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Pulmonary post-mortem findings in a large series of COVID-19 cases from Northern Italy
(2020-04-22)Importance. The analysis of lung tissues of patients with COVID-19 may help understand pathogenesis and clinical outcomes in this life-threatening respiratory illness. Objective. To determine the histological patterns in ... -
QT Interval Prolongation and Torsade De Pointes in Patients with COVID-19 treated with Hydroxychloroquine/Azithromycin
(2020-05-01)Background: The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over two million affected and over 150 thousand deaths to date. There is no known effective therapy for the disease. Initial reports suggesting the potential ... -
Quantitative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Public Health Measures on COVID-19 Transmission
(2020-05-18)Although COVID-19 has spread almost all over the world, social isolation is still a controversial public health policy and governments of many countries still doubt its level of effectiveness. This situation can create ... -
Quantitative Detection and Viral Load Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Infected Patients
(2020-12-17)Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a public health emergency. The widely used reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method has limitations for clinical diagnosis and treatment. ... -
Quantitative Method for Comparative Assessment of Particle Filtration Efficiency of Fabric Masks as Alternatives to Standard Surgical Masks for PPE
(2020-05-18)In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, cloth masks are being used to control the spread of virus, but the efficacy of these loose-fitting masks is not well known. Here, tools and methods typically used to assess tight-fitting ... -
Quantitative real-time PCR detection of Zika virus and evaluation with field-caught Mosquitoes
(2014)Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito borne flavivirus is a pathogen affecting humans in Asia and Africa. ZIKV infection diagnosis relies on serology–which is challenging due to cross-reactions with other flaviviruses and/or absence ... -
Quarantine alone or in combination with other public health measures to control COVID‐19: a rapid review
(2020-09-14)Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a rapidly emerging disease classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). To support the WHO with their recommendations on quarantine, we conducted a ... -
Racial, Economic and Health Inequality and COVID-19 Infection in the United States
(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 ... -
Radiological role in the detection, diagnosis and monitoring for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
(2020)OBJECTIVE: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has officially been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Radiological examinations, especially computed tomography (CT), play an important role in the ... -
Radiology Department Preparedness for COVID-19: Radiology Scientific Expert Panel
(2020-03-16)Introduction: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic began in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The outbreak is due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (1). Approximately 81,000 ... -
Radiology department strategies to protect radiologic technologists against COVID19: Experience from Wuhan
(2020-04-20)The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a huge threat to global public health security. In the absence of specific antiviral medicines to prevent or treat COVID-19, it is essential to detect the infected ... -
A Randomized, Single-blind, Group sequential, Active-controlled Study to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of α-Lipoic acid for critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
(2020-04-21)Object: To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of α-Lipoic acid (ALA) for critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods: A randomized, single-blind, group sequential, active-controlled ... -
The Rapid Assessment and Early Warning Models for COVID-19
(2020-04-01)Human beings have experienced a serious public health event as the new pneumonia (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus has killed more than 3000 people in China, most of them elderly or ... -
Rapid Assessment of service delivery for NCDs during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Americas, 4 June 2020
(2020-06-04)This brief report presents a snapshot of the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on NCD services in the Region of the Americas. It represents the views and perspectives of the national health authorities responsible ... -
Rapid asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 during the incubation period demonstrating strong infectivity in a cluster of youngsters aged 16-23 years outside Wuhan and characteristics of young patients with COVID-19: a prospective contact-tracing study
(2020-04)[Abstract]. Background: The outbreak of coronavirus-disease-2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread to many places outside Wuhan. Previous studies on COVID-19 mostly included older hospitalized-adults. Little information on ... -
A Rapid COVID-19 RT-PCR Detection Assay for Low Resource Settings
(2020-04-30)Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) assay is the gold standard recommended to test for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. It has been used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ... -
Rapid identification of SARS-CoV-2-infected patients at the emergency department using routine testing
(2020-04-24)Background: The novel coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, spreads rapidly across the world. The exponential increase in the number of cases has resulted in overcrowding of emergency departments (ED). ... -
Rapid In‐Vitro Inactivation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) Using Povidone‐Iodine Oral Antiseptic Rinse
(2020-06-08)[Abstract]. Purpose: To investigate the optimal contact time and concentration for viricidal activity of oral preparation of povidone‐iodine (PVP‐I) against SARS‐CoV‐2 (‘corona virus’) to mitigate the risk and transmission ... -
Rapid response in the COVID-19 pandemic: a Delphi study from the European Pediatric Dialysis Working Group
(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 ...