PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Care

Emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in Canada: a retrospective analysis from clinical and wastewater data

Monday, January 29, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSION: In particular, it took approximately four months for VOC Alpha and Delta to contribute to half of the incidence. In contrast, VOC Omicron achieved the same contribution in less than one month. This study provides significant benchmarks to

Effects of a remote physical activity improvement program on male office workers with metabolic syndrome in their 30s and 40s with sedentary behavior: A randomized controlled trial

Monday, January 29, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSIONS: In managing MetS among office workers, it was found that remote education using the Zoom platform was effective, even during the coronavirus pandemic. As a strategy for health education in the workplace, remote education content needs to

Economic and Social Consequences of COVID-19 and Mental Health Burden Among Latinx Young Adults During the 2020 Pandemic

Monday, January 29, 2024 - 4:00 AM

Latinx young adults 18-25 years old face unique challenges that disproportionately put them at high risk of experiencing health as well as economic and social burden due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The present study examined how

Estimation of introduction and transmission rates of SARS-CoV-2 in a prospective household study

Monday, January 29, 2024 - 4:00 AM

Household studies provide an efficient means to study transmission of infectious diseases, enabling estimation of susceptibility and infectivity by person-type. A main inclusion criterion in such studies is usually the presence of an infected person

Estimation of odds ratio from group testing data with misclassified exposure

Monday, January 29, 2024 - 4:00 AM

For low prevalence disease, we consider estimation of the odds ratio for two specified groups of individuals using group testing data. Broadly the two groups may be classified as "the exposed" and "the unexposed." Often in observational studies, the

Effectiveness of partial COVID-19 vaccination on the outcome of hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the second pandemic in India

Monday, January 29, 2024 - 4:00 AM

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Eculizumab led to beneficial clinical course in a patient with generalized myasthenia gravis who developed COVID 19-associated pneumonia

Sunday, January 28, 2024 - 4:00 AM

A 74-year-old woman developed myasthenia gravis (MG) at the age of 32. She had a thymoma removed the following year, but her MG symptoms did not stabilize, and she required frequent hospitalization for fast-acting treatment (FT). She started

Editor's Note on "Deaths induced by compassionate use of hydroxychloroquine during the first COVID-19 wave: An estimate" [Biomed. Pharmacother. 171 (2024) 116055]

Sunday, January 28, 2024 - 4:00 AM

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Effect of three modalities on emergence agitation among post-traumatic stress disorder patients undergoing laparoscopy: a randomized controlled study

Sunday, January 28, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSION: Pre-operative relaxation techniques (breathing exercises and PMR) significantly lowered HR, MABP, VAS score, and EA than controls. These effects were not significantly different from intra-operative ketamine injection or the combination

Examining enduring effects of COVID-19 on college students' internalizing and externalizing problems: A four-year longitudinal analysis

Saturday, January 27, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSIONS: Reported longitudinal analyses expand upon findings from previous limited repeated-measures and cross-sectional studies. In terms of clinical significance, some of the most harmful COVID-19 effects to mental health may be long-lasting