COVID-19 Updates
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Cortisol levels on COVID-19 admission may be a marker of severity
Those with COVID-19 do appear to mount a stress response to the infection, and cortisol levels on admission to hospital can help determine the...
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It’s official: COVID-19 was bad for the health care business
Gastroenterology was the second hardest hit specialty.
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Many COVID patients shed virus in feces, even without GI symptoms
Regardless of GI symptoms, 40.5% of patients in the meta-analysis tested positive for viral RNA in feces.
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Fighting COVID and police brutality, medical teams take to streets to treat protesters
“I am working full time and basically being at the protest after getting straight off of work,” said Butler, who is black. That’s tiring, she...
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COVID-19 guideline update: Wear N95 masks during endoscopy
Updated recommendations state personnel should wear N95 masks and double gloves when performing endoscopy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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AGA Clinical practice update: Maintain IBD remission during pandemic
A rapid review clinical practice update advises selected inflammatory bowel disease patients may continue remission in asymptomatic COVID-19 or...
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WHO clarifies comments on asymptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove said she wasn’t stating a WHO policy when she characterized asymptomatic transmission as rare.
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WHO: Asymptomatic COVID-19 spread deemed ‘rare’
“It is important to breakdown truly asymptomatic vs pre-symptomatic vs mildly symptomatic.”
From the Journals
10% with diabetes hospitalized for COVID-19 die within a week
“Even in diabetes, each increase in BMI is associated with an increase in the risk of intubation and/or death in the 7 days following admission...
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Mass protests could cause COVID-19 outbreaks
“There’s going to be a lot of issues coming out of what’s happened in the last week, but one of them is going to be that chains of transmission...