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In patients hospitalized with COVID-19, right ventricular dilation or dysfunction was independently associated with a >2-fold increase in risk for mortality

10 Nov, 2020 | 09:36h | UTC

Prognostic Utility of Right Ventricular Remodeling Over Conventional Risk Stratification in Patients With COVID-19 – Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Commentaries: Utility of RV Remodeling Over Risk Stratification in COVID-19 – American College of Cardiology AND Damage to heart’s right ventricle predicts a greater chance of death from COVID-19 – Weill Cornell Medical College

 

Aspirin to be investigated as a possible treatment for COVID-19 in the RECOVERY trial

10 Nov, 2020 | 09:35h | UTC

Aspirin to be investigated as a possible treatment for COVID-19 in the RECOVERY trial – University of Oxford

Commentary: Aspirin to be tested as potential COVID-19 drug in UK study – Reuters

 

Current and evolving standards of care for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Definition, ventilatory support, fluid management, use of corticosteroids, indications of prone positioning and ECMO, and more.

10 Nov, 2020 | 09:26h | UTC

Current and evolving standards of care for patients with ARDS – Annals of Intensive Care

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

JACC Focus Seminar: Advanced management of intermediate- and high-risk pulmonary embolism. Patients who deteriorate despite anticoagulation and those with high-risk PE should be considered for advanced therapies for pulmonary reperfusion, including systemic fibrinolysis, surgical embolectomy, and catheter-based therapies

9 Nov, 2020 | 01:20h | UTC

Advanced Management of Intermediate- and High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: JACC Focus Seminar – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free for a limited period)

Podcast: Advanced Management of Intermediate- and High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: JACC Focus Seminar

 

High prevalence of pericardial involvement in college student-athletes recovering from COVID-19

5 Nov, 2020 | 09:08h | UTC

High Prevalence of Pericardial Involvement in College Student-Athletes Recovering From COVID-19 – JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

 

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Postmortem lungs of COVID-19 patients show massive damage

5 Nov, 2020 | 09:06h | UTC

Postmortem lungs of COVID-19 patients show massive damage- CIDRAP

Original article: Persistence of viral RNA, pneumocyte syncytia and thrombosis are hallmarks of advanced COVID-19 pathology – EBioMedicine

 

Review: Diagnosis and treatment of lower extremity venous thromboembolism. Role of pretest probability and D-Dimer on diagnosis + treatment issues such as postthrombotic syndrome and the role of new anticoagulants

5 Nov, 2020 | 09:00h | UTC

Diagnosis and Treatment of Lower Extremity Venous Thromboembolism: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Summary: Diagnosis and Treatment of Lower Extremity Venous Thromboembolism – American College of Cardiology

 

Review of clinical strategies for implementing lung and diaphragm-protective ventilation: avoiding insufficient and excessive effort

5 Nov, 2020 | 08:46h | UTC

Clinical strategies for implementing lung and diaphragm-protective ventilation: avoiding insufficient and excessive effort – Intensive Care Medicine

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Pharmacological principles guiding prolonged glucocorticoid treatment in ARDS. Dosage, timing of initiation, mode of administration, duration of therapy, infection surveillance, tapering, and more

5 Nov, 2020 | 08:45h | UTC

Pharmacological principles guiding prolonged glucocorticoid treatment in ARDS – Intensive Care Medicine

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

New CDC Report found that pregnant women with Covid-19 are more likely to have severe illness

4 Nov, 2020 | 09:47h | UTC

Update: Characteristics of Symptomatic Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status — United States, January 22–October 3, 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Commentary: Pregnant women with Covid-19 face higher risk of severe illness and death, study says – CNN

 

Clinical strategies for implementing lung and diaphragm-protective ventilation: avoiding insufficient and excessive effort

4 Nov, 2020 | 09:19h | UTC

Clinical strategies for implementing lung and diaphragm-protective ventilation: avoiding insufficient and excessive effort – Intensive Care Medicine

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Updated clinical guide for the critical care management of adults with COVID-19

3 Nov, 2020 | 03:18h | UTC

Clinical guide for the management of critical care for adults with COVID-19 during the Coronavirus pandemic – Intensive Care Society

 

Spike in prescribing dexamethasone to Covid-19 patients may do more harm than good

3 Nov, 2020 | 03:11h | UTC

Spike in prescribing dexamethasone to Covid-19 patients may do more harm than good – STAT

 

Perspective: A series of disappointing results of immune-based therapies for COVID-19

3 Nov, 2020 | 03:13h | UTC

A Series of Disappointing Results of Immune-Based Therapies for COVID-19 – HIV and ID Observations

 

Opinion – Hydroxychloroquine: A tale of overzealous optimism and patient harm

3 Nov, 2020 | 03:09h | UTC

Hydroxychloroquine: A tale of overzealous optimism and patient harm – First10EM

 

Regeneron: Independent committee recommends holding trial enrollment in hospitalized patients with high oxygen requirements

2 Nov, 2020 | 02:31h | UTC

REGN-COV2 independent data monitoring committee recommends holding enrollment in hospitalized patients with high oxygen requirements and continuing enrollment in patients with low or no oxygen requirements – Regeneron

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

CDC Report: Transmission of SARS-COV-2 infections in households

2 Nov, 2020 | 02:37h | UTC

Transmission of SARS-COV-2 Infections in Households — Tennessee and Wisconsin, April–September 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Commentaries: A new CDC study suggests roughly 50% of people living with someone who has COVID-19 get it — usually in less than 5 days – Business Insider AND Household spread of Covid-19 is common and quick, a new CDC study finds – CNN

 

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Report: COVID-19 infection fatality ratio estimates from seroprevalence

30 Oct, 2020 | 01:16h | UTC

Report 34 – COVID-19 Infection Fatality Ratio Estimates from Seroprevalence – Imperial College London

Full report: COVID-19 Infection Fatality Ratio: Estimates from Seroprevalence

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

The ‘very, very bad look’ of remdesivir, the first FDA-approved COVID-19 drug

30 Oct, 2020 | 01:14h | UTC

The ‘very, very bad look’ of remdesivir, the first FDA-approved COVID-19 drug – Science

 

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Videos in clinical medicine: Percutaneous Tracheostomy

30 Oct, 2020 | 01:05h | UTC

Percutaneous Tracheostomy – New England Journal of Medicine

 

Randomized phase 2 trial: SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody LY-CoV555 in outpatients with Covid-19

29 Oct, 2020 | 09:16h | UTC

SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody LY-CoV555 in Outpatients with Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine

Audio Interview: A New Monoclonal Antibody for Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine

 

Commentaries on Twitter

 

Video: Coronavirus update with Anthony Fauci – October 28, 2020

29 Oct, 2020 | 09:11h | UTC

Coronavirus Update With Anthony Fauci – October 28, 2020 – JAMA

 

Clinical practice: Mild or moderate Covid-19

29 Oct, 2020 | 09:12h | UTC

Mild or Moderate Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine

 

Randomized trial: Osimertinib in resected EGFR-Mutated non–small-cell lung cancer

29 Oct, 2020 | 09:04h | UTC

Osimertinib in Resected EGFR-Mutated Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine

 

Ten tips to optimize weaning and extubation success in the critically ill

29 Oct, 2020 | 08:50h | UTC

Ten tips to optimize weaning and extubation success in the critically ill – Intensive Care Medicine

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

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