M-A: Diagnostic performance of different sampling approaches for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing
Diagnostic performance of different sampling approaches for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Infectious Diseases Commentary: Beyond COVID-19—will self-sampling and testing become the norm? – The Lancet Infectious Diseases Related Meta-analysis: Saliva and nasopharyngeal swab nucleic acid amplification have similar diagnostic accuracy for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 AND Saliva vs. […]
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M-A: Corticosteroids in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 ARDS
Corticosteroids in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 ARDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Intensive Care Medicine
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Study Commentary | What if the EHR Age-Adjusts D-dimer for You?
What if the EHR Age-Adjusts D-dimer for You? – Journal Feed Original study: Multi-center implementation of automated age-adjusted D-dimer results reduces unnecessary PE imaging – The American Journal of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
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Study shows past COVID-19 infection doesn’t fully protect young people against reinfection
Study shows past COVID-19 infection doesn’t fully protect young people against reinfection – Mount Sinai School of Medicine Original study: SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity and subsequent infection risk in healthy young adults: a prospective cohort study – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Related Study: SARS-CoV-2 infection rates of antibody-positive vs. antibody-negative health-care workers – previous infection was associated […]
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Study: Double masking improves protection from Covid-19 mostly by eliminating any gaps or poor-fitting areas of a mask
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
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COVID vaccines and blood clots: five key questions
COVID vaccines and blood clots: five key questions – Nature See also (podcast): Coronapod: could COVID vaccines cause blood clots? Here’s what the science says – Nature
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Editorial: SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine–Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia – “The very low prevalence of this complication of vaccination, however severe, relative to the benefits of preventing Covid-19 must be emphasized”
SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine–Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia – New England Journal of Medicine
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Pathologic Antibodies to Platelet Factor 4 after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccination
Pathologic Antibodies to Platelet Factor 4 after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccination – New England Journal of Medicine Commentaries: Researchers Offer Algorithm for Managing Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia After COVID-19 Vaccination – NEJM Journal Watch AND Blood Clots After COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Immune Response: UK Report – TCTMD AND People with rare blood clots after a COVID-19 […]
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China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine 67% effective in preventing symptomatic infection, 85% effective in preventing hospitalizations and 80% effective in preventing deaths – Chile govt report
China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine 67% effective in preventing symptomatic infection – Chile govt report – Reuters Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more) Sinovac's CoronaVac in Chile: for Feb-Mar, during major outbreak. Data from National Health Fund, comparisons adjusted for age, gender, region, income, nationality. Fully vaccinated after 14 days was effective; 1 […]
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A guideline to limit indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19
A guideline to limit indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19 – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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