PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Care

One hundred ninety-five patients presenting with post-COVID symptomology, including parosmia and dysgeusia, underwent reversible stellate ganglion blockade. Stellate ganglion blockade was performed at an outpatient facility, and patients were

Background This study aimed to determine if self-estimated body mass index (BMI) from telephone consultation was accurate and useful for surgical planning prior to elective general surgery. Methods A prospective cohort study was performed under a

CONCLUSION: Among non-intubated severe COVID-19 cases, tocilizumab reduces the risk of invasive mechanical ventilation and mortality compared to standard-of-care treatment.

Ever since the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, East Asians across the globe have been ostracized, othered, pathologized, and subjected to numerous anti-Asian hate crimes. Despite contemporary China's rapid modernization, the country

Labour migrants who travel overseas for employment can face deep health inequities driven in a large part by upstream social and structural determinants of health. We sought to study the 'labour migrant health ecosystem' between one sending country

CONCLUSION: The majority of SARS-CoV-2 infections among HCW could be attributed to community-acquired infection. Infections among HCW that could be classified as due to nosocomial transmission, were mainly caused by HCW-to-HCW transmission rather

CONCLUSIONS: Automatic analysis of HRCT images by AI may be a valuable method for predicting the severity of COVID-19 pneumonia. The radiological parameters of lung involvement correlate with laboratory markers of inflammation, and are strong

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Augmented renal clearance (ARC) is a pathophysiological phenomenon that can occur in critically ill patients, leading to enhanced renal function. It is defined as a creatinine clearance of >130 mL/min/1.73 m² . ARC can lead to subtherapeutic levels

OBJECTIVES: To examine the use of two coding systems used in the THIN UK primary care research database for the coding of telephone encounters between patient and healthcare professional in primary care. This is relevant to other research databases