Articles on COVID-19

Reviews

Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery – A Systematic Review of the Current Literature
PHILIPP BLUM, DAVID PUTZER, MICHAEL C. LIEBENSTEINER and DIETMAR DAMMERER

Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Nasal Conditions: A Review of Current Evidence
ISAO SUZAKI and HITOME KOBAYASHI

The Experience of Greece as a Model to Contain COVID-19 Infection Spread
GEORGE J. DELINASIOS, PARASKEVI C. FRAGKOU, ATHINA M. GKIRMPA, GEORGE TSANGARIS, ROBERT M. HOFFMAN and ATHANASIOS K. ANAGNOSTOPOULOS

COVID-19: The Potential Role of Copper and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in a Combination of Candidate Antiviral Treatments Against SARS-CoV-2
ANDRI ANDREOU, SOFIA TRANTZA, DEMETRIOS FILIPPOU, NIKOLAOS SIPSAS, SOTIRIOS TSIODRAS

Role of Interleukin-6 in Lung Complications in Patients With COVID-19: Therapeutic Implications
KAREL SMETANA, JR., JAN BRÁBEK

Oral Methioninase for Covid-19 Methionine-restriction Therapy
ROBERT M. HOFFMAN, QINGHONG HAN

Potential Antiviral Drugs for SARS-Cov-2 Treatment: Preclinical Findings and Ongoing Clinical Research
SABRINA BIMONTE, ANNA CRISPO, ALFONSO AMORE, EGIDIO CELENTANO, ARTURO CUOMO, MARCO CASCELLA

Medical and Surgical Education Challenges and Innovations in the COVID-19 Era: A Systematic Review
AIKATERINI DEDEILIA, MARINOS G. SOTIROPOULOS, JOHN GERRARD HANRAHAN, DEEPA JANGA, PANAGIOTIS DEDEILIAS, MICHAIL SIDERIS

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): A Machine Learning Bibliometric Analysis
FRANCESCA DE FELICE, ANTONELLA POLIMENI

Ocular Manifestations of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2): A Critical Review of Current Literature
KONSTANTINOS A.A. DOUGLAS, VIVIAN PARASKEVI DOUGLAS, MARILITA M. MOSCHOS

Experimental Studies

SARS-CoV-2 orf1b Gene Sequence in the NTNG1 Gene on Human Chromosome 1
STEVEN LEHRER, PETER H. RHEINSTEIN

Human Gene Sequences in SARS-CoV-2 and Other Viruses
STEVEN LEHRER, PETER H. RHEINSTEIN

A New Method for Testing Filtration Efficiency of Mask Materials Under Sneeze-like Pressure
LI XIAO, HIROSHI SAKAGAMI, NOBUHIKO MIWA

Ivermectin Docks to the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Receptor-binding Domain Attached to ACE2
STEVEN LEHRER, PETER H. RHEINSTEIN

Classical Drug Digitoxin Inhibits Influenza Cytokine Storm, With Implications for Covid-19 Therapy
BETTE S. POLLARD, JORGE C. BLANCOl, JOHN R. POLLARD

Clinical Studies

Eyeglasses Reduce Risk of COVID-19 Infection
STEVEN LEHRER and PETER RHEINSTEIN

Lung Cancer, Covid-19 Infections and Chemotherapy
BOGDAN HAINEALA, ANCA ZGURA, DUMITRU CRISTINEL BADIU, LAURA ILIESCU, RODICA MARICELA ANGHEL and XENIA ELENA BACINSCHI

The Impact of COVID-19 Infection on the Postoperative Outcomes in Pancreatic Cancer Patients
NICOLAE BACALBASA, CAMELIA DIACONU, CORNEL SAVU, CARMEN SAVU, OVIDIU STIRU and IRINA BALESCU

Colorectal Cancer Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single Center Experience
DAVIDE PERTILE, MARCO GIPPONI, ALESSANDRA APRILE, PAOLA BATISTOTTI, CAROL MARZIA FERRARI, ANDREA MASSOBRIO, DOMENICO SORIERO, LORENZO EPIS and STEFANO SCABINI

Selection of the Appropriate Control Group Is Essential in Evaluating the Cytokine Storm in COVID-19
ALICE G. VASSILIOU, IOANNA DIMOPOULOU, EDISON JAHAJ, CHRYSI KESKINIDOU, ZAFEIRIA MASTORA, STYLIANOS E. ORFANOS and ANASTASIA KOTANIDOU

Quality of Life of Patients With Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic
KIM-ARTHUR BAFFERT, TIFFANY DARBAS, VALERIE LEBRUN-LY, JULIA PESTRE-MUNIER, CLEMENTINE PEYRAMAURE, CLEMENTINE DESCOURS, MELANIE MONDOLY, SIMON LATROUITE, ELISA BIGNON, SAMANTHA NICOULEAU, SOPHIE GEYL, SOPHIE LEOBON and ELISE DELUCHE

Beneficial Effects of Intermediate Dosage of Anticoagulation Treatment on the Prognosis of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: The ETHRA Study
GARYPHALLIA POULAKOU, EVANGELOS DIMAKAKOS, ANASTASIOS KOLLIAS, KONSTANTINOS G. KYRIAKOULIS, VASILIKI RAPTI, IOANNIS TRONTZAS, CHARALAMPOS THANOS, MAHMOUD ABDELRASOUL, THEODORA VANTANA, KONSTANTINOS LEONTIS, ELENI KAKALOU, KATERINA ARGYRAKI, IOANNIS BARABOUTIS, EVANGELOS MICHELAKIS, EVANGELOS GIAMARELLOS-BOURBOULIS, KATERINA DIMAKOU, GEORGIOS TSOUKALAS, ANGELIKI RAPTI, EVANGELOS D. MICHELAKIS and KONSTANTINOS N. SYRIGOS

Palliative Radiotherapy During the Last Month of Life: Have COVID-19 Recommendations Led to Reduced Utilization?
CARSTEN NIEDER, ELLINOR C. HAUKLAND, BARD MANNSAKER and ROSALBA YOBUTA

The Impact of Peripheral Eosinophil Counts and Eosinophil to Lymphocyte Ratio (ELR) in the Clinical Course of COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Study
VASILIKI E. GEORGAKOPOULOU, NIKOLAOS GARMPIS, CHRISTOS DAMASKOS, SERENA VALSAMI, DIMITRIOS DIMITROULIS, EVANGELOS DIAMANTIS, PARASKEVI FARMAKI, CHRYSOVALANTIS V. PAPAGEORGIOU, SOTIRIA MAKRODIMITRI, NIKOLAOS GRAVVANIS, STAMATIS VELONIAS, PAGONA SKLAPANI, NIKOLAOS TRAKAS, EFSTATHIOS A. ANTONIOU, KONSTANTINOS KONTZOGLOU, LAMPROS NIKOLIDAKIS, ZOI DAMASKOU, ATHANASIOS SYLLAIOS, GEORGIOS MARINOS, GEORGIA VOGIATZI, GEORGIA-ELENI KORROU, GEORGIOS KYRIAKOS, LOURDES-VICTORIA QUILES-SANCHEZ, ALEXANDROS PATSOURAS, DIMITRIOS LAMPRINOS, ATHANASIA STELIANIDI, SPYRIDON SAVVANIS and ANNA GARMPI

Breast Cancer Surgery in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Validation of a Preventive Program for Patients and Health Care Workers
PIERO FREGATTI, MARCO GIPPONI, MARIA GIACCHINO, MARCO SPARAVIGNA, RAQUEL DIAZ, EMANUELA FIORAVANTI, CHIARA CORNACCHIA, BENEDETTA CONTE, MATTEO LAMBERTINI, GABRIELE ZOPPOLI, FEDERICA MURELLI, MARIA LUISA TONI, MARIA TERESA CALABRO, LINA ORSINO and DANIELE FRIEDMAN

Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Markers in SARS-COV-2 Infection and Pneumonia: Case-Control Study
AYLIN KÖSELER, RAMAZAN SABIRLI, TARIK GÖREN, İBRAHIM TÜRKÇÜER, ÖZGÜR KURT

Breast Cancer and COVID-19: The Effect of Fear on Patients’ Decision-making Process
GIANLUCA VANNI, MARCO MATERAZZO, MARCO PELLICCIARO, SARA INGALLINELLA, MAURIZIO RHO, FRANCESCA SANTORI, MARIA COTESTA, JONATHAN CASPI, ANNA MAKAROVA, CHIARA ADRIANA PISTOLESE, ORESTE CLAUDIO BUONOMO

Tor Vergata University-Hospital in the Beginning of COVID-19-Era: Experience and Recommendation for Breast Cancer Patients
ORESTE CLAUDIO BUONOMO, MARCO MATERAZZO, MARCO PELLICCIARO, JONATHAN CASPI, EMILIO PICCIONE, GIANLUCA VANNI

Breast Cancer Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic An Observational Clinical Study of the Breast Surgery Clinic at Ospedale Policlinico San Martino – Genoa, Italy
PIERO FREGATTI, MARCO GIPPONI, MARIA GIACCHINO, MARCO SPARAVIGNA, FEDERICA MURELLI, MARIA LUISA TONI, MARIA TERESA CALABRÒ, LINA ORSINO, DANIELE FRIEDMAN

Radiation Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience from Beijing, China
WEIPING WANG, XIAOLIANG LIU, FUQUAN ZHANG, JIE QIU, KE HU

COVID-19 Incidentally Detected on PET/CT During Work-up for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
ALLEN MO, N. PATRIK BRODIN, WOLFGANG A. TOMÉ, MADHUR K. GARG, RAFI KABARRITI

The Effect of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Breast Cancer Teamwork: A Multicentric Survey
GIANLUCA VANNI, MARCO MATERAZZO, FRANCESCA SANTORI, MARCO PELLICCIARO, MARIA COSTESTA, PAOLO ORSARIA, FRANCESCA CATTADORI, CHIARA ADRIANA PISTOLESE, TOMMASO PERRETTA, MARCELLO CHIOCCHI, ROSARIA MEUCCI, FELICIANA LAMACCHIA, MASSIMO ASSOGNA, JONATHAN CASPI, ALESSANDRA VITTORIA GRANAI, ADRIANO DE MAJO, AGOSTINO CHIARAVALLOTI, MARIA ROLANDO D’ANGELILLO, ROSARIA BARBARINO, SARA INGALLINELLA, LJUBA MORANDO, STEFANIA DALLI, ILARIA PORTARENA, VITTORIO ALTOMARE, GIOVANNI TAZZIOLI, ORESTE CLAUDIO BUONOMO

Lockdown During COVID-19: The Greek Success
DIMITRIOS MORIS, DIMITRIOS SCHIZAS

Raloxifene and Bazedoxifene Could Be Promising Candidates for Preventing the COVID-19 Related Cytokine Storm, ARDS and Mortality
KAREL SMETANA JR, DANIEL ROSEL, JAN BRÁBEK

Clinical Study of Hyperglycemia and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Intensive Care Unit Patients
IOANNIS ILIAS, EDISON JAHAJ, STYLIANOS KOKKORIS, DIMITRIOS ZERVAKIS, PRODROMOS TEMPERIKIDIS, ELENI MAGIRA, MARIA PRATIKAKI, ALICE G. VASSILIOU, CHRISTINA ROUTSI, ANASTASIA KOTANIDOU, IOANNA DIMOPOULOU

Effect of Lockdown in Surgical Emergency Accesses: Experience of a COVID-19 Hospital
GIANLUCA VANNI, JACOPO MARIA LEGRAMANTE, MARCO PELLICCIARO, GERARDO DE CAROLIS, MARIA COTESTA, MARCO MATERAZZO, CHIARA BUONOMO, ANDREA FARINACCIO, FRANCESCA SANTORI, FEDERICA SARACENO, BENEDETTO IELPO, FRANCESCO AIELLO, CARLA PAGANELLI, MICHELE GRANDE, GIROLAMO DE ANDREIS, MARCELLO CHIOCCHI, LEONARDO PALOMBI, ORESTE CLAUDIO BUONOMO

Preliminary Data of a Quantitative Point of Care Test for SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies From Greece
PARASKEVI C. FRAGKOU, VASSILIKI PAPAEVANGELOU, ANASTASIA ANTONIADOU, DIMITRA KAVVATHA, AGAPI PLOUSSI, NIKOS PANTAZIS, TAMTA SIRMPILANTZE, CHRISTOS PSARRAKIS, SPYRIDON A. POURNARAS, SOTIRIOS TSIODRAS, ALEXIS KELEKIS

Lockdown of Breast Cancer Screening for COVID-19: Possible Scenario
GIANLUCA VANNI, MARCO PELLICCIARO, MARCO MATERAZZO, VALENTINA BRUNO, CHIARA OLDANI, CHIARA ADRIANA PISTOLESE, CHIARA BUONOMO, JONATHAN CASPI, PAOLA GUALTIERI, AGOSTINO CHIARAVALLOTI, LEONARDO PALOMBI, EMILIO PICCIONE, ORESTE CLAUDIO BUONOMO

Radiotherapy in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era
ALESSANDRA GONNELLI, SABRINA MONTRONE, PAOLA COCUZZA, STEFANO URSINO, BRUNO MANFREDI, ROBERTO MATTIONI, NATALINA COCCIA, TAIUSHA FUENTES, ELISA CALISTRI, FRANSCESCO PASQUALETTI, FABIOLA PAIAR

Chest Computed Tomography Scoring in Patients With Novel Coronavirus-infected Pneumonia: Correlation With Clinical and Laboratory Features and Disease Outcome
LUCA PUGLIESE, FRANCESCO PAOLO SBORDONE, FRANCESCO GRIMALDI, FRANCESCA RICCI, FEDERICA DI TOSTO, LUIGI SPIRITIGLIOZZI, CARLO DI DONNA, MATTEO PRESICCE, VINCENZO DE STASIO, LEONARDO BENELLI, FRANCESCA D'ERRICO, MONIA PASQUALETTO, JACOPO MARIA LEGRAMANTE, MARCO MATERAZZO, MARCO PELLICCIARO, ORESTE CLAUDIO BUONOMO, GIANLUCA VANNI, STEFANO RIZZA, ALFONSO BELLIA, ROBERTO FLORIS, FRANCESCO GARACI, MARCELLO CHIOCCHI

Tracheostomy in Patients With COVID-19: A Single-center Experience
KAZUFUMI OBATA, RYO MIYATA, KEISUKE YAMAMOTO, NAOFUMI BYN-YA, TAKEHIKO KASAI, HIROYUKI INOUE, EICHI NARIMATSU, KENICHI TAKANO

A Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patient With COVID-19 Infection After Immunotherapy: A Case Report and Literature Review
MENGLAN ZHAI, SHENG ZHANG