PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Care

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the healthcare systems, adding extra pressure to reduce antimicrobial resistance. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate changes in antibiotic prescription patterns after COVID-19 started.

Invasive fungal infections are uncommon in pediatric heart transplant recipients. Risk and mortality are highest in the first 6 months post-transplant, especially in patients with previous surgery and those requiring mechanical support. There is a

CONCLUSIONS: Based on the studies reviewed, immersive technologies offer the greatest benefit in surgical skills teaching and as a replacement for lecture- and online-based learning. The review identified gaps that could be areas for future research.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a remarkable challenge for the healthcare system. The delayed presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of head and neck cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to adversely affect outcomes. COVIDSurg

This review discusses research conducted globally between March 2020 and March 2023 examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent social functioning, including their lifestyle, extracurricular activities, family environment, peer

CONCLUSION: Hyperglycemia at admission was associated with poor outcomes in COVID-19 patients, even in those without known pre-existing diabetes. Glycemic testing should be recommended for all COVID-19 patients.

CONCLUSION: It appears feasible to offer a 10-week exercise programme to patients attending a national cancer centre, with adequate recruitment, retention and adherence rates and high acceptability among stakeholders. CONTRIBUTION OF THE PAPER.

CONCLUSION: Conclusions: G2 patients demonstrated the LV dilation and its systolic function impairment, and presented with CBF drop and MES burden increase, being more advanced in contrast to G1 and G3. LV contractility decrease was associated with

CONCLUSIONS: In this sample, dry eye symptoms were most exacerbated with mask wear in those that had mild initial symptom scores compared with those with severe symptom scores at baseline. The use of nose wire masks may be protective, as the severe

This paper documents the short-run macroeconomic impacts of influenza pandemics across 16 countries spanning 1871-2016 using the Jordà-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory Database and the Human Mortality Database. We find pandemic-induced mortality