October 3, 2020

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IN THE NEWS: Missing Rehab Due to COVID-19 Increased Distress in Women With

Breast Cancer

"For women recovering after breast cancer treatment, COVID-19-related interruptions in rehabilitation care led to emotional distress and other effects on health and well-being."

COVID-19 Ischemic Strokes as an Emerging Rehabilitation Population

There is emerging literature that COVID-19 infections result in an increased incidence of thrombosis secondary to a prothrombotic state

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Infection as a Stroke Risk Factor and Determinant of Outcome After Stroke

This review covers the role of acute infections, including respiratory infections such as COVID-19, as a trigger for stroke and presents a model to conceptualize the many relationships among chronic and acute infections and their short- and long-term neurological consequences.

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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Associated With COVID-19 With Neurologic Manifestations in a Child: A Brief Report

Recent studies have disclosed severe and potentially lethal inflammatory manifestations of COVID-19 in children.

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Placenta-Derived Cell Therapy to Treat Patients With Respiratory Failure Due to COVID-19

Can placental cell therapy PLacental eXpanded be beneficial to treating critically ill patients suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19?

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Can Herd Immunity Save Us from COVID-19?

Since the advent of COVID-19, there has been a resurgent interest in formerly arcane epidemiologic topics like “herd” immunity. With only about seven months of data, is it possible to know whether immunity to COVID-19 is durable?

STAY UPDATED BETWEEN WEEKLY BRIEFINGS

Below are our additional COVID-19 resources to keep you informed.

COVID-19 Briefing Archive

COVID-19 Resources on Ovid®

Wolters Kluwer COVID-19 Health Resources

COVID-19 Resources for Nurses

Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) in Severe COVID-19 Patients

Case analysis warns clinicians of a possible higher incidence of HIT in COVID-19 critically ill patients with life-threatening coagulopathy and thromboembolic complications.

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Does Chronic Anticoagulant Therapy Have a Protective Effect for COVID-19 Patients Who Recently Undergone a Cardiac Procedure?

Researchers evaluate the clinical course of COVID-19 in patients who had recently undergone a cardiac procedure and were inpatients in a cardiac rehabilitation department

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Using Magnet Model Components at a COVID-19–Positive Field Hospital

In this column, the authors who were part of a leadership team at 1000-bed field hospitals for patients with COVID-19 provide background and guidance on the development of a nurse staffing and training model.

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COVID-19 Pandemic and Otologic Surgery

Gain fundamental knowledge on otologic surgery feasibility in the COVID-19 pandemic from an objective perspective in this mini-review.

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Clinical Course of COVID-19 Infection in Patients Urgently Operated of Cardiac Surgical Procedures

This study describes the clinical course of a consecutive series of patients operated of urgent cardiac surgery during COVID-19 outbreak.

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