CONCLUSION: The effect of a 1-month lockdown on STEMI treatment led to a reduction in survival and QALYs compared to the pre-pandemic era. Moreover, in working-age patients, untimely revascularization led to adverse prognosis, affecting societal
What is the least that humanity can do to mitigate the risks of future pandemics, to prevent worldwide surges in human deaths, illness, and suffering-and more waves of multitrillion US dollar impacts on the global economy? The issues around our
The article is the first to employ a quantile vector autoregression (QVAR) to identify the connectedness between geopolitical risks and energy volatility from January 1, 2015, to April 03, 2023. This paper is also the first to examine the mediating
CONCLUSION: Health systems should recognise and acknowledge the reasons leading to vaccine hesitancy and refusal and address these appropriately to improve vaccine uptake. Effective community sensitisation and engagement should be enhanced to clarify
NHSBT run a Serum Eyedrops programme for the UK, providing Autologous (AutoSE) and Allogenic (AlloSE) eyedrops for patients affected by severe dry eyes. The service is based within the Eye & Tissue Bank in Liverpool.In February 2020 (pre-pandemic
CONCLUSIONS: Reopening access to family members during the Covid-19 period is possible, sustainable and beneficial. The use of flexible and motivational management principles by the coordinator were crucial in ensuring a family-centred approach
Since the first SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in late 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 genome has harbored multiple mutations, especially spike protein mutations. The currently fast-spreading Omicron variant that manifests without symptoms or with upper respiratory
Folie à deux - Thrombosis and Infections Abstract: Although infections are not represented in the Revised Geneva or Wells score, they increase the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) similarly to the known risk factors (immobilization, major surgery