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Effect of Heat inactivation on Real-Time Reverse Transcription PCR of the SARS-COV-2 Detection
(2020-05-28)Background: Real-time reverse transcription PCR (rRT-PCR) is commonly used to diagnose SARS-CoV-2 infection. Heat inactivation prior to nucleic acid isolation may allow safe testing, while the effects of heat inactivation ... -
The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China
(2020-05-01)The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak expanded rapidly throughout China. Major behavioral, clinical, and state interventions were undertaken to mitigate the epidemic and prevent the persistence of the ... -
Effect of hydroxychloroquine with or without azithromycin on the mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-08-26)Background: Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without azithromycin have been widely pro-moted to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) following earlyin vitroantiviral effects against se-vere acute respiratory ... -
The Effect of Metformin Consumption on Mortality in Hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-11-11)Background and aims: Diabetes is one of the most common comorbidities, and it is associated with poorer outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Preliminary findings showed that mortality was reduced ... -
The effect of quercetin on the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 and other respiratory tract infections in humans: A rapid review
(2020-07-30)Brief overview: There is currently insufficient evidence to recommend quercetin supplementation as a therapy for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19. Three human clinical trials with low risk of bias suggest that oral ... -
Effect of remdesivir on patients with COVID-19: A network meta-analysis of randomized control trials
(2020-10-15)Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were conducted to investigate the effect of remdesivir for patients with COVID-19, but their results were conflicting. Thus, we conducted a network meta-analysis comparing the ... -
The Effect of Smoking on COVID-19 Symptom Severity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2020-09-09)Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SAR2-COV-2) and was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December of 2019, but quickly spread to the rest of the ... -
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality of patients with STEMI: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-12-17)[Abstract]. Aims Since the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, hospitals reported declining numbers of patients admitted with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), indicating that the pandemic might keep ... -
Effectiveness and Safety of Glucocorticoids to Treat COVID-19: A Rapid Review and Meta-Analysis
(2020-04-22)Background: Glucocorticoids are widely used in the treatment of various pulmonary inflammatory diseases, but they are also often accompanied by significant adverse reactions. Published guidelines point out that low dose ... -
Effectiveness and Safety of Short‐stay Units in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review
(2015-07-22)Objectives: Overcrowding is a serious and ongoing challenge in Canadian hospital emergency departments (EDs) that has been shown to have negative consequences for patient outcomes. The American College of Emergency Physicians ... -
Effectiveness of Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Children with Severe COVID-19: A Rapid Review
(2020-04-22)Background: Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is usually used as supportive therapy, but the treatment of COVID-19 by IVIG is controversial. This rapid review aims to explore the clinical effectiveness and safety of IVIG ... -
Effectiveness of Masks and Respirators Against Respiratory Infections in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2017-08-07)This systematic review and meta-analysis quantified the protective effect of facemasks and respirators against respiratory infections among healthcare workers. Relevant articles were retrieved from Pubmed, EMBASE, and Web ... -
Effectiveness of Ultraviolet-C Light and a High-Level Disinfection Cabinet for Decontamination of N95 Respirators
(2020-03-02)Background: Shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) including N95 filtering facepiece respirators is an urgent concern in the setting of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Decontamination of PPE could be useful to ... -
Effects of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Maternal, Perinatal and Neonatal Outcomes: a Systematic Review of 266 Pregnancies
(2020-05-06)Objective: To perform a systematic review of available published literature on pregnancies affected by COVID-19 to evaluate the effects of COVID-19 on maternal, perinatal and neonatal outcomes. Methods: We performed a ... -
Effects of COVID-19 home confinement on physical activity and eating behaviour Preliminary results of the ECLB-COVID19 international online-survey
(2020-05-08)Abstract Background Public health recommendations and governmental measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have enforced numerous restrictions on daily living including social distancing, isolation and home confinement. While ... -
Effects of Covid-19 infection during pregnancy and neonatal prognosis: what is the evidence?
(2020-05-19)Background: Little is known about how COVID-19 infection affects pregnant women, as well as about the possibility of vertical transmission or complications in childbirth. This study's aims to assess the current evidence ... -
Effects of temperature and humidity on the daily new cases and new deaths of COVID-19 in 166 countries
(2020-04-28)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge facing the world. Meteorological parameters are reportedly crucial factors affecting respiratory ... -
Effects of temperature and humidity on the spread of COVID-19: A systematic review
(2020-09-18)Background: Faced with the global pandemic of COVID-19, declared by World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11th 2020, and the need to better understand the seasonal behavior of the virus, our team conducted this systematic ... -
The Effects on Re‐offending of Custodial vs. Non‐custodial Sanctions: An Updated Systematic Review of the State of Knowledge
(2015-01-02)This Campbell systematic review compares effects of custodial and non‐custodial sentences on re‐offending. The authors found 14 high‐quality studies, including three randomised controlled trials and two natural experiments. ... -
Efficacy and safety of arbidol in the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia: a systematic review based on current and previous antiviral therapy
(2020)Objective: To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of arbidol in the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19). Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), cohort studies, and case-control studies ...