COVID-19: Five Things to Know About/CMAJ Online – July 2020

Chest imaging in patients with suspected COVID-19

– Chest imaging is not routinely recommended to diagnose coronarivurs 2019 (COVID-19)  in patients with mild features

– In patientes with risk factors for disease progression chest radiography, together with clinical, symptoms, may inform whether to follow up in the communit or to refer to secondary care

– A normal chest radiography or CT sean does not rule out COVID-19

– Chest CT should be considered for some patients

– Repeat imaging is not indicated unless there is a change in clinical ed for some patients status, such as increased respiratory distress, or complications are suspected

Scott J Adams, C Dennie

CMAJ June 2020, vol 192 (25): E67619 (COVID-19)

https://www.cmaj.ca/content/192/25/E676

 

Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2

– Test sensitivity depends on timing of sample colletion

– Test sensitivity varies according to specimen type and disease severity

– Test positivity does not alwals entail infectivity

– Point-of-care testing provides rapide diagnosis but is limited by ¨low throughput¨

– Positively serology does not equate with lifelong immunity

C Boodman, P Lagacé-Wiens, J Bullard

CMAJ 2020, vol 192 (26): E713

https://www.cmaj.ca/content/192/26/E713

 

Tracheal intubation in patients with COVID-19

Laura V Duggan, G Mastoras and Gregory L Bryson

CMAJ 2020, vol 192 (22): E6013

– Prepare outside the patients´s room: assign team roles, check equipment and review the airway strategy

– Don personal protective equipment (PPE) and cross-check team members

– Videolaryngoscopy may have benefits over direct laryngoscopy

– During  intubation: anticipate rapid oxygen desaturation and associated emergencies

– Removing PPE carries a high-risk of self-contamination

L V Duggan, G Mastoras and Gregory L Bryson

CMAJ 2020, vol 192 (22): E60

https://www.cmaj.ca/content/192/22/E607

 

COVID-19 & Diabetes Mellitus (COVID-19 & Diabetes Mellitus)

Arquivo Blog Internet Médica – july 2020

https://internetmedica.com.br/covid-19-diabetes-mellitus-online-covid-19-diabetes-mellitus/

 

■  Dr Paulo Fernando Leite

Cardiologia/Prevenção Cardiovascular

Estratificação de Risco Cardiovascular

Consultório: Rua Padre Rolim 815/sala 601 – Belo Horizonte/MG/Brasil

Tel: 33245518

CRMMG: 7026

Email: pfleite1873@gmail.com

Blog Internet Médica – www.internetmedica.com.br

Data: julho 2020

 

Doença Inflamatória Intestinal: Organizações Médicas Online (Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Medical Organizations)

Associação Brasileira de Colite Ulcerativa e Doença de Crohn

https://www.abcd.org.br/

 

Associação Portuguesa da Doença Inflamatória do Intestino

http://www.apdi.org.pt/

 

Associazione per le Malattie Infiammatorie Croniche dell´ Intestino

https://amiciitalia.eu/

 

Australian Crohn´s and Colitis Association

https://www.crohnsandcolitis.com.au/

 

Condederación ACCU Crohn and Colitis Ulcerosa

https://accuesp.com/

 

Crohn´s and Colitis Australia

https://www.crohnsandcolitis.com.au/

 

Crohn´s and Colitis Canada

https://crohnsandcolitis.ca/

 

Crohn´s and Colitis Center – Division of Colorectal Surgery! Emory University School of Medicine

http://www.surgery.emory.edu/specialties-and-programs/colorectal-surgery/crohns-and-colitis-center.html

 

Crohn´s and Colitis Center – Massachusetts General Hospital

https://www.massgeneral.org/digestive/treatments-and-services/crohns-colitis/

 

Crohn´s and Colitis Center – University of Miami

http://medicine.med.miami.edu/crohns-and-colitis

 

Crohns and Colitis UK

https://www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/

 

AFA – Crohn – France

https://www.afa.asso.fr/

 

European Crohn´s and Colitis Organisation

https://www.ecco-ibd.eu/

 

European Federation of Chron´s and Ulcerative Colitis Asoociation

https://www.efcca.org/

 

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center! University of Pittsburg

https://dom.pitt.edu/gi/centers-institutes/inflammatory-bowel/

 

International Organization of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

https://ioibd.org/

 

Irish Society for Colitis and Crohn´s Disease

https://iscc.ie/

 

Pan American Crohn´s and Colitis Organisation

https://pancco.globtest1.com/

 

The UCSF Colitis and Crohn´s Disease Center

https://www.ucsfhealth.org/clinics/colitis-and-crohns-disease-center

 

U-M Crohn´s and Colitis Program – Michigan Medicine

http://www.med.umich.edu/ibd/education/college.html

 

The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center! Colorectal Surgery! Columbia Universityhicago IBD Center! UChicago

https://columbiasurgery.org/colorectal/inflammatory-bowel-disease-center-columbia

 

The Meyerhoff Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center! Johns Hopkins Medicine

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/inflammatory_bowel_disease_center/

 

■  Dr Paulo Fernando Leite

Cardiologia/Prevenção Cardiovascular

Estratificação de Risco Cardiovascular

Consultório: Rua Padre Rolim 815/sala 601 – Belo Horizonte/MG/Brasil

Tel: 33245518

CRMMG: 7026

Email: pfleite1873@gmail.com

Blog Internet Médica – www.internetmedica.com.br

Data: julho 2020