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27 Oct 2020

Editor's Pick: Improving Antenatal Asthma Management: A Complex Journey

Asthma is a highly prevalent comorbidity during pregnancy, which can worsen as gestation progresses and is associated with several adverse perinatal outcomes. The adverse outcomes associated with maternal asthma are preventable with appropriate asthma management in pregnancy.
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27 Oct 2020

Spatiotemporal Cellular Networks Maintain Immune Homeostasis in the Lung

A dynamic and intricately connected tissue-resident immune cell network continuously monitors the lungs, which are incessantly subjected to external…
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27 Oct 2020

Risk Factors for Severe Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Background: During the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic there have been several studies implicating an association between obesity, COVID-19…
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27 Oct 2020

Effects of Noninvasive Versus Invasive Mechanical Ventilation on Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit – A Pilot Study

Rationale: Use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has increased in intensive care units, but sleep during NIV has received little attention…
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27 Oct 2020

Cryobiopsy In Flexi-Rigid Pleuroscopy in a Region with Low Mesothelioma Prevalence

Background: The use of conventional flexible forceps during flex-rigid pleuroscopy can be challenging when sampling hard and thickened pleura…
26 Oct 2020

Could STAR-CAP be the New Prostate Cancer Staging System?

PROSTATE cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide, yet it remains one of the few cancers not to adopt the familiar staging system of Stage I–IV…
26 Oct 2020

COVID-19 Delays Could Have a Profound Impact on Breast Cancer Outlook

DELAYS in treatment, as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, have been experienced by many people with cancer across the world.
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26 Oct 2020

Male Sex May Be the Defining Factor in Predicting Susceptibility to and Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Case Series

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)…
23 Oct 2020

One in Five Patients Undergoing Major Surgery Develop Heart Complications

Major noncardiac surgery leads to development of one or more heart complications within a year for one in five patients.
23 Oct 2020

Low Risk of Moderate or Severe COVID-19 in Congenital Heart Disease

SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) is associated with a low risk of moderate or severe coronavirus disease