A retrospective review comparing the pulmonary chest CT findings of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia with those with other types of viral pneumonia found that a peripheral distribution, a lesion range > 10 cm, involvement of 5 lobes, presence of hilar and mediastinal lymphRead More
In this study, 10 independent clinical predictors were identified and used to develop a risk score (COVID-GRAM) that predicts development of critical illness from COVID-19. Study took place in China: A retrospective cohort of patients with COVID-19 was established asRead More
A systematic review on pediatric COVID-19 finds that children appear to be less affected by infection with SARS-CoV-2 compared to adults. 24 studies were found that focused on literature related to SARS-CoV- in pediatric populations, 16 of which were pre-printsRead More
This is a brief case series study on the placental/membrane SARS-CoV2 RNA PCR swab results of 11 symptomatic mothers with confirmed COVID-19 infection in pregnancy; only 3 were positive for SARS-CoV-2. All charts pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19 who gaveRead More
Among 1438 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in metropolitan New York in this publication, treatment with hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, or both was not associated with significantly lower in-hospital mortality. A retrospective study aimed to describe the association between use of hydroxychloroquine, withRead More
This was an open-label, randomized trial comparing clinical outcomes of those on triple combination therapy to those on lopinavir-ritonavir alone, which found that early triple antiviral therapy was safe and superior to lopinavir-ritonavir alone in alleviating symptoms and shorteningRead More
Using an accelerated failure time-based modeling study, estimated median time virus RNA detection ranged from 15.6-24.5 days in mild COVID-19 cases to 30.9-33.9 days in severe cases. This was a prospective analysis of 49 coronavirus disease cases in Guangdong, ChinaRead More