PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Care

CONCLUSIONS: The social and clinical profile of patients hospitalised for COVID-19 compared with a population hospitalised for viral respiratory diseases differed between age groups and waves. For younger patients, risk factors were linked to

CONCLUSION: While video use overall was low, patients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds had less access to VCs with their GPs in the initial lockdown, which may have had negative impacts on health. The pandemic was an unprecedented event, and

CONCLUSIONS: Most clinical variables did not change during a close follow-up schedule in the first six months after acute COVID-19. Such a follow-up plan does not appear necessary and should be personalized to limit excessive costs and resources.

CONCLUSIONS: Long-COVID has a significant impact on ability to work, study, and care for dependants. The severity of this impact is associated with specific symptom burden, including fatigue, pain, and cognitive impairment.

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CONCLUSION: This study examines frontline practitioners' perceptions of occupational risk during the pandemic. It argues two tensions underlie practitioners' risk perceptions. First, like other essential workers, HCPs constituted a unique risk group

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Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder, with persistent insomnia being associated with greater risk and leading to a range of functional consequences that place a heavy burden on patients and healthcare systems. A weight of evidence has shown

CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that COVID-19 spreads easily through all strata of society and particularly in the more deprived population; however this was not a consistent finding. Ireland is ethnically more homogenous than other countries

CONCLUSIONS: Delayed diagnoses, long waiting times and changing community services lead to increased pressure and a requirement to meet palliative care needs in acute hospitals. There is a growing need for acute palliative care services to meet the