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  NEJM Rapid and widespread transmission of SARS-CoV-2 was demonstrated in this skillednursing facility. More than half of residents with positive test results were asymptomatic at the time of testing … Read More

  Emerging Microbes & Infections We observed that patients receiving ACEI or ARB therapy had a lower rate of severe diseases and a trend toward a lower level of IL-6 … Read More

  JAMA Angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) and angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors were not associated with COVID-19 severity or mortality in a JAMA Cardiology study. Researchers looked at 360 COVID-19 patients with hypertension … Read More

  Circulation Research Among hospitalized COVID-19 patients with hypertension, inpatient use of ACEI/ARB was associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality compared with ACEI/ARB non-users. While study interpretation needs to … Read More

  COVID-19 Primer: Virtual Patient Simulation: A new interactive case provides a primer for the general management of patients with possible COVID-19 infection from NEJM https://interactives.nejm.org/external/covid_simulation/index.html?utm_source=pfw&utm_medium=email&query=pfw&jwd=000000762462&jspc=CD

  Lisa Rosenbaum, M.D. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2009984?query=pfw&jwd=000000762462&jspc=CD As the coronavirus pandemic focuses medical attention on treating affected patients and protecting others from infection, how do we best care for people with non–Covid-related … Read More

  Researchers interviewed 48 healthcare workers in King County, Wash., who were diagnosed with COVID-19 by mid-March. Roughly 17% did not report fever, cough, shortness of breath, or sore throat … Read More

  The FDA late last week issued a letter warning healthcare providers about the limits of serological tests to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. The agency is urging clinicians to “not use … Read More

  Past or current smokers with COVID-19 have double the risk for severe disease outcomes as people who’ve never smoked, according to a meta-analysis on the preprint server medRxiv. Researchers … Read More