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What The Study Did: Researchers looked at the association between race and death among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at 92 hospitals in 12 states.
Authors: Baligh R. Yehia, M.D., M.P.P., of Ascension Health in St. Louis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.18039)
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What The Study Did: This survey study describes the association of planned in-person school attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic with various factors, including family socioeconomic characteristics and parent attitudes and beliefs about school attendance for their children.
Authors: Emily Kroshus, Sc.D., M.P.H., of the Seattle Children’s Research Institute, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.3864)
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What The Study Did: Patterns in daily reported infections and deaths for COVID-19 are investigated in this study.
Authors: Sheraz Khan, Ph.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17521)
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What The Study Did: Data from a COVID-19 tracking project were used to assess how common COVID-19 infection was by race/ethnicity in 12 states in this observational study.
Authors: Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Ph.D., of theUniversity of Minnesota in Minneapolis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3857)
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What The Study Did: This Viewpoint highlights loopholes in U.S. orphan drug policy as exemplified by the use of remdesivir to treat COVID-19.
Authors: Kao-Ping Chua, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.2759)
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What The Study Did: Whether exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in many consumer products, is associated with the long-term risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer or any cause among U.S. adults was examined in this observational study.
Authors: Wei Bao, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.11620)
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What The Study Did: This survey study looked at the frequency of prescription opioid use and misuse among adult cancer survivors compared with individuals without cancer.
Authors: Henry S. Park, M.D., M.P.H., of the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.13605)
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What The Study Did: The goal of this study was to compare International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes with manual electronic medical records review in capturing symptoms of fever, cough and shortness of breath (dyspnea) among patients being tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Authors: Rashmee U. Shah, M.D., M.S., of the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17703)
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What The Study Did: Adolescents using electronic cigarettes were asked if they had seriously thought about or tried to quit vaping.
Authors: Tracy T. Smith, Ph.D., of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.2348)
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What The Study Did: Excess deaths in New York during the peak of the 1918 influenza pandemic were compared with those during the initial period of the COVID-19 outbreak in this study.
Authors: Jeremy S. Faust, M.D., M.S., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17527)
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What The Study Did: COVID-19–related outcomes in French nursing homes that implemented voluntary staff confinement with residents are investigated in this study.
Authors: Joel Belmin, M.D., Ph.D., of the Hopital Charles Foix in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17533)
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What The Study Did: The association between receipt of the bradykinin 2 (B2) receptor antagonist icatibant and improved oxygenation in patients with COVID-19 is investigated in this study.
Authors: Frank L. van de Veerdonk, M.D., Ph.D., of the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17708)
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What The Article Says: Researchers report the clinicopathologic and autopsy findings observed in the olfactory system of two patients with SARS-CoV-2-positive nasal swabs.
Authors: Patrizia Morbini M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Pavia in Pavia, Italy, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2020.2366)
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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 behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for all sexually active adolescents and for adults at increased risk. Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise across the United States, with approximately 20 million new cases each year. If untreated, STIs can lead to serious health complications including infertility, AIDS and cancer. The USPSTF routinely makes recommendations about the effectiveness of preventive care services and this statement is consistent with its 2014 recommendation but differs by offering a broader range of effective counseling approaches.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.13095)
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What The Study Did: National Cancer Database data from 2004 to 2014 were used to examine the association between overall survival and timing of radiotherapy relative to androgen deprivation therapy in patients with prostate cancer.
Authors: Vinayak Muralidhar, M.D., M.Sc., of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.3545)
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What The Viewpoint Says: This Viewpoint calls for greater attention to racial and socioeconomic health disparities affecting patients with cancer in the setting of COVID-19.
Authors: Onyinye D. Balogun, M.D., of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.3327)
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What The Study Did: Researchers looked at whether symptoms of posttraumatic stress and depression persisted among older adults five years after the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami.
Authors: Shiho Kino, Ph.D., of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.13437)
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What The Article Says: This essay describes the author’s experience of having COVID-19.
Authors: Janet M. Shapiro, M.D., of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, is the author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.3247)
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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated an association between the duration of diabetes and recent weight loss with subsequent risk of pancreatic cancer in this observational study.
Authors: Chen Yuan, Sc.D., of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.2948)
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What The Study Did: This study sought to establish the rate of COVID-19 among health care workers through widespread screening for SARS-CoV-2 exposure in a large community hospital.
Authors: Allen Jeremias, M.D., M.Sc., of St Francis Hospital in Roslyn, New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.4214)
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What The Study Did: Researchers performed a series of FFE (fitted filtration efficiency) evaluations for a wide range of 29 respirators and face masks used by health care facilities, including expired N95 respirators, N95 respirators that have undergone sterilization, imported respirators approved by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, respirators not listed as approved, and surgical or procedure masks with ties and ear loops in this quality-improvement study.
Authors: Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett, Ph.D., M.S., of UNC Health Care in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.4221)
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What The Study Did: How common lupus anticoagulant (LA) positivity is in patients with COVID-19 was assessed in this observational study, which also examined the association of LA positivity with patient outcomes.
Authors: Morayma Reyes Gil, M.D., Ph.D., of Montefiore Medical Center in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17539)
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What The Viewpoint Says: This Viewpoint advises parents on how to assess virtual schooling options for their children for the fall semester during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Lindsay A. Thompson, M.D., M.S., of the University of Florida in Gainesville, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.3800)
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What The Viewpoint Says: Guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics on K-12 school reentry are discussed in this Viewpoint.
Authors: C. Jason Wang, M.D., Ph.D., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.3871)
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What The Study Did: We present our experience in using single-access, dual-stage venovenous ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), with an emphasis on early extubation of patients while they received ECMO support.
Authors: Antone J. Tatooles, M.D., of Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.3950)
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What The Study Did: Researchers in this randomized clinical trial assessed whether Kundalini yoga and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for generalized anxiety disorder are each more effective than stress education and whether yoga is noninferior to CBT for the treatment of the disorder.
Authors: Naomi M. Simon, M.D., M.Sc., of the New York University Grossman School of Medicine in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2496)
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What The Study Did: This Viewpoint describes the need to understand the outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnant women, newborns and children.
Authors: Melissa Wake, M.D., of the Royal Children’s Hospital in Parkville, Victoria, Australia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.2395)
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What The Study Did: Survival of patients on the heart transplant waiting list was examined in this observational study.
Authors: Elizabeth L. Godfrey, B.S., of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.2795)
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What The Study Did: This survey study described and compared the curriculum on health disparities from the perspective of program directors and perceptions of training among internal medicine residents.
Authors: Denise M. Dupras, M.D., Ph.D., of the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester, Minnesota, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.12757)
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What The Study Did: Nationally representative survey data were used to examine changes over nearly two decades in daily use of high-dose biotin supplements, which are marketed as stimulating growth of hair and nails.
Authors: Danni Li, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.8144)
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What The Study Did: Researchers used atmospheric and lightning data for all counties in the continental United States from 1999 through 2012 to see if increases in emergency department visits for respiratory illnesses among older adults happen in the days surrounding thunderstorms because vulnerable groups and those with common chronic respiratory diseases may be susceptible to the atmospheric changes caused by these storms.
Authors: Anupam B. Jena, M.D., Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1672)
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What The Study Did: The increases and decreases in patient volume and associated changes in treatment experienced by individuals presenting with acute heart attack (myocardial infarction) before and immediately after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic are examined in this observational study.
Authors: Ty J. Gluckman, M.D., of Providence St Joseph Health in Portland, Oregon, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.3629)
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What The Study Did: This survey study of U.S. physicians examined whether there were differences by race/ethnicity in burnout, symptoms of depression, career satisfaction and work-life balance.
Authors: Magali Fassiotto, Ph.D., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.12762)
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What The Study Did: SARS-CoV-2 molecular viral shedding in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients who were isolated in a community treatment center in South Korea is quantitatively described in this observational study.
Authors: Eunjung Lee, M.D., of the Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3862)
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What The Article Says: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced oncology clinicians and administrators in the United States to set priorities for cancer care because of resource constraints. As oncology practices adapt to a contracted health care system, expertise gained from partnerships in low-resource settings can be used for guidance. This article provides a primer on priority setting in oncology and ethical guidance based on lessons learned from experience with cancer care priority setting in low-resource settings.
Authors: Rebecca J. DeBoer, M.D., M.A., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.2976)
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What The Study Did: A practical communication guide designed for oncologists to assuage the fear, anger and anxiety among patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic is proposed in this qualitative study.
Authors: Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.2980)
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What The Viewpoint Says: The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way patients receive access to health care and how these changes can be implemented in clinical trials is discussed in this article.
Authors: Chadi Nabhan, M.D., M.B.A., Caris Life Sciences, Precision Oncology Alliance in Irving, Texas, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.3142)
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What The Study Says: Practice patterns for common ocular complaints during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic are reported in this observational study among comprehensive U.S. ophthalmology practices.
Authors: Ajay E. Kuriyan, M.D., of Mid Atlantic Retina, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.3237)
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What The Study Did: This observational study looked at whether race and socioeconomic factors were associated with children enrolled in national clinical trials receiving high-cost proton radiotherapy for treatment of cancer.
Authors: Daphne A. Haas-Kogan, M.D., of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.2259)
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What The Article Says: JAMA Surgery Editor Melina Kibbe, M.D., writes in this editorial: “The implications of these data demonstrating that fewer women are submitting manuscripts to JAMA Surgery during the pandemic are potentially far reaching. First and foremost, the adverse effect of the pandemic on the academic career progression of women may be significant. As publications are the currency of academia and one of the main metrics assessed for promotion and tenure, women may face future challenges in this arena. The reduction of manuscript submissions by women likely represents only one aspect of the spectrum of problems women are facing in academic medicine.”
Authors: Melina Kibbe, M.D., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.3917)
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What The Study Did: In this case series with four patients, the skin findings of livedo racemosa (skin discoloration) and retiform purpura are described in patients with severe COVID-19.
Authors: Joanna Harp, M.D., of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.2800)
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What The Study Did: Characteristics and response to treatment of persistent radiation-induced hair loss in patients with primary central nervous system tumors or head and neck cancer were examined in this observational study.
Authors: Mario E. Lacouture, M.D., of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.2127)
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What The Study Did: Changes in the number of patients with newly identified cancer before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States are examined in this observational study.
Authors: Harvey W. Kaufman, M.D., of Quest Diagnostics in Secaucus, New Jersey, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17267)
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What The Study Did: How common burnout was among frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan was evaluated in this observational study, which also examined the factors associated with it.
Authors: Takahiro Matsuo, M.D., of St Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17271)
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What The Study Did: Experiences of home health care workers caring for older adults and for patients with chronic illnesses in New York during the COVID-19 pandemic are described in this analysis.
Authors: Madeline R. Sterling, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3930)
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What The Study Did: International professional societies developed recommendations for minimum clinical standards to determine brain death/death by neurologic criteria in adults and children to improve the consistency of these criteria within and among countries.
Authors: Gene Sung, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.11586)
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What The Study Says: This study investigates the presence of SARS-CoV-2 on the environmental surfaces of an ophthalmology examination room after visits by patients who were asymptomatic and passed COVID-19 triage.
Authors: Hasan Aytoğan, M.D., of the İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital in İzmir, Turkey, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.3154)
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What The Study Did: Changes in emergency department visits and hospitalizations as the COVID-19 pandemic intensified in the U.S. are examined in this observational study that included 24 emergency departments in five health care systems in Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and North Carolina.
Authors: Edward R. Melnick, M.D., M.H.S., of the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3288)
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What The Study Did: This study uses 2018 data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study to assess how common it is for older adults in the United States to be unprepared to access video or telephone telemedicine because of disability or inexperience with technology.
Authors: Kenneth Lam, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.2671)
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What The Viewpoint Says: Targetable biological mechanisms implicated in emergent psychiatric conditions associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection are discussed in this Viewpoint.
Authors: Teodor T. Postolache, M.D., of the University of Maryland in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2795)
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What The Study Did: This study defines the screening performance standards for SARS-CoV-2 tests that would permit the safe return of students to U.S. residential college campuses this fall.
Authors: A. David Paltiel, Ph.D., of the Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16818)
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What The Study Did: This population epidemiology study estimates associations of school closures in the U.S. and the timing of those closures in March with change in daily COVID-19 incidence and mortality through the first week of May, accounting for other existing public health interventions.
Authors: Katherine A. Auger, M.D., M.Sc., of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.14348)
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What The Viewpoint Says: This article summarizes recommendations made in a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report about how to safely reopen and operate elementary and secondary schools for the 2020-2021 school year, which emphasizes the need for partnerships with public health officials and community leaders, and for transparent communication of risks and rewards that will result from every policy decision.
Authors: Kenne A. Dibner, Ph.D., of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in Washington, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.14745)
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What The Study Did: Age-related differences in nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 levels in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 were investigated in this observational study.
Authors: Taylor Heald-Sargent, M.D., Ph.D., of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.3651)
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What The Article Says: Researchers review evidence on the risks of aerosolization and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from patients to health care workers during endoscopy of the upper aerodigestive tract.
Authors: Josh K. Kay, M.D., of Tulane University in New Orleans, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2020.1973)
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What The Study Did: The delivery of radiotherapy in 209 patients with cancer during the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China, is evaluated in this case series.
Authors: Conghua Xie, M.D., Ph.D., of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, China, and Melvin L. K. Chua, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., of the National Cancer Centre Singapore in Singapore, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.2783)
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What The Study Did: Researchers looked at changes in opioid prescribing rates and level of pain control in patients who had hip or knee replacement in the U.S. from 2014 to 2017.
Authors: Rahul Shah, B.S., of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.11972)
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What The Study Did: Videos recorded in public transportation stations, streets and parks among the general population in China, Japan, South Korea, Western Europe and in the United States were used to analyze mask-wearing and face-touching behavior in public areas before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Xing Li, M.D., of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16924)
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What The Study Did: Characteristics of nursing homes that reported COVID-19 cases in 23 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Authors: Paula Chatterjee, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16930)
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What The Study Did: Mood homeostasis (the ability to stabilize your mood with mood-modifying activities) before and during the COVID-19 lockdown among Dutch students was investigated in this observational study.
Authors: Guy M. Goodwin, M.D., of Warneford Hospital in Oxford, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2389)
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What The Study Did: Researchers identified surgical specialties with the lowest percentage of female resident physicians and looked at the changes over a decade in the percentage of women in different specialties.
Authors: Christopher L. Bennett, M.D., M.A., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2171)
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What The Study Did: The association of neighborhood race/ethnicity and poverty with COVID-19 infections and related deaths in urban U.S. counties are examined in this observational study.
Authors: Samrachana Adhikari, Ph.D., of the New York University Grossman School of Medicine in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16938)
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What The Study Did: Weighted and unweighted population data are compared to assess inequities in COVID-19 deaths by race/ethnicity as reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in this observational study.
Authors: Tori L. Cowger, M.PH., of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16933)
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What The Article Says: The presence of myocardial injury in patients recently recovered from COVID-19 are evaluated in this observational study.
Authors: Eike Nagel, M.D., of University Hospital Frankfurt in Germany, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.3557)
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What The Study Did: The presence of SARS-CoV-2 in myocardial tissue from autopsy cases is evaluated in this observational study.
Authors: Dirk Westermann, M.D., of the University Heart and Vascular Centre Hamburg in Germany, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.3551)
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What The Study Did: Rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection among asymptomatic health care workers and community residents in Texas are examined in this observational study.
Authors: Roberta L. Schwartz, Ph.D., of the Houston Methodist Academic Institute in Texas, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16451)
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What The Study Did: Viral aerosol emissions from simulated individuals with asymptomatic to moderate COVID-19 are estimated in this mathematical modeling study.
Authors: Michael Riediker, of the Swiss Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, in Winterthur, Switzerland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.13807)
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What The Study Did: The characteristics and expected strength of evidence of COVID-19 studies registered on ClinicalTrials.gov are evaluated in this observational study.
Authors: Mintu Turakhia, M.D., M.A.S., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.2904)
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What The Viewpoint Says: Recent advancements across disciplines relevant to early child development can be used to understand the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and to develop and scale empirically supported interventions for adversity-exposed children and families.
Authors: Danielle Roubinov, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.2354)
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