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04/01/2020

Hot Topics of the Day are picked by experts to capture the latest information and publications on public health genomics and precision health for various diseases and health topics. Sources include published scientific literature, reviews, blogs and popular press articles.

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Coronavirus latest: Nearly 80% of US intensive-care cases have underlying conditions
Nature News, April 1, 2020

Who's Sickest From COVID-19? These Conditions Tied To Increased Risk
NPR, March 31, 2020

Testing Individuals for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
JAMA Patient Page, April 1, 2020

This Patient Page describes the PCR test for COVID-19 and current guidelines for determining who should be tested. Samples are taken from places likely to have the virus that causes COVID-19, like the back of the nose or mouth or deep inside the lungs.

FH Treatments and COVID-19
M McGowan, FH Foundation, March 31, 2020

People with FH are not at increased risk of catching COVID-19 or of more severe illness due to COVID-19 simply by nature of having FH. However, people who have cardiovascular disease are at higher risk of more severe illness and even death due to COVID-19.

Preliminary Estimates of the Prevalence of Selected Underlying Health Conditions Among Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 — United States, February 12–March 28, 2020
MMWR, March 31, 2020

Based on preliminary U.S. data, persons with underlying health conditions such as diabetes mellitus, chronic lung disease, and cardiovascular disease, appear to be at higher risk for severe COVID-19–associated disease than persons without these conditions.

STAT’s guide to how hospitals are using AI to fight Covid-19
C Ross et al, STat News, March 31, 2020

AI has become one of the first lines of defense in the pandemic. Hospitals are using it to help screen and triage patients and identify those most likely to develop severe symptoms. They’re scanning faces to check temperatures and harnessing fitness tracker data, to zero in on individual cases and potential clusters.

Incorporation of genetic testing significantly increases the number of individuals diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia.
Brown Emily E et al. Journal of clinical lipidology 2020 Mar

Perspectives from individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia on direct contact in cascade screening.
Schwiter Rachel et al. Journal of genetic counseling 2020 Mar

Fifty-eight percent of U.S. index cases (11/19, 57.9%) and all international index cases (8/8, 100%) indicated willingness to provide contact information for certain at-risk relatives to a HCP for the purpose of directly informing relatives of their risk for FH in a hypothetical scenario.

Ethnic disparities in the frequency of cancer reported in family histories.
Maves Heather et al. Journal of genetic counseling 2020 Mar

Reporting quality of studies using machine learning models for medical diagnosis: a systematic review.
Yusuf Mohamed et al. BMJ open 2020 Mar 10(3) e034568

All studies in this review failed to use reporting guidelines, and a large proportion of them lacked adequate detail on participants, making it difficult to replicate, assess and interpret study findings.


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