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People with Parkinson’s may benefit from seven walking strategies.

12 Sep, 2021 | 21:40h | UTC

News release: People with Parkinson’s may benefit from seven walking strategies – American Academy of Neurology

Original study: Perception and Use of Compensation Strategies for Gait Impairment by Persons With Parkinson Disease – Neurology

Commentary: Compensation Strategies Benefit Parkinson Patients With Gait Impairment – HealthDay

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

Ten strategies to optimize early mobilization and rehabilitation in intensive care.

10 Sep, 2021 | 05:14h | UTC

Ten strategies to optimize early mobilization and rehabilitation in intensive care – Critical Care

 

Isn’t it time to abandon ARDS? The COVID-19 lesson.

7 Sep, 2021 | 21:34h | UTC

Isn’t it time to abandon ARDS? The COVID-19 lesson – Critical Care

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Musculoskeletal complications following critical illness: A scoping review.

3 Sep, 2021 | 10:07h | UTC

Musculoskeletal complications following critical illness: A scoping review – Journal of Critical Care

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Long COVID: the physical and mental health of children and non-hospitalized young people after SARS-CoV-2 infection – one in seven children may still have symptoms 15 weeks after infection.

2 Sep, 2021 | 10:10h | UTC

Long COVID – the physical and mental health of children and non-hospitalised young people 3 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection; a national matched cohort study (The CLoCk) Study.

Commentaries:

Long Covid in children ‘nowhere near scale feared’ – BBC

Long covid: One in seven children may still have symptoms 15 weeks after infection, data show – The BMJ

Related:

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

Cohort study: Risk factors for long covid in previously hospitalized children.

M-A: More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19.

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

RCT: Among critically ill patients, targeting oxygenation to a low-normal range vs. high-normal range did not result in a reduction in organ dysfunction.

2 Sep, 2021 | 08:23h | UTC

Effect of Low-Normal vs High-Normal Oxygenation Targets on Organ Dysfunction in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related:

M-A of randomized trials: Conservative oxygen therapy for critically ill patients.

Oxygen administration for patients with ARDS – Journal of Intensive Care

Randomized trial: Similar outcomes with lower vs. higher oxygenation targets for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure

Systematic Review: Higher vs. Lower Fraction of Inspired Oxygen or Targets of Arterial Oxygenation for Adults Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

RCT: In patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, a strategy of lower tidal volume ventilation facilitated by extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal was not associated with improved outcomes.

2 Sep, 2021 | 08:21h | UTC

Effect of Lower Tidal Volume Ventilation Facilitated by Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal vs Standard Care Ventilation on 90-Day Mortality in Patients With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: The REST Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related: Randomized Trial: Low vs Intermediate Tidal Volume Strategy in ICU Patients Without ARDS

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Essentials of Diagnosis and Management.

1 Sep, 2021 | 09:04h | UTC

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Essentials of Diagnosis and Management – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

 

Cohort study: Most COVID-19 hospital survivors had a good physical and functional recovery after 1 year of follow-up, but around half of the patients had at least one sequelae symptom.

27 Aug, 2021 | 10:13h | UTC

1-year outcomes in hospital survivors with COVID-19: a longitudinal cohort study – The Lancet

Editorial: Understanding long COVID: a modern medical challenge – The Lancet

Related:

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

New guidelines to help doctors manage long COVID patients published.

The long-term sequelae of COVID-19: an international consensus on research priorities for patients with pre-existing and new-onset airways disease.

 

M-A: Physical rehabilitation in the ICU improves physical function and reduces ICU and hospital length of stay.

27 Aug, 2021 | 09:02h | UTC

Physical Rehabilitation in the ICU: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

A multinational consensus on dysphagia in Parkinson’s disease: screening, diagnosis and prognostic value.

27 Aug, 2021 | 08:51h | UTC

A multinational consensus on dysphagia in Parkinson’s disease: screening, diagnosis and prognostic value – Journal of Neurology

 

WHO Guide | Support for rehabilitation: self-management after COVID-19-related illness.

26 Aug, 2021 | 09:21h | UTC

Support for rehabilitation: self-management after COVID-19-related illness, 2nd ed. – World Health Organization

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

The long-term sequelae of COVID-19: an international consensus on research priorities for patients with pre-existing and new-onset airways disease.

26 Aug, 2021 | 08:59h | UTC

The long-term sequelae of COVID-19: an international consensus on research priorities for patients with pre-existing and new-onset airways disease – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Invited commentary: Charting a course for the management of long COVID

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

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

New guidelines to help doctors manage long COVID patients published.

26 Aug, 2021 | 09:01h | UTC

New guidelines to help doctors manage long COVID patients published – Imperial College London

Original article: Recommendations for the recognition, diagnosis, and management of long covid: A Delphi study – British Journal of General Practice

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

 

International Exercise Recommendations in Older Adults (ICFSR): Expert Consensus Guidelines.

26 Aug, 2021 | 08:52h | UTC

International Exercise Recommendations in Older Adults (ICFSR): Expert Consensus Guidelines – The journal of nutrition, health & aging

 

Perspective | That ‘damn machine’: the dark side of mechanical ventilators in the ICU.

25 Aug, 2021 | 09:04h | UTC

That ‘damn machine’: the dark side of mechanical ventilators in the ICU – STAT

 

M-A: Patient–ventilator asynchrony, impact on clinical outcomes and effectiveness of interventions.

24 Aug, 2021 | 08:51h | UTC

Patient–ventilator asynchrony, impact on clinical outcomes and effectiveness of interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Journal of Intensive Care

 

Systematic review: Pain management after complex spine surgery.

24 Aug, 2021 | 08:50h | UTC

Pain management after complex spine surgery – European Journal of Anaesthesiology

 

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

 

RCT: Awake prone positioning reduces the need for intubation in patients with COVID-19.

23 Aug, 2021 | 00:03h | UTC

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

Invited commentary: Awake prone positioning in COVID-19: is tummy time ready for prime time?

Related:

RCT: Awake prone positioning in patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 – no difference in intubation rates compared to standard care.

M-A: Prone positioning of nonintubated patients with Covid-19 improve oxygenation variables without any reported serious adverse events – randomized trials with patient-relevant outcomes such as the need for intubation or mortality rates are required

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Study Commentaries: Non-invasive ventilation for COVID 19 patients. The Recovery RS trial.

22 Aug, 2021 | 23:52h | UTC

Commentary 1: JC: Non-invasive ventilation for COVID 19 patients. The Recovery RS trial – St Emlyn’s

Commentary 2: An adaptive randomized controlled trial of non-invasive respiratory strategies in acute respiratory failure patients with COVID-19 – The Bottom Line

Original study: [Preprint] RCT: non-invasive respiratory strategies in acute respiratory failure in patients with COVID-19 – CPAP reduced the composite outcome of intubation or death within 30 days; high-flow nasal oxygenation was not associated with better outcomes.

 

NICE Guideline: Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome and obesity hypoventilation syndrome in over 16s.

22 Aug, 2021 | 23:10h | UTC

Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and obesity hypoventilation syndrome in over 16s – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

 

Post-Covid-19 Tachycardia Syndrome: A distinct phenotype of Post-acute Covid-19 Syndrome.

20 Aug, 2021 | 09:51h | UTC

Post-Covid-19 Tachycardia Syndrome: A distinct phenotype of Post-acute Covid-19 Syndrome – The American Journal of Medicine

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Long COVID-19: A Primer for Cardiovascular Health Professionals, on Behalf of the CCS Rapid Response Team.

20 Aug, 2021 | 09:49h | UTC

Long COVID-19: A Primer for Cardiovascular Health Professionals, on Behalf of the CCS Rapid Response Team – Canadian Journal of Cardiology

 

P/FP ratio: incorporation of PEEP into the PaO2/FiO2 ratio for prognostication and classification of acute respiratory distress syndrome.

17 Aug, 2021 | 08:46h | UTC

P/FP ratio: incorporation of PEEP into the PaO2/FiO2 ratio for prognostication and classification of acute respiratory distress syndrome – Annals of Intensive Care

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

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