During the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing measures often result in individual isolation, which can lead to adverse mental outcomes. We collected online questionnaires from 3,952 US adults to examine the […]
Impaired First-Phase Ejection Fraction Tied to COVID-19 Mortality
Mortality increased in unadjusted, adjusted analyses for patients with impaired first-phase ejection fraction
Fauci Says Relaxed Indoor Masking Rules Could Be on the Way
Right now, the CDC says that even vaccinated people should still wear masks in indoor public spaces
Internal Medicine Residency, Fellowship Applications Up During Pandemic
Authors say increase may be due to lower barriers for virtual interviews
In-Hospital Mortality Low for Pregnant Women With COVID-19
In-hospital mortality also lower for pregnant versus nonpregnant women admitted to ICU, receiving mechanical ventilation
CDC Revises Website Info on How COVID-19 Spreads
Virus most commonly caught by standing near someone who is infected and when virus particles land on the face or are inhaled
Safeguarding from COVID-19: educating healthcare workers about the available protective equipment.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral illness which is transmitted through droplet spread and possibily the aerosol method. Older individuals are at higher risk compared with younger adults and […]
Hematological characteristics of patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia in intensive care unit.
Toward the end of December 2019, a novel type of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) broke out in Wuhan, China. Here, the hematological characteristics of patients with severe and critical 2019-nCoV pneumonia in […]
Immune Profile in Patients With COVID-19: Lymphocytes Exhaustion Markers in Relationship to Clinical Outcome.
The velocity of the COVID-19 pandemic spread and the variable severity of the disease course has forced scientists to search for potential predictors of the disease outcome. We examined various […]
In the ED, LUS and CT did not differ for sensitivity or specificity for diagnosing COVID-19 pneumonia.
Lieveld AW, Kok B, Schuit FH, et al. Diagnosing COVID-19 pneumonia in a pandemic setting: Lung Ultrasound versus CT (LUVCT)-a multicentre, prospective, observational study. ERJ Open Res. 2020;6:00539-2020. 33442553.Lieveld AW, […]