Use of N95, Surgical, and Cloth Masks to Prevent COVID-19 in Health Care and Community Settings
The goal of using N95 respirators, surgical masks, or cloth masks is to prevent transmission of...
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Update alert 2: Should Clinicians Use Chloroquine or Hydroxychloroquine for the Prophylaxis or Treatment of COVID-19?
Several studies have been conducted assessing the role of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine alone...
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COVID-19 Clinical Trials: A Teachable Moment for Improving Our Research Infrastructure and Relevance
The coronavirus pandemic is being taken as an event which will perhaps permanently change the way...
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Promoting Better Clinical Trials and Drug Information as Public Health Interventions for the COVID-19 Emergency in Italy
At the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 epidemic in Italy,...
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Multigroup, Adaptively Randomized Trials Are Advantageous for Comparing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Interventions
We propose platform trials with outcome-adaptive randomization to efficiently select the foremost...
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When the Dust Settles: Preventing a Mental Health Crisis in COVID-19 Clinicians
On 26 April, after spending weeks caring for patients with coronavirus pandemic 2019 (COVID-19) in...
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Palliative Lung Radiotherapy: Higher Dose Leads to Improved Survival?
The aim of this clinical study was to scrutinize the effects of fractionation scheme and other...
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Update alert: Ventilation Techniques and Risk for Transmission of Coronavirus Disease, Including COVID-19
The main cause of death in patients with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is hypoxemic...
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SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Acceptance: Post Survey
A vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is considered an...
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Updated Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant disease with an estimated...
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Attitudes Toward a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine: U.S. Adults Survey
COVID-19 has rapidly instigated a global pandemic. Development of a vaccine is proceeding at an...
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National Trends in Payments for HIV PrEP in the U.S. (2014-2018)
The use of HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has increased, however the magnitude and...
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Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment on Orthostatic Hypotension
Although intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering treatment reduces the risk of cardiovascular...
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Prognostic Factors in Patients with Symptomatic Spinal Metastases and Normal Neurological Function
Survival rate in patients having painful spinal metastases and normal neurological behavior was...
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Virtual Care and the Pandemic: Are We Reaching All Patients?
Faced with the rapid spread of a new, highly contagious virus, the Veterans Health Administration...
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Summary for Patients: Obesity and Risk for Adverse Outcomes Among Patients Diagnosed With COVID-19
Many chronic health conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, are also associated with poor...
Read MoreCOVID-19 and Severe Obesity: A Big Problem?
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 has now infected nearly 20 million persons worldwide, with a global mortality rate of 3.7%. Unusually, symptoms range...
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Summary for Patients: Association Between Bariatric Surgery and All-Cause Mortality
These studies cannot rule out the possibility that patients who have weight loss surgery might be...
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Management of Acute Pain From Non–Low Back Musculoskeletal Injuries
Clinicians and patients can choose various pain relief options to help ease and manage acute pain...
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Three-Year Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery in Patients With Obesity and Hypertension
The midterm effects of bariatric surgery on patients with complications of obesity and...
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