Chest Medicine
FDA orders Juul to remove all its e-cigarettes from US market.
6 Jul, 2022 | 11:46h | UTCFDA orders Juul to remove all its e-cigarettes from US market – The BMJ
See also:
FDA orders all Juul e-cigarettes off the market – POLITICO
The FDA orders Juul to pull all of its vaping products from the U.S. market – NPR
FDA orders Juul Labs to remove products from US market – CNN
FDA News Release: FDA Denies Authorization to Market JUUL Products – U.S. Food & Drug Administration
RCT | Testing the effects of combining azithromycin with inhaled tobramycin for P. aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis.
6 Jul, 2022 | 11:31h | UTCCommentary: Does Azithromycin antagonize the effect of inhaled tobramycin in cystic fibrosis? – Medical Dialogues
Commentary on Twitter
Original research: Testing the effects of combining azithromycin with inhaled tobramycin for P. aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis: a randomised, controlled clinical trialhttps://t.co/z9dGX52dAe pic.twitter.com/tpiOqIIQjb
— ThoraxBMJ (@ThoraxBMJ) May 23, 2022
Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) in athletes: a narrative review by a subgroup of the IOC Consensus on acute respiratory illness in the athlete.
5 Jul, 2022 | 11:59h | UTCM-A | Predictors of sleep disordered breathing in children with Down syndrome.
5 Jul, 2022 | 11:33h | UTCReview | Cough hypersensitivity and chronic cough.
4 Jul, 2022 | 12:59h | UTCCough hypersensitivity and chronic cough – Nature Reviews Disease Primers (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
See also: Infographic (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Commentary on Twitter
#Cough is mediated by a complex set of neurobiological processes involving the peripheral nervous system, brainstem and higher brain. #ChronicCoughhttps://t.co/DGgjk2Iyji pic.twitter.com/nrmJne7Ir8
— Nature Reviews Disease Primers (@DiseasePrimers) July 2, 2022
Bad news for Paxlovid? Coronavirus can find multiple ways to evade COVID-19 drug.
4 Jul, 2022 | 12:57h | UTCBad news for Paxlovid? Coronavirus can find multiple ways to evade COVID-19 drug – Science
See also: SARS-CoV-2 can evade Paxlovid by multiple mechanisms – News Medical
Opinion | FDA: Don’t rush a move to change the Covid-19 vaccine composition.
4 Jul, 2022 | 12:53h | UTCFDA: Don’t rush a move to change the Covid-19 vaccine composition – STAT
Guideline | Malignancy risk stratification for solitary pulmonary nodule.
4 Jul, 2022 | 12:33h | UTCBrief Review | Ventilator-associated pneumonia.
4 Jul, 2022 | 12:15h | UTCVentilator-associated pneumonia – Intensive Care Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one in PMC)
Commentary on Twitter
VAP, main challenges & lessons learned
➡️ epidemiology: surveillance & data from LMICs
➡️ pathophysiology
➡️ prevention bundle
➡️ gold standard for diagnosis & microbiology
➡️ treatment: appropriate/timely ABTs
➡️ MDR pathogens
➡️ #COVID19: VAP's back
📎 https://t.co/oYblI6OGLK pic.twitter.com/qXWcABsU0H— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) July 1, 2022
2022 Guidelines for the treatment and prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer, including patients with COVID-19.
1 Jul, 2022 | 11:50h | UTCRelated:
Two new studies show no benefit of Enoxaparin for primary thromboprophylaxis in symptomatic outpatients with COVID-19.
1 Jul, 2022 | 11:49h | UTCCommentaries:
Antithrombotic Prophylaxis No Help in Outpatients With COVID — Two trials show no differences between patients who received enoxaparin vs standard of care – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Early in the pandemic we wondered whether antithrombotic therapy in outpatients with #COVID19 would prevent #thrombosis ❓
Several trials were started globally and the ACTIV-4B trial was previously reported⬇️ https://t.co/Q15WcZwDIA
Now, we publish the OVID and ETHIC trials🧵
— The Lancet Haematology (@TheLancetHaem) June 30, 2022
Accuracy of rapid antigen vs. RT-PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection in college athletes during prevalence of the Omicron variant.
1 Jul, 2022 | 11:39h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
In this case series of college athletes returning to campus during Omicron, rapid antigen tests were 63% sensitive, >99% specific for #COVID19, similar to previous strains and less well in detecting asymptomatic #SARSCoV2. @helixcardinal @stanford_ortho https://t.co/SBPr6NQ9Na
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) June 15, 2022
Review: Nutrition management for critically ill adult patients requiring non-invasive ventilation.
1 Jul, 2022 | 10:42h | UTC
Life’s Essential 8: Updating and enhancing the AHA construct of cardiovascular health.
30 Jun, 2022 | 11:31h | UTCNews Release: American Heart Association adds sleep to cardiovascular health checklist
Commentary: Sleep duration matters for heart health, according to new recommendations – CNN
Advances in the management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and progressive pulmonary fibrosis.
30 Jun, 2022 | 11:26h | UTC
Wearable activity trackers plus AI might be used to pick up presymptomatic COVID-19.
30 Jun, 2022 | 11:18h | UTCNews Release: Wearable activity trackers + AI might be used to pick up presymptomatic COVID-19 – BMJ Newsroom
Expert consensus: Diaphragm ultrasonography in the critically ill.
30 Jun, 2022 | 11:04h | UTC
Case-Control Study: Outcomes and risk factors for delayed-onset postoperative respiratory failure.
30 Jun, 2022 | 10:34h | UTC
RCT: A 2-week interruption in methotrexate treatment doubles the antibody response to a COVID-19 booster vaccine.
29 Jun, 2022 | 12:10h | UTCNews Releases:
Interrupting immune-suppressing treatment can boost COVID vaccine response – Imperial College London
Commentaries:
Commentary on Twitter
NEW Research—2-week interruption of methotrexate treatment for people w/ immune-mediated inflammatory diseases = enhanced boosting of antibody responses after #COVID19 vaccination
From Prof Abhishek Abhishek & colleagues https://t.co/y14pUEaB5X pic.twitter.com/pLvaXjJzoz
— The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (@LancetRespirMed) June 28, 2022
Perspective | Fast-evolving COVID variants complicate vaccine updates.
29 Jun, 2022 | 12:01h | UTCFast-evolving COVID variants complicate vaccine updates – Nature
Retrospective Cohort Study: Key characteristics impacting survival of COVID-19 extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
29 Jun, 2022 | 11:54h | UTC
An analysis of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine reactogenicity: variation by type, dose, and history, severity, and recency of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection.
29 Jun, 2022 | 11:52h | UTC
Systematic Review: Exercise versus airway clearance techniques for people with cystic fibrosis.
29 Jun, 2022 | 11:10h | UTCExercise versus airway clearance techniques for people with cystic fibrosis – Cochrane Library
Summary: Exercise versus airway clearance for people with cystic fibrosis – Cochrane Library
Brief Review: Noninvasive respiratory support in intensive care medicine.
29 Jun, 2022 | 11:06h | UTCNoninvasive respiratory support in intensive care medicine – Intensive Care Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Commentary on Twitter
Noninvasive respiratory support in #ICU
💨 hypercapnic failure
🫀respiratory failure due to acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema
⚠️ weaning or extubation in high-risk or obese pts
💨 de novo hypoxemic respiratory failure if careful pt selection/monitoring
🖇 https://t.co/pTdzEEW2Xf pic.twitter.com/S3oEpUppNC— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) June 28, 2022
Systematic Review: Trastuzumab Deruxtecan-induced interstitial lung disease/pneumonitis in ERBB2-positive advanced solid malignancies.
29 Jun, 2022 | 10:59h | UTC