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Individualizing Risk Prediction for Positive Coronavirus Disease 2019 Testing: Results From 11,672 Patients.

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Relevance of age, race, gender, and socioeconomic characteristics in COVID-19-susceptibility is demonstrated and a potential modifying role of certain common vaccinations and drugs identified in drug-repurposing studies is suggested.
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This article is published in Chest.The article was published on 2020-06-10 and is currently open access. It has received 153 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Retrospective cohort study & Cohort.

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Temporal dynamics in total excess mortality and COVID-19 deaths in Italian cities.

TL;DR: Data from the Italian rapid mortality surveillance system was used to quantify excess deaths during the epidemic, to estimate the mortality deficit during the previous months and to compare total excess mortality with deaths among positive cases of SARS-CoV-2.
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Potential effects of vaccinations on the prevention of COVID-19: rationale, clinical evidence, risks, and public health considerations.

TL;DR: This review will discuss the available immunologic and clinical evidence to support the benefit of the influenza, pneumococcal, and tuberculosis vaccines in the context of COVID-19 as well as to provide an overview on the CO VID-19-specific vaccines that are in the development pipeline.
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Can Melatonin Be a Potential "Silver Bullet" in Treating COVID-19 Patients?

TL;DR: Experimental evidence suggesting that melatonin is a potential “silver bullet” in the COVID 19 pandemic is discussed and exogenous melatonin can be an adjuvant capable of augmenting the efficacy of anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.
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Research electronic data capture (REDCap)-A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

TL;DR: Research electronic data capture (REDCap) is a novel workflow methodology and software solution designed for rapid development and deployment of electronic data Capture tools to support clinical and translational research.
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Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors used univariable and multivariable logistic regression methods to explore the risk factors associated with in-hospital death, including older age, high SOFA score and d-dimer greater than 1 μg/mL.
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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study

TL;DR: Characteristics of patients who died were in line with the MuLBSTA score, an early warning model for predicting mortality in viral pneumonia, and further investigation is needed to explore the applicability of the Mu LBSTA scores in predicting the risk of mortality in 2019-nCoV infection.
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The REDCap consortium: Building an international community of software platform partners.

TL;DR: The Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) data management platform was developed in 2004 to address an institutional need at Vanderbilt University, then shared with a limited number of adopting sites beginning in 2006, and a broader consortium sharing and support model was created.
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