SARS-CoV-2 acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) induces uncontrolled lung inflammation and coagulopathy with high mortality. Anti-viral drugs and monoclonal antibodies reduce early COVID-19 severity, but treatments for late-stage immuno
CONCLUSION: Our study did not reveal an increased annual prevalence of ocular vascular occlusions during COVID-19 pandemic years 2020 and 2021. Patients with previous COVID vaccination did not present differences regarding the risk profile nor
CONCLUSIONS: It was found that both online exercise programs provided effective results in OWHA due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the functional exercise program had superior effects on lower extremity functions, posture, and physical activity
CONCLUSION: Pulmonary rehabilitation showed a promising positive effect on patients with with post-COVID-19. It improved exercise capacity, perception of dyspnea, depressive symptoms, and patient knowledge needed to manage their lung disease
A woman in her 40s, with a known history of fibromyalgia, presented with high-grade fever and constitutional symptoms occurring 5 days following vaccination with Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (ChAdOx1). Her inflammatory markers and neutrophil
CONCLUSIONS: This study evaluated Internal Medicine team member focus groups to describe how the COVID-19 pandemic affected medical education during rounds. Academic teaching programs can adapt the findings from this study to address and prevent
CONCLUSION: This real-world experience demonstrates that despite suboptimal sensitivity and some variation by predominant VOC and positivity prevalence, use of RADTs is useful in hospital settings. Public health implications were discussed.
Healthcare systems adopted various strategies to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical outcomes of patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis referred for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We aimed to compare