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IDSA Guidelines on Infection Prevention for Healthcare Personnel Caring for Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19.

11 Nov, 2021 | 09:01h | UTC

Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on Infection Prevention for Healthcare Personnel Caring for Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Update to post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Caring for the ‘long-haulers’.

29 Oct, 2021 | 10:20h | UTC

Update to post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Caring for the ‘long-haulers’ – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Related:

Systematic Review: Short-term and long-term rates of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

WHO Consensus: A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition (Long Covid).

Characterizing long COVID: a living systematic review.

Long Covid – The illness narratives.

New guidelines to help doctors manage long COVID patients published.

M-A: More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19. (several articles on the subject)

 


WHO estimates that between 80 000 to 180 000 health and care workers could have died from Covid-19.

22 Oct, 2021 | 10:29h | UTC

News release: WHO and partners call for action to better protect health and care workers from COVID-19 – World Health Organization

WHO Statement: joint statement on WHO’s estimates of health and care worker deaths due to covid-19

Report: The impact of COVID-19 on health and care workers: a closer look at deaths – World Health Organization

Commentaries:

WHO calls for health worker protection against COVID-19 – CIDRAP

WHO estimate: 115,000 health workers have died from Covid-19, as calls for vaccine access grow – STAT

Covid may have killed up to 180,000 health workers globally, WHO says – The Guardian

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Health care environmental hygiene: new insights and centers for disease control and prevention guidance.

22 Oct, 2021 | 10:07h | UTC

Health Care Environmental Hygiene: New Insights and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidance – Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

 


Health care–acquired infections in low- and middle-income countries and the role of infection prevention and control.

22 Oct, 2021 | 10:09h | UTC

Health Care–Acquired Infections in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and the Role of Infection Prevention and Control – Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

 


Occupational health update: approach to evaluation of health care personnel and preexposure prophylaxis.

22 Oct, 2021 | 10:06h | UTC

Occupational Health Update: Approach to Evaluation of Health Care Personnel and Preexposure Prophylaxis – Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

 


Instead of quarantine for Covid-exposed students, some schools are trying test-to-stay.

21 Oct, 2021 | 10:08h | UTC

Instead of quarantine for Covid-exposed students, some schools are trying test-to-stay – CNN

Related:

Cluster RCT: Daily contact testing of school-based contacts was non-inferior to self-isolation for control of COVID-19 transmission.

Kids are losing school days to quarantines. Here’s a way to keep them in classrooms – “Test-to-stay could dramatically reduce close contact quarantines”.

Opinion | Data from routine Covid testing can help schools stay open this year.

 


Five-year follow-up of RCT: Arthroscopic subacromial decompression provided no benefit over diagnostic arthroscopy or exercise therapy on return to work in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome.

21 Oct, 2021 | 09:54h | UTC

Return to work after subacromial decompression, diagnostic arthroscopy, or exercise therapy for shoulder impingement: a randomised, placebo-surgery controlled FIMPACT clinical trial with five-year follow-up – BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Related:

Randomized Trial: Subacromial Decompression vs Diagnostic Arthroscopy for Shoulder Impingement

Research: Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for subacromial shoulder pain

BMJ Guideline: Subacromial Decompression Surgery For Adults With Shoulder Pain Does Not Improve Outcomes

Systematic Review: Subacromial Decompression Surgery for Rotator Cuff Disease

Systematic Review: Surgery for Rotator Cuff Tears

 


Systematic Review: Short-term and long-term rates of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

14 Oct, 2021 | 10:15h | UTC

Short-term and Long-term Rates of Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Systematic Review – JAMA Network Open

Commentaries:

Most COVID-19 survivors have symptoms 6 months on, review finds – CIDRAP

Expert reaction to systematic review on rates of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) – Science Media Centre

How many people get ‘long COVID’? More than half, researchers find – Penn State

Related:

WHO Consensus: A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition (Long Covid).

Characterizing long COVID: a living systematic review.

Long Covid – The illness narratives.

New guidelines to help doctors manage long COVID patients published.

M-A: More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19. (several articles on the subject)

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


New Global Burden of Disease analyses show depression and anxiety among the top causes of health burden worldwide, and a significant increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

10 Oct, 2021 | 21:57h | UTC

News release: New Global Burden of Disease analyses show depression and anxiety among the top causes of health burden worldwide, and a significant increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Original study: Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic – The Lancet

Commentaries:

Depression and anxiety disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: knowns and unknowns – The Lancet

COVID-19 pandemic led to stark rise in depressive and anxiety disorders globally in 2020: study – The Lancet

Covid crisis dramatically worsened global mental health, study finds – The Guardian

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 


M-A: Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for screening to detect major depression.

10 Oct, 2021 | 21:34h | UTC

Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for screening to detect major depression: updated systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis – The BMJ

See calculator: PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9)

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


WHO Consensus: A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition (Long Covid).

8 Oct, 2021 | 10:45h | UTC

A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition by a Delphi consensus, 6 October 2021 – World Health Organization

Related:

Characterizing long COVID: a living systematic review.

Long Covid – The illness narratives.

New guidelines to help doctors manage long COVID patients published.

M-A: More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19. (several articles on the subject)

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 


Opinion | Covid-19 keeps delivering lessons about health care worker burnout. Will we learn them?

8 Oct, 2021 | 10:18h | UTC

Covid-19 keeps delivering lessons about health care worker burnout. Will we learn them? – STAT

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


The Dutch Multidisciplinary Occupational Health Guideline to Enhance Work Participation Among Low Back Pain and Lumbosacral Radicular Syndrome Patients.

7 Oct, 2021 | 10:18h | UTC

The Dutch Multidisciplinary Occupational Health Guideline to Enhance Work Participation Among Low Back Pain and Lumbosacral Radicular Syndrome Patients – Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

 


Opinion | Why Are Americans Still—Still!—Wearing Cloth Masks?

6 Oct, 2021 | 10:04h | UTC

Why Are Americans Still—Still!—Wearing Cloth Masks? – The Atlantic

Related:

Evidence shows that, yes, masks prevent COVID-19 – and surgical masks are the way to go.

Face masks for COVID pass their largest test yet – “A rigorous study finds that surgical masks are highly protective, but cloth masks fall short”.

[Preprint] Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19.

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


ACOEM Guidance Statement: Prevention of occupational heat-related illnesses.

6 Oct, 2021 | 09:59h | UTC

Prevention of Occupational Heat-Related Illnesses – Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

 


Systematic Review: Is exercise an effective therapy to treat long-lasting low back pain?

3 Oct, 2021 | 22:32h | UTC

Summary: Is exercise an effective therapy to treat long-lasting low back pain? – Cochrane Library

Original Study: Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain – Cochrane Library

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Over a third of COVID-19 patients diagnosed with at least one long-COVID symptom.

30 Sep, 2021 | 10:25h | UTC

News release: Over a third of COVID-19 patients diagnosed with at least one long-COVID symptom – University of Oxford

Original study: Incidence, co-occurrence, and evolution of long-COVID features: A 6-month retrospective cohort study of 273,618 survivors of COVID-19 – PLOS Medicine

Commentaries:

Two studies tie long COVID-19 to severe initial illness – CIDRAP

Covid: 37% of people have symptoms six months after infection – The Guardian

Long Covid is a bigger problem than we thought – CNN

Expert reaction to study looking at incidence and co-occurrence of long COVID symptoms following COVID-19 infection and also after influenza – Science Media Centre

 


WHO/ILO: Almost 2 million people die from work-related causes each year.

19 Sep, 2021 | 23:39h | UTC

News release: WHO/ILO: Almost 2 million people die from work-related causes each year – World Health Organization

Report: WHO/ILO joint estimates of the work-related burden of disease and injury, 2000-2016: global monitoring report – World Health Organization

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


[Preprint] Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19.

3 Sep, 2021 | 10:30h | UTC

Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19 – NBC News

Original study: The Impact of Community Masking on COVID-19: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Bangladesh – Innovations for Poverty Action

See also: A Study In Bangladesh Tripled The Rate Of Mask-Wearing. Can It Help In The U.S.? – NPR

 

Commentaries on Twitter (thread – click for more)

(thread from the author – click for more)

 


RCT: A single-session of pain management skills intervention was noninferior to 8 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy in adults with chronic low back pain.

24 Aug, 2021 | 08:39h | UTC

Comparison of a Single-Session Pain Management Skills Intervention With a Single-Session Health Education Intervention and 8 Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Network Open

Commentaries:

Single two-hour session of pain management skills could offer as much benefit as longer-course of CBT – News Medical

New approach effectively relieves chronic low back pain – Stanford Medicine

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


[Preprint] SARS-CoV-2 aerosol transmission in schools: theoretical effectiveness of different interventions – “Combined interventions (i.e., natural ventilation, masks, and HEPA filtration) were the most effective (≥ 30-fold decrease)”.

22 Aug, 2021 | 23:50h | UTC

SARS-CoV-2 aerosol transmission in schools: the effectiveness of different interventions – medRxiv

Related: The right way to protect our children and return to in-person learning – CNN

 

Commentaries on Twitter

 


Survey: Workplace mistreatment reported frequently by emergency medicine residents.

22 Aug, 2021 | 22:18h | UTC

Workplace Mistreatment Reported Frequently by Emergency Medicine Residents – HealthDay

Original study: Prevalence of Discrimination, Abuse, and Harassment in Emergency Medicine Residency Training in the US – JAMA Network Open

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


U.S. Study: Nearly half of surveyed female surgeons experienced major pregnancy complications.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:42h | UTC

News release: Nearly half of surveyed female surgeons experienced major pregnancy complications – Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Original study: Incidence of Infertility and Pregnancy Complications in US Female Surgeons – JAMA Surgery

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Dementia risk in former professional footballers is related to player position and career length.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:39h | UTC

News release: Dementia risk in former professional footballers is related to player position and career length – University of Glasgow

Original study: Association of Field Position and Career Length With Risk of Neurodegenerative Disease in Male Former Professional Soccer Players – JAMA Neurology

Commentaries:

Dementia risk greatest for defenders, says new research – BBC

Soccer (football) given the risk of brain damage, is heading the ball really necessary? – MedicalResearch

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


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