What The Article Says: This essay highlights the lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic on the importance of recognizing communication difficulties among those with hearing impairment.
Authors: Maura K. Cosetti, M.D., of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai in New York, is the author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2020.2532)
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What The Article Says: The timing of performing tracheostomies, which are aerosol-generating procedures that may cause increased risk of COVID-19 transmission to health care workers, is examined in this Viewpoint..
Authors: Michael J. Brenner, M.D., of the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2020.2630)
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Media advisory: The full study and editorial are linked to this news release. This study is being published to coincide with the release of guidelines from the World Health Organization regarding use of corticosteroids for treatment of critically ill COVID-19 patients.
What The Study Did: The results of seven randomized clinical trials with 1,703 critically ill patients with COVID-19 were combined to estimate the association between administration of corticosteroids compared with usual care or placebo and the risk of death after 28 days.
Authors: Jonathan A.C. Sterne, M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D., of the University of Bristol in England, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.17023)
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Media advisory: The full study and editorial are linked to this news release. A visual abstract is below. This study is being published to coincide with the release of guidelines from the World Health Organization regarding use of corticosteroids for treatment of critically ill COVID-19 patients.
What The Study Did: This randomized clinical trial of patients with severe COVID-19 was stopped early after results from another trial were released but this study investigated whether intravenous hydrocortisone (administered either as a seven-day fixed-dose course or restricted to when shock is clinically evident) improved 21-day organ support–free days.
Authors: Derek C. Angus, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Pittsburgh, is the corresponding author.
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What The Study Did: This is a survey study that examines how common depression symptoms are among U.S. adults during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with before the pandemic.
Authors: Sandro Galea, M.D., Dr.P.H., of the Boston University School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.19686)
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What The Study Did: This observational study examined the potential for airborne spread of COVID-19 through investigation of an outbreak among bus riders in Eastern China.
Authors: Feng Ling, M.D., of the Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Hangzhou, China, and Guozhang Xu, M.D. of the Ningbo Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Ningbo, China, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5225)
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What The Viewpoint Says: The different ways treatment and research on psychiatric disorders have shifted because of COVID-19 are assessed in this Viewpoint, which suggests what changes should remain after the pandemic.
Authors: Carlos Blanco, M.D., Ph.D., of the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Bethesda, Maryland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.3177)
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What The Study Did: This randomized clinical trial in Brazil of 299 patients with COVID-19 and moderate or severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) examined if intravenous dexamethasone plus standard care compared with standard care alone would increase the number of days patients were alive and free from mechanical ventilation.
Authors: Luciano C. P. Azevedo, M.D., Ph.D., of Hospital Sirio-Libanes in São Paulo, Brazil, is the corresponding author.
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What The Study Did: The purpose of this randomized clinical trial in France was to evaluate the effect of low-dose hydrocortisone for the treatment of ICU patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory failure but the trial was stopped early.
Authors: Pierre-François Dequin, M.D., Ph.D., of Médecine Intensive-Réanimation in Tours, France, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.16761)
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What The Study Did: The use of a smartwatch versus the standard measure of electrocardiographic recordings in patients with acute coronary syndromes is evaluated in this case series.
Authors: Ciro Indolfi, M.D., of Magna Graecia University in Catanzaro, Italy, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.3538)
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About The JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page: How parents can help young children and children with special needs work through changes and disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic is discussed in this Patient Page, which is a public service of JAMA Pediatrics.
Authors: Michele Kong, M.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Lindsay A.Thompson, M.D., M.S., of the University of Florida in Gainesville, are the authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.2478)
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What The Study Did: This case series of 91 children with COVID-19 in South Korea examined how long SARS-CoV-2 RNA is detected in children and whether children with COVID-19 can be identified by symptoms.
Authors: Jong-Hyun Kim, M.D., Ph.D., of the Catholic University of Korea, and Eun Hwa Choi, M.D., Ph.D., of the Seoul National University College of Medicine, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.3988)
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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated differences by gender in the distribution of endowed chairs at top medical schools in the U.S. and examined if gender was associated with holding an endowed chair.
Authors: Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.2677)
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What The Study Did: This randomized clinical trial determined whether a coached, digital cognitive behavior therapy self-help program improved outcomes for college women with eating disorders compared with referral to usual care.
Authors: Denise E. Wilfley, Ph.D., of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.15633)
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What The Study Did: This report details two cases of patients with COVID-19 with conjunctivitis in mobile hospital settings.
Authors: Xufang Sun, M.D., of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan. China, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.3029)
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What The Study Did: The results of this study suggest that following strict prevention protocols and routine cleaning and disinfecting seem adequate for limiting surface contamination with SARS- CoV-2.
Authors: Bruce G. Haffty, M.D., of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.3552)
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What The Study Did: The chronic health conditions, sociodemographic characteristics and use of health services by a sample group of transgender people in Ontario, Canada, were compared with the general population in the province.
Authors: Alex Abramovich, Ph.D., of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.15036)
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What The Study Did: Medics and medical professionals tested a secure mobile phone application for eye care in combat zones at military treatment facilities in Afghanistan.
Authors: William G. Gensheimer, M.D., of the Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.3090)
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What The Study Did:This study assessed whether blood biomarker concentrations could be used to help determine when a college athlete is able to return to sport following a sport-related concussion.
Authors: Jessica Gill, Ph.D., of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.13191)
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What The Study Did: This study of patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in Italy assessed the association of blood troponin levels at admission with outcomes including cardiovascular and noncardiovascular complications and death.
Authors: Marco Metra, M.D., of the University of Brescia in Brescia, Italy, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.3538)
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What The Study Did: The ocular manifestations and clinical characteristics of children with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in Wuhan, China were investigated in this study.
Authors: Shilian Li, M.D., and Fagang Jiang, M.D., Ph.D., of Huazhong University of Science & Technology in Wuhan, China are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.3690)
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What The Study Did: The rate of positive test results for SARS-CoV-2 in children without symptoms who were treated in U.S. hospitals for other conditions was examined in this study.
Authors: Dylan K. Chan, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.4095)
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What The Study Did: The “weekend effect”, a phenomenon that describes worse patient outcomes for patients treated on the weekend, was examined among patients undergoing colorectal surgery at 360 hospitals in the U.S. in this observational study that looked at the association between day of the week and adherence to postoperative protocols.
Authors: Jessica Y. Liu, M.D., M.S., of the American College of Surgeons in Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2618)
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What The Study Did: This open-label randomized trial compares the effect of remdesivir (5 or 10 days) compared with standard care on clinical status 11 days after treatment initiation among patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection hospitalized with moderate pneumonia.
Authors: Diana M. Brainard, M.D., of Gilead Sciences in Foster City, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.16349)
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What The Study Did: Strict public health measures were implemented in China in response to COVID-19 but little is known about whether other types of hospital visits were affected, especially those for other infectious diseases. Researchers explored changes in pediatric outpatient visits for notifiable infectious diseases acquired through droplet transmission, contact transmission or both during Beijing’s COVID-19 outbreak.
Authors: Yingmin Ma, M.D., of Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University in Beijing, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.19224)
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What The Study Did: To understand the association of COVID-19 with anxiety on a population basis, researchers examined internet searches indicative of acute anxiety during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: John W. Ayers, Ph.D., M.A., of the University of California, San Diego, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3305)
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What The Study Did: This observational study examined the association between living at higher altitudes and growth among children.
Authors: Kaleab Baye, Ph.D., of Addis Ababa University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.2386)
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What The Study Did: COVID-19 among incarcerated individuals and staff in Massachusetts jails and prisons is described in this observational study, which assesses the association of COVID-19 case rates with decarceration and testing rates.
Authors: Monik C. Jiménez, Sc.D., S.M., F.A.H.A., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.18851)
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What The Study Did: The potential for contract tracing to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the context of reduced physical distancing under different assumptions for case detection, tracing and quarantine efficacy is examined in this mathematical modeling study.
Authors: Joshua A. Salomon, Ph.D.,of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.19217)
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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated whether refugees places in more socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods in Denmark had increased risk in subsequent decades of cardiovascular disease risk factors, heart attack and stroke.
Authors: Rita Hamad, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.14196)
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What The Study Did: An estimate of the number of African American students who would have graduated from historically Black medical schools that were closed during the period surrounding the 1910 Flexner report was the main outcome of this study.
Authors: Kendall M. Campbell, M.D., of East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.15220)
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What The Study Did: Respiratory droplet spread during an ophthalmologic slitlamp exam was simulated to help establish risk of infectious disease contagion in this setting.
Authors: Efrem D. Mandelcorn, M.D., of the Toronto Western Hospital/University Health Network in Toronto, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.3472)
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What The Study Did: This observational study examined the association between state participation in Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act and changes in the use of surgical care for common outpatient procedures.
Authors: Saunders Lin, M.D., of New York University in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2959)
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What The Study Did: This study examined the association of depression with cannabis use among U.S. adults and the trends for this association from 2005 to 2016.
Authors: Deborah Hasin, Ph.D., of Columbia University Medical Center in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.13802)
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What The Study Did: This case series describes SARS-CoV-2 transmission on an international commercial airline flight and among a tourist group.
Authors: Sandra Ciesek, M.D., of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.18044)
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What The Study Did: The readability of information about COVID-19 was evaluated on websites of public health agencies and governments of 15 countries.
Authors: Joseph P. Dexter, Ph.D., of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.18033)
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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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