Severe blepharokeratoconjunctivitis (BKC) is associated with vision loss and ocular morbidity; hence, early diagnosis and treatment are crucial. Retrospective data collection using electronic patient and billing database records of all patients <18 years of age with severe BKC between March 2010 and March 2022 was performed at the Eye Clinic at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. Severe BKC was defined as including corneal inflammation, new vessel formation, scarring, thinning and...
Successful recruitment into randomized trials and interventions is essential to advance scientific knowledge to improve health. This rapid assessment study explored how the COVID-19 pandemic affected participant recruitment overall, identified how it
Only corticosteroids have confirmed mortality benefits in coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19). Rational use of costlier drugs with questionable benefits poses a great concern to hospital pharmacies in low middle-income countriesAim: The present
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Despite multiple challenges, nearly all nursing homes tried to implement many different approaches to address residents' social needs, with some (eg, having an assigned family contact, use of tablets and phones)
We evaluated the performance of rapid antigen (RAg) and antibody (RAb) microfluidic diagnostics with serial sampling of 71 participants at six visits over two months following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Rapid tests showed strong agreement with laboratory
CONCLUSIONS: The study demonstrates how rapid domain adaptation in machine learning can provide quality assurance, linkage to care, and public health tracking for untrained users across diverse POC diagnostic tests.
Social insurance is an essential component of a contemporary social security system since it protects people's fundamental well-being, but it also incurs a heavy cost for businesses. If social security costs are excessively high, business