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Review: New generation psychological treatments in chronic pain.

1 Mar, 2022 | 08:41h | UTC

New generation psychological treatments in chronic pain – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

 

Meta-analysis of randomized trials: Effectiveness of physical activity interventions delivered or prompted by health professionals in primary care settings.

25 Feb, 2022 | 11:27h | UTC

Effectiveness of physical activity interventions delivered or prompted by health professionals in primary care settings: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials – The BMJ

Editorial: Lack of physical activity is a global problem

News Release: Primary care exercise interventions help boost physical activity levels and reduce weight in adults – BMJ

 

Prehabilitation, enhanced recovery after surgery, or both? A narrative review.

25 Feb, 2022 | 11:07h | UTC

Prehabilitation, enhanced recovery after surgery, or both? A narrative review – British Journal of Anaesthesia

See also: Complete List of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines (some guidelines are free)

 

What’s New in Sports Medicine.

25 Feb, 2022 | 10:46h | UTC

What’s New in Sports Medicine – The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (free for a limited period)

 

Clinical practice guideline: exercise and lifestyle in chronic kidney disease.

24 Feb, 2022 | 10:15h | UTC

Clinical practice guideline exercise and lifestyle in chronic kidney disease – BMC Nephrology

 

Practice Guidance: The prevention of pressure injuries in the positioning and mobilization of patients in the ICU.

22 Feb, 2022 | 08:46h | UTC

The prevention of pressure injuries in the positioning and mobilization of patients in the ICU: a good clinical practice document by the Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI) – Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care

 

Meta-analysis of randomized trials | Efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for acute and chronic pain in adults.

22 Feb, 2022 | 08:32h | UTC

Efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for acute and chronic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 381 studies (the meta-TENS study) – BMJ Open

 

ESCMID rapid guidelines for assessment and management of long COVID.

21 Feb, 2022 | 09:31h | UTC

ESCMID rapid guidelines for assessment and management of long COVID – Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Related:

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)

 

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

21 Feb, 2022 | 09:30h | UTC

Long COVID: post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 with a cardiovascular focus – European Heart Journal

News Release: Review highlights impact of Long COVID on cardiovascular system – University of Oxford

Related:

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.

 

SIMEU position paper on non-invasive respiratory support in COVID-19 pneumonia.

17 Feb, 2022 | 10:01h | UTC

SIMEU position paper on non-invasive respiratory support in COVID-19 pneumonia – Internal and Emergency Medicine

Related:

RCT: CPAP improved outcomes in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19, but high-flow nasal oxygen was not better than conventional oxygen therapy.

RCT: In patients with severe Covid-19, high-flow oxygen therapy reduced the likelihood of invasive mechanical ventilation and decreased the time to clinical recovery compared to conventional oxygen therapy.

Non-invasive respiratory support in the management of acute COVID-19 pneumonia: considerations for clinical practice and priorities for research – “The two randomized controlled trials indicate superiority of non-invasive ventilation over high-flow nasal oxygen in reducing the need for intubation”.

 

Consensus Recommendations: Development of a swallowing risk screening tool and best practice recommendations for the management of oropharyngeal dysphagia following acute cervical spinal cord injury.

17 Feb, 2022 | 08:40h | UTC

Development of a swallowing risk screening tool and best practice recommendations for the management of oropharyngeal dysphagia following acute cervical spinal cord injury: an international multi-professional Delphi consensus – Disability and Rehabilitation

 

Dupuytren’s Disease—etiology and treatment.

17 Feb, 2022 | 08:25h | UTC

Dupuytren’s Disease—Etiology and Treatment – Deutsches Ärzteblatt International

 

Expert Consensus: Exercise for Neuropathic Pain.

16 Feb, 2022 | 08:25h | UTC

Exercise for Neuropathic Pain: A Systematic Review and Expert Consensus – Frontiers in Medicine

 

Cost-effectiveness of physical therapy vs. intra-articular glucocorticoid injection for knee osteoarthritis: a secondary analysis from a randomized clinical trial.

16 Feb, 2022 | 08:24h | UTC

Cost-effectiveness of Physical Therapy vs Intra-articular Glucocorticoid Injection for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Secondary Analysis From a Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Network Open

 

ERS statement on Long COVID-19 follow-up.

13 Feb, 2022 | 22:48h | UTC

European Respiratory Society Statement on Long COVID-19 Follow-Up – European Respiratory Review

 

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

13 Feb, 2022 | 22:45h | UTC

News Release: First research definition for ‘Long COVID’ in kids and young people formally agreed – BMJ

Original Article (preprint): Long COVID (Post-COVID-19 condition) in Children: a modified Delphi Process – Archives of Disease in Childhood

Commentaries:

Expert reaction to Delphi consensus study on a long-COVID definition in children – Science Media Centre

Long covid: “Holistic” approach is best, given range of symptoms, say researchers – The BMJ

Related:

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

 

M-A: Patients generally may return to driving 4 weeks after hip arthroscopy and 6 weeks after knee arthroscopy.

10 Feb, 2022 | 08:31h | UTC

Patients Generally May Return to Driving 4 Weeks After Hip Arthroscopy and 6 Weeks After Knee Arthroscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

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

9 Feb, 2022 | 10:12h | UTC

Physical and mental health 3 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection (long COVID) among adolescents in England (CLoCk): a national matched cohort study – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

See also: Long COVID symptoms in SARS-CoV-2-positive adolescents and matched controls (LongCOVIDKidsDK): a national, cross-sectional study – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Editorial: Assessing the impact of the pandemic in children and adolescents: SARS-CoV-2 infection and beyond – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Commentary: Long COVID and kids: more research is urgently needed – Nature

Related:

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

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

The CanPain SCI clinical practice guidelines for rehabilitation management of neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury.

8 Feb, 2022 | 08:47h | UTC

The CanPain SCI clinical practice guidelines for rehabilitation management of neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury: 2021 update – Spinal Cord

 

AAP Clinical Report: Diagnosis and Treatment of Idiopathic Congenital Clubfoot.

4 Feb, 2022 | 08:55h | UTC

Diagnosis and Treatment of Idiopathic Congenital Clubfoot – Pediatrics

 

Hyaluronic acid injections have increased for knee arthritis in the US, despite guideline recommendations against their use.

4 Feb, 2022 | 08:32h | UTC

Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis: Has Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries Changed Between 2012 and 2018? – The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

News Release: Hyaluronic acid injections have increased for knee arthritis – despite recommendations against their use

Related Guideline: Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Evidence-Based Guideline, 2nd Edition – Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

 

Systematic Review: Non-operative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication.

2 Feb, 2022 | 08:08h | UTC

Non-operative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication: an updated systematic review – BMJ Open

 

Concussion management is changing as more research suggests exercise is the best approach.

1 Feb, 2022 | 08:27h | UTC

Concussion management is changing as more research suggests exercise is best approach – The Conversation

Related:

Guideline: Nonpharmacological treatment of persistent postconcussion symptoms in adults.

RCT: Early treatment with mild aerobic exercise safely speeds recovery from sport-related concussion in adolescents.

Randomized Trial: Early Aerobic Exercise for Sport-Related Concussion

RCT: Limiting screen time for young adults after concussion results in shorter duration of symptoms.

Selected issues in sport-related concussion for the team physician: a consensus statement – “Current evidence suggests strict rest after SRC slows recovery and increases the probability of prolonged symptoms”.

RCT: Prescribed light exercise vs. standard management for emergency department patients with acute mild traumatic brain injury

 

Guideline: Physical therapist management of Parkinson Disease.

28 Jan, 2022 | 08:23h | UTC

Physical Therapist Management of Parkinson Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Physical Therapy Association – Physical Therapy

 

Cohort study: Among patients who survived ICU treatment for COVID-19, 75% still reported physical, mental, or cognitive symptoms after 1 year.

26 Jan, 2022 | 02:28h | UTC

Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With 1-Year Survival Following Intensive Care Unit Treatment for COVID-19 – JAMA

Commentaries:

75% of COVID ICU survivors have physical symptoms 1 year on – CIDRAP

Majority of COVID-19 survivors experience health problems one-year post ICU admission – News Medical

 

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