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First protocol on how to use lung ultrasound to triage COVID-19
April 9, 2020
Lung ultrasound is not yet universally accepted as a tool for diagnosing pneumonia in the context of COVID-19 and triaging patients.
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See acute hepatitis? Consider COVID-19, N.Y. case suggests
April 9, 2020
This is the first documented instance of a patient with COVID-19 presenting with acute hepatitis as the primary symptom before developing respiratory symptoms.
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First case of COVID-19 presenting as Guillain-Barré reported
April 9, 2020
A case report from China suggests a possible association between GBS and SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Reproductive health care in the time of COVID-19
April 9, 2020
We do not have complete knowledge of what the novel coronavirus 2019 does to a developing pregnancy, especially early in pregnancy.
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COVID-19: A guide to making telepsychiatry work
April 9, 2020
“There’s going to be a much wider and diffuse acceptance of telemedicine as we go forward,” said Dr. Jay H. Shore.
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Cardiology groups push back on hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin for COVID-19
April 8, 2020
Both drugs are known to cause torsade de pointes and increase the risk of other arrhythmias, say the AHA, ACC, and HRS.
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COVID-19: Dramatic changes to telepsychiatry rules and regs
April 8, 2020
“Clinicians need to be aware of these changes so they can ensure they are reaching as many people as possible,” said Dr. John Torous.
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Comorbidities the rule in New York’s COVID-19 deaths
April 8, 2020
Infection and death rates among males in the state are disproportionately high.
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SARS-CoV-2 escapes cotton, surgical masks of infected
April 8, 2020
All outer surfaces of masks used in the study were positive for SARS-CoV-2.
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AMA president calls for greater reliance on science in COVID-19 fight
April 7, 2020
Dr. Patrice Harris, the AMA president, said the government’s scientific institutions must be led by experts who are “protected from political influence.”
