Chest Medicine
Management of the secondary spontaneous pneumothorax: current guidance, controversies, and recent advances.
17 Mar, 2022 | 08:51h | UTC
M-A: The role of acute hypercapnia on mortality and short-term physiology in patients mechanically ventilated for ARDS.
17 Mar, 2022 | 08:31h | UTCThe role of acute hypercapnia on mortality and short-term physiology in patients mechanically ventilated for ARDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
Acute hypercapnia in #ARDS pts on MV, SR/MA.
Conflicting effect! Protective effects of permissive hypercapnia seem driven by associated PV (improved hemodynamics) vs deleterious effects of imposed hypercapnia seem mediated by pulmonary vascular dysfunctionhttps://t.co/H1TuliectW pic.twitter.com/uLoAZPvbWg— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) March 16, 2022
Antimicrobial therapies for preventing recurrent acute exacerbations of COPD: beyond the guidelines.
17 Mar, 2022 | 08:12h | UTC
Review: Role of imaging in rare COVID-19 vaccine multiorgan complications.
16 Mar, 2022 | 10:00h | UTCRole of imaging in rare COVID-19 vaccine multiorgan complications – Insights into Imaging
Review: Persistent COVID and a return to sport.
16 Mar, 2022 | 09:51h | UTCPersistent COVID and a Return to Sport – Current Sports Medicine Reports
Quantitative chest CT assessment of small airways disease in post-acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.
16 Mar, 2022 | 09:53h | UTCNews Release: ‘Long COVID’ linked to lasting airways disease – Radiological Society of North America
Multicenter comparative accuracy trial: Dynamic contrast-enhanced CT vs. positron emission tomography CT to characterize solitary pulmonary nodules.
16 Mar, 2022 | 08:51h | UTCDownload: Full Report
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in COVID-19 patients: a pocket guide for radiologists.
15 Mar, 2022 | 09:51h | UTC
Retrospective Cohort: Asthma in children and adolescents is not associated with increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:55h | UTCAsthma and the Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics
Commentary: Kids with asthma not at higher risk of COVID-19, study finds – CIDRAP
Related:
We expected people with asthma to fare worse during COVID. Turns out they’ve had a break.
Asthma in COVID-19 hospitalizations: An overestimated risk factor?
Global, regional, and national prevalence of, and risk factors for, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:49h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
NEW Research—LMICs account for more than 3/4 of global #COPD cases. W/ increased life expectancy in the majority of LMICs, prevalence of COPD in these countries is set to increase.
Study from NIHR @RESPIREGlobal Respiratory Health Unit https://t.co/KD1OSHuMAr pic.twitter.com/Mfm1uJ2tBm
— The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (@LancetRespirMed) March 11, 2022
Open Label RCT: Azithromycin for poorly controlled asthma in children.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:39h | UTCAzithromycin for Poorly Controlled Asthma in Children: A randomized controlled trial – CHEST (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Adding azithromycin to standard care improves asthma control, exacerbations in children – Healio
Patient-centered care in thoracic surgery: a holistic approach—A review of the subjects of enhanced recovery after surgery, rehabilitation, pain management and patient-reported outcome measures in thoracic surgery.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:16h | UTC
Review: Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:34h | UTCPost-acute COVID-19 syndrome – European Respiratory Journal
Related:
ESCMID rapid guidelines for assessment and management of long COVID.
ERS statement on Long COVID-19 follow-up.
Proposed subtypes of long-Covid and their respective potential therapies.
EuGMS Guidance: Management of post-acute COVID-19 patients in geriatric rehabilitation.
Addressing Post-COVID Symptoms: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians.
Update to post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Caring for the ‘long-haulers’.
Systematic Review: Short-term and long-term rates of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
WHO Consensus: A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition (Long Covid).
Characterizing long COVID: a living systematic review.
Long Covid – The illness narratives.
New guidelines to help doctors manage long COVID patients published.
M-A: More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19. (several articles on the subject)
Diagnostic test interpretation: cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:01h | UTCCardiopulmonary Exercise Testing – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Systematic Review: Inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID‐19.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:18h | UTCInhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID‐19 – Cochrane Library
Related:
[Preprint] M-A: Inhaled corticosteroids in COVID-19 outpatients.
Position Paper: Recommendations for the use of topical inhalant budesonide in COVID-19.
RCT: Inhaled budesonide shortens recovery time in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Phase 2 RCT: Inhaled budesonide shows promise for the treatment of early COVID-19
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
https://twitter.com/CochraneLibrary/status/1501615982208507912
WHO Guidance: Use of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detection rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 self-testing.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:20h | UTC
Another study suggests that a third vaccine dose is necessary to protect populations against the omicron variant.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:14h | UTCNews Release: Third vaccine dose critical for protecting populations against omicron variant – BMJ Newsroom
Commentary on Twitter
mRNA vaccines are highly effective in preventing covid-19 associated hospital admissions related to the alpha, delta, and omicron variants. But three doses are needed to achieve a similar level of protection against omicron, finds a large US study: https://t.co/YMm176gmby
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) March 10, 2022
Review: Current surgical indications for non-small-cell lung cancer.
11 Mar, 2022 | 08:39h | UTCCurrent Surgical Indications for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer – Cancers
RCT: In children with nonsevere, drug-susceptible tuberculosis, treatment for 4 months is noninferior to treatment for 6 months.
10 Mar, 2022 | 11:03h | UTCNews Release: Treatment length reduced for children with tuberculosis – University College London
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/NEJM/status/1501686991888392192
Perspective: Once viewed as a promising COVID-19 treatment, convalescent plasma falls out of favor.
10 Mar, 2022 | 10:47h | UTCOnce Viewed as a Promising COVID-19 Treatment, Convalescent Plasma Falls Out of Favor – JAMA
RCT: Reliever-triggered inhaled glucocorticoid reduces severe exacerbations in black and latinx adults with moderate-to-severe asthma.
9 Mar, 2022 | 10:06h | UTCReliever-Triggered Inhaled Glucocorticoid in Black and Latinx Adults with Asthma – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
RCT: Combination treatment with Varenicline and Nicotine patch may increase smoking cessation rates among smokers who drink heavily.
9 Mar, 2022 | 08:44h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
In this RCT, the combination of varenicline + nicotine patch was superior to placebo + nicotine patch in increasing smoking quit rates in smokers who drink heavily. https://t.co/UbekBdEjyA
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) March 4, 2022
Pictorial Review | Extrapulmonary tuberculosıs: an old but resurgent problem.
9 Mar, 2022 | 08:33h | UTCExtrapulmonary tuberculosıs: an old but resurgent problem – Insights into Imaging
Study shows the number of covid-19 infections missed by lateral flow tests “substantial enough to be of clinical importance”.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:57h | UTCOriginal Study: SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow tests for detecting infectious people: linked data analysis – The BMJ
Commentaries:
Case report: Nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism secondary to cyanoacrylate embolization of gastric varices.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:35h | UTC