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Recommendations to address patients fear of adverse effects and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

25 Apr, 2021 | 21:58h | UTC

Fear of Adverse Effects and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Recommendations of the Treatment Expectation Expert Group – JAMA Health Forum

 

Guideline: Prevention of Positioning Injuries During Gynecologic Surgery

25 Apr, 2021 | 20:50h | UTC

The Prevention of Positioning Injuries During Gynecologic Surgery. Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG (S2k Level, AWMF Registry Number 015/077, October 2020) – Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

 

Guide to Enhanced Recovery for Cancer Patients Undergoing Liver Surgery

25 Apr, 2021 | 20:53h | UTC

Guide to Enhanced Recovery for Cancer Patients Undergoing Liver Surgery – Annals of Surgical Oncology

See also: Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Liver Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations – World Journal of Surgery AND Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines

 

Long Covid: Largest post-acute COVID-19 study to date examined the health outcomes in more than 73,000 people who’d had COVID-19 and were not hospitalized

23 Apr, 2021 | 08:48h | UTC

High-dimensional characterization of post-acute sequalae of COVID-19 – Nature

Commentary: Among COVID-19 survivors, an increased risk of death, serious illness – Washington University School of Medicine

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

Covid-19: More data on the increased risks to pregnant women and their newborn infants

23 Apr, 2021 | 08:44h | UTC

Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality Among Pregnant Women With and Without COVID-19 Infection: The INTERCOVID Multinational Cohort Study – JAMA Pediatrics

Editorial: COVID-19 in Pregnant Women and Their Newborn Infants

Commentaries: Pregnant women with COVID-19 face high mortality rate – University of Washington School of Medicine AND Covid-19 raises risks for expectant mothers and babies, study says – CNN

Related: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Opportunities and Challenges for the Next Phase of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

22 Apr, 2021 | 08:28h | UTC

Opportunities and Challenges for the Next Phase of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: A Review – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)

See also: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines

 

RCT: Effect of infusion set replacement intervals on catheter-related bloodstream infections – “Infusion set use can be safely extended to 7 days with resultant cost and workload reductions”

20 Apr, 2021 | 05:37h | UTC

Effect of infusion set replacement intervals on catheter-related bloodstream infections (RSVP): a randomised, controlled, equivalence (central venous access device)–non-inferiority (peripheral arterial catheter) trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

Commentaries on Twitter

 

M-A: Prevalence of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder in health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

20 Apr, 2021 | 06:00h | UTC

Prevalence of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder in health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One

 

Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2

18 Apr, 2021 | 21:51h | UTC

Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 – The Lancet

Commentary: Recognising that coronavirus is predominantly spread through air would save lives, argues new assessment – University of Oxford

Animated Videos: Aerosols and making spaces safe – University of Oxford

 

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A guideline to limit indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19

18 Apr, 2021 | 21:47h | UTC

A guideline to limit indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19 – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

 

Indoor Air Changes and Potential Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission

18 Apr, 2021 | 21:49h | UTC

Indoor Air Changes and Potential Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission – JAMA

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

https://twitter.com/j_g_allen/status/1383073549380882438

 

Study: Double masking improves protection from Covid-19 mostly by eliminating any gaps or poor-fitting areas of a mask

18 Apr, 2021 | 21:37h | UTC

Fitted Filtration Efficiency of Double Masking During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA Internal Medicine

Commentaries: Fit matters most when double masking to protect yourself from COVID-19 – University of North Carolina Health Care AND Check your fit on that double mask if you want it to work against Covid, study says – CNN

 

Vaccines alone will not stop Covid spreading – here’s why (visual guide to the “Swiss cheese model”)

15 Apr, 2021 | 06:53h | UTC

Vaccines alone will not stop Covid spreading – here’s why – BBC

 

Systematic review: Excessive nurse work hours is associated with increased adverse patient outcomes

15 Apr, 2021 | 06:19h | UTC

Relationships between comprehensive characteristics of nurse work schedules and adverse patient outcomes: A systematic literature review – Journal of Clinical Nursing (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Relationships between comprehensive characteristics of nurse work schedules and adverse patient outcomes: a systematic literature review. – PSNet

 

Study shows U.S. women nurses are at increased risk of death by suicide compared to physicians and the general population

15 Apr, 2021 | 06:23h | UTC

Association of US Nurse and Physician Occupation With Risk of Suicide – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Rate of Suicide Among Women Nurses Compared With Women in the General Population Before the COVID-19 Global Pandemic – JAMA Psychiatry

Author Interview: Suicide Risk Among US Nurses and Physicians

Commentary: Suicide among female nurses is double that of the general female population – University of Michigan

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

https://twitter.com/ChrisFriese_RN/status/1382348713641848832

 

Pandemic Boosts an Old Idea—Bringing Acute Care to the Patient

15 Apr, 2021 | 06:51h | UTC

Pandemic Boosts an Old Idea—Bringing Acute Care to the Patient – JAMA

Related studies: Cohort Study: Selected patients with Covid-19 can be safely discharged on home oxygen, with low mortality and readmission rates AND Association of a Bundled Hospital-at-Home and 30-Day Postacute Transitional Care Program With Clinical Outcomes and Patient Experiences – JAMA Internal Medicine

 

Guidance: Using Ventilation and filtration to reduce aerosol transmission of COVID-19 in long-term care homes

15 Apr, 2021 | 06:54h | UTC

Using Ventilation and filtration to reduce aerosol transmission of COVID-19 in long-term care homes – Public Health Agency of Canada

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Study: Protocoled time-limited trials among critically ill patients with advanced medical illnesses were associated with reduction of nonbeneficial ICU treatments

13 Apr, 2021 | 05:16h | UTC

Evaluation of Time-Limited Trials Among Critically Ill Patients With Advanced Medical Illnesses and Reduction of Nonbeneficial ICU Treatments – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Time-Limited Trials and Potentially Nonbeneficial Treatment in the ICU—Willing to Wait for It – JAMA Internal Medicine AND Time-limited trials may decrease the length of stay of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit – 2 Minute Medicine

Author interview: Time-Limited Trials Among Patients With Advanced Illness to Reduce Nonbeneficial ICU Treatments

Related review: Time-limited trial of intensive care treatment: an overview of current literature – Intensive Care Medicine

 

Large study finds 1 in 3 Covid-19 survivors have subsequent mental health and neurological conditions

8 Apr, 2021 | 09:14h | UTC

6-month neurological and psychiatric outcomes in 236 379 survivors of COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study using electronic health records – The Lancet Psychiatry

Commentaries: 1 in 3 Covid-19 patients are diagnosed with a neuropsychiatric condition in the next six months, large study finds – STAT AND A longer look at COVID-19 and neuropsychiatric outcomes – The Lancet Psychiatry AND Largest study to date suggests link between COVID-19 infection and subsequent mental health and neurological conditions – The Lancet AND Covid-19: One in three has neurological or psychiatric condition diagnosed after covid infection, study finds – The BMJ AND One in three survivors of severe Covid diagnosed with mental health condition – The Guardian AND Covid-19 linked to depression and dementia, study suggests – BBC AND Expert reaction to observational study looking at neurological and psychiatric outcomes 6 months after COVID-19 – Science Media Centre AND 1 in 3 COVID Survivors Struggle With Mental Health Issues Months Later – HealthDay

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

Cohort study: One in ten have long-term effects 8 months following mild COVID-19

8 Apr, 2021 | 09:12h | UTC

One in ten have long-term effects 8 months following mild COVID-19 – Karolinska Institutet

Original study: Symptoms and Functional Impairment Assessed 8 Months After Mild COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers – JAMA

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Consensus Document: Management of the complications of long term indwelling catheters

7 Apr, 2021 | 01:20h | UTC

British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) and Nurses (BAUN) Consensus Document: Management of the Complications of Long Term Indwelling Catheters – BJU International

 

Leadership Essentials for CHEST Medicine Professionals: Models, Attributes, and Styles

6 Apr, 2021 | 01:10h | UTC

Leadership Essentials for CHEST Medicine Professionals: Models, Attributes, and Styles – CHEST

Commentary and Summary: Leadership 101 – Commitments, Character, Competencies – Journal Feed

 

CDC Report: Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with a Local Bar Opening Event

6 Apr, 2021 | 01:29h | UTC

Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with a Local Bar Opening Event — Illinois, February 2021 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Commentaries: Illinois bar opening event linked to 46 Covid-19 cases, a school closure and hospitalization, CDC report says – CNN AND Bar opening linked to 29 COVID-19 diagnoses among staff and patrons, 17 more across the community affecting school, nursing home – Science Speaks: Global ID News AND 46 COVID-19 cases linked to one indoor bar event in rural Illinois: CDC – The Hill

Related: Why indoor spaces are still prime COVID hotspots – Nature

 

Long Covid Implications for the workplace

6 Apr, 2021 | 01:15h | UTC

Long Covid Implications for the workplace – Occupational Medicine

 

Probable airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a poorly ventilated restaurant

6 Apr, 2021 | 01:27h | UTC

Probable airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a poorly ventilated restaurant – Building and Environment

Related: Why indoor spaces are still prime COVID hotspots – Nature

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

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