Arquivos do dia: Fevereiro 7, 2022
Atualização clínica sobre COVID-19 para o médico da emergência: apresentação e avaliação.
7 Fev, 2022 | 13:54hEditorial | “Mortes em excesso” é a melhor métrica para rastrear a pandemia.
7 Fev, 2022 | 13:52h“Excess deaths” is the best metric for tracking the pandemic – The BMJ
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Just how do deaths due to COVID-19 stack up?
Exploring the gap between excess mortality and COVID-19 deaths in 67 countries.
COVID-19 has caused 6.9 million deaths globally, more than double what official reports show
Comentários no Twitter
If you want to track the pandemic and compare performance, then 'excess deaths' is the best metric. @_Nazrul_Islam explains.
For example, UK excess deaths have been running at higher than predicted levels since the middle of 2021.@bmj_latest https://t.co/fiMpk4tiIj pic.twitter.com/SKIvStmxm8
— Kamran Abbasi (@KamranAbbasi) February 4, 2022
The pandemic has far reaching effects—direct and indirect—beyond illnesses and deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2. Using the metric of excess deaths can help us to track this, argues @_Nazrul_Islam https://t.co/PzxgPbkqk0
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) February 4, 2022
Avaliação crítica de novo artigo do CDC sobre a efetividade do uso de máscaras na prevenção da Covid-19.
7 Fev, 2022 | 13:51hMask studies reach a new scientific low point – Vinay Prasad’s Observations and Thoughts
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Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered.
Modeling COVID-19 mortality across 44 Countries: Face covering may reduce deaths.
What can masks do? Part 2: What makes for a good mask study — and why most fail.
Opinion | Why Are Americans Still—Still!—Wearing Cloth Masks?
Evidence shows that, yes, masks prevent COVID-19 – and surgical masks are the way to go.
[Preprint] Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19.
Comentário no Twitter
A new @CDCMMWR study shows that people who reported always wearing masks or respirators in indoor public settings in California were less likely to test positive for #COVID19 compared with those who reported not wearing a face covering. Learn more. https://t.co/T8gaqiPHyI pic.twitter.com/6UJ9cs60NK
— CDC (@CDCgov) February 4, 2022
CDC revela sua arma mais recente para detecção de Covid-19: o esgoto.
7 Fev, 2022 | 13:50hCDC unveils its latest weapon in Covid-19 detection: wastewater – CNN
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[Preprint] Wastewater genomic testing can effectively track COVID-19 variants of concern.
Human Waste Could Be The Next Big Weapon in Controlling COVID-19 – TIME
Next steps for wastewater testing to help end this pandemic — and prevent the next one – STAT
The myriad ways sewage surveillance is helping fight COVID around the world – Nature
It’s time to begin a national wastewater testing program for Covid-19 – STAT
Coronavirus: Testing sewage an ‘easy win’ – BBC
Como a Dinamarca decidiu que a COVID não é uma grave ameaça à sociedade – “O país se tornou o primeiro da União Europeia a abolir todas as restrições de COVID, apesar de ser líder mundial em infecções per capita.”
7 Fev, 2022 | 13:49hHow Denmark Decided COVID Isn’t a Critical Threat to Society – The Atlantic
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Covid: Europe set for ‘long period of tranquillity’ in pandemic, says WHO.
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Cientistas admitem seus erros em relação à Covid – “Ter seus erros comprovados está na base do progresso científico. Aqui, os especialistas revelam onde erraram durante a pandemia.”
7 Fev, 2022 | 13:47h‘The case for masks became hugely stronger’: scientists admit their Covid mistakes – The Guardian
O custo-benefício da prevenção primária de pandemias zoonóticas.
7 Fev, 2022 | 13:46hThe costs and benefits of primary prevention of zoonotic pandemics – Science Advances
Comentário: Preventing pandemics costs far less than controlling them – Duke University
Diretrizes ERC-ESICM sobre controle de temperatura após parada cardíaca em adultos.
7 Fev, 2022 | 13:45hERC-ESICM guidelines on temperature control after cardiac arrest in adults – Intensive Care Medicine (se o acesso a este link for pago, tente este)
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Comentário no Twitter
Temperature control post ROSC @ERC_resus @ESICM guidelines:
🌡 monitor (core T) + prevent fever (min 72h)
❄️ insufficient evidence for/against 32-36°C or early cooling
Not recommended
🌡 active rewarming (mild hypothermia)
🚑 pre 🏥 cooling (cold fluids)https://t.co/w6X8fLInzf pic.twitter.com/U8TWG1oUyV— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) January 28, 2022
Recomendações EULAR para manejo de risco cardiovascular nas doenças reumáticas e musculoesqueléticas, incluindo lúpus eritematoso sistêmico e síndrome antifosfolípide.
7 Fev, 2022 | 13:43hUma variante altamente virulenta do HIV-1 está circulando na Holanda.
7 Fev, 2022 | 13:42hA highly virulent variant of HIV-1 circulating in the Netherlands – Science
Comentários:
New highly virulent and damaging HIV variant discovered in the Netherlands – University of Oxford
Highly virulent HIV variant found circulating in Europe – Nature