When the coronavirus pandemic hit New York City in early March, the Hospital for Special Surgery leadership decided that the best way to serve the city was to stop elective orthopedic procedures temporarily and use the facility to take on patients from its sister institution, NewYork-Presbyterian ...
Dr. Alisha Akinsete (Valdez) is a pediatric rheumatologist in Bronx, New York and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Hospital for Special Surgery and Children's Hospital at Montefiore Einstein. She received her medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and has...
Anne R. BassHospital for Special Surgery, New York, New YorkGwendolyn F. Kane-WangerBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MassachusettsBonita S. LibmanUniversity of Vermont, BurlingtonNora SandorfiThomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaTammy Utset...
The proportion of patients being discharged alive within 28 days from hospital was lower in the HCQ group (59.6% vs. 62.9%; rate ratio, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.83 to 0.98), and also those who were not using ventilators at baseline were more likely to initiate invasive ventilators or to be ...