Family Medicine

Analysis: Managing Mental Health Challenges Faced by Healthcare Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic

27 Mar, 2020 | 03:55h | UTC

Managing mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic – The BMJ

Related Study: Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA Network Open AND Commentary: Survey Finds COVID-19 Takes Heavy Psychological Toll on Health Care Workers – Psychiatric News Alert

 

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BCCDC Position Statement on Unproven Therapies for COVID-19

27 Mar, 2020 | 03:48h | UTC

Recommendation: Unproven Therapies for COVID-19 | March 24, 2020 – BC Centre for Disease Control

 

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Typical and Atypical Symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome: Time to Retire the Terms?

27 Mar, 2020 | 03:44h | UTC

Typical and Atypical Symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome: Time to Retire the Terms? – Journal of the American Heart Association

 

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Global, Regional, and National Burden of Neck Pain in the General Population

27 Mar, 2020 | 03:43h | UTC

Global, regional, and national burden of neck pain in the general population, 1990-2017: systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 – The BMJ (free)

 

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Study: Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity with Mortality

27 Mar, 2020 | 03:38h | UTC

Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity with Mortality Among US Adults – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Higher daily step count linked with lower all-cause mortality – NIH News Releases (free) AND The number of steps per day, not speed, is linked to mortality rate – Science News AND Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity With Mortality – American College of Cardiology (free)

 

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Rapid Review: Standard Face Masks vs. Respirator Masks to Prevent COVID-19 in Primary Care Staff

27 Mar, 2020 | 03:45h | UTC

What is the efficacy of standard face masks compared to respirator masks in preventing COVID-type respiratory illnesses in primary care staff? – Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service

 

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Cohort Study: Multicenter Emergency Department Validation of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score

27 Mar, 2020 | 03:21h | UTC

Multicenter Emergency Department Validation of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Emergency Department Validation of Canadian Syncope Risk Score – American College of Cardiology

 

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Randomized Trial: Acupuncture Reduces Frequency of Migraine Days and Migraine Attacks

27 Mar, 2020 | 03:20h | UTC

Manual acupuncture versus sham acupuncture and usual care for prophylaxis of episodic migraine without aura: multicentre, randomised clinical trial – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Manual acupuncture for migraine – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: Does acupuncture relieve migraines? – News Medical (free)

 

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Randomized Trial: Aspirin Not Beneficial for Reducing the Risk of Dementia, MCI, or Cognitive Decline

26 Mar, 2020 | 02:20h | UTC

Randomized placebo-controlled trial of the effects of aspirin on dementia and cognitive decline – Neurology (PDF)

Commentary: Study: An aspirin a day does not keep dementia at bay – American Academy of Neurology (free)

 

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Analysis: What is the Risk of Dying from COVID-19?

26 Mar, 2020 | 02:23h | UTC

What do we know about the risk of dying from COVID-19? – Our World in Data

Related: Global Covid-19 Case Fatality Rates – Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford (free)

 

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Study: Prolonged Presence of SARS-CoV-2 Viral RNA in Fecal Samples

26 Mar, 2020 | 02:18h | UTC

Prolonged presence of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in faecal samples – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

“Very important article about viral shedding. Spoiler alert: quarantine may need to be much longer than 14 days. Virus is detectible in feces for up to 5 weeks. Caveat: virus not necessarily viable” (via @figgyjam see Tweet)

 

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CEBM: Assessing Dyspnea by Telephone or Video

26 Mar, 2020 | 01:42h | UTC

Are there any evidence-based ways of assessing dyspnoea (breathlessness) by telephone or video – CEBM University of Oxford

 

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Practical Advice: PPE Pearls

26 Mar, 2020 | 01:49h | UTC

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Pearls – COVID-19 – emDocs

 

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COVID Ethics: Should clinicians see patients without appropriate PPE?

26 Mar, 2020 | 01:48h | UTC

COVID Ethics: Should clinicians see patients without appropriate PPE? – First10EM

See also: COVID-19: Updates in Bioethics

 

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Hydroxychloroquine: Small Study Shows No Benefit

26 Mar, 2020 | 01:39h | UTC

A pilot study of hydroxychloroquine in treatment of patients with common coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) – Journal of Zhejiang University (abstract)

Commentary: Chloroquine Use For COVID-19 Shows No Benefit In First Small—But Limited—Controlled Trial – Forbes

Related: Coronavirus treatment hype can lead to harm – Lown Institute AND No, These Medicines Cannot Cure Coronavirus – The New York times

See also: Chloroquine for COVID-19: Cutting Through the Hype

 

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Covid-19: A Remote Assessment in Primary Care

26 Mar, 2020 | 01:45h | UTC

Covid-19: a remote assessment in primary care – The BMJ

 

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Study Estimates Impact of Social Distancing on Reducing Spread of COVID-19

25 Mar, 2020 | 02:51h | UTC

Interventions to mitigate early spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore: a modelling study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Commentaries: Singapore modelling study estimates impact of physical distancing on reducing spread of COVID-19 – The Lancet AND Scientific and ethical basis for social-distancing interventions against COVID-19 – The Lancet Infectious Diseases AND Study: Social distancing might reduce COVID-19 spread by as much as 99% – UPI

 

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Study: Effect of Gastrointestinal Symptoms on Patients Infected with COVID-19

25 Mar, 2020 | 02:36h | UTC

Effect of gastrointestinal symptoms on patients infected with COVID-19 – Gastroenterology (PDF)

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Gastroenterologists

 

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New WHO Recommendations to Prevent Tuberculosis

25 Mar, 2020 | 02:55h | UTC

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 1: prevention: tuberculosis preventive treatment – World Health Organization (free)

News Release: New WHO recommendations to prevent tuberculosis aim to save millions of lives – World Health Organization (free)

See also: Handbook (free)

Commentaries: Don’t forget chronic lung and immune conditions during covid-19, says WHO – The BMJ (free) AND As COVID-19 rages, WHO calls for more efforts to prevent TB – CIDRAP (free)

 

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Review: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Cardiovascular Disease

25 Mar, 2020 | 02:43h | UTC

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Cardiovascular Disease – Circulation

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Cardiologists

 

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Review: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

25 Mar, 2020 | 02:00h | UTC

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related Podcast: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: The Primary Care Perspective – JAMA (free)

 

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Pill Splitting: Making the Most of Meds in a Time of Need

25 Mar, 2020 | 02:29h | UTC

[Special Edition: March 2020] Pill splitting: Making the most of meds in a time of need – Therapeutics Initiative (free)

 

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Cohort Study: Risk of Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality after Polypectomy

25 Mar, 2020 | 01:57h | UTC

Risk of colorectal cancer incidence and mortality after polypectomy: a Swedish record-linkage study – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (free)

Commentaries: Polyps and Colorectal Cancer risk – Karolinska Institutet (free) AND Risk of colorectal cancer incidence and mortality after polypectomy – ESMO (free)

 

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Chloroquine for COVID-19: Cutting Through the Hype

24 Mar, 2020 | 11:32h | UTC

Chloroquine for COVID-19: Cutting Through the Hype – The Scientist

See also: Statistical review of Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial – Zenodo

 

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[Preprint] Incidence, Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factor of Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

24 Mar, 2020 | 11:37h | UTC

Incidence, clinical characteristics and prognostic factor of patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis – medRxiv (free PDF)

Commentary: Study Calculates Just How Much Age, Medical Conditions Raise Odds Of Severe COVID-19 – NPR (free)

 

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