Racial/Ethnic Differences in Non-Discretionary Risk Factors for COVID-19 Among Patients in an Early COVID-19 Hotspot.

Background: Baseline disparities in non-discretionary risk factors, i.e., those not readily altered, like family size and work environment, appear to underlie the disproportionate COVID-19 infection rates seen among Hispanic persons and, at surge onsets, Black persons.

Outcomes in Hispanics With COVID-19 Are Similar to Those of Caucasian Patients in Suburban New York.

Background: Despite reported higher rates and worse outcomes due to COVID-19 in certain racial and ethnic groups, much remains unknown. We explored the association between Hispanic ethnicity and outcomes in COVID-19 patients in Long Island, New York.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 2,039 Hispanic and non-Hispanic Caucasian patients testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 between March 7 and May 23, 2020, at a large suburban academic tertiary care hospital near New York City.

HOT WAX.

High-potency marijuana wax smoked via dabbing is a newly encountered phenomenon with relevance to prehospital care providers and emergency physicians.The extract is only recently described in current peer-reviewed literature. The drug may produce paranoia and psychosis and mimic psychiatric problems.

[Nutritional condition in chronic renal failure patients treated by hemodialysis in Amazonas].

Background: Chronic renal failure patients frequently show malnourishment.

Objective: The food intake and the nutritional status of 165 chronic renal failure patients on maintenance hemodialysis were studied.

Methods: Nutritional status of 165 patients were studied by anthropometry, biochemical measurements, protein nitrogen appearance rate (PNA) and a average food intake.