Browsing by Subject "Betacoronavirus"
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Cell-based therapy to reduce mortality from COVID-19: Systematic review and meta-analysis of human studies on acute respiratory distress syndrome.
(Stem cells translational medicine, 2020-09)Severe cases of COVID-19 infection, often leading to death, have been associated with variants of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Cell therapy with mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) is a potential treatment for ... -
Continuing versus suspending angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers: Impact on adverse outcomes in hospitalized patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)--The BRACE CORONA Trial.
(American heart journal, 2020-08)Angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) expression may increase due to upregulation in patients using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). Because renin-angiotensin system ... -
COVID-19-associated brief psychotic disorder.
(BMJ case reports, 2020-08-11)A 36-year-old previously healthy woman with no personal or family history of mental illness presented with new-onset psychosis after a diagnosis of symptomatic COVID-19. Her psychotic symptoms initially improved ... -
Essential Long-Term Care Workers Commonly Hold Second Jobs and Double- or Triple-Duty Caregiving Roles.
(Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2020-08)<h4>Objectives</h4>Long-term care (LTC) facilities are particularly dangerous places for the spread of COVID-19 given that they house vulnerable high-risk populations. Transmission-based precautions to protect residents, ... -
Hyperbaric oxygen as a treatment for COVID-19 infection?
(Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc, 2020-01)Recently the internet has been abuzz with new ideas to treat COVID-19, including hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy, undoubtedly driven by the fact that until recently there have been few therapeutic options for this highly ... -
Implementation of a Pooled Surveillance Testing Program for Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections on a College Campus - Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, August 2-October 11, 2020.
(MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020-11-20)On university campuses and in similar congregate environments, surveillance testing of asymptomatic persons is a critical strategy (1,2) for preventing transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease ... -
Inhibiting Ebola virus and SARS-CoV-2 entry.
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Introductions to the Community: Early-Career Researchers in the Time of COVID-19.
(Cell stem cell, 2020-08)COVID-19 has unfortunately halted lab work, conferences, and in-person networking, which is especially detrimental to researchers just starting their labs. Through social media and our reviewer networks, we met some early-career ... -
Living Arrangements of Older Adults and COVID-19 Risk: It Is Not Just Nursing Homes.
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Managing Prostate Cancer Surgical Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Brief Report of the Duke Cancer Institute's Initial Experience.
(Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.), 2020-05)The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has rapidly placed tremendous stress on health systems around the world. In response, multiple health systems have postponed elective surgeries in order to conserve hospital beds and ... -
Neutralizing antibody vaccine for pandemic and pre-emergent coronaviruses.
(Nature, 2021-06)Betacoronaviruses caused the outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome, as well as the current pandemic of SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)1-4. Vaccines that elicit protective ... -
Persistent hypermetabolism and longitudinal energy expenditure in critically ill patients with COVID-19.
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Recommendations for future university pandemic responses: What the first COVID-19 shutdown taught us.
(PLoS biology, 2020-08-27)The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic challenged universities and other academic institutions to rapidly adapt to urgent and life-threatening situations. It forced most institutions to shut down nearly every aspect of their research and ... -
Relational Mobility Predicts Faster Spread of COVID-19: A 39-Country Study.
(Psychological science, 2020-10)It has become increasingly clear that COVID-19 is transmitted between individuals. It stands to reason that the spread of the virus depends on sociocultural ecologies that facilitate or inhibit social contact. In particular, ... -
Telehealth transformation: COVID-19 and the rise of virtual care.
(Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 2020-06)The novel coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has altered our economy, society, and healthcare system. While this crisis has presented the U.S. healthcare delivery system with unprecedented challenges, the pandemic ...
