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SARS2-CoV-2 and Stroke in a New York Healthcare System
22 May, 2020 | 04:56h | UTCSARS2-CoV-2 and Stroke in a New York Healthcare System – Stroke
Commentary: COVID-19 patients may have lower stroke rates than previously suggested – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Choosing Wisely in the COVID-19 Era: Preventing Harm to Healthcare Workers
22 May, 2020 | 04:58h | UTC
Pulmonary Vascular Endothelialitis, Thrombosis, and Angiogenesis in Covid-19
22 May, 2020 | 04:59h | UTCCommentary: Lungs of deceased COVID-19 patients show distinctive features – Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Related: Postmortem Examination of Patients With COVID-19 – JAMA AND Pulmonary Arterial Thrombosis in COVID-19 With Fatal Outcome: Results From a Prospective, Single-Center, Clinicopathologic Case Series – Annals of Internal Medicine AND Pathological evidence of pulmonary thrombotic phenomena in severe COVID-19 – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Opinion: Ten Reasons why Immunity Passports are a Bad Idea
22 May, 2020 | 04:54h | UTCTen reasons why immunity passports are a bad idea – Nature
Related: Ethical and Legal Challenges of COVID-19 Immunity Certificates (articles and commentaries on the subject) AND Privileges and Immunity Certification During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA AND The Ethics of COVID-19 Immunity-Based Licenses (“Immunity Passports”) – JAMA
Which Interventions Work Best in a Pandemic?
22 May, 2020 | 04:50h | UTCWhich interventions work best in a pandemic? – Science
How Coronavirus Lockdowns Stopped Flu in its Tracks
22 May, 2020 | 04:53h | UTCHow coronavirus lockdowns stopped flu in its tracks – Nature
“Reported rates of influenza and other infections have fallen sharply, but some communicable diseases may see a rise.”
15 Drugs Being Tested to Treat COVID-19 and How They Would Work
22 May, 2020 | 04:52h | UTC15 drugs being tested to treat COVID-19 and how they would work – Nature
Open Access: How COVID-19 will Change the Way Research Findings are Shared
22 May, 2020 | 04:48h | UTCOpen access: how COVID-19 will change the way research findings are shared – Wellcome
Related: Plan S: Making Full and Immediate Open Access a Reality AND UC Terminates Subscriptions with World’s Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access (several resources on the subject) AND PLOS and the University of California announce open access publishing agreement – PLOS Blogs AND The war to free science – Vox (free) AND WHO Joins Coalition for Free Digital Access to Health Research
[Preprint] IL6 Inhibition in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients is Associated with Increased Secondary Infections
22 May, 2020 | 04:44h | UTC
Ethics of Controlled Human Infection to Address COVID-19
22 May, 2020 | 04:49h | UTCEthics of controlled human infection to address COVID-19 – Science
Opinion: Revisiting the No Visitors Policy
22 May, 2020 | 04:43h | UTCRevisiting the No Visitors Policy – CMAJ Blogs
“I follow the policy, as I must, but neither my heart nor my mind believe that the harm we aim to prevent with current no visitors edicts outweighs the harm we are causing.”
[Preprint] Estimating the Number of Deaths that Could Have Been Prevented with Earlier Lockdown Measures
22 May, 2020 | 04:45h | UTCDifferential Effects of Intervention Timing on COVID-19 Spread in the United States – medRxiv
Commentaries: At Least 54,000 U.S. Deaths Could Have Been Avoided If Lockdown Had Come Two Weeks Earlier – Forbes AND Lockdown Delays Cost at Least 36,000 Lives, Data Show – The New York Times AND Latest Columbia COVID-19 Projections: Delayed Response to Rebound Would Cost Lives – Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health AND Delayed Social Restrictions Led to 36,000 Deaths – U.S. News AND About 83% of US coronavirus deaths could have been avoided if lockdowns were imposed March 1, researchers estimate – Business Insider
Opinion: Calling Health Care Workers ‘Heroes’ Harms all of Us
22 May, 2020 | 04:41h | UTCCalling health care workers ‘heroes’ harms all of us – STAT
Study: Lower Nasal Gene Expression of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 in Children May Help Explain why COVID-19 is Less Prevalent in Children
22 May, 2020 | 04:39h | UTCNasal Gene Expression of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 in Children and Adults – JAMA
Editorial: Nasal ACE2 Levels and COVID-19 in Children
Attacks Against Health-care Personnel Must Stop, Especially as the World Fights COVID-19
22 May, 2020 | 04:40h | UTC
Review: Optimization of the Organ Donor and Effects on Transplanted Organs
22 May, 2020 | 04:37h | UTCRelated Guideline: Management of the neurologically deceased organ donor: A Canadian clinical practice guideline – Canadian Medical Association Journal
Wide Complex Tachycardia Differentiation: A Reappraisal of the State‐of‐the‐Art
22 May, 2020 | 04:38h | UTC
Systematic Review: Early Warning Scores for Detecting Deterioration in Adult Hospital Patients
22 May, 2020 | 04:34h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Complete vs. Culprit-Lesion-Only Revascularization for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
22 May, 2020 | 04:36h | UTCComplete vs Culprit-Lesion-Only Revascularization for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Protects Against Rechallenge in Rhesus Macaques
21 May, 2020 | 09:27h | UTCSARS-CoV-2 infection protects against rechallenge in rhesus macaques – Science
Related Study: DNA vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques – Science
Commentaries: Infection With SARS-CoV-2 Protects Against Re-infection – At Least in Rhesus Macaques – Technology Networks AND Prototype Vaccine Protects Monkeys From Coronavirus – The New York Times
Audio Interview: Capitalizing on Immune Responses to Covid-19
21 May, 2020 | 09:26h | UTCAudio Interview: Capitalizing on Immune Responses to Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine
Observational Study Suggests Possible Benefit from Early Short Course Corticosteroids in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19
21 May, 2020 | 09:23h | UTCRelated: Study Commentary: Before/after Study of Short-Course Steroid in COVID-19
Olfactory Dysfunction in COVID-19: Diagnosis and Management
21 May, 2020 | 09:24h | UTCOlfactory Dysfunction in COVID-19: Diagnosis and Management – JAMA
Related: Loss of smell and taste as symptoms of COVID-19: what does the evidence say? – CEBM Oxford
Editorial: Unconventional Approaches to Mechanical Ventilation Through the COVID-19 Crisis
21 May, 2020 | 09:22h | UTC
A Critical Look at A Preprint Inferring the Covid-19 Infection Fatality Rate
21 May, 2020 | 09:21h | UTCA Critical Look at A Preprint Inferring the Covid-19 Infection Fatality Rate – by Hilda Bastian
Original Preprint: The infection fatality rate of COVID-19 inferred from seroprevalence data – medRxiv