HIV testing in jails: Comparing strategies to maximize engagement in HIV treatment and prevention.

Despite 15,000 people enter US jails yearly with undiagnosed HIV infection, routine HIV testing is not standard. Maximizing the yield and speed of HIV testing in short-term detention facilities could promote rapid entry or re-entry of people living with HIV (PLWH) into care. The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of third generation, rapid point-of-care (rPOC) vs.

Rapid systematic review to identify key barriers to access, linkage, and use of local authority administrative data for population health research, practice, and policy in the United Kingdom.

Background: Improving data access, sharing, and linkage across local authorities and other agencies can contribute to improvements in population health. Whilst progress is being made to achieve linkage and integration of health and social care data, issues still exist in creating such a system. As part of wider work to create the Cambridge Child Health Informatics and Linked Data (Cam-CHILD) database, we wanted to examine barriers to the access, linkage, and use of local authority data.

Self-reported alteration of sense of smell or taste in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis on 3563 patients.

Background: Emerging reports suggest that new onset of smell or taste loss are potential early clinical markers of SARS-CoV-2 infection, but it remains unclear as to what extent. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to systematically assess the prevalence of self-reported altered sense of smell or taste in patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, overcoming the limitations of individual studies by meta-analysis of pooled data.

Methods: The databases Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus and MedRxiv's set were searched from inception to the 4th May 2020.

[Multi-trauma patients undergoing shock management].

Multi-trauma patients need specific care provided by medical teams and hospitals with a technical platform that optimises emergency care.They also require a special 'shock management' unit with staff members available to welcome these patients and maintain their vital functions.

Gold vs D-penicillamine double blind study and followup.

We undertook a controlled random double-blind comparing gold and penicillamine. Of the 50 patients with rheumatoid arthritis entered into the study, 34 completed the protocol. We found no significant differences in the clinical results, laboratory variables, or toxicity.

Intramuscular gold for rheumatoid arthritis.

Improvement from gold therapy is not immediate but comes about very slowly. The patient and physician should be forewarned that as many as 8 to 14 weeks may pass before any benefit is noted, and that months of treatment may be required before improvement is sufficient to decrease disability. With effective therapy, signs of inflammation gradually decrease, pain abates, and function improves.

Chrysotherapy. A prospective study.

A 4-year prospective clinical study of chrysotherapy was designed to reexamine old beliefs and traditions, and to test potentially new approaches to chrysotherapy. The standard weekly dosage of 50 mg was compared to that based on 1 mg/kg body weight; no significant differences were found. The rapidly absorbed aqueous thiomalate was compared to the slowly absorbed oil repository thioglucose; the latter produced significantly less side effects and an appreciably higher percentage of improvement.