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Journal and News Scan
March 25, 2020
Submitted by: Mark Ferguson
A thoughtful commentary about the need for a triage committee to determine the optimal allocation of ventilators in a time of competing needs, and how these determinations are best communicated to caregivers and families.
March 25, 2020
Submitted by: Joel Dunning
This is an interesting systematic review looking at the evidence so far for chrloroquine for COVID. it is a fast moving field but this cheap option to treat coronavirus may soon become accepted for treatment once the studies have been fully evaluated.
March 25, 2020
Submitted by: Emily Farkas
Succinct recommendations for the management of COVID-19 cases in the operating room. Includes infographic outlining comprehensive operating room workflow, detailing the roles and responsibilities of each OR team member.
March 24, 2020
Submitted by: Aristotle Protopapas
A succinct comment with a wealth of up-to-date references vis-a-vis the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
March 20, 2020
Submitted by: Aristotle Protopapas
Interesting input from a Stanford expert on the hottest topic on the planet at the moment.
March 18, 2020
Submitted by: Mark Ferguson
The authors describe a thoughtful process for resource utilization in the setting of competing needs that optimizes survival for a popultion. Examples of existing guidelines are provided.
March 18, 2020
Submitted by: Joel Dunning
This important paper is the modeling that the UK has based its advice on.
March 18, 2020
Submitted by: Mark Ferguson
The authors examined the SEER database to assess racial disparities in use of PET for lung cancer staging 2007-2015 and subsequent one-year survival. Blacks (OR 0.54) and Hispanics (OR 0.72) were less likely to undergo PET compared to non-Hispanic whites. Use of PET was associated with improved survival (HR 0.61).
March 17, 2020
Submitted by: Joel Dunning
Simulation of the intubation plan for COVID-19 patients in the current pandemic. Simulation follow the FICM, RCoA, ICS and AAGBI online published guidance.
March 16, 2020
Submitted by: Joel Dunning
This is a very interesting article with four scenario live simulators that demonstrate what happens to the peak of the outbreaks in various sitations from no isolation to severe isolations for a population. A very useful graphical tool to show why this is an important strategy at the moment.