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Journal and News Scan
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.
March 16, 2020
Submitted by: Joel Dunning
This is a MUST WATCH interview with Maurizio Cecconi, president elect of the European Intensive Care Society and an intensivist in Milan, Italy, where the Lombardy region has looked after around a thousand patients in the intensive cares of the region with COVID-19. He is interviewed by the Editor in Chief of JAMA and gives very sensible advice.
March 13, 2020
Submitted by: Emily Robinson
The optimal approach for repair of tetralogy of Fallot in symptomatic neonates was assessed comparing complete repair to staged repair. Greater early morbidity was associated with complete repair, but long-term outcomes regarding neurocognitive development need to be assessed in both groups.