cohort Study: Recommended Physical Activity and All Cause and Cause Specific Mortality
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:24h | UTC
Estimation of Excess Deaths From COVID-19 in the United States
2 Jul, 2020 | 08:53h | UTCExcess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-April 2020 – JAMA
Editorial: Mortality and Morbidity: The Measure of a Pandemic
Author Interview: Estimation of Excess Deaths From COVID-19 in the United States
Commentaries: About 30% of COVID deaths may not be classified as such – CIDRAP AND Study: 35 percent of excess deaths in pandemic’s early months tied to causes other than COVID-19 – Virginia Commonwealth University
Meta-Analysis: Diagnostic Accuracy of Serological Tests for Covid-19
2 Jul, 2020 | 08:54h | UTCDiagnostic accuracy of serological tests for covid-19: systematic review and meta-analysis – The BMJ
Related Commentary on Twitter
New: A systematic review and meta-analysis assessment of #SARSCov2 antibody testing: "does not support the continued use of existing point-of-care serological tests"@BMJ_latest https://t.co/HVzpsygUOV pic.twitter.com/Q1MLWZNlg8
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 1, 2020
Accelerating Development of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines — The Role for Controlled Human Infection Models
2 Jul, 2020 | 08:49h | UTCRelated: Challenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development? – JAMA AND Opinion: Ethical Guidelines for Deliberately Infecting Volunteers with COVID-19 to Speed Vaccine Development (commentaries on the subject) AND Feasibility, potential value and limitations of establishing a closely monitored challenge model of experimental COVID-19 infection and illness in healthy young adult volunteers – World Health Organization (draft document for public comments) AND Human Challenge Studies to Accelerate Coronavirus Vaccine Licensure – The Journal of Infectious Diseases AND Ethics of controlled human infection to address COVID-19 – Science AND Extraordinary diseases require extraordinary solutions – Vaccine
Meta-Analysis: The Prevalence of Symptoms in 24,410 Adults Infected by the Novel Coronavirus
2 Jul, 2020 | 08:51h | UTC
Visualizing the Effectiveness of Face Masks in Obstructing Respiratory Jets
2 Jul, 2020 | 08:47h | UTCVisualizing the effectiveness of face masks in obstructing respiratory jets – Physics of Fluids
Commentaries: New Paper Shows Why Face Masks Are Essential In Curbing Covid-19 – Forbes AND Face Mask Construction, Materials Matter for Containing Coughing, Sneezing Droplets – American Institute of Physics
Review: COVID-19 and the Cardiovascular System
2 Jul, 2020 | 08:52h | UTC