The use of telemedicine has been surging since the onset of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with millions of Americans now using this medium for connecting with their clinicians.
In patients with COVID-19, higher sputum cell expression of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 was observed in certain patients while lower expression was found in patients who used inhaled corticosteroids.
It is certainly too early to know if there will be any seasonal variation to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and there is no reason to specifically compare this virus with the seasonal behavior of influenza virus or to other seasonal respiratory viruses.
Risk for preterm delivery is higher in pregnant women who have experienced preeclampsia, placental abruption, stillbirth, neonatal death, or small for gestational age in a term first pregnancy.
Acute decompensated heart failure in children is characterized by high burdens of comorbidities, mortality, and frequent readmission, especially among patients with underlying congenital heart disease.
Large adult body size contributes to the association between genetically predicted larger body size in childhood and coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes later in life.
Treatment with interferon beta-1b in combination with lopinavir/ritonavir and ribavirin was found to be safe and superior to lopinavir/ritonavir alone for reducing the duration of viral shedding and hospital stay in adults with COVID-19.
