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bstetrical patients with COVID-19 symptoms and exposures is feasible and resulted in rates of ambulatory management similar to those seen in nonpregnant patients. A centralized model for telemedicine surveillance of obstetrical patients with COVID-19 symptoms may preserve inpatient resources and prevent avoidable staff and patient exposures, particularly in centers with multiple ambulatory practice settings.
A multidisciplinary telemedicine surveillance model for outpatient management of obstetrical patients with COVID-19 symptoms and exposures is feasible and resulted in rates of ambulatory management similar to those seen in nonpregnant patients. A centralized model for telemedicine surveillance of obstetrical patients with COVID-19 symptoms may preserve inpatient resources and prevent avoidable staff and patient exposures, particularly in centers with multiple ambulatory practice settings.Obstetricians and clinicians previously requested clarification from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the need for full personal protective equipment including N95 respirators during the second stage of labor. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responded with new guidance excluding the second stage of labor from its list of aerosol-generating procedures based on research from which experience on labor and delivery units was notably absent. Selleckchem Bexotegrast Additional literature that explores other modes of aerosol generation, such as coughing, vomiting, passing flatus, and loud vocalization, all of which are prevalent during the labor course, was notably omitted. It is clear that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention based their guidance not from the application of scientific principles but from pragmatism owing to the lack of equipment, and our colleagues were urged to follow suit. If we replace recommendations based on scientific principles with recommendations based on supply chain deficiencies, we become complacent with that which is "good enough under the circumstances." This is a dangerous precedent on which to base our professional society guidelines. We should continue to address these inadequate responses even as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines evolve and the pandemic winds down. We will certainly face similar conflict again, whether during a fall resurgence of the current pandemic or a future infectious disease outbreak.
Treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 is mostly symptomatic, but a wide range of medications are under investigation against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Although pregnant women are excluded from clinical trials, they will inevitably receive therapies whenever they seem effective in nonpregnant patients and even under compassionate use.

We conducted a review of the literature on placental transfer and pregnancy safety data of drugs under current investigation for coronavirus disease2019.

Regarding remdesivir, there are no data in pregnant women. Several other candidates already have safety data in pregnant women, because they are repurposed drugs already used for their established indications. Thus, they may be used in pregnancy, although their safety in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 may differ from conventional use. These include HIV protease inhibitors such as lopinavir/ritonavir that have low placental transfer, interferon that does not cross the placental barrier, and hfit of curing the mother. Although preclinical and placental transfer studies are required for a number of potential anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 drugs, several medications can already be used in pregnant women.The novel coronavirus disease 2019 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has become a pandemic. It has quickly swept across the globe, leaving many clinicians to care for infected patients with limited information about the disease and best practices for care. Our goal is to share our experiences of caring for pregnant and postpartum women with novel coronavirus disease 2019 in New York, which is the coronavirus disease 2019 epicenter in the United States, and review current guidelines. We offer a guide, focusing on inpatient management, including testing policies, admission criteria, medical management, care for the decompensating patient, and practical tips for inpatient antepartum service management.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario issued a declaration of emergency, implementing public health interventions on March 16,2020.

We compared cardiac catheterization procedures for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) between January 1 and May 10, 2020 to the same time frame in2019.

From March 16 to May 10, 2020, after implementation of provincial directives, STEMI cases significantly decreased by up to 25%. The proportion of patients who achieved guideline targets for first medical contact balloon for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) decreased substantially to 28% (median, 101 minutes) for patients who presented directly to a PCI site and to 37% (median, 149 minutes) for patients transferred from a non-PCI site, compared with2019.

STEMI cases across Ontario have been substantially affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
STEMI cases across Ontario have been substantially affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
QT interval monitoring has gained much interest during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the use of QT-prolonging medications and the concern about viral transmission with serial electrocardiograms (ECGs). We hypothesized that continuous telemetry-based QT monitoring is associated with better detection of prolonged QT episodes.

We introduced continuous cardiac telemetry (CCT) with an algorithm for automated QT interval monitoring to our designated COVID-19 units. The daily maximum automated heart rate-corrected QT (Auto-QTc) measurements were recorded. We compared the proportion of marked QTc prolongation (Long-QTc) episodes, defined as QTc ≥ 500 ms, in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 who were admitted before and after CCT was implemented (control group vs CCT group, respectively). Manual QTc measurement by electrophysiologists was used to verify Auto-QTc. Charts were reviewed to describe the clinical response to Long-QTc episodes.

We included 33 consecutive patients (total of 451 monitoring days).
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