Family Medicine
[Abstract Only] Randomized trial: Physical therapy referral from primary care for acute back pain with sciatica
7 Oct, 2020 | 08:56h | UTCPhysical Therapy Referral From Primary Care for Acute Back Pain With Sciatica: A Randomized Controlled Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: For back pain, early MRI didn’t help, early physical therapy did, studies find – ACP Internist AND Early PT for Acute Back Pain and Sciatica Improves Disability – NEJM Journal Watch
Cohort study: Risk for serious infection with low-dose glucocorticoids in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
7 Oct, 2020 | 08:53h | UTCCommentaries: Glucocorticoids associated with increased risk for infection, even at low doses – American College of Physicians AND Even low-dose glucocorticoids raise serious infection risk in RA patients – medwire News
Commentary on Twitter
ICYMI: #Glucocorticoids are associated with an increased risk for infection, even at doses as low as 5mg or less per day https://t.co/pm9Q72mvhT. pic.twitter.com/rM7GdHkbwW
— Annals of Int Med (@AnnalsofIM) September 24, 2020
Updated CDC Guidance: How COVID-19 Spreads
6 Oct, 2020 | 00:59h | UTCHow COVID-19 Spreads – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Commentary: CDC revises coronavirus guidance to acknowledge that it spreads through airborne transmission – CNBC
Long-term health consequences of COVID-19
6 Oct, 2020 | 00:58h | UTCLong-term Health Consequences of COVID-19 – JAMA
Commentary on Twitter
Persistent post-COVID symptoms could be the from direct tissue invasion by the virus, profound inflammation & cytokine storm, related immune system damage, hypercoagulable state, or some combination https://t.co/G8tI9U3TaL @CarlosdelRio7 lfcollins_md @PreetiNMalani
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) October 5, 2020
Changes in adult alcohol use and consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US
6 Oct, 2020 | 00:56h | UTCCommentaries: Americans over 30 have been drinking more during the coronavirus pandemic, research shows – CNN AND Adult Alcohol Use Has Increased During the COVID-19 Pandemic – NEJM Journal Watch AND Americans Have Turned To Alcohol During The Coronavirus Pandemic, And It’s Concerning – Forbes
Commentary on Twitter
Survey study shows Americans increased their frequency of alcohol consumption during #COVID19, compared with a year earlier. Women also reported increases in days of heavy drinking and in alcohol-related problems. @MichaelSPollard https://t.co/TVjmpoj9ja
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) September 30, 2020
Survival of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus on the human skin: Importance of hand hygiene in COVID-19
6 Oct, 2020 | 00:52h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/DrZoeHyde/status/1313098114958417921
Report: Adolescent with COVID-19 as the source of an outbreak at a 3-week family gathering
6 Oct, 2020 | 00:50h | UTC
A ‘herd mentality’ can’t stop the COVID-19 pandemic. Neither can a weak vaccine
6 Oct, 2020 | 00:53h | UTC
[Abstract Only] A Randomized trial comparing antibiotics with appendectomy for appendicitis
6 Oct, 2020 | 00:44h | UTCA Randomized Trial Comparing Antibiotics with Appendectomy for Appendicitis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Benefits, risks seen with antibiotics-first for appendicitis – University of Washington School of Medicine
Infographic: Deciding Between Antibiotics & Surgery for Appendicitis: Findings from the CODA Study
Commentary on Twitter
For the treatment of appendicitis, antibiotics noninferior to appendectomy on the basis of results of a standard health-status measure. In the antibiotics group, nearly 3 in 10 participants had undergone appendectomy by 90 days. #ACSCC20
— NEJM (@NEJM) October 5, 2020
Systematic review: Sublingual immunotherapy for asthma
6 Oct, 2020 | 00:11h | UTCSublingual immunotherapy for asthma – Cochrane Library
Summary: Sublingual immunotherapy for asthma – Cochrane Library
Case series of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection
4 Oct, 2020 | 23:36h | UTCCommentary: Mysterious inflammatory syndrome tied to COVID-19 strikes adults as well as kids – Live Science
Commentary on Twitter
A new @CDCMMWR finds that adults who had #COVID19 can develop a condition similar to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and have severe outcomes including requiring intensive care. Learn more: https://t.co/dU1tS85Sj3. pic.twitter.com/RitCzJsLTL
— CDC (@CDCgov) October 2, 2020
Study: Four out of five people with sudden loss of smell or taste had COVID-19
4 Oct, 2020 | 23:30h | UTCCommentaries: Coronavirus: Loss of smell may be clearer sign than cough – BBC AND Coronavirus: Four out of five with sudden loss of smell or taste had COVID-19, study finds – Sky News
Commentary on Twitter
Four out of five people who experienced sudden loss of smell or taste had #COVID19, in a study by @ProfBatterhamMD and colleagues @ucl and @uclh #SARSCoV2
🔎 @PLOSMedicine paper: https://t.co/MoGTowbPus
📰 @SkyNews article: https://t.co/qgZJt9NHk6— PLOS (@PLOS) October 2, 2020
Perspective: What we know about vitamin D and Covid-19 (spoiler: not much)
4 Oct, 2020 | 23:28h | UTCWhat We Know About Vitamin D and Covid-19 – Medium
[Abstract Only] Randomized trial: Management of adults with primary frozen shoulder in secondary care
4 Oct, 2020 | 23:21h | UTCManagement of adults with primary frozen shoulder in secondary care (UK FROST): a multicentre, pragmatic, three-arm, superiority randomised clinical trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
De-adopting low-value care: Evidence, eminence, and economics
4 Oct, 2020 | 23:20h | UTCDe-adopting Low-Value Care: Evidence, Eminence, and Economics – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: De-Adopting Low-Value Care—Evidence, Eminence, and Economics
Commentary on Twitter
Evidence alone is NOT sufficient for many healthcare professionals to abandon low-value treatments that provide little or no benefit to patients.
Often it's only when their financial reimbursement is reduced or stopped that their use declines quickly. https://t.co/YiggZyqUMp
— The Sp⚽️rts Physio (@AdamMeakins) October 3, 2020
Systematic review: It is unlikely that magnesium improves skeletal muscle cramps in older adults
4 Oct, 2020 | 22:48h | UTCMagnesium for skeletal muscle cramps – Cochrane Library
Video: Are “superspreaders” the key to stopping COVID?
2 Oct, 2020 | 09:31h | UTCAre “Superspreaders” The Key To Stopping COVID? – ZDoggMD Show
Related: This Overlooked Variable Is the Key to the Pandemic. It’s not R. – The Atlantic
Large study highlights the role of super-spreaders in Covid-19 transmission
2 Oct, 2020 | 09:32h | UTCEpidemiology and transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in two Indian states – Science
Commentaries: Largest COVID-19 contact tracing study to date finds children key to spread, evidence of superspreaders – Princeton University AND Largest study of COVID-19 transmission highlights essential role of super-spreaders – Los Angeles Times AND Huge Study of Coronavirus Cases in India Offers Some Surprises to Scientists – The New York Times
Commentary on Twitter
🚨Large study of >500,000 people in #India exposed to the #coronavirus found:
▶️Viral spread is driven by a small % of "superspreaders"
▶️Children & young adults are much more important to viral spread—especially within households—than previously reportedhttps://t.co/GziQHVixfL— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD drdenagrayson.bsky.social (@DrDenaGrayson) October 1, 2020
Ensuring uptake of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2
2 Oct, 2020 | 09:27h | UTCEnsuring Uptake of Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 – New England Journal of Medicine
What does it mean if a vaccine is ‘successful’?
2 Oct, 2020 | 09:25h | UTCWhat Does It Mean If a Vaccine Is ‘Successful’? – Wired
Case report: Cerebrospinal fluid leak after nasal swab testing for Covid-19
2 Oct, 2020 | 09:22h | UTC
C0mmentary on Twitter
There’s been a lot of joking about getting a nasopharyngeal swab can be like a brain biopsy. Well, that actually happened https://t.co/kczvr9lIFb @JAMAOto pic.twitter.com/Lio0yV0GkS
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 1, 2020
Medication related hospital admissions and readmissions in older patients: an overview of literature
2 Oct, 2020 | 09:15h | UTC
Drug-related orthostatic hypotension: Beyond anti-hypertensive medications
2 Oct, 2020 | 09:13h | UTCDrug-Related Orthostatic Hypotension: Beyond Anti-Hypertensive Medications – Drugs & Aging
Commentary on Twitter
Drug-Related Orthostatic Hypotension: Beyond Anti-Hypertensive Medications. An open access review … https://t.co/YB0KiEiAtF pic.twitter.com/YzfsmQmtbZ
— Rohan Elliott (@elliott_rohan) September 30, 2020
Randomized trial: Hydroxychloroquine vs. placebo for pre-exposure SARS-CoV-2 prophylaxis among health care workers
1 Oct, 2020 | 09:17h | UTCCommentary: Hydroxychloroquine didn’t prevent COVID-19 among health care workers in new study – CNN
Commentary on Twitter
#Hydroxychloroquine taken daily by hospital-based health care providers over 8 weeks did not prevent #SARSCoV2 infection, in a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial performed at 2 University of Pennsylvania hospitals https://t.co/7XHn6uBh4Z
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) September 30, 2020
The evolving picture of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in children: critical knowledge gaps
1 Oct, 2020 | 09:09h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
The evolving picture of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in children: critical knowledge gapshttps://t.co/vPWuNytBPP pic.twitter.com/pbLY1m9ZD2
— BMJ Global Health (@GlobalHealthBMJ) September 30, 2020