Conjunctivitis small study finding corona in some lacrimal fluid https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.11.20021956v1 and https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2764083 WHO analysis of people with corona and conjunctival symptoms Click to access who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf larger study not finding corona in eye fluid https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.25725 Asthma British Thoracic Society advice file:///Users/user/Downloads/BTS%20Advice%20for%20Healthcare%20Professionals%20treating%20patients%20with%20asthma%20(6).pdf Government methodology https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19 European definition of ‘severe asthma’ (table 3) Click to access 343.full.pdf Asthma […]

NSAIDs and covid19 NHS advice https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-advice/ French announcement https://forum.facmedicine.com/threads/anti-inflammatories-may-aggravate-covid-19-french-health-minister-warns.47919/ and https://dgs-urgent.sante.gouv.fr/dgsurgent/inter/detailsMessageBuilder.do?id=30500&cmd=visualiserMessage Irish advice https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/media/pressrel/advice-about-anti-inflammatory-medication-and-covid-19.html ACE inhibitors and covid19 Lancet letter Click to access PIIS2213-2600(20)30116-8.pdf Science Media Centre reaction expert reaction to questions about high blood pressure, diabetes, and ACE inhibitor drugs, and risk of COVID-19 infection European Society of Cardiology https://www.escardio.org/Councils/Council-on-Hypertension-(CHT)/News/position-statement-of-the-esc-council-on-hypertension-on-ace-inhibitors-and-ang Scotland – no 111 […]

Incubation time NHS Inform info as of today Letter from CMO to Scottish GPs Volunteers SoS announcement Kings Fund report NHS volunteer info Masks Respirators and here economic evaluation in normal surgical practice – lots of questions systematic review 2017 BMJ narrative review 2015 other means; social distancing and here and a review from Australia

reviews https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/141/4/e20173742.long https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213858717300992https://www.dovepress.com/the-effect-of-cross-sex-hormonal-treatment-on-gender-dysphoria-individ-peer-reviewed-article-NDT desistion https://jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(08)60142-2/fulltext https://www.docdroid.net/hY664Sc/steensma2013.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5d46/ec82d6bb6f65e78f5140b6edb04efb7b5cdd.pdf?_ga=2.207012119.584406451.1582916682-1862992690.1582916682 uncertainties https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5841333/ Tavistock data (appendix 7) Click to access board-papers-2015-06.pdf

council members can now access papers online! ** major advance *** – thank John Cosgrove for raising and driving this. topics for today that I spoke on – there is no point in repeating other peoples’ points, and we can only report what I said. have been elected to trustee board, thankyou. Will do my […]

Edinburgh 1969-78 hepatitis B  https://www.jstor.org/stable/4452769?seq=1 Prejudice against people with certain diseases, historically minimal risk to HPC re HIV Ebola impact on staff , deaths in healthcare staff due to Ebola , impact on communities, stigma, SARS impact , retrospective , analysis of outbreak in Toronto, impact on staff , post outbreak effects, Coronavirus Lancet stats, […]

potentially unnecessary vaginal examinations – study JAMA commentary 2013 systematic review Annals Internal Medicine 2014 PLCO study showing bimanual exams don’t help screen for ovarian cancer

lovely combination Blood pressure pills at night reproducibility crisis  review article  and old Cochrane review  new study – Hygia project  and trial registration (spot difference) old study and BP levels with diurnal meds – taking (similar bp results, didn’t address morbidity) MAPEC study HEAD LICE Nice guidance  resistance   wet combing   

a history of antidepressant withdrawal 1950s – class of drug called tricyclics started to be used for depression reports of withdrawal side effects in medical literature in 1960s and 70s suggesting slow withdrawals https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/070674376601101S27 another class of drugs called MAOIs – again not commonly used nowadays for depression, available in 1950s onwards, lots of interactions […]

these are just notes, sorry! recall affects brand only, prescription only, zantac preparations (i.e. The four products affected are Zantac 150mg/10ml Syrup, Zantac 50mg/2ml Injection, Zantac 150mg Tablets and Zantac 300mg Tablets)  and not the over the counter version of  zantac or other generics of raniditine.  Issues with this contaminant since summer 2018 – issues with […]