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Apr 2, 2021
Closing schools should be last resort, researchers say
Community-based infection control measures were determined to have a far greater impact on the spread of Covid-19 than closing schools in a newly reported modeling study.
Researchers examined the association of school reopening or closing schools compared to other community-based infection control interventions on new and total Covid-19 cases in the decision analytical modeling analysis.
Based on the findings, they concluded that community-based interventions designed to reduce SARS-CoV-2 infectons such as restricting gatherings, limiting workplace exposures, and wearing face masks had a greater impact than closing schools when schools adopted aggressive infection control protocols.
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The Ross procedure is a double-valve operation using the patient’s pulmonary valve as an autograft to replace the damaged aortic valve, with pulmonary donor tissue used to reconstruct the continuity of right ventricular outflow and the pulmonary artery. It is most often performed in children, with good long-term results, and several recent studies including a 2018 systematic review and meta-analysis found clear benefits for the surgical procedure in selected young and middle-aged patients.
“This study shows that the Ross procedure is an operation with potentially significant value in terms of survival and quality of life in young and middle-aged adults,” Romeo and colleagues wrote.
Covid-19: Long-Hauler Syndrome Has a Name—Post-Acute Sequelae of Covid-19 physiciansweekly.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from physiciansweekly.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.