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COVID-19 Clinical Guidance For the Cardiovascular Care Team
(2020-03-09)Current COVID-19 Clinical Context • The overall case fatality rate (CFR) of COVID-19 based on published reports remains low at 2.3%, with data indicating lower overall Chinese mortality outside of the outbreak epicenter ... -
Anti-hypertensive Angiotensin II receptor blockers associated to mitigation of disease severity in elderly COVID-19 patients
(2020-03-27)Background: The novel coronavirus (CoV) severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2 outbreak started at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China, and spread over 100 countries. SARS-CoV-2 uses the membrane protein Angiotensin I ... -
Developing Covid-19 Vaccines at Pandemic Speed
(2020-03-30)The need to rapidly develop a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 comes at a time of explosion in basic scientific understanding, including in areas such as genomics and structural biology, that is supporting a new era in vaccine ... -
Atypical antibiotics alone seem no better for mortality and clinical efficacy than typical antibiotics alone in patients with community acquired pneumonia
(2020-03-19)What is this? Some patients with COVID-19 will develop pneumonia and evidence from studies of the treatment of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) may be of help in treating such patients. CAP is a serious lung infection, ... -
Possible Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a Public Bath Center in Huai’an, Jiangsu Province, China
(2020-03-30)Introduction: In December 2019, a novel pneumonia named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in Wuhan, China, and has since spread to 25 ... -
The correlation between viral clearance and biochemical outcomes of 94 COVID-19 infected discharged patients
(2020-03-29)Objective:This study aims to evaluate the correlation between viral clearance and blood biochemical index of 94 discharged patients with COVID-19 infection in Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, enrolled from Jan 5 to Feb ... -
Teleconsultations during a pandemic
(2020-03)Teleconsultations: an essential tool for use during a pandemic In situations where a pandemic is declared, the feelings of anxiety and uncertainty can overwhelm people, and health systems can struggle to cope with an ... -
Narrative synthesis of psychological and coping responses towards emerging infectious disease outbreaks in the general population: practical considerations for the COVID-19 pandemic
(2020-04-03)[Abstract]. Introduction: Emerging infectious disease outbreaks, such as the present coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, often have a psychological impact on the well-being of the general population, including ... -
Pivotal Role of Convalescent Plasma in Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases
(2020-04-02)Infectious diseases remain one of the top 10 global health threats as announced by the World Health Organization. The emergence of new pathogens for which there is no effective treatment has redrawn the attention to the ... -
Requirements and technical specifications of personal protective. Interim recommendations, 2 February 2020
(2020-02-02)respiratory illness among people exposed in a seafood market in Wuhan, China; • Human-to-human transmission has been documented, including in healthcare workers, and aerosol-generating procedures (AGP)† may play a role in ...