PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Care

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) refers to a number of clinical syndromes resulting from the presence and local proliferation of Aspergillus organisms in the lungs of patients with chronic lung disease. CPA is more common than was realized two

Background Patients acutely infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) may have increased risk for postsurgical pulmonary complications and mortality, particularly with general anesthesia. Surgery is often delayed to

CONCLUSIONS: Using national real-world data from high-risk and predominantly vaccinated veterans, administration of sotrovimab, compared with contemporary standard treatment regimens, was associated with reduced risk of 30-day COVID-19-related

CONCLUSION: These findings confirm past evidence about the beneficial effects of delayed school start times on academic outcomes, with the additional advantage of observing them within a natural context that emerged during the pandemic. Further

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CONCLUSION: The therapeutic protocol that was adopted was high doses of short-term prednisone (Cortancyl) at 4mg/kg/day for 4 days. Favorable outcome was noted in all patients over a 2-year period.

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In times of crises, public health leaders may claim that trials of public health interventions are unethical. One reason for this claim can be that equipoise-i.e. a situation of uncertainty and/or disagreement among experts about the evidence

CONCLUSIONS: Pandemics likely produce long-term mental-health impacts with relevance for social, health and economic planning. The systematic review based on this protocol will complement other evidence on pandemic impacts and help policymakers

CONCLUSIONS: This meta-analysis indicates a potential relationship between elevated cortisol levels and COVID-19 infection. However, more well-designed, adequately powered, randomized controlled trial will be needed to assess the use of cortisol in