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ArticleJournal of the American Medical Directors Association2020

The Winter Respiratory Viral Season During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Christine E Kistler, Robin L P Jump, Philip D Sloane, Sheryl Zimmerman

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Article in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christine E KistlerCecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: Christine_Kistler@med.unc.edu.
Robin L P JumpGeriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine and Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Philip D SloaneCecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Sheryl ZimmermanCecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Schools of Social Work and Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USGeriatric Research Education and Clinical Center · US

Funding

Addressing Behavior and Mood in Assisted Living: Organizational Characteristics Related to the Use of Antipsychotic and Psychotropic Medications and Alternative PracticesR01AG050602 · NIA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ZIMMERMAN, SHERYL · 2015 to 2019
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NIA NIH HHS R01 AG050602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The winter respiratory virus season always poses challenges for long-term care settings; this winter, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 will compound the usual viral infection challenges. This special article discusses unique considerations that Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) brings to the health and well-being of residents and staff in nursing homes and other long-term care settings this winter. Specific topics include preventing the spread of respiratory viruses, promoting immunization, and the diagnosis and treatment of suspected respiratory infection. Policy-relevant issues are discussed, including whether to mandate influenza immunization for staff, the availability and use of personal protective equipment, supporting staff if they become ill, and the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. Research is applicable in all of these areas, including regarding the use of emerging electronic decision support tools. If there is a positive side to this year's winter respiratory virus season, it is that staff, residents, family members, and clinicians will be especially vigilant about potential infection.

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COVID-19Pneumonia, ViralResidential FacilitiesSeasonsHumansImmunizationNursing StaffOrganizational PolicyPandemicsSARS-CoV-2United States

Identifiers

PMID33256954
PMCPMC7586921
OpenAlexW3094764869

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