In the largest study to date of COVID-19 among non-hospitalized pregnant women, researchers find that symptoms generally ease after a month, but can persist longer for 25% of pregnant women.
In this randomized investigation, researchers leveraged large-scale genetic summary data to investigate the effects of cardiometabolic traits on risk of sepsis and severe COVID-19. Findings support causal effects of elevated BMI and smoking on susceptibility to sepsis and severe COVID-19.
While age remains the most important predictor of in-hospital outcomes in healthy patient populations, thromboinflammatory interactions are also associated with worse clinical outcomes regardless of age in healthy patients.
A significant proportion of COVID-19 patients have reported gastrointestinal symptoms. Understanding of the relationship between COVID-19 and intestinal flora is essential to public health.
In this Letter to the Editor, the authors discuss the need for more data on COVID-19 from South America in order to implement proper preventive and treatment recommendations in the region.
In hospitalized patients with COVID-19, PR prolongation occurs independent of myocardial inflammation. QRS widening is observed in ICU patients and in those with troponin >0.04
The threat to the blood supply during this [coronavirus] pandemic is not SARS-CoV-2 itself, but rather the unintended consequences of social distancing on blood drives.
