• BCG versus COVID-19: impact on urology 

  Desouky, Elsayed (2020-05-16)

  Purpose: To search for evidence base for using BCG in the fight against COVID-19 and the possible impact of these clinical trials on urology practice. Methods: A literature review about the basis of the ongoing clinical ...
• Hazardous Postoperative Outcomes of Unexpected COVID-19 Infected Patients: A Call for Global Consideration of Sampling all Asymptomatic Patients Before Surgical Treatment 

  Nahshon, Chen et al. (2020-05-16)

  Background: In December 2019, a novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of many pneumonia cases in China and eventually declared as a pandemic as the virus spread globally. Few reports were published on the outcome ...
• COVID-19 virus may have neuroinvasive potential and cause neurological complications: a perspective review 

  Sepehrinezhad, Ali; Shahbazi, Ali; Negah, Sajad Sahab (2020-05-16)

  Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported at the end of 2019 in China for the first time and has rapidly spread throughout the world as a pandemic. Since COVID-19 causes mild to severe acute respiratory syndrome, ...
• Rapid response in the COVID-19 pandemic: a Delphi study from the European Pediatric Dialysis Working Group 

  Eibensteiner, Fabian et al. (2020-05-17)

  Background: COVID-19 was declared a global health emergency. Since children are less than 1% of reported cases, there is limited information to develop evidence-based practice recommendations. The objective of this study ...
• Recommendations for the measurement of the QT interval during the use of drugs for COVID-19 infection treatment. Updatable in accordance with the availability of new evidence 

  Asensio, Enrique et al. (2020-05-16)

  COVID-19 infection has shown rapid growth worldwide, and different therapies have been proposed for treatment, in particular, the combination of immune response modulating drugs such as chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine ...
• Angiotensin‐converting enzyme‐2 (ACE2 ), SARS‐CoV ‐2 and pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID ‐19) 

  Bourgonje, Arno R. et al. (2020-05-17)

  [Abstract]. Angiotensin‐converting enzyme‐2 (ACE2) has been established as the functional host receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), the virus responsible for the current devastating ...
• Digital health and the COVID-19 epidemic: an assessment framework for apps from an epidemiological and legal perspective 

  Vokinger, Kerstin N. et al. (2020-05-17)

  As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, crowdsourced digital technology harbours the potential to improve surveillance and epidemic control, primarily through increased information coverage, higher information speed, fast ...
• Children with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19): A Review of Demographic, Clinical, Laboratory and Imaging Features in 2,597 Pediatric Patients 

  Cui, Xiaojian et al. (2020-05-17)

  An epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has been spreading worldwide. With the rapid increase in the number of infections, children with COVID‐19 appear to be rising. Most research findings regarding adult cases, ...
• Persistent viral shedding of SARS‐CoV‐2 in faeces ‐ a rapid review 

  Gupta, S. et al. (2020-05-17)

  [Abstract]. Aim: In addition to respiratory symptoms, COVID‐19 can present with gastrointestinal complaints suggesting possible faeco‐oral transmission. The primary aim of this review was to establish the incidence and ...
• Social Distancing Has Merely Stabilized COVID-19 in the US 

  Wagner, Aaron B et al. (2020-04-30)

  Social distancing measures, with varying degrees of restriction, have been imposed around the world in order to stem the spread of COVID-19. In this work we analyze the effect of current social distancing measures in the ...
• Population-scale testing can suppress the spread of COVID-19 

  Taipale, Jussi; Romer, Paul; Linnarsson, Sten (2020-05-28)

  We propose an additional intervention that would contribute to the control of the COVID-19 pandemic, offer more protection for people working in essential jobs, and help guide an eventual reopening of society. The intervention ...
• Estimates of the ongoing need for social distancing and control measures post-"lockdown" from trajectories of COVID-19 cases and mortality 

  Lonergan, Mike; Chalmers, James (2020-05-05)

  By 29th April 2020, COVID-19 had caused more than 3 million cases across more than 200 countries. And most countries with significant outbreaks had introduced social distancing or "lockdown" measures to reduce viral ...
• How and when to end the COVID-19 lockdown: an optimisation approach 

  Rawson, Thomas et al. (2020-05-02)

  Countries around the world are in a state of lockdown to help limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2. However, as the number of new daily confirmed cases begins to decrease, governments must decide how to release their populations ...
• The role of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: rapid living systematic review and meta-analysis 

  Buitrago-Garcia, Diana C et al. (2020-05-24)

  OBJECTIVE To address three questions: 1. amongst people who become infected with SARS-CoV-2, what proportion does not experience symptoms at all during their infection? 2. Amongst people with SARS-CoV-2 infection who are ...
• Interim Analysis of Pandemic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Latin America and the Caribbean: Morbidity, Mortality and Molecular Testing Trends in the Region 

  Simbana-Rivera, Katherine et al. (2020-04-29)

  Background: The relentless advance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic has resulted in a significant burden on countries, regardless of their socio-economic conditions. The virus has infected more than 2.5 million people ...
• Clinical Characteristics and Short-Term Outcomes of Severe Patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China 

  Feng Sr, Xiaobo et al. (2020-04-29)

  Objective. A novel pneumonia (COVID-19) which is sweeping the globe was started in December, 2019, in Wuhan, China. Most deaths occurred in severe and critically cases, but information on prognostic risk factors for severe ...
• Pregnancy and breastfeeding during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of published pregnancy cases 

  Rodrigues, Carina et al. (2020-05-05)

  Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is an emerging concern regarding the potential adverse effects during pregnancy. This study reviews knowledge on the impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy and describes the outcome of published ...
• Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil 

  Souza, William Marciel de et al. (2020-04-29)

  Background: The first case of COVID-19 was detected in Brazil on February 25, 2020. We report the epidemiological, demographic, and clinical findings for confirmed COVID-19 cases during the first month of the epidemic in ...
• Estimating COVID-19 Prevalence in the United States: A Sample Selection Model Approach 

  Benatia, David; Godefroy, Raphael; Lewis, Joshua (2020-04-30)

  Background: Public health efforts to determine population infection rates from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been hampered by limitations in testing capabilities and the large shares of mild and asymptomatic ...
• Racial, Economic and Health Inequality and COVID-19 Infection in the United States 

  Abedi, Vida et al. (2020-05-01)

  Abstract Background: There is preliminary evidence of racial and social-economic disparities in the population infected by and dying from COVID-19. The goal of this study is to report the associations of COVID-19 with ...

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