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Preliminary data regarding outcomes for pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak are reassuring

No Treatment Change Needed for Peds IBD During COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors recommend continuing inflammatory bowel disease treatment, including biologics
The use of the antimalarial drug chloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients has been halted at several Swedish hospitals due to reported side effects such as cramps and loss of peripheral vision. Sahlgrenska University Hospital is one of those facilities. It stopped the use of chloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 about two weeks ago.

Side Effects Seen With Use of Chloroquine Against COVID-19

Some Swedish hospitals have stopped using the antimalarial drug due to severity of side effects
When hypothetical stay-at-home orders in response to COVID-19 are extended longer than expected

Compliance Higher if Stay-at-Home Extensions Are Shorter Than Thought

Results more pronounced among individuals who were already fully complying with self-isolation
According to a national survey conducted by Harvard Medical School

Majority of Physicians Report Serious Concerns About COVID-19

National survey shows concerns regarding adequacy of supplies and COVID-19 testing
The incidence of heart attacks is decreasing

Recent Decline in Heart Attacks Greater in Men Than Women

Rate declined by 4.7 percent annually in men, declined by 2.3 percent in women from 2009 to 2014
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support might improve clinical outcomes in severe cases of coronavirus disease 2019 that cannot be adequately managed with mechanical ventilation alone

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Might Aid in Severe COVID-19

Three of eight patients receiving ECMO support successfully weaned off ECMO after 22, 40, 47 days
Hydroxychloroquine can shorten time to clinical recovery and promote pneumonia absorption among patients with coronavirus disease 2019

Hydroxychloroquine Can Shorten Time to Recovery in COVID-19

HCQ shortened body temperature recovery time and cough remission time versus standard treatment
America is in urgent need of blood donations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Blood Donor Restrictions Eased

FDA has changed abstinence period required for gay and bisexual blood donors from 12 months to three months
Following nonmajor orthopedic surgery of the lower limb

Rivaroxaban Prevents VTE After Lower-Limb Surgery

Rivaroxaban superior to enoxaparin for preventing major VTE after nonmajor orthopedic surgery
Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in patients with coronavirus disease 2019

Gastrointestinal Symptoms Common in COVID-19 Patients

GI symptoms were more prevalent in later stages of epidemic in China