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Development and validation of the symptom burden questionnaire for long covid (SBQ-LC): Rasch analysis.

28 Apr, 2022 | 10:56h | UTC

Development and validation of the symptom burden questionnaire for long covid (SBQ-LC): Rasch analysis – The BMJ

 

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Covid-19: Only a quarter of patients admitted to hospital feel fully recovered after a year, study finds.

26 Apr, 2022 | 08:45h | UTC

Covid-19: Only a quarter of patients admitted to hospital feel fully recovered after a year, study finds – The BMJ

Original Study: Clinical characteristics with inflammation profiling of long COVID and association with 1-year recovery following hospitalisation in the UK: a prospective observational study – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Invited Commentary: Long COVID: systemic inflammation and obesity as therapeutic targets – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

 

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Persistent COVID-19 symptoms in a community study of 606,434 people in England.

26 Apr, 2022 | 08:48h | UTC

Persistent COVID-19 symptoms in a community study of 606,434 people in England – Nature Communications

 

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Review: The challenges in the primary prevention of osteoarthritis.

26 Apr, 2022 | 07:29h | UTC

The Challenges in the Primary Prevention of Osteoarthritis – Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

 

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RCT: Early surgery vs. exercise and education for meniscal tears in young adults.

25 Apr, 2022 | 00:51h | UTC

Early Surgery or Exercise and Education for Meniscal Tears in Young Adults – NEJM Evidence

Commentary:

Early Surgery Not Superior for Meniscal Tears in Young Adults – HealthDay

For young people with meniscal tears, surgery and exercise are equally effective – University of Southern Denmark

 

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RCT: Subacromial balloon spacer is not better than debridement only for irreparable rotator cuff tears of the shoulder.

25 Apr, 2022 | 00:27h | UTC

Subacromial balloon spacer for irreparable rotator cuff tears of the shoulder (START:REACTS): a group-sequential, double-blind, multicentre randomised controlled trial – The Lancet

 

One-year follow-up of a RCT: In ICU patients with severe hypoxemia, there was no difference in long-term mortality and health-related quality of life with lower vs. higher oxygenation targets.

22 Apr, 2022 | 09:32h | UTC

Long-term mortality and health-related quality of life of lower versus higher oxygenation targets in ICU patients with severe hypoxaemia – Intensive Care Medicine

Original Study: Lower or Higher Oxygenation Targets for Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure – New England Journal of Medicine

 

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A nonrandomized controlled study found awake prone position (median of 4.2 hours per day) may not benefit hospitalized adults with Covid-19.

20 Apr, 2022 | 09:56h | UTC

Assessment of Awake Prone Positioning in Hospitalized Adults With COVID-19: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine

Commentaries:

Prone Positioning for Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19—Potential Dangers of Extrapolation and Intermediate Outcome Variables – JAMA Internal Medicine

Study suggests worse outcomes for awake COVID patients in prone position – CIDRAP

Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All – HealthDay

Related:

Awake prone positioning for non-intubated patients with COVID-19-related acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Prone positioning of patients with moderate hypoxaemia due to covid-19: multicentre pragmatic randomised trial (COVID-PRONE) – The BMJ

RCT: Prone positioning of patients with moderate hypoxia due to COVID-19 – medRxiv

Awake prone positioning for COVID-19 acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: a randomised, controlled, multinational, open-label meta-trial – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Awake prone positioning in patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19: the PROFLO multicenter randomized clinical trial – Critical Care

Prone Positioning of Nonintubated Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine

 

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Systematic Review: Evidence-based treatment choices for acute lateral ankle sprain.

20 Apr, 2022 | 09:07h | UTC

Evidence-based treatment choices for acute lateral ankle sprain: a comprehensive systematic review – European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

 

M-A: Global prevalence of post COVID-19 condition or long COVID.

19 Apr, 2022 | 02:18h | UTC

Global Prevalence of Post COVID-19 Condition or Long COVID: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review – The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Commentary: Global data reveal half may have long COVID 4 months on – CIDRAP

 

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Systematic Review: Perioperative complications and anesthesia practices in managing patients with quadriplegia undergoing surgery.

19 Apr, 2022 | 01:25h | UTC

Perioperative Complications and Anesthesia Practices in Managing Patients With Quadriplegia Undergoing Surgery: A Systematic Review – Frontiers in Medicine

 

RCT: In patients with acute Achilles’ tendon rupture, a nonoperative strategy resulted in similar outcomes compared with routine surgical treatment.

18 Apr, 2022 | 10:53h | UTC

Nonoperative or Surgical Treatment of Acute Achilles’ Tendon Rupture – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Heal Thyself: Most who tear Achilles tendon can skip surgery – Associated Press

 

RCT: A home-based, walking exercise behavior change intervention increased walking distance in adults with peripheral artery disease.

13 Apr, 2022 | 11:02h | UTC

Effect of a Home-Based, Walking Exercise Behavior Change Intervention vs Usual Care on Walking in Adults With Peripheral Artery Disease: The MOSAIC Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

 

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M-A: Oxygen targets during mechanical ventilation in the ICU.

11 Apr, 2022 | 01:26h | UTC

Oxygen Targets During Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Explorations

 

Long COVID in children: a modified Delphi process.

8 Apr, 2022 | 10:40h | UTC

Long COVID (post-COVID-19 condition) in children: a modified Delphi process – Archives of Disease in Childhood

Related:

First research definition for ‘Long COVID’ in kids and young people formally agreed.

Cohort Study: Physical and mental health 3 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection (long COVID) among adolescents in England.

A nationwide cohort study in Denmark showed Long Covid in children is rare and mainly of short duration.

Editorial | Long covid in children and adolescents – “Risk appears low, but many questions remain”.

M-A: Persistent symptoms following SARS-CoV-2 infection among children and young people – “Higher study quality was associated with lower prevalence of all symptoms, except loss of smell and cognitive symptoms”.

Review: Long COVID symptoms in children rarely persist beyond three months.

Cohort study: long term follow-up showed most patients with post–COVID-19 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children had good outcomes with no significant medium- or long-term sequelae.

Do kids get long COVID? And how often? A pediatrician looks at the data – Children also get Long Covid, but much less often than adults.

Illness duration and symptom profile in symptomatic school-aged children tested for SARS-CoV-2 – “Only 25 (1.8%) of 1379 children experienced symptoms for at least 56 days.”

Long-term Symptoms After SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents – “This study found a low prevalence of symptoms compatible with long COVID in a randomly selected cohort of children assessed 6 months after serologic testing”.

Study shows low incidence of post-acute COVID-19 symptoms (“Long Covid”) in children after mild disease

 

Perspective | Studying severe long COVID to understand post-infectious disorders beyond COVID-19.

7 Apr, 2022 | 08:45h | UTC

Studying severe long COVID to understand post-infectious disorders beyond COVID-19 – Nature Medicine

Related:

Review: Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome.

ESCMID rapid guidelines for assessment and management of long COVID.

ERS statement on Long COVID-19 follow-up.

Proposed subtypes of long-Covid and their respective potential therapies.

EuGMS Guidance: Management of post-acute COVID-19 patients in geriatric rehabilitation.

Addressing Post-COVID Symptoms: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians.

Global surveillance, research, and collaboration needed to improve understanding and management of long COVID.

Provocative study suggests that persistent physical symptoms after COVID-19 infection may be associated more with the belief in having been infected with SARS-CoV-2 than with having laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection.

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

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)

2022 ACC expert consensus decision pathway on cardiovascular sequelae of COVID-19 in adults: myocarditis and other myocardial involvement, post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and return to play.

Review | Long COVID: post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 with a cardiovascular focus.

The pathogenesis and long-term consequences of Covid-19 cardiac injury: state-of-the-art review.

COVID-19 infections increase risk of heart conditions up to a year later, study finds.

 

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RCT: Clinical effectiveness of one ultrasound guided intra-articular corticosteroid and local anesthetic injection for hip osteoarthritis.

7 Apr, 2022 | 08:37h | UTC

Clinical effectiveness of one ultrasound guided intra-articular corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection in addition to advice and education for hip osteoarthritis (HIT trial): single blind, parallel group, three arm, randomised controlled trial – The BMJ

News Release: Steroid injections may provide longer lasting benefits for hip pain than current best care – BMJ

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Review and M-A: pulmonary rehabilitation for Post-Covid.

6 Apr, 2022 | 10:42h | UTC

Study 1: The effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation for Post-COVID symptoms: A rapid review of the literature – Respiratory Medicine

Study 2: Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Patients With Post-COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Frontiers in Medicine

 

Update on ventilatory management of extremely preterm infants—A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit perspective.

6 Apr, 2022 | 08:40h | UTC

Update on ventilatory management of extremely preterm infants—A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit perspective – Pediatric Anesthesia

 

Review: Novel ventilation techniques in children.

6 Apr, 2022 | 08:38h | UTC

Novel ventilation techniques in children – Pediatric Anesthesia

 

Systematic Review: Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients.

4 Apr, 2022 | 00:25h | UTC

Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients – Cochrane Library

Summary: Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in people who have had a stroke – Cochrane Library

 

Guideline for the management of neurogenic bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury/disease.

1 Apr, 2022 | 08:50h | UTC

Guideline for the management of neurogenic bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury/disease – Spinal Cord (if the link is paywalled, try this one)

 

Kinesio taping – should we stick with it?

1 Apr, 2022 | 08:39h | UTC

Kinesio taping – should we stick with it? – Evidently Cochrane

Original Systematic Review: Kinesio taping for rotator cuff disease – Cochrane Library

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

M-A: Psychological interventions for chronic, non-specific low back pain.

31 Mar, 2022 | 08:20h | UTC

Psychological interventions for chronic, non-specific low back pain: systematic review with network meta-analysis – The BMJ

News Release: Study sheds light on psychological therapies for chronic low back pain – British Medical Journal

 

Global, regional, and national burden of diseases and injuries for adults 70 years and older: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study.

30 Mar, 2022 | 10:24h | UTC

Global, regional, and national burden of diseases and injuries for adults 70 years and older: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study – The BMJ

 

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