Family Medicine
10-minute Consultation: Assessment and Management of Adults with Asthma During the Covid-19 Pandemic
9 Jun, 2020 | 05:01h | UTCAssessment and management of adults with asthma during the covid-19 pandemic – The BMJ
Perspective: Positive Covid-19 Tests Kept a Mom and Baby Apart for 55 Days. Experts See it as a Bigger Testing Problem
9 Jun, 2020 | 04:56h | UTC
[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
ADA Consensus Report: Diabetes Self-management Education and Support in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
9 Jun, 2020 | 04:39h | UTC
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
Caring for Women Who Are Planning a Pregnancy, Pregnant, or Postpartum During the COVID-19 Pandemic
8 Jun, 2020 | 04:36h | UTC
Perspective: Will COVID-19 Kill the Routine Physical Exam?
8 Jun, 2020 | 04:35h | UTCWill COVID-19 Kill the Routine Physical Exam? – Scientific American
Meta-Analysis: Smell and Taste Dysfunction in Patients With COVID-19
8 Jun, 2020 | 04:27h | UTC
Efficacy and Safety of Rapid Tests to Guide Antibiotic Prescriptions for Sore Throat
8 Jun, 2020 | 04:20h | UTC
What Helps Older People Take Their Medication Correctly?
8 Jun, 2020 | 04:22h | UTCWhat helps older people take their medication correctly? – Evidently Cochrane
Original Review: Interventions for improving medication‐taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications – Cochrane Library
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
Observational Study: Association of Hypertension and Antihypertensive Treatment with COVID-19 Mortality
5 Jun, 2020 | 05:05h | UTCEditorial: Renin–angiotensin system inhibitors in the COVID-19 pandemic: consequences of antihypertensive drugs
Commentaries: Expert reaction to study looking at link between high blood pressure and risk of dying from COVID-19 – Science Media Centre AND Blood pressure drugs linked to lower COVID-19 mortality: study – Reuters
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
Social Bubbles May be the Best Way for Societies to Emerge from Lockdown
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:53h | UTCSocial bubbles may be the best way for societies to emerge from lockdown – MIT Technology Review
Original Study: Social network-based distancing strategies to flatten the COVID-19 curve in a post-lockdown world – Nature Human Behaviour
See also: Expert reaction to evaluation of post-lockdown social distancing strategies – Science Media Centre
Meta-Analysis: Effect of Low‐dose Aspirin on Health Outcomes
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:35h | UTCCommentary: Healthy people shouldn’t take daily aspirin to prevent heart disease, review finds – CNN
Review: Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: Recognition, Management, Prevention
5 Jun, 2020 | 04:31h | UTCRecurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: Recognition, management, prevention – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free registration may be required)
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
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