Primary Care Update

This week on primary care update: safety of convalescent sera, two social distancing studies, cellulitis diagnosis, and treating COPD exacerbations. Plus a bonus beer POEM.

This week: salivary testing for COVID, COVID immunity, ACR guidelines for managing patients with degenerative joint disease, and the use of old forms of insulin in managing patients with type 2 diabetes.

In episode 46 we again cover all things COVID-19: 2 trials of remdesivir, news on viral shedding, COVID mortality, thrombotic events and risk of infection among COVID contacts. You can get all of our research briefs on COVID-19 here: https://www.aafp.org/journals/afp/explore/covid-19-daily-briefs.html

This week, 2 new COVID-19 studies (doi:10.1001/jama.2020.6771 and doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.6775), an effective treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31852769), and trends in prostate cancer screening (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31794057).

This week, research updates about COVID-19: the largest trial to date of hydroxychloroquine (https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.10.20060558), the first serosurvey results (https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.14.20062463), doing telehealth (www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1182), masks (https://doi.org/10.17226/25776), the effect of temperature (https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.14.20062463) and viral shedding / infectiousness (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0869-5).

This week, a couple of COVID-19 updates, plus POEMs on breast cancer prevention (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31839281) and a cool new (old) way to reduce bad things after an MI (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31733140).

All COVID-19 all the time this week with 6 updates: 2 HCQ studies, the new antibody tests, case fatality rates, whether handwashing really works, and an editorial from NEJM. We'll be doing regular podcasts focused on COVID-19, plus our regular podcasts covering all the rest.

This week: 3 brief summaries of breaking research on COVID-19 (convalescent sera, hydroxychloroquine, and risk stratification); whether you really need surgery for a mid-clavicular fracture (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30835150); and whether acetaminophen does anything (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31892511). 

This week: preventing food allergies (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31633778), choosing the right BP target long-term after stroke (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31355878), and improving uptake of colorectal cancer screening (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30915656).

This week: the results of screening for autism (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31562252), does soccer cause dementia (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31633894), and the best way to diagnose hip OA on exam (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31846019).