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Creator: Mantha, Srinivas.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-27
Description: In epidemiology, the terms ratio, rate, and risk have clear definitions. In the emerging publications related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the phrase case fatality rate is being used instead of case fatality ratio. -
Creator: Osório, Nuno Sampaio, and Margarida Correia-Neves.
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-28
Description: Since the initial outbreak of COVID-19 and identification of a novel enveloped RNA betacoronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), reports suggest the virus might be evolving, albeit at a lower rate than influenza… -
Creator: Wood, Simon N., Ernst C. Wit, Matteo Fasiolo, and Peter J. Green.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-28
Description: Knowing the infection fatality ratio (IFR) is crucial for epidemic management: for immediate planning, for balancing the life-years saved against those lost to the consequences of management, and for considering the ethics of paying substantially… -
Creator: Marty, Francisco M., Kaiwen Chen, and Kelly A. Verrill.
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-28
Description: Collection of specimens from the surface of the respiratory mucosa with nasopharyngeal swabs is a procedure used for the diagnosis of Covid-19 in adults and children.Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: Kuderer, Nicole M., Toni K. Choueiri, Dimpy P. Shah, Yu Shyr, Samuel M. Rubinstein, Donna R. Rivera, Sanjay Shete, Chih-Yuan Hsu, Aakash Desai, Gilberto de Lima Lopes, Jr., Petros Grivas, Corrie A. Painter, Solange Peters, Michael A. Thompson, Ziad…
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-28
Description: Data on patients with COVID-19 who have cancer are lacking. Here we characterise the outcomes of a cohort of patients with cancer and COVID-19 and identify potential prognostic factors for mortality and severe illness.A response to this article was… -
Creator: Lee, Lennard Y. W., Jean Baptiste Cazier, T. Starkey, C. D. Turnbull, Rachel Kerr, and Gary Middleton.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-29
Description: Individuals with cancer, particularly those who are receiving systemic anticancer treatments, have been postulated to be at increased risk of mortality from COVID-19. This conjecture has considerable effect on the treatment of patients with cancer… -
Creator: COVIDSurg Collaborative
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-29
Description: The impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on postoperative recovery needs to be understood to inform clinical decision making during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This study reports 30-day mortality and pulmonary… -
Creator: Steven, Sanche, Lin Yen Ting, Xu Chonggang, Romero-Severson Ethan, Hengartner Nick, and Ke Ruian.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-06
Description: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is the causative agent of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease pandemic. Initial estimates of the early dynamics of the outbreak in Wuhan, China, suggested a doubling time of the number of infected… -
Creator: Xue, Mingshan, Peiyan Zheng, Xiqing Bian, Zhifeng Huang, Huimin Huang, Yifeng Zeng, Haisheng Hu, Xiaoqing Liu, Luqian Zhou, Baoqing Sun, Jian-lin Wu, and Nanshan Zhong.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-06
Description: This study aimed to determine the clinical significance of Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) in patients with COVID-19, so as to find a marker with high sensitivity, specificity and easy detection to evaluate the lung injury and inflammation of COVID-19.… -
Creator: Wilkason, Colby, Christopher Lee, Lauren M. Sauer, Jennifer Nuzzo, and Amanda McClelland.
Subject: Personnel Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-06
Description: The 2014-2016 West African Ebola epidemic was devastating in many respects, not least of which was the impact on healthcare systems and their health workforce. Healthcare workers—including physicians, clinical officers, nurses, midwives, and…