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Perspective: Against Pandemic Research Exceptionalism
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:39h | UTCAgainst pandemic research exceptionalism – Science
“Crises are no excuse for lowering scientific standards.”
Health Care Workers Seek to Flatten COVID-19’s ‘Second Curve’—Their Rising Mental Anguish
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:42h | UTCHealth care workers seek to flatten COVID-19’s ‘second curve’—their rising mental anguish – Science
Related: Understanding and Addressing Sources of Anxiety Among Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA AND Mental health outcomes among front and second line health workers associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. – medRxiv AND Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA Network Open
“there’s a second curve we’re going to have to flatten: the mental health consequences of the pandemic.”
A Skeptic’s Guide To Ecologic Studies During A Pandemic
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:34h | UTCA Skeptic’s Guide To Ecologic Studies During A Pandemic – Forbes
Related: BCG Against Coronavirus: Less Hype And More Evidence, Please – Forbes
Debate: Is it Wrong to Prioritize Younger Patients with Covid-19?
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:30h | UTCIs it wrong to prioritise younger patients with covid-19? – The BMJ
Commentary: Should age be a prioritizing factor in deciding who gets treated for COVID-19? – News Medical
Perspective: In Defense of Evidence-Based Medicine for the Treatment of COVID-19 ARDS
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:36h | UTC
New Data on Remdesivir: No benefit for Patients with Covid-19
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:31h | UTCRelated: Remdesivir in covid-19 – The BMJ AND What’s Happening With Remdesivir? – Science Translational Medicine AND Slow down your giddyup on Gilead news – Health News Review
‘Where Are All our Patients?’: Covid Phobia is Keeping People with Serious Heart Symptoms Away From ERs
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:26h | UTCRelated: Where Have All the Heart Attacks Gone? – The New York Times
Hydroxychloroquine and Coronavirus: A Guide to the Scientific Studies so Far
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:28h | UTCHydroxychloroquine and coronavirus: a guide to the scientific studies so far – The Guardian
IHME Report: Forecasting the Impact of the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hospital Demand and Deaths for the USA and European Economic Area Countries
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:29h | UTCSee full report: Forecasting the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on 2 hospital demand and deaths for the USA and European Economic Area 3 countries
Study: Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality After Removal of Adenomas During Screening Colonoscopies
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:24h | UTCRelated Study: Another Large Cohort Study Suggests Patients with Low-Risk Adenomas are Not At Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer (studies on the subject)
Podcast: Twitter, Social Media and Digital Scholarship in Medicine
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:25h | UTC#209 LIVE! Twitter, Social Media and Digital Scholarship – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
See also: Episode List
Community-acquired Pneumonia: Strategies for Triage and Treatment
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:20h | UTC
GERD: A Practical Approach
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:21h | UTCGERD: A practical approach – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Antibiotics Do Not Reduce Length of Hospital Stay for Uncomplicated Diverticulitis
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:23h | UTCAntibiotics Do Not Reduce Length of Hospital Stay for Uncomplicated Diverticulitis in a Pragmatic Double-Blind Randomized Trial – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related: Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Diverticulitis Without Antibiotics: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Diseases of the Colon & Rectum (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Randomized Trial: Antibiotic Avoidance Associated with Similar Long-term Outcomes in Uncomplicated Diverticulitis (randomized trials on the subject)
CDC Guidance: Preexposure Prophylaxis for Prevention of HIV Acquisition Among Adolescents
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:19h | UTC
Systematic Review: SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:40h | UTCCommentaries: Most kids with coronavirus usually recover within two weeks, JAMA study finds – CNBC AND Young people at lower risk for COVID-19, can still transmit the virus – UPI AND Expert reaction to systematic review of COVID-19 in children – Science Media Centre
Clinical Features and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:43h | UTC
Alterations in Smell or Taste in Mildly Symptomatic Outpatients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:41h | UTCAlterations in Smell or Taste in Mildly Symptomatic Outpatients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection – JAMA
Related: Study Validates Loss of Smell and Taste as Symptoms of Covid-19
[Preprint] Study: Saliva is More Sensitive for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in COVID-19 Patients than Nasopharyngeal Swabs
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:36h | UTC
COVID-19 in Children in the United States
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:38h | UTCCommentaries: The coronavirus has probably infected far more children in the US than thought, a study says – Business Insider AND COVID-19 possibly striking more children than expected – University of South Florida
Opinion: A Call for Rational Intensive Care in the Era of COVID-19
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:34h | UTC
Editorial: Remdesivir in Covid-19
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:35h | UTCRemdesivir in covid-19 – The BMJ
Related: What’s Happening With Remdesivir? – Science Translational Medicine AND Slow down your giddyup on Gilead news – Health News Review
Low-cost, Easy-to-build Non-Invasive Pressure Support Ventilator for Under-resourced Regions: Open Source Hardware Description, Performance and Feasibility Testing
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:26h | UTC
Potassium Enriched Salt Substitution Could Prevent a Large Number of Cardiovascular Deaths
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:27h | UTCCommentaries: Salt substitution could prevent almost half a million deaths from CVD in China – George Institute for Global Health AND Embracing salt substitutes could help China prevent 450K CVD deaths per year – Cardiovascular Business
Meta-Analysis: Interventions for the Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:22h | UTC