Coronavirus-clinical-updates
The New England Journal of Medicine
Real-world studies have shown the
short-term effectiveness of vaccines with respect to symptomatic and
asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections,
the severity of Covid-19, and secondary transmission. The duration of this
protection over longer periods remains...
INTRODUCTION
Coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) has increased the frequency of hand washing. There is
scarce evidence regarding the impact of different hand hygiene procedures on
skin barrier function in clinical practice.
For the
required proper hand hygiene procedures, currently there are several hand
hygiene products available, s...
What is already known about this
topic?
Face masks or respirators
(N95/KN95s) effectively filter virus-sized particles in laboratory settings.
The real-world effectiveness of face coverings to prevent acquisition of
SARS-CoV-2 infection has not been widely studied.
What is added by this report?
Consistent use of a face mask or
res...
The use of empiric antibiotic therapy
appears to prevent neither deterioration nor death among patients with COVID-19
pneumonia, as shown in this study.
Take Home Message
In a group of patients with
COVID-19 pneumonia, antibiotics were commonly started in those who were
severely ill. Patients who did vs did not receive antibiotics mor...
Clinical Infectious Diseases: By
Infectious Diseases Society of America
TAKE-HOME MESSAGE
This study addressed the predictors
of SARS-CoV-2 infection among participants who reported social contact with an
individual known or suspected of having SARS-CoV-2 infection. Among
unvaccinated and partially vaccinated participants, factors suc...
JAMA Internal Medicine:
Key Points
Question What
is the risk of perinatal complications associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection
during pregnancy and what factors are associated with hospitalizations?
Findings In
this cohort study of 43 886 pregnant individuals, SARS-CoV-2 infection during
pregnancy was associated with an increased ris...
Journal of the American College of Nutrition:
It is widely recognized that COVID-19 severity is a multifactorial
condition; several risk factors have been identified, including advanced
age, ethnicity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obesity, renal dysfunction, and
cardiovascular diseases.
Interestingly, each of these factors
is also...
BMJ: British Medical Journal
This
retrospective case series analysis compared the incidence of immune-mediated
neurologic events among over 8 million individuals vaccinated against COVID-19,
over 700,000 unvaccinated individuals diagnosed with COVID-19, and a historical
cohort of over 14 million individuals in the general population....
European Journal of Neurology:
Neurological complications
associated with acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are well described.
Now, increasing evidence suggests that symptoms may persist even beyond
4–12 weeks after disease onset
Frequent neurological, cognitive
and neuropsychiatric long-term symptoms after COVID-19 include b...
JAMA Network:
SARS-CoV-2 continues to infect more
than 22 million patients per week and globally causes more than 65 000 deaths
per week as of January 31, 2022.
Although aspirin has not been shown
to reduce major adverse cardiovascular or pulmonary events in symptomatic
outpatients with COVID-19, several observational studies have fou...
European Heart Journal:
Emerging as a new epidemic, long COVID or post-acute sequelae
of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a condition characterized by the
persistence of COVID-19 symptoms beyond 3 months. The long-term impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular (CV) health and
mortality is also emerging as a major global concern.
Definit...
European Heart Journal:
Worldwide, survivors of COVID-19
now exceed hundreds of millions, with some reporting incomplete recovery months
beyond the acute illness, a condition commonly referred to as long COVID.
Persistent symptoms of breathlessness, chest pain, fatigue, headaches, brain
fog, and palpitations are a constant reminder of th...
