Mar 3rd, 2021 - Telemedicine involves delivering healthcare and preventative care services to patients without the need for in-person encounters. Traditionally, telemedicine has been used for acute events (e.g., stroke, used to relay essential information to the emergency department) and chronic disease management (e.g., diabetes and chronic kidney disease management). Though the utilization of telemedicine in...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - As in many fields of medical care, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) resulted in an increased uncertainty regarding the safety of allergen immunotherapy (AIT). Therefore, the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) aimed to analyze the situation in different countries and systematically collect all information available regarding tolerability and possible amendments in...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Reimagining the Role of School-Based Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.|2021|Abdul-Raheem JN,Liu AJ,Collins ME,|

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Organizing the 16th Spring School on Immunology during a pandemic.|2021|Lohoff M,Wolf M,Durez T,|

Mar 3rd, 2021 - During spring 2020, COVID-19 forced widespread United States school building closures in an unprecedented disruption for K-12 students and staff. Partnering with the American School Health Association (ASHA), we sought to identify areas of concern among school staff planning for school reopening with the goal of addressing gaps in resources and education. This 16-item web-based survey was distr...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can cause thyroid hormonal disorders. In addition, tracheal compression by thyroid nodules can aggravate hypoxia in critically-ill patients. No studies have investigated the effect of thyroid nodules on the prognosis of patients with COVID-19. In this study, we investigated the effect of thyroid hormonal disorders and thyroi...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Point-of-care lung ultrasound is a widely used tool in the diagnosis and management of patients with pulmonary diseases and now with SARS-CoV-2 infection. We describe two cases of pneumothorax which are, as far as we know, among the first reported in COVID-19 patients younger than 18 years. The diagnostic and monitoring role of point-of-care lung ultrasound has been extremely useful in the mana...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Meaningful engagement is an important dimension of quality of life and care for persons living with dementia, including the growing number who reside in assisted living communities. This report presents preliminary findings from an ongoing qualitative study aimed at identifying best care practices to create and maintain meaningful engagement among persons with dementia. Over a 1-year period, we...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Impact of COVID-19 on surgical training.|2021|Davis CE,Hayes L,Dent N,Jennings I,Arumugasamy M,|

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Psychological implications on stoma patients waiting for reversal in the era of COVID-19 pandemic.|2021|Vailas M,Sotiropoulou M,Schizas D,Maroulis I,|

Mar 3rd, 2021 - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has increased awareness that severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) may have profound effects on the cardiovascular system. COVID-19 often affects patients with pre-existing cardiac disease, and may trigger acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), venous thromboembolism (VTE), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), a...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Postponing elective surgery due to COVID-19 did not decrease the oncological surgery rate in Finland.|2021|Kuitunen I,Ponkilainen VT,Uimonen MM,Paloneva J,Launonen AP,|

Mar 3rd, 2021 - To describe the demographics, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of hospitalized adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in an academic medical center in the southern United States. Retrospective, observational cohort study of all adult patients (18 years and older) consecutively admitted with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 infection between Mar...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - This study aimed to evaluate the acceptability of 14 days of self-quarantine and the positivity rate of pre-operative severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening for patients undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery. The self-quarantine programme and pre-operative SARS-CoV-2 PCR screening were initiated for patients who were scheduled fo...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - To examine whether patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) treated with conventional synthetic (cs) disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and/or biologic (b) DMARDs, could be affected from SARS-CoV-2 infection and to explore the COVID-19 disease course and outcome in this population. This is a prospective observational study. During the period February-December 2020, 443 patients wi...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Northern Italy has been particularly hit by the current Covid-19 pandemic. Italian deceased patients have a mean age of 78.5 years and only 1.2% have no comorbidities. These data started a public debate whether patients die "with" or "from" Covid-19. If on one hand the public opinion has been persuaded to believe that Covid-19 infection has poor outcomes just in elderly and/or fragile subjects,...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Asian-American Trainees During the COVID-19 Pandemic.|2021|Wang MZ,Hu JR,|

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Learning in a Pandemic.|2021|Manzoor F,|

Mar 3rd, 2021 - The Impact of COVID-19 on Marginalized Communities.|2021|Grunhut J,|

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Scarce and inconclusive evidence exists on the mental health consequences of the COVID-19 lockdown. This study examined the psychological impact of the lockdown in Greece, resilience levels, use of coping strategies, and identified high-risk groups. A sample of 1661 participants (mean age = 39.5, SD = 12.2; 75.5% females) completed a web-based survey, which was distributed through social networ...