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The October 2020 issue of Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal is now available for your reading pleasure. This is an exciting issue with 10 papers on a number of different topics ranging from original research and reviews to the history of medicine, an important Rambam Grand Rounds presentation (manuscript, slides and video presentation) on the future of translational research by Sir Robert Lechler, and more! Scroll down to view the contents and start reading.

Thank you for sharing in the Maimonides tradition by enjoying this high caliber journal. 

With best warm regards,

Shraga Blazer, MD

Editor-in-Chief
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
www.rmmj.org.il

Volume 11 ♦ October 2020 ♦ Issue 4

Original Research

The Maimonides Model for a Regimen of Health: A Comparison with the Contemporary Scenario

Isidor Segal and Shraga Blazer

The Quantitative Evaluation of the Density of the Segmental Branches of the MCA in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients

Erdal Demirtas and Ibrahim Oztoprak

Effect of Inhalational Therapy on Buccal Mucosal Cells in Asthmatic Patients: A Cytological Study

Mohammed Ismail Benazir, Harikrishnan Prasad, Muthusamy Rajmohan, Kenniyan Kumar Srichinthu, Perumal Prema, Loganathan Mahalakshmi, and Gopal Shiva Kumar

An Evaluation of the Different Serum Markers Associated with Mortality in Crimean–Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

Yusuf Kenan Tekin and Aynur Engin

Review Article

The Ethics of Error in Medicine

Shamai A. Grossman, Kiersten L. Gurley, and Richard E. Wolfe

Palliative Care: Too Good to Be True?

Helen Senderovich and Kristen McFadyen

Rambam Grand Rounds

Sustaining Translational Research

Robert Lechler

Perspective

Management of Failed Surgery for Anterior Glenohumeral Instability: Synopsis of Clinical Evidence

Nahum Rosenberg and Kamal Hamoud

History of Medicine

A Tale of Two Nineteenth-century Dutch Jewish Hospitals—One a Success, The Other a Failure

Jack Y. Vanderhoek

Johannes Juda Groen (1903–1990): A Forgotten Visionary in the History of Medical Education

Jochanan Benbassat

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Mean Platelet Volume to Platelet Count Value May Not Be a Prognostic Marker in Patients with Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

Cengiz Beyan and Esin Beyan

Response to the Letter: Mean Platelet Volume to Platelet Count Value May Not Be a Prognostic Marker in Patients with Crimean–Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

Yusef Kenan Tekin and Anynur Engin

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Dear Colleague,

We are excited to share with you a very special July 2020 issue of of Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal. This issue focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic, with special guest editors Oren Caspi, M.D. and Ami Neuberger, M.D.

You are right, everyone is publishing on this topic right now. However, you will find some unique offerings including a National Position Paper, a superb review on research problems surrounding the use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus, another review on the issues affecting hurried research in this pandemic, three original research papers analyzing the pandemic, a  physician's perspective of what happened in Italy -- and much more. Scroll down to view the contents and start reading.

Please share this important issue with your friends and colleagues.

Thank you for sharing in the Maimonides tradition by enjoying this high caliber journal. 

With best warm regards,

Shraga Blazer, MD
Editor-in-Chief
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
www.rmmj.org.il

Volume 11 ♦ July 2020 ♦ Issue 3

National Position Paper

Israeli Position Paper: Triage Decisions for Severely Ill Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Joint Commission of the Israel National Bioethics Council, the Ethics Bureau of the Israel Medical Association and Representatives from the Israeli Ministry of Health

Avraham Steinberg, Ephrat Levy-Lahad, Tami Karni, Noam Zohar, Gil Siegal, Charles L. Sprung, and the Israel National Bioethics Council, the Ethics Bureau of the Israel Medical Association, and Representatives from the Israeli Ministry of Health

Original Research

The Sky Has Its Limits in COVID-19 Testing

Shai Linn, Shay Tzafrir, and Shay Gueron

Pandemic Spread—an Empirical Analysis

Zvi Ziegler

Comparison of Growth Patterns of COVID-19 Cases through the ARIMA and Gompertz Models. Case Studies: Austria, Switzerland, and Israel

Francisco Javier Diaz Perez, David Chinarro, Rosa Pino Otin,Ricardo Díaz Martín, Moises Diaz, and Adib Guardiola Mouhaffel

Review Article

Investigating an Emerging Virus During a Sudden Pandemic Outbreak

Ronit Sarid

Imaging Manifestations of Lung Injury During the COVID-19 Outbreak: What Have We Learned?

Anat Ilivitzki, Bar Rinnot, and Luda Glozman

Hydroxychloroquine and Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Systematic Review of a Scientific Failure

Stav Rakedzon, Yara Khoury, Gilad Rozenberg, and Ami Neuberger

Technological Developments and Strategic Management for Overcoming the COVID-19 Challenge within the Hospital Setting in Israel

Aharon (Ronnie) Abbo, Asaf Miller, Talya Gazit, Yonatan Savir, and Oren Caspi

COVID-19 Compared to Other Pandemic Diseases

Silvio Daniel Pitlik

Perspective

Treatment of COVID-19 Patients in Italy: A Physician’s Experience and Insights

Vered Gilad and Giovanni Masoero

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