Sep 25th, 2021 - To evaluate the efficacy and safety of antiviral antibody therapies and blood products for the treatment of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19). Living systematic review and network meta-analysis, with pairwise meta-analysis for outcomes with insufficient data. WHO covid-19 database, a comprehensive multilingual source of global covid-19 literature, and six Chinese databases (up to 21 Jul...

Sep 25th, 2021 - Temporary hold of mycophenolate augments humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: a case series.|2021|Connolly CM,Chiang TP,Boyarsky BJ,Ruddy JA,Teles M,|

Sep 25th, 2021 - Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) is a relatively novel term which describes patients who have developed a low platelet count and prothrombotic tendencies secondary to receiving a vaccine. The concept has been derived from the well-established phenomenon of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, and several cases of VITT have now been reported in patients who have received th...

Sep 25th, 2021 - Teaching Video NeuroImages: Uncommon Neuro-ophthalmic Finding in a Patient With Miller-Fisher Syndrome and Past SARS-CoV-2 Infection.|2021|Costa AF,Rodríguez A,Martínez P,Blanco MDC,|

Sep 25th, 2021 - Although serological studies have shown that antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 play an important role in protection against (re)infection, the dynamics of mucosal antibodies during primary infection and their potential impact on viral load and the resolution of disease symptoms remain unclear. During the first pandemic wave, we assessed the longitudinal nasal antibody response in index cases with m...

Sep 25th, 2021 - There is a concern that measures aiming to limit a further spread of COVID-19, e.g., school closures and social distancing, cause an aggravation of the childhood obesity epidemic. Therefore, we compared BMI trends during the 15 years before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. To assess the change in weight dynamics during the first months of COVID-19, we compared the trends of 3-month change in B...

Sep 25th, 2021 - Cross-sectional, observational study. To understand how resilience, access to personal care attendants (PCAs) and medical supplies, and concerns about medical rationing, finances, and social isolation are related to overall and mental health in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Community dwelling adults (N = 187) with SCI. Data were collected onl...

Sep 25th, 2021 - Anecdotes from the pandemic.|2021||

Sep 25th, 2021 - Many Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinics implemented alternatives to in-person service delivery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including virtual visits and electronic document sharing. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to describe WIC participants' experiences with remote service delivery and recertification during the pande...

Sep 25th, 2021 - Workplace wellness programs (WWP) offer physiological and psychological benefits to employees and financial and productivity benefits to employers. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has prevented in-person sessions and has required WWP's to transition to online platforms. The purpose of this brief report was to assess the preliminary feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a mobile version of ...

Sep 25th, 2021 - We explored the psychometric properties of the Hebrew version of the Fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S) scale among health care workers in a large medical center in Israel. Participants (N = 705) completed the FCV-19S scale, as well as resilience, subjective well-being, and meaning in life using validated scales. Results showed a two-factor structural model accounting for 79.33% of the total variance. ...

Sep 25th, 2021 - Though post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM, occurring >45 days after transplantation) and its complications are well-described, early post-renal transplant hyperglycemia (EPTH) (<45 days) similarly puts kidney transplant recipients at risk of infections, re-hospitalizations, graft failure and is not emphasized much in the literature. Proactive screening and management of EPTH is required gi...

Sep 25th, 2021 - As the pandemic progresses, the pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is becoming clearer and the potential for immunotherapy is increasing. However, clinical efficacy and safety of immunosuppressants (including tocilizumab, sarilumab and anakinra) treatment in COVID-19 patients are not yet known. We searched PubMed, Embase Medline, Web of Science and MedRxiv using specific sea...

Sep 25th, 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic poses a significant challenge to healthcare professionals and health systems around the world, most notably the disruption of its service delivery. The typical work setting for most genetic counselors (GCs) is in a clinic or hospital. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to help prevent the further spread of the virus, clinics and hospitals have restricted non-urgent in-...

Sep 25th, 2021 - Diabetic foot infection is frequent in diabetic patients and is due to neuropathy, trauma or peripheral arterial disease. The presence of an abscess requires urgent drainage and specific antibiotic therapy. Patients with critical limb ischemia need revascularization and, subsequently the intervention of a plastic surgeon is often required in cases of exposure of tendons and ligaments. During th...

Sep 25th, 2021 - Background: In March 2020, the pandemic added a major barrier resulting in the cancelation of all low vision ocular rehabilitation services. To prevent delay of beginning low vision ocular rehabilitation services, all low vision care was switched to telerehabilitation to home. Methods: Case managers began to cancel all in-person services and offer Veterans Affairs (VA) video connect services to...

Sep 25th, 2021 - This study aims to report a case series of anastomotic femoral pseudoaneurysms (PSA) treated with stent-grafting (SG) in patients at high-risk for the open surgical approach. It is a retrospective, observational cohort study. Between 1 January 2002 and 1 April 2020, post-hoc analysis of the database including patients who received repair for femoral PSA identified those treated with SG. All but...

Sep 25th, 2021 - The aim of the work is to describe the protocol adopted by the Home Care Service in pediatric onco-hematological patients of a large cancer institute in Italy during COVID-19 pandemic and to present preliminary data. Based on our experience, we have developed strategies to ensure continuity of care, non-abandonment, and protection of patients and operators in a period of emergency like this. In...

Sep 25th, 2021 - There is limited evidence on various clinical aspects of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with haematological cancers. The risk factors, prognosis, and outcome of patients with haematological cancers with coexistent COVID-19 need to be explored in different subsets of population. A single-institutional prospective observational study was conducted at a tertiary level medical institute in North ...

Sep 25th, 2021 - In December 2019, the first cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome due to a new coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2), later designated as Covid-19, were described in China. With rapid advance of the infection to several continents, in March 2020, WHO declared this to be a pandemic. In April 2020, the first papers suggesting a possible role of Vitamin D deficiency in the severity of this infection began...