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Intern Med J 2021 Feb;51(2):206-214

Department of Paediatric Surgery and Telehealth, Monash Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Background: COVID-19 has resulted in a massive increase in telehealth utilisation.

Aims: To determine the user and clinician satisfaction during this period and compare to a pre-COVID-19 cohort.

Methods: A prospectively collected voluntary questionnaire following the telehealth appointment at a tertiary-level hospital with all adult and paediatric-based specialities was conducted over two time periods: COVID-19 (16 March 2020 to 15 April 2020) and pre-COVID-19 (1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019). Read More

Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021 Feb 25;2:CD010668. Epub 2021 Feb 25.

Department of Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA.

Background: Belimumab, the first biologic approved for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), has been shown to reduce autoantibody levels in people with SLE and help control disease activity.

Objectives: To assess the benefits and harms of belimumab (alone or in combination) in systematic lupus erythematosus.

Search Methods: An Information Specialist carried out the searches of CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, the World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, and clinicaltrials. Read More

J Sleep Res 2021 Feb 25:e13305. Epub 2021 Feb 25.

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.

Aircrew fatigue constitutes a safety hazard in aviation, which authorities attempt to mitigate through flight time limitations. Some gaps in knowledge exist, however. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the associations of schedule characteristics with fatigue and amount of sleep in the acute 24-h window, and as cumulative effects across the 7-day work period. Read More

Am J Health Syst Pharm 2021 Feb 26. Epub 2021 Feb 26.

University of Missouri-Kansas School of Pharmacy, Kansas City, MO, USA.

Disclaimer: In an effort to expedite the publication of articles related to the COVID-19 pandemic, AJHP is posting these manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and copyedited, but are posted online before technical formatting and author proofing. These manuscripts are not the final version of record and will be replaced with the final article (formatted per AJHP style and proofed by the authors) at a later time. Read More

J Low Genit Tract Dis 2021 Feb 25. Epub 2021 Feb 25.

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Department of Infectious Disease, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Department of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.

Objective: The aim of the study was to elucidate the risk factors underlying abnormal cytology-based cervical cancer screening (Pap testing) in justice-involved women (JIW) compared with non-JIW in an urban safety net hospital.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of women with a history of correctional involvement who received care at Grady Health System between 2010 and 2018 and had a Pap test was performed (n = 191). An age-matched cohort of women with no correctional involvement and had a Pap test at Grady served as the control (n = 394). Read More