2021
Utility of Mass SARS-CoV-2 Testing of Asymptomatic Patients Before Ambulatory and Inpatient Preplanned Procedures Requiring Moderate Sedation or General Anesthesia
Roberts SC, Peaper DR, Sussman LS, Martinello RA, Pettker CM. Utility of Mass SARS-CoV-2 Testing of Asymptomatic Patients Before Ambulatory and Inpatient Preplanned Procedures Requiring Moderate Sedation or General Anesthesia. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2114526. PMID: 34170307, PMCID: PMC8233702, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.14526.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpidemiology, Infection Prevention, Testing Data, and Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 on Five Inpatient Psychiatric Units in a large Academic Medical Center
Li L, Roberts SC, Kulp W, Wing A, Barnes T, Colandrea N, Klink B, Fortunati F, Martinello R. Epidemiology, Infection Prevention, Testing Data, and Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 on Five Inpatient Psychiatric Units in a large Academic Medical Center. Psychiatry Research 2021, 298: 113776. PMID: 33571800, PMCID: PMC7987366, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113776.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInpatient psychiatric unitLarge academic medical centerAcademic medical centerPsychiatric unitMedical CenterCOVID-19Retrospective cohort analysisEmergency room visitsInpatient psychiatric facilityLow patientsClinical outcomesRoom visitsHospitalized individualsInfection preventionStudy populationCohort analysisPrevention strategiesAdmission statusTriage protocolDiverse patientsInfection rateMental illnessPsychiatric facilitiesDemographic dataPatients
2020
A clade of SARS-CoV-2 viruses associated with lower viral loads in patient upper airways
Lorenzo-Redondo R, Nam HH, Roberts SC, Simons LM, Jennings LJ, Qi C, Achenbach CJ, Hauser AR, Ison MG, Hultquist JF, Ozer EA. A clade of SARS-CoV-2 viruses associated with lower viral loads in patient upper airways. EBioMedicine 2020, 62: 103112. PMID: 33186810, PMCID: PMC7655495, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.103112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient's upper airwayViral loadSARS-CoV-2Upper airwayHighest average viral loadSARS-CoV-2 infectionTranslational Research AwardTime of diagnosisAverage viral loadCOVID-19 patientsLow viral loadComprehensive cancer centerCoronavirus disease 2019SARS-CoV-2 isolatesSARS-CoV-2 virusClade 1 virusesClade 2 virusesRelative viral loadVirologic featuresClinical characteristicsClinical parametersCancer CenterDistinct viral cladesClinical significanceTranslational Science Institute