Prognostic Value of C-Reactive Protein in Patients With Coronavirus 2019

An elevated serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level was observed in most patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Data for patients with clinic...

Delay-adjusted age- and sex-specific case fatality rates for COVID-19 in South Korea: Evolution in the estimated risk of mortality throughout the epidemic

Study was to estimate delay-adjusted case fatality rates (CFRs) for COVID-19 in South Korea. Males were found to have significantly higher CFRs than f...

Cochrane corner: universal screening for SARS-CoV-2 infection

Most people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have mild disease with non-specific symptoms. There is an unknown proportion of infected individuals who remain a...

COVID-19 pneumonia treated with ultra-low doses of radiotherapy (ULTRA-COVID study): a single institution report of two cases

Preliminary clinical and radiological results suggest a potential benefit of treating COVID-19 pneumonia with ULTRA-COVID. We present the preliminary...

The tele-transition of toxicity management in routine oncology care during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic

This is a retrospective cohort analysis of our telehealth expansion program. We adapted two existing patient-reported outcome tools that register and...

Decreased Incidence of Oncology Admissions in 75 Helios Hospitals in Germany during the COVID-19 Pandemic

After an official communication on 29 April 2020, we again found a highly significant difference in. the number of oncology admissions to 75 Germanicu...

Evaluation of three rapid lateral flow antigen detection tests for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection

CVID-19 pandemic has led to high demand for rapid antigen detection tests. All three RADTs evaluated in this study reached a more than 90% sensitivity...

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SARS-CoV-2 has been arguably the most important public health concern worldwide in 2020. We used a random-effects model to estimate pooled seroprevale...