PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Care

BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, national governments took restrictive measures, such as a visitors ban, prohibition of group activities and quarantine, to protect nursing home residents against infections. As 'safety' prevailed

CONCLUSIONS: Dementia was the most common risk factor, while ADL independence was the most common protective factor associated with cognitive decline in LTC residents. This information can be used to stratify residents by risk severity and provide

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses a clear threat to humanity. It has infected over 200 million and killed 4 million people worldwide, and infections continue with no end in sight. To control the pandemic, multiple

SARS-CoV-2 induces major cellular lipid rearrangements, exploiting the host's metabolic pathways to replicate. Sterol regulatory element binding proteins (SREBPs) are a family of transcription factors that control lipid metabolism. SREBP1 is

This study was conducted to evaluate the bereavement experiences of families of elderly individuals who died due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the qualitative research methods, the case study method, was used in the study. The sample of the

CONCLUSIONS: This study provides valuable insight into COVID-19 care in Germany and shows how the majority of patients could be treated with the maximum treatment required according to disease severity following the national algorithm. Escalation of

CONCLUSIONS: Children infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-Cov-2 in Chengdu generally have mild clinical symptoms, mainly upper respiratory tract infection, which has little threat to the health of children of different ages, and children tend

CONCLUSIONS: Underlying heart disease, lymphocyte count, glomerular filtration rate, lactate, oxygenation index, SOFA score, and MuLBSTA score were associated with the risk of death in severe and critical COVID-19 patients.

CONCLUSION: This is an outbreak of COVID-19 with a high attack rate among employees in a mental hospital. The attack rate of medical personnel is higher than that of logistics personnel, which may be related to opportunities and duration of contact

CONCLUSION: Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir treatment significantly reduced oxygen therapy requirements in high-risk patients with COVID-19 during the omicron variant surge in South Korea. Physicians are encouraged to consider the active use of nirmatrelvir