PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Care
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Management and outcomes of acute appendicitis in children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way to manage the emergencies, as people faced fear of the hospitals, with possible delay in the diagnosis. Moreover, clinicians had to rearrange protocols for diagnosis and treatment. We aimed to assess whether
Segmentation of lung lobes and lesions in chest CT for the classification of COVID-19 severity
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To precisely determine the severity of COVID-19-related pneumonia, computed tomography (CT) is an imaging modality beneficial for patient monitoring and therapy planning. Thus, we aimed to develop a deep learning-based image segmentation model to
Post-discharge follow-up of patients with spine trauma in the National Spinal Cord Injury Registry of Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and lessons learned
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CONCLUSIONS: To improve patient accessibility, NSCIR-IR should take measures during data gathering to increase the accuracy of registered contact information. Regarding the loss to follow-ups of SCI patients, NSCIR-IR should find strategies for
COVID-19 Related Changes in Corneal Curvature and Endothelium after Mild Infection
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CONCLUSION: Endothelial parameters changed more than the changes in corneal curvature and ocular biometric measurements after mild COVID-19. The decrease in endothelial cell number and hexagonality and increase in polymorphism after COVID-19 were
Endothelial biomarkers in critically-ill COVID-19 patients: potential predictors of the need for dialysis
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CONCLUSION: Vascular biomarkers, mostly VCAM-1 and Ang-2/Ang-1 ratio, showed better efficiency to predict need for hemodialysis in critically-ill COVID-19 patients.
Dynamics of childhood obesity in Hong Kong throughout the COVID-19 pandemic before and after the school closures: a 3-year longitudinal study
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CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides evidence on the impact of school closure and home confinement as a standard infection control measure for the prevention of COVID-19, which are likely to break the balance between incidence of and remission from
Tackling late HIV diagnosis: Lessons from the UK in the COVID-19 era
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CONCLUSIONS: Insufficient testing is the fundamental reason for late HIV diagnosis, with societal, systemic, and individual factors all contributing to inadequate testing. Improving access to testing, removing barriers to health-seeking behaviour
Ultraviolet-C light at 222 nm has a high disinfecting spectrum in environments contaminated by infectious pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2
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Ultraviolet light (UV) acts as a powerful disinfectant and can prevent contamination of personal hygiene from various contaminated environments. The 222-nm wavelength of UV-C has a highly effective sterilization activity and is safer than 275-nm UV-C
Clinical efficacy of inhaled corticosteroids in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: A living review and meta-analysis
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Inhaled corticosteroids are known to be relatively safe for long-term use in inflammatory respiratory diseases and it has been repurposed as one of the potential therapies for outpatients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, inhaled
