CONCLUSION: In patients aged 20-49 years, vaccinated patients had a significantly lower prevalence of pneumonia and chest X-ray severity score than non-vaccinated patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Although there have been anecdotal reports of adverse events associated with the COVID-19 vaccine, our review of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System database did not produce positive signals across all 4 measures for any potential
CONCLUSIONS: Sarcopenia should be closely monitored in patients with cases of severe inflammatory effect, inadequate food intake, and diminished physical activity such as hospitalized survivors of COVID-19.
CONCLUSION: Our ecological study demonstrates significant decreases in the frequency of paediatric intussusception admissions during the COVID-19 lockdown periods. The unexpected magnitude of the reductions suggests that the true proportion of
CONCLUSIONS: Amidst the pandemic-related constraints, we found that SDD was associated with lower hospital costs and comparable contribution margins compared with POD1. Additionally, the study was unable to identify any significant difference between
Key epidemiological parameters, including the effective reproduction number, R(t), and the instantaneous growth rate, r(t), generated from an ensemble of models, have been informing public health policy throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in the four
The COVID-19 pandemic generated diverse impacts and responses in agricultural value chains worldwide. Cocoa is a key crop for Ecuadorian exports, and the analysis of effects the pandemic had on value chain actors contributes to the understanding of
CONCLUSION: Our study observed a prevalence of 21.5% exacerbation of pre-existing chronic pain after SARS-CoV-2 infection, with a consequence of poor quality of life, more severe anxiety and depression. Previous chronic neuropathic pain, lower
CONCLUSION: A range of determinants promoting and hindering PA, ranging across all layers of the socio-ecological model were identified by children, parents and teachers in this study. These determinants need to be kept in mind when developing