This summary from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides background information on the recently described cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); and 2) a case definition for this syndrome.
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This article discusses how failing to observe principles of evidence-based clinical reasoning when interpreting COVID-19 test results can have direct implications for public health, particularly for negative tests. Given that early data from China suggest relatively poor sensitivity of initial
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This panel report contains five main and three additional recommendations intended to help medical practitioners use CXR and CT in the management of COVID-19. While mild cases of COVID-19 appear like other common upper respiratory viral infections, more severe cases
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This report details a decision tree algorithm that may help guide decisions for protecting health care workers during surgery in the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the risk of infection with COVID-19 to healthcare workers, a team developed an institutional algorithm to
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This report details a tiered plan for surgical departments on how to plan for and deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. We have had a national emergency in the United States since March 13th because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Coping with
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This paper describes the recommendations of an expert panel on caring for critically ill ICU patients with COVID-19. A panel of 36 experts from 12 countries proposed 53 questions relevant to the management of COVID-19 in the ICU. They reviewed
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