Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of...
Oral Polio Vaccines Might Protect Against New Coronavirus
Since poliovirus and coronavirus are positive-strand RNA viruses, they may induce common innate immunity mechanisms
Stay-at-Home Orders Challenging Obese Patients
Survey respondents report difficulty in achieving weight loss goals, deteriorating mental health
PPE Supplies Sent by FEMA to Nursing Homes Often Defective
Homes receiving items such as gowns that have no holes for hands and paper-thin surgical masks
Risk Up for Families After One Sudden Unexpected Infant Death
Infants born after SUDI have rate of 3.93 per 1,000 live births; most have unexplained cause of death
Many of the Initial COVID-19 Treatment Trials Poorly Designed
One-third of trials do not include clinical end points; 97 randomized trials were open-label design
Risk or Fear of COVID-19 Should Not Delay Bystander CPR
COVID-19 diagnosed in less than 10 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the Seattle area
Signs, Symptoms Vary Widely for Children Presenting With PIMS-TS
Pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally linked to SARS-CoV-2 is poorly understood
Cesarean Delivery Tied to Clinical Deterioration in SARS-CoV-2
Significant association found with clinical deterioration, risk for NICU admission in adjusted analyses
Dysanapsis Measured on CT Associated With COPD in Seniors
Incidence of COPD was significantly higher in lowest versus highest quartile of airway-to-lung ratio
