Family Medicine
USPSTF Statement: Primary Care Interventions for Prevention and Cessation of Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents
30 Apr, 2020 | 03:48h | UTCEditorial: Recommendations From the USPSTF for Prevention and Cessation of Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation in Children and Adolescents
Commentary: USPSTF: Clinicians Should Counsel Kids to Not Start Smoking – NEJM Journal Watch
Perspective: What Policy Makers Need to Know About COVID-19 Protective Immunity
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:19h | UTCWhat policy makers need to know about COVID-19 protective immunity – The Lancet
Related: What Covid-19 antibody tests say — and don’t say — about immunity – Vox AND The False Hope of Antibody Tests – The Atlantic AND What Antibody Studies Can Tell You — and More Importantly, What They Can’t – ProPublica AND What if immunity to covid-19 doesn’t last? – MIT Technology Review AND Beware of Antibody-based COVID-19 “Immunity Passports” – Scientific American AND Coronavirus immunity: Can you catch it twice? – BBC
Related Commentary on Twitter
An especially astute and succinct essay on #COVID19 protective immunity @TheLancet todayhttps://t.co/HFGUGPdson
highlights unknowns on duration, role of T lymphocytes, what constitutes real protection, and herd immunity features pic.twitter.com/oBC48DcGCl— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) April 28, 2020
Case Series: Atypical Presentation of COVID-19 in Young Infants
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:17h | UTCAtypical presentation of COVID-19 in young infants – The Lancet
“In the pandemic context, infants younger than 3 months with isolated fever should be tested for SARS-CoV-2. “
Case Series: Characterization of Ischemic Cutaneous Lesions Associated with Covid-19
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:14h | UTCSee also: Journal articles on coronavirus with relevance for skin diseases and dermatology – Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham AND From ‘COVID Toes’ to Hives, These Are the Skin Conditions Dermatologists Think Could Be Signs of Coronavirus – TIME
Covid-19: Concerns Grow Over Inflammatory Syndrome Emerging in Children
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:16h | UTCCovid-19: concerns grow over inflammatory syndrome emerging in children – The BMJ
Related: UK says some children have died from syndrome linked to COVID-19 – Reuters
Why Don’t Some Coronavirus Patients Sense their Alarmingly Low Oxygen Levels?
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:11h | UTCWhy don’t some coronavirus patients sense their alarmingly low oxygen levels? – Science
Patients with Cancer More Vulnerable to SARS-COV-2
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:00h | UTCCommentaries: COVID-19 Increases Overall Risk of Death, Complications in Patients With Cancer, Study Shows – AJMC AND Patients with blood and lung cancers are three times more at risk of dying of coronavirus than people with other tumors, study finds – Daily Mail AND Coronavirus: Cancer patients nearly three times more likely to die of Covid-19, study says – Independent
Evaluation and Management of Premature Ventricular Complexes
29 Apr, 2020 | 04:52h | UTCEvaluation and Management of Premature Ventricular Complexes – Circulation (free for a limited period)
Systematic Review: Antidepressants for Smoking Cessation
29 Apr, 2020 | 04:40h | UTCAntidepressants for smoking cessation – Cochrane Library
Summary: Do medicines used to treat depression help people to quit smoking? – Cochrane Library
USPSTF Draft Statement: Not Enough Evidence to Recommend Hypertension Screening in Children
29 Apr, 2020 | 04:34h | UTCHigh Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
IDSA Guidelines on Infection Prevention in Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:47h | UTC
Consensus Statement: Chest Imaging in Pediatric COVID-19 Patient Management
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:43h | UTCCommentary: Recommendations issued for imaging use in pediatric COVID-19 – MedicalXpress
Twitter-based Learning for Continuing Medical Education? A New Perspective for a Paradigm Shift in Medical Education, Accelerated by COVID-19
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:28h | UTCRelated: How Twitter is Changing Medical Research (texts on the subject)
Mitigating the Wider Health Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic Response
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:23h | UTCAnalysis: Mitigating the wider health effects of covid-19 pandemic response – The BMJ
Richard Lehman’s Covid-19 Reviews—27 April 2020
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:21h | UTCRichard Lehman’s covid-19 reviews, 27 April 2020 – The BMJ Opinion
“In this weekly round-up, Richard Lehman looks at a personal selection of articles of relevance to clinicians dealing with covid-19”
Clinical Practice: Mild or Moderate Covid-19
26 Apr, 2020 | 21:35h | UTCMild or Moderate Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine
Asymptomatic Transmission, the Achilles’ Heel of Current Strategies to Control Covid-19
26 Apr, 2020 | 21:32h | UTC
Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility
26 Apr, 2020 | 21:31h | UTC
Obesity and Impaired Metabolic Health in Patients with COVID-19
26 Apr, 2020 | 21:25h | UTCObesity and impaired metabolic health in patients with COVID-19 – Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Practical Recommendations for the Management of Diabetes in Patients with COVID-19
26 Apr, 2020 | 21:24h | UTC
Mental Health Status Among Children in Home Confinement During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak
26 Apr, 2020 | 21:17h | UTCCommentaries: Expert reaction to paper looking at mental health in children under lockdown in Hubei in China – Science Media Centre AND With Schools Closed, Chinese Primary School Students Show Signs of Depression, Anxiety – U.S News
FDA Safety Alert: Risk of Heart Rhythm Problems with the use of Hydroxychloroquine or Chloroquine for COVID-19
26 Apr, 2020 | 21:20h | UTCNews Release: FDA warning for Hydroxychloroquine or Chloroquine for COVID-19: Risk of Heart Rhythm Problems – Outbreak News Today
Observational Study: Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors are Not Associated with Severity or Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Coronavirus Disease
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:46h | UTCCommentary: Drugs for high blood pressure don’t appear to make COVID-19 worse – Science News
Perspective: Against Pandemic Research Exceptionalism
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:39h | UTCAgainst pandemic research exceptionalism – Science
“Crises are no excuse for lowering scientific standards.”
Health Care Workers Seek to Flatten COVID-19’s ‘Second Curve’—Their Rising Mental Anguish
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:42h | UTCHealth care workers seek to flatten COVID-19’s ‘second curve’—their rising mental anguish – Science
Related: Understanding and Addressing Sources of Anxiety Among Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA AND Mental health outcomes among front and second line health workers associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. – medRxiv AND Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA Network Open
“there’s a second curve we’re going to have to flatten: the mental health consequences of the pandemic.”