Browsing by Subject "Pandemics"

An Agile Systems Modeling Framework for Bed Resource Planning During COVID-19 Pandemic in Singapore.

Lam, Sean Shao Wei; Pourghaderi, Ahmad Reza; Abdullah, Hairil Rizal; Nguyen, Francis Ngoc Hoang Long; Siddiqui, Fahad Javaid; Ansah, John Pastor; Low, Jenny G; ... (9 authors) (Frontiers in public health, 2022-01)

<h4>Background</h4>The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on health systems globally. The sufficiency of hospitals' bed resource is a cornerstone for access to care which can significantly impact the public health ...

Assessment of an Online Tool to Simulate the Effect of Pooled Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Populations.

Polage, Christopher R; Lee, Mark J; Hubbard, Christopher; Rehder, Catherine; Cardona, Diana; Denny, Thomas; Datto, Michael B (JAMA network open, 2020-12)

Bilateral anterior and intermediate uveitis in SARS-CoV-2 associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a pediatric patient.

Shantha, Jessica; Reddy, Amit K; Sura, Amol; Tsang, Adrian; Moussa, Kareem; Acharya, Nisha; Gonzales, John; ... (8 authors) (Pediatric rheumatology online journal, 2022-07)

<h4>Purpose</h4>To report a case of bilateral anterior intermediate uveitis after recovery from SARS-CoV-2 associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).<h4>Case report</h4>A 9-year-old male presented ...

Caring for Caregivers During COVID-19.

Dang, Stuti; Penney, Lauren S; Trivedi, Ranak; Noel, Polly H; Pugh, Mary Jo; Finley, Erin; Pugh, Jacqueline A; ... (9 authors) (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2020-10)

Cell-based therapy to reduce mortality from COVID-19: Systematic review and meta-analysis of human studies on acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Qu, Wenchun; Wang, Zhen; Hare, Joshua M; Bu, Guojun; Mallea, Jorge M; Pascual, Jorge M; Caplan, Arnold I; ... (18 authors) (Stem cells translational medicine, 2020-09)

Severe cases of COVID-19 infection, often leading to death, have been associated with variants of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Cell therapy with mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) is a potential treatment for ...

Changing trends in mortality among solid organ transplant recipients hospitalized for COVID-19 during the course of the pandemic.

Heldman, Madeleine R; Kates, Olivia S; Safa, Kassem; Kotton, Camille N; Georgia, Sarah J; Steinbrink, Julie M; Alexander, Barbara D; ... (45 authors) (American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2022-01)

Mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 has declined over the course of the pandemic. Mortality trends specifically in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) are unknown. Using data from a multicenter registry ...

Continuing versus suspending angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers: Impact on adverse outcomes in hospitalized patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)--The BRACE CORONA Trial.

Lopes, Renato D; Macedo, Ariane Vieira Scarlatelli; de Barros E Silva, Pedro Gabriel Melo; Moll-Bernardes, Renata Junqueira; Feldman, Andre; D'Andréa Saba Arruda, Guilherme; de Souza, Andrea Silvestre; ... (16 authors) (American heart journal, 2020-08)

Angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) expression may increase due to upregulation in patients using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). Because renin-angiotensin system ...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): an evidence map of medical literature.

Liu, Nan; Chee, Marcel Lucas; Niu, Chenglin; Pek, Pin Pin; Siddiqui, Fahad Javaid; Ansah, John Pastor; Matchar, David Bruce; ... (18 authors) (BMC medical research methodology, 2020-07-02)

<h4>Background</h4>Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in December 2019, a substantial body of COVID-19 medical literature has been generated. As of June 2020, gaps and longitudinal trends in the COVID-19 medical ...

COVID-19 and the need for disability conscious medical education, training, and practice.

Doebrich, Adrienne; Quirici, Marion; Lunsford, Christopher (Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine, 2020-01)

The COVID-19 era exposes what was already a crisis in the medical profession: structural racism, ageism, sexism, classism, and ableism resulting in healthcare disparities for Persons with Disabilities (PWD). Early research ...

COVID-19 mortality risk for older men and women.

Yanez, N David; Weiss, Noel S; Romand, Jacques-André; Treggiari, Miriam M (BMC public health, 2020-11)

<h4>Background</h4>Case-fatality from COVID-19 has been reported to be relatively high in patients age 65 years or older. We sought to determine the age-specific rates of COVID-19 mortality at the population level.<h4>Me...

COVID-19-associated brief psychotic disorder.

Smith, Colin M; Komisar, Jonathan R; Mourad, Ahmad; Kincaid, Brian R (BMJ case reports, 2020-08-11)

A 36-year-old previously healthy woman with no personal or family history of mental illness presented with new-onset psychosis after a diagnosis of symptomatic COVID-19. Her psychotic symptoms initially improved ...

COVID-19: The Time for Collaboration Between Long-Term Services and Supports, Health Care Systems, and Public Health Is Now.

Dawson, Walter D; Boucher, Nathan A; Stone, Robyn; VAN Houtven, Courtney H (The Milbank quarterly, 2021-06)

Policy Points To address systemic problems amplified by COVID-19, we need to restructure US long-term services and supports (LTSS) as they relate to both the health care systems and public health systems. We present both ...