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THE LANCET - Seeing COVID-19 through José Saramago’s Blindness

Some 6 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the emotional devastation, socioeconomic impacts, and pressures on front-line health-care workers continue to shape our world. While words cannot always do justice to the extent of individual suffering...

THE LANCET - Feasibility and physiological effects of prone positioning in non-intubated patients with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 (PRON-COVID): a prospective cohort study

The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging advanced health systems, which are dealing with an overwhelming number of patients in need of intensive care for respiratory failure, often requiring intubation. Prone positioning in intubated patients is...

JAMA - Association of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Use With COVID-19 Diagnosis and Mortality

JAMA NetworkIn a retrospective cohort study of 4480 patients diagnosed as having COVID-19, prior ACEI/ARB use, compared with no use, was not significantly associated with mortality (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.83). In a nested case-control study of...

JAMA - Prevalence of Taste and Smell Dysfunction in Coronavirus Disease 2019

JAMA NetworkThis survey study of 204 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 found that taste reduction was present in 55.4% of patients, whereas smell reduction was present in 41.7% of patients. Severe nasal obstruction was uncommon at the onset...

THE LANCET - COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases in northern Italy: a single-centre observational and case–control study

The highest number of COVID-19 cases in Italy have been reported in Lombardy, a region in northern Italy. We aimed to analyse the course of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in patients with rheumatic and...

AMP - Proteção Facial e Respiratória: Perspetivas Atuais no Contexto da Pandemia por COVID-19

Acta Médica PortuguesaA nova pandemia por SARS-CoV-2 é um exemplo de uma emergência de saúde pública de âmbito internacional, associada a consideráveis desafios sociais e económicos. A nível das unidades de saúde há o risco que surtos nosocomiais...

JAMA - Prone Positioning in Awake, Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19 Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure

JAMA NETWORKCritically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severely strained intensive care resources in New York City in April 2020. The prone position improves oxygenation in intubated patients with acute respiratory...

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Morte de um médico por covid-19

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