Chest Medicine
[Preprint] Study: Symptoms Can Last for Weeks Even in Mild Cases
9 Jun, 2020 | 04:54h | UTCSymptom Course in COVID-19 Outpatients – medRxiv
Commentary: Symptoms can last for weeks even in mild cases, lockdowns likely saved millions of lives – Reuters
Related: COVID-19 Can Last for Several Months – The Atlantic
Risk of Hospitalization with Hemorrhage Among Older Adults Taking Clarithromycin vs. Azithromycin and Direct Oral Anticoagulants
9 Jun, 2020 | 04:33h | UTC
WHO Now Recommends the Use of Face Masks by the General Public
8 Jun, 2020 | 04:47h | UTCAdvice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Media Briefing: WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 5 June 2020
Commentaries: The WHO has new guidelines on face masks to fight Covid-19 – Vox AND WHO Urges Demonstrators To Protect Themselves From COVID-19, Issues New Mask Guidelines – Health Policy Watch AND WHO advises public to wear face masks when unable to distance – The Guardian AND Anyone Living in Areas With ‘Widespread’ COVID-19 Transmission Should Wear Masks, WHO Says – TIME
“In light of evolving evidence, WHO advises that governments should encourage the general public to wear masks where there is widespread transmission and physical distancing is difficult, such as on public transport, in shops or in other confined or crowded environments.” (from WHO Director-General’s media briefing)
Related Commentary on Twitter
WHO updated guidance on the use of masks for control of #COVID19: https://t.co/z6DTZLG5Qs
The new guidance is based on evolving evidence and provides updates on:
😷who should wear a mask
😷when a mask should be worn
😷what a mask should be made of pic.twitter.com/Cu7MEyCs3J
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 5, 2020
Randomized Trial: No Benefit From the Use of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19
8 Jun, 2020 | 04:42h | UTCStatement from the Chief Investigators of the Recovery Study: No clinical benefit from use of hydroxychloroquine in hospitalised patients with COVID-19
Opinion by Prof. Trish Greenhalgh: We Can’t be 100% Sure Face Masks Work – But that Shouldn’t Stop us Wearing Them
8 Jun, 2020 | 04:45h | UTCWe can’t be 100% sure face masks work – but that shouldn’t stop us wearing them – The Guardian
Perspective: False Negative Tests for SARS-CoV-2 Infection — Challenges and Implications
8 Jun, 2020 | 04:41h | UTC
Ten Things We Learned About COVID-19
8 Jun, 2020 | 04:38h | UTCTen things we learned about COVID-19 – Intensive Care Medicine
CHEST Guideline: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with COVID-19
8 Jun, 2020 | 04:39h | UTC
In-hospital Airway Management of COVID-19 Patients
8 Jun, 2020 | 04:31h | UTCIn-hospital airway management of COVID-19 patients -Critical Care
Lancet, New England Journal Retract Covid-19 Studies, Including one That Raised Safety Concerns About Malaria Drugs
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:07h | UTCScience: Two elite medical journals retract coronavirus papers over data integrity questions
Review: Serodiagnostics for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome–Related Coronavirus-2
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:03h | UTCRelated (just published): Serology assays to manage COVID-19 – Science
COVID-19: 10 Things I Wished I’d Known Some Months Ago
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:04h | UTCCOVID-19: 10 things I wished I’d known some months ago – Intensive Care Medicine
COVID-19 Can Last for Several Months
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:56h | UTCCOVID-19 Can Last for Several Months – The Atlantic
Related Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/edyong209/status/1268570212191928320
Challenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development?
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:01h | UTCChallenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development? – JAMA
Related: Opinion: Ethical Guidelines for Deliberately Infecting Volunteers with COVID-19 to Speed Vaccine Development (other commentaries on the subject)
Case Series: Preliminary Study Evaluates the use of Famotidine for COVID-19 in Non-hospitalized Patients
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:57h | UTC
Accuracy of Emergency Department Clinical Findings for Diagnostic of Covid-19
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:48h | UTCCommentary: Clinical Predictors of COVID-19 in the ED – NEJM Journal Watch
Early Detection of Acute Pulmonary Embolism Among Patients with COVID-19 in the Emergency Department
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:39h | UTCAcute Pulmonary Embolism and COVID-19 – Radiology
Commentary: Pulmonary embolism and COVID-19 – Henry Ford Health System
Meta-Analysis: Noninvasive Oxygenation Strategies Reduces All-Cause Mortality in Adults with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:37h | UTCAssociation of Noninvasive Oxygenation Strategies with All-Cause Mortality in Adults With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Alternatives to Invasive Ventilation in the COVID-19 Pandemic (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Noninvasive oxygenation strategies compared with standard oxygen therapy were significantly associated with lower risk of death in adults with acute hypoxemic #respiratoryfailure https://t.co/mvFIIAlm0J
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) June 4, 2020
Randomized Trial: Hydroxychloroquine Not Effective as Postexposure Prophylaxis for Covid-19
4 Jun, 2020 | 05:12h | UTCEditorial: Hydroxychloroquine for the Prevention of Covid-19 — Searching for Evidence
Commentaries: Hydroxychloroquine does not prevent Covid-19 infection if exposed, study says – STAT AND The first high-quality study of malaria pill hydroxychloroquine just found it doesn’t help prevent coronavirus infections – Business Insider AND No Evidence Hydroxychloroquine Is Helpful In Preventing COVID-19, Study Finds – NPR
Convalescent Plasma Therapy Shows Promise for Severe COVID-19 in Small Randomized Trial
4 Jun, 2020 | 05:08h | UTCEditorial: A Randomized Trial of Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19—Potentially Hopeful Signals – JAMA
Debate: Should Governments Continue Lockdown to Slow the Spread of Covid-19? (Yes—Edward R Melnick vs. No—John PA Ioannidis)
4 Jun, 2020 | 05:05h | UTCHead to Head: Should governments continue lockdown to slow the spread of covid-19? – The BMJ
Review: Prevalence of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection
4 Jun, 2020 | 05:07h | UTCPrevalence of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Narrative Review – Annals of Internal Medicine
Related Commentary on Twitter
We just published a review of 16 cohorts w/ #COVID19 + data for asymptomatic infections@AnnalsofIM
great work by @danieloran @ScrippsRTI @scrippsresearch https://t.co/7VTTW0ay0w
Bottom line: the rate is high, perhaps ~40% or greater, even taking into account presymptomatic Δ pic.twitter.com/cJfoqWfGJp— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 3, 2020
Review: COVID-19 Diagnostics in Context
4 Jun, 2020 | 05:04h | UTCCOVID-19 diagnostics in context – Science Translational Medicine
Related: IDSA Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19 AND Interpreting Diagnostic Tests for SARS-CoV-2 – JAMA AND Interpreting a covid-19 test result – The BMJ
Why Coronavirus Hits Men Harder: Sex Hormones Offer Clues
4 Jun, 2020 | 05:03h | UTCWhy coronavirus hits men harder: sex hormones offer clues – Science
Perspective: Why a Vaccine May Not be Enough to End the Pandemic
4 Jun, 2020 | 04:54h | UTCWhy a vaccine may not be enough to end the pandemic – Vox