CONCLUSIONS: We found the complications of ARDS and DIC and hospital length of stay to be independent predictors of in-hospital mortality in elderly unvaccinated patients with COVID-19. Establishing treatments and prevention methods for ARDS and DIC
CONCLUSION: While confidence in public health guidelines is the most compelling determinant of vaccine acceptance, misinformation continues to undermine vaccination efforts. Addressing common myths about COVID-19 vaccines may help to improve booster
CONCLUSIONS: A wide rather than narrow partial hymenectomy prevents obliteration of the hymenal orifice after surgery for imperforate hymen. There is a need for timely interventions such as counselling and community awareness that prevent undue
CONCLUSION: The average CCI was 4.5, which was not significantly different between survivors and non-survivors. The mortality rate was elevated by 22% and was likely associated with admission to the ICU as well as the presence of another concomitant
CONCLUSIONS: Loneliness is a major public health problem among young adults in higher education. Loneliness increased during the pandemic and has decreased but is still not back to pre-pandemic levels. The results suggest the importance of open
Background: The Welsh Government has commissioned a number of projects to consider the influence their implementation of Minimum Pricing for Alcohol (MPA) legislation in March 2020 had on the alcohol consumption and related behaviours of drinkers
Enormous amount of protective masks was consumed in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic and they still burden the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to look for possibilities of their disposal in an ecologically acceptable way. This article
CONCLUSIONS: SARS-CoV-2 testing costs outweighed benefits under winter 2023-2024 conditions; however, testing became cost-effective with increasingly severe clinical outcomes. Cost-effectiveness can change as the epidemic evolves because it depends
INTRODUCTION: Aircraft cabins, susceptible to disease transmission, require effective strategies to minimize the spread of airborne diseases. This paper reviews the James Reason Swiss Cheese Theory in mitigating these risks, as implemented by the