What The Viewpoint Says: This Viewpoint discusses individual- and system-level barriers and solutions for people with serious mental illness to access COVID-19 vaccination when it is available.
Authors: Nicola Warren, M.B.B.S., of the University of Queensland and Metro South Addiction and Mental Health in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.4396)
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What The Study Did: Opioid use disorder treatment during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, including medication fills, outpatient visits and urine tests among privately insured individuals, was compared with 2019 in this study.
Authors: Haiden A. Huskamp, Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.21512)
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What The Study Did: Outpatient buprenorphine dispensing patterns in Texas before and after the Drug Enforcement Administration temporarily relaxed outpatient buprenorphine prescribing regulations in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were examined in this study.
Authors: Jessica Duncan Cance, M.P.H., Ph.D., of RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.22154)
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Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for hepatitis B virus infection in adolescents and adults at increased risk for infection. The USPSTF routinely makes recommendations about the effectiveness of preventive care services and this statement is consistent with the 2014 recommendation and strengthened by new evidence from trials and cohort studies reporting that antiviral therapy reduces risk of mortality and hepatocellular carcinoma and improves intermediate outcomes that are consistently associated with better health outcomes.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.22980)
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What The Study Did: The findings of this study suggest households will continue to be a significant venue for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 because people with suspected or confirmed infections are being told to isolate at home.
Authors: Zachary J. Madewell, of the University of Florida in Gainesville, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.31756)
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What The Study Did: This study describes the manifestations and severity of disease among infants with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Authors: Fatima Kakkar, M.D., M.P.H., of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine in Montreal, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.30470)
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What The Viewpoint Says: This Viewpoint discusses the need to account for neonates and children, who are typically disproportionally impacted during pandemics, by implementing hospital resource allocation protocols that ensure equity across the life span.
Authors: Monica E. Lemmon, M.D., of the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.5215)
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What The Study Did: Researchers estimated the associations of political party affiliation with physical distancing behaviors among young adults, a population with high rates of COVID-19.
Authors: Adam M. Leventhal, Ph.D., of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6898)
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What The Study Did: The diversity of speakers who discussed COVID-19 and other content on three popular American cable news networks (Fox News Network, CNN and MSNBC) was investigated in this study.
Authors: Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, was the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6285)
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What The Study Did: Patients with COVID-19 who were treated in U.S. hospitals are described in this study that examines risks factors associated with in-hospital death.
Authors: Ning Rosenthal, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of Premier Applied Sciences in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.29058)
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What The Study Did: This survey study assessed attitudes of the German public regarding COVID-19 health communications with varying degrees of scientific uncertainty.
Authors: Odette Wegwarth, Ph.D., of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.32335)
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What The Study Did: A diagnostic study, this describes an online tool created with actual SARS-CoV-2 virus copy number data to help policy makers understand how pooled testing compares with single-sample testing in different populations.
Authors: Michael B. Datto, M.D., Ph.D., of the Duke Health System Clinical Laboratories in Durham, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.31517)
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What The Study Did: This study investigated how patients with specific types of cancer are at risk for COVID-19 infection and its adverse outcomes and whether there are cancer-specific race disparities for COVID-19 infection.
Authors: Nathan A. Berger, M.D., and Rong Xu, Ph.D., of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.6178)
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What The Article Says: This Viewpoint discusses the need for scientific rigor in studies related to COVID-19 and presents study design recommendations and methodologies that should be incorporated to ensure that findings are reliable and reproducible.
Authors: Yu Shyr, Ph.D., of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.6639)
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What The Study Did: This case series describes the mucocutaneous findings seen in children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children during the height of the COVID-19) pandemic in New York City.
Authors: Vikash S. Oza, M.D., of the New York University Grossman School of Medicine in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.4372)
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What The Viewpoint Says: This Viewpoint describes the planned Healthy Brain and Child Development Study, which will investigate the associations of parental substance abuse, COVID-19 and exposure to health disparities with their children’s health and well-being.
Authors: Michelle P. Freund, Ph.D., of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.3803)
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What The Study Did: Data from the United Network for Organ Sharing database were used to examine variation at the state level in waitlist and transplant outcomes among patients listed for heart transplantation from 2011 to 2016.
Authors: Alexandros Briasoulis, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.28459)
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What The Study Did: Physicians were surveyed to examine the association between burnout and thoughts of suicide and self-reported medical errors after accounting for depression.
Authors: Mickey T. Trockel, M.D., Ph.D., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.28780)
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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated whether children and adolescents diagnosed with depression had an increased risk of subsequent physical health problems and premature death in this observational study.
Authors: Sarah E. Bergen, Ph.D., of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.3786)
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What The Study Did: Long-term follow-up of a randomized clinical trial was conducted to compare weight loss and quality of life among patients with morbid obesity who had laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy or laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
Authors: Paulina Salminen, M.D., Ph.D., of Turku University Hospital in Turku, Finland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.5666)
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What The Study Did: Considering when health care resources need to be prioritized during special times, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers in this observational study looked at whether delaying radical prostatectomy surgery for up to six months for high-risk prostate cancer was associated with worse outcomes.
Authors: Leilei Xia, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.28320)
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What The Article Says: This perspective is that of a nursing researcher turned volunteer in a COVID-19 vaccine trial. She considers the experience of study participants and how clinicians will need to prepare their patients for the vaccine’s possible adverse effects.
Authors: Kristen R. Choi, Ph.D., R.N., of the University of California, Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7087)
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What The Study Did: The findings of this study suggest that mother-to-infant transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during rooming-in practice is rare, provided adequate droplet and contact precautions are taken.
Authors: Lorenza Pugni, M.D., Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Neonatology and NICU, in Milan, Italy, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.5086)
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What The Study Did: Using data from the Colorado Immunization Information System, this study suggests vaccination uptake in children and adolescents has decreased in Colorado since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in that state.
Authors: Sean O’Leary, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.4733)
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What The Article Says: Telehealth is a vital strategy to bridge pediatric physical and mental health care gaps, potentially reducing health care disparities.
Authors: Deepa U. Menon, M.B.B.S., and Harolyn M.E. Belcher, M.D., M.H.S., of the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, are the authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.5097)
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What The Study Did: Lyrics from the most popular rap songs from the past two decades were analyzed to see if references to anxiety, depression, suicide and mental health struggles have become more common.
Authors: Francesca R. Dillman Carpentier, Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.5155)
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What The Study Did: This observational study assessed the rate of appendix perforations during the COVID-19 pandemic at a children’s hospital compared with 2019.
Authors: Rick Place, M.D., M.H.A., of Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, Virginia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.27948)
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What The Study Did: COVID-19 outcomes based on race and ethnicity were compared in this observational study of patients in a large health system in New York City, and the association of any disparities with coexisting medical conditions and neighborhood characteristics also was assessed.
Authors: Gbenga Ogedegbe, M.D., M.P.H., of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.26881)
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What The Study Did: This survey study examines changes in the use of e-cigarettes by those 24 years old and younger during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, Ph.D., of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.27572)
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What The Study Did: Emerging changes in overdose-related cardiac arrests in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic are described in this observational study using a large national emergency medical services database.
Authors: Joseph Friedman, M.P.H., of the University of California, Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.4218)
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What The Study Did: State crisis standards of care (CSC) guidelines in the U.S. allocate scarce health care resources among patients, and this study examined the implications of these guidelines for patients with cancer, including allocation methods, cancer-related categorical exclusions and deprioritizations, and provisions for blood products and palliative care.
Authors: Gregory A. Abel, M.D., M.P.H., of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.6159)
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What The Study Did: The distribution of race/ethnicity among cases of COVID-19]-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children reported to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is described in this observational study.
Authors: Ellen H. Lee, M.D., of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in Long Island City, New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.30280)
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What The Study Did: This observational study assessed whether receiving unemployment insurance is associated with lower health-related social needs, better health care access and better mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Seth A. Berkowitz, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7048)
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What The Study Did: Nationally representative data were used to examine if racial disparities in the occurrence of dementia in the United States changed from 2000 to 2016.
Authors: Melinda C. Power, Sc.D., of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.4471)
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What The Study Did: Researchers linked administrative health care and demographic data from Medicare to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York/Equifax Consumer Credit Panel to characterize the financial presentation of Alzheimer disease and related dementias before and after diagnosis.
Authors: Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Ph.D., M.P.P., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6432)
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What The Study Did: This study reports what proportion of people across 52 U.S. jurisdictions had detectable antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 from July to September 2020.
Authors: Kristina L. Bajema, M.D., M.Sc., of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7976)
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What The Study Did: A range of skin-related manifestations, including chilblain-like lesions, have been described in association with SARS-CoV-2 infection during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this case series of 40 patients was to evaluate patients presenting with chilblain-like lesions to characterize this condition occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Thierry Passeron, M.D., Ph.D., of the Université Côte d’Azur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice in Nice, France, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.4324)
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What The Study Did: This observational study assessed how Dutch patients with cancer perceive care and well-being during the COVID-19 crisis.
Authors: Lonneke V. van de Poll-Franse, Ph.D., of the Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation in Utrecht, the Netherlands, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.6093)
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What The Study Did: How opening a new trauma center in Chicago was associated with a change in racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in timely access to trauma care was examined in this observational study.
Authors: Ali B. Abbasi, M.D., M.Sci., M.Phil., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.4998)
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What The Study Did: This observational study used electronic health records for almost 136,000 pediatric patients in the United States to describe testing for SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 illness.
Authors: L. Charles Bailey, M.D., Ph.D., of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.5052)
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What The Study Did: The nutritional quality of foods and beverages depicted in 250 top-grossing movies in the United States from 1994 to 2018 was compared with dietary recommendations in this study.
Authors: Bradley P. Turnwald, Ph.D., of Stanford University in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5421)
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What The Study Did: Researchers looked at changes in the rates of emergency department visits for children who swallowed small high-powered magnets over a period of change in federal regulations of these magnets.
Authors: Michael R. Flaherty, D.O., of MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.19153)
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Media advisory: To contact the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, email the Media Coordinator at Newsroom@USPSTF.net or call 202-572-2044. The full report and related articles are linked to this news release.
Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends offering or referring adults with cardiovascular disease risk factors to behavioral counseling interventions to promote a healthy diet and physical activity. Adults who adhere to national guidelines for a healthy diet and physical activity have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and death than those who do not. The USPSTF routinely makes recommendations about the effectiveness of preventive care services. This statement is mostly consistent with its 2014 recommendation, although it no longer includes adults with impaired glucose tolerance or type 2 diabetes because this population is now included in a separate USPSTF recommendation.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.21749)
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What The Study Did: A large, single-institution observational study suggests SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy wasn’t associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Authors: Emily H. Adhikari, M.D., of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.29256)
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What The Study Did: How frequently older adults with COVID-19 present to the emergency department with delirium was examined in this observational study.
Authors: Maura Kennedy, M.D., M.P.H., of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.29540)
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What The Study Did: Whether patients with COVID-19 had higher risk of tracheal complications after prolonged invasive mechanical ventilation and the possible reasons why were investigated in this study.
Authors: Giacomo Fiacchini, M.D., of the University of Pisa in Italy, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2020.4148)
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What The Study Did: Researchers report two cases of ophthalmic clinical examination findings in patients who underwent prolonged prone positioning in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Howard D. Pomeranz, M.D., Ph.D., of Northwell Health in Great Neck, New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.4988)
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (ET), SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2020
Media advisory: The full study, editorial and editor’s note are linked to this news release. The study is being released to coincide with the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2020.
What The Study Did: This randomized trial examines the effects on cardiovascular outcomes of a carboxylic acid formulation of EPA and DHA (omega-3 CA) with documented favorable effects on lipid and inflammatory markers in patients with atherogenic dyslipidemia and high cardiovascular risk.
Authors: Steven E. Nissen, M.D.,of the Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute in Cleveland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.22258)
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What The Study Did: This Viewpoint discusses the need for new and better testing for COVID-19 to help prevent community transmission, and it explains the limitations of such testing, including performance in the asymptomatic phase and access in resource-limited communities.
Authors: Yukari C. Manabe, M.D., of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.21694)
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What The Study Did: The rare incidence of nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infection is reviewed in this Viewpoint, which also discusses ways it can be minimized, including use of surgical masks, proper ventilation, physical distancing, eye protection, regular testing and the availability of sick leave for health care workers.
Authors: Aaron Richterman, M.D., of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.21399)
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What The Study Did: To understand how telemedicine compensated for declining outpatient volume and geographic variation in changing patterns of outpatient care, researchers examined telemedicine and in-person outpatient visits in 2020 among a national sample of 16.7 million people with commercial or Medicare Advantage insurance.
Author: Michael L. Barnett, M.D., M.S., of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5928)
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What The Study Did: The aim of this study was to investigate the association of severe COVID-19 with the respiratory muscles in critically ill patients and compare the findings with those who had been critically ill without COVID-19.
Author: Coen Ottenheijm, Ph.D., of Amsterdam UMC in The Netherlands, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6278)
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 12 P.M. (ET), SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Media advisory: The full study and editorial are linked to this news release. The full study is linked to this news release. The study is being released to coincide with the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2020.
What The Study Did: This study used a large U.S. registry of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests to asses the association between the COVID-19 pandemic and the outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, including in areas with low and moderate COVID-19 disease.
Authors: Paul S. Chan, M.D., M.Sc., of Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.6210)
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Media advisory: The full study is linked to this news release. The study is being released to coincide with the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2020.
Media advisory: The full study is linked to this news release. The study is being released to coincide with the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2020.
Media advisory: The full study is linked to this news release. The study is being released to coincide with the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2020.
Media advisory: The full study is linked to this news release. The study is being released to coincide with the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2020.
What The Study Did: This randomized trial compares the effects of fluvoxamine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor with immunomodulatory effects, versus placebo on a composite of dyspnea or pneumonia and oxygen desaturation among adult outpatients with polymerase chain reaction-confirmed mild COVID-19 illness.
Authors: Eric J. Lenze, M.D., of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.22760)
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What The Study Did: Positive real-time polymerase chain reaction nasal-oropharyngeal swab results from patients who recovered from COVID-19 with prior negative results are examined in this study.
Authors: Brunella Posteraro, Ph.D., of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome, Italy, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7570)
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What The Study Did: Researchers surveyed a large group of cancer survivors about their attitudes toward trial participation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Mark E. Fleury, Ph.D., of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network in Washington, D.C., is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.5748)
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