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Meta-Analysis: Psychological Effects of Emerging Virus Outbreaks on Healthcare Workers
6 May, 2020 | 03:47h | UTCEditorial: Covid-19: adverse mental health outcomes for healthcare workers
Tests in Recovered Patients Found to be False Positives, Not Reinfections
6 May, 2020 | 03:48h | UTCTests in recovered patients found false positives, not reinfections, experts say – The Korea Herald
See also: Recovered patients who tested positive for COVID-19 likely not reinfected – Live Science AND South Korea says recovered coronavirus patients who tested positive again did not relapse: Tests picked up ‘dead virus fragments’ – Business Insider
Evidence Report: Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 While Presymptomatic or Asymptomatic
6 May, 2020 | 03:43h | UTCRelated: How much is covid-19 spreading via asymptomatic versus symptomatic infections? – The BMJ Opinion
Systematic Review: Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine as a Treatment for COVID‐19
6 May, 2020 | 03:44h | UTC“Pending further results from more extensive studies with more stringent study parameters, clinicians should defer from routine use of HCQ and CQ.”
Report: Management of Ischemic Stroke in Patients with COVID-19
6 May, 2020 | 03:45h | UTC
Despite Anticoagulation, Patients with Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection are at Increased Risk of Developing Thrombosis
6 May, 2020 | 03:40h | UTC
Covid-19: Profile of a Killer Virus
6 May, 2020 | 03:41h | UTCProfile of a killer: the complex biology powering the coronavirus pandemic – Nature
RCOG Guideline: Assisted Vaginal Birth
6 May, 2020 | 03:39h | UTCAssisted Vaginal Birth: Green‐top Guideline No. 26 – BJOG
Perspective: EBM’s Six Dangerous Words
6 May, 2020 | 03:37h | UTCEBM’s Six Dangerous Words – JAMA
Perspective: Treatments Can Harm
6 May, 2020 | 03:38h | UTCTreatments can harm – Evidently Cochrane
Related: Treatments can harm – Students 4 Best Evidence (commentary and EBM resource) AND Patients’ Expectations of the Benefits and Harms of Treatments, Screening, and Tests: A Systematic Review – JAMA Internal Medicine AND If Patients Only Knew How Often Treatments Could Harm Them – The New York Times
Perspective: The Cost of Technology
6 May, 2020 | 03:35h | UTC
Systematic Review: Tonsillectomy vs. Tonsillotomy for Obstructive Sleep-disordered Breathing in Children
6 May, 2020 | 03:33h | UTCSummary: Tonsillectomy versus tonsillotomy for obstructive sleep-disordered breathing in children
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: 12‐hour Fasting vs. Expedited Oral Intake in Women Hospitalized for Hyperemesis Gravidarum
6 May, 2020 | 03:34h | UTC
Randomized Clinical Trials and COVID-19: Managing Expectations
5 May, 2020 | 04:56h | UTCRandomized Clinical Trials and COVID-19: Managing Expectations – JAMA
COVID-19: Out-of-control Science and Bypassing Science-based Medicine
5 May, 2020 | 05:04h | UTCCOVID-19: Out-of-control science and bypassing science-based medicine – Science Based Medicine
Related: Covid-19 — A Reminder to Reason – New England Journal of Medicine AND Pandemic Science Out of Control – Issues in Science and Technology AND Science Has an Ugly, Complicated Dark Side. And the Coronavirus Is Bringing It Out – Mother Jones AND Against pandemic research exceptionalism – Science AND In Defense of Evidence-Based Medicine for the Treatment of COVID-19 ARDS – Annals of the American Thoracic Society
ESMO Guidelines: Cancer Patient Management During the Covid-19 Pandemic
5 May, 2020 | 04:41h | UTCCancer Patient Management During the Covid-19 Pandemic – European Society of Medical Oncology
Related: NCCN Guidance: How to Keep our Oncology Patients and Healthcare Workers Safe AND ASCO Recommendations for the Oncology Community During the COVID19 Pandemic AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of systemic anticancer treatments – NICE AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of radiotherapy – NICE AND Caring for patients with cancer in the COVID-19 era – Nature Medicine
Obesity Could Shift Severe COVID-19 Disease to Younger Ages
5 May, 2020 | 04:53h | UTCObesity could shift severe COVID-19 disease to younger ages – The Lancet
NEW Correspondence—D Kass et al examined the correlation between BMI & age in 265 #COVID19 patients admitted to ICU at 6 hospitals & found a significant inverse correlation between age & BMI, in which younger individuals were more likely to be obese https://t.co/SrNSp2W7JQ pic.twitter.com/ozpBug5Mv9
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) May 1, 2020
Critical Conversations: Say This, Not That
5 May, 2020 | 04:32h | UTCCritical Conversations: Say This, Not That – CHEST
White Paper: Current Perspectives on COVID‐19 and Cardiovascular Disease
5 May, 2020 | 04:25h | UTC
AHA/ACC Guidance: Safe Reintroduction of Cardiovascular Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
5 May, 2020 | 04:22h | UTC
Proposal for a COVID-19 Imaging Reporting and Data System (COVID-RADS)
5 May, 2020 | 04:46h | UTC
Ethical and Legal Challenges of COVID-19 Immunity Certificates
5 May, 2020 | 04:16h | UTCRelated: Covid-19 ‘immunity certificates’: practical and ethical conundrums – STAT AND The Dangerous History of Immunoprivilege – The New York Times AND “COVID-19 ‘Immunity Passports’ and Dystopian Segregation: A Few Concerns” – Bioethics.net
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: No Benefit from L-thyroxine Among Elderly Patients with Symptomatic Subclinical Hypothyroidism
5 May, 2020 | 04:11h | UTCL-Thyroxine Therapy for Older Adults With Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Hypothyroid Symptoms: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: L-thyroxine did not improve symptoms or tiredness in older patients with subclinical hypothyroidism – ACP Internist AND More Evidence Against L-Thyroxine for Subclinical Hypothyroidism – NEJM Journal Watch
Related Articles: Association Between Levothyroxine Treatment and Thyroid-Related Symptoms Among Adults Aged 80 Years and Older With Subclinical Hypothyroidism – JAMA AND Thyroid Hormone Therapy for Older Adults with Subclinical Hypothyroidism – New England Journal of Medicine
AHA Scientific Statement: Cardiovascular Considerations in Caring for Pregnant Patients
5 May, 2020 | 04:06h | UTCNews Release: Pregnant women with CVD need specialized care before, during and postpartum – American Heart Association
EULAR Recommendations: Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatic Adverse Events due to Cancer Immunotherapy
5 May, 2020 | 05:18h | UTCRelated: Clinical characteristics of rheumatic syndromes associated with checkpoint inhibitors therapy – Rheumatology AND Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases Induced by Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Review of the Literature – Current Drug Safety AND Immune-related Adverse Events Associated with Cancer Immunotherapy: A Review for the Practicing Rheumatologist – The Journal of Rheumatology AND NCCN Guidelines Insights: Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities (guidelines and reviews on the subject)