Implications of Shortened Quarantine Among Household Contacts of Index Patients with Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection — Tennessee and Wisconsin, April–September 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Commentaries: Shorter Quarantines Can Eliminate Most Contagion. Is Most Enough? New Data – Brief19 AND Some Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Occurs After Seven, 10 Days – Physician’s Wekly Related […]
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Blood plasma treatment has limited effect for sickest COVID-19 patients – Imperial College London See also: Expert reaction to REMAP-CAP recruitment of severely ill COVID-19 patients into convalescent plasma trial being paused after initial analysis suggested it did not improve outcomes – Science Media Centre AND Trial of COVID-19 blood plasma finds no benefit in […]
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COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Commentary: NICE, RCGP and SIGN publish guideline on managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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COVID-19 rapid guideline: vitamin D – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence News release: NICE, PHE and SACN publish rapid COVID-19 guidance on vitamin D Commentaries: Covid and vitamin D: ‘Not enough evidence’ for treatment – BBC AND Covid-19: Evidence is lacking to support vitamin D’s role in treatment and prevention – The BMJ […]
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COVID 5 times deadlier than flu for hospital patients, study finds – CIDRAP Original study: Comparative evaluation of clinical manifestations and risk of death in patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 and seasonal influenza: cohort study – The BMJ Commentary on Twitter Among people admitted to hospital, #COVID19 was associated with increased risk of […]
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The prevalence of long COVID symptoms and COVID-19 complications – Office of National Statistics Commentary on Twitter The prevalence of long COVID symptoms & COVID-19 complications published by @ONS 10% of covid positive patients exhibit symptoms for a period of > 12 weeks 20% for > 5 weeks Great work by @DanAyoubkhani @Vnafilyan https://t.co/8YgxkCG847 […]
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Vaccines Are Here. We Have to Talk About Side Effects – Wired Commentary on Twitter All vaccines have side effects and trust comes from freely discussing them. Nice piece by @marynmck https://t.co/eUISXTiFVP — Madhu Pai, MD, PhD (@paimadhu) December 17, 2020
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Data reveal deadliness of COVID-19, even in young adults – CIDRAP Study 1: All-Cause Excess Mortality and COVID-19–Related Mortality Among US Adults Aged 25-44 Years, March-July 2020 – JAMA Study 2: Impact of Population Growth and Aging on Estimates of Excess U.S. Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March to August 2020 – Annals of Internal […]
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Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement – New England Journal of Medicine Commentary: Devices Used In COVID-19 Treatment Can Give Errors For Patients With Dark Skin – NPR Commentary on Twitter 1/ Our research letter on racial bias in pulse oximetry measurement, out today in NEJM https://t.co/6dLuNGosxp pic.twitter.com/XXsfWfc5dv — Michael Sjoding (@msjoding) December 17, […]
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COVID-19 mimics on chest CT: a pictorial review and radiologic guide – British Institute of Radiology
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