PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Care

Operational status of mental health, substance use, and problem gambling services: A system-level snapshot two years into the COVID-19 pandemic

Tuesday, January 09, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSION: Accessible community-based mental health, substance use and problem gambling services are critical supports, particularly for communities that have historically contended with higher needs and greater barriers to care relative to the

Optimization of the STARlet workflow for semi-automatic SARS-CoV-2 screening of swabs and deep respiratory materials using the RealAccurate Quadruplex SARS-CoV-2 PCR kit and Allplex SARS-CoV-2 PCR kit

Tuesday, January 09, 2024 - 4:00 AM

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic triggered the implementation of large-scale screenings in the health care and in the general population. Consequently, medical laboratories had to adapt and evolve workflows that are able to process large batches within short

Ocular Emergencies During the Coronavirus Disease 'Safer at Home Order' in Wisconsin

Friday, January 05, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated a 28% reduction in ophthalmology consultations at a major university hospital in Wisconsin during the COVID-19-related "Safer at Home" order, though the number of consultations leading to surgery were stable. This

Organizational compassion and employee adversarial growth under various job control

Thursday, January 04, 2024 - 4:00 AM

INTRODUCTION: Adversity can bring stress and challenges to an individual's life, but many people who experience adversity also have positive changes. The formative mechanisms of individual adversarial growth have received widespread attention.

Occurrences of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and burnout syndrome in ICU staff workers after two-year of the COVID-19 pandemic: the international PSY-CO in ICU study

Thursday, January 04, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSION: The present study confirmed that ICU staff workers, whether they treated COVID-19 patients or not, have a substantial prevalence of psychological disorders.

Outcomes of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Omicron Variant, Influenza, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus on the Dissecting Table: Is Further Dissection Required?

Thursday, January 04, 2024 - 4:00 AM

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Optimizing HIV case identification among children and understanding remaining gaps in pediatric HIV testing in Kinshasa, DRC

Thursday, January 04, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSIONS: Following intensified efforts around pediatric case finding, we found a high HIV positivity yield of 6.7% among previously undiagnosed children, with 81% of them aged ≥5 years. While elicitation improved over time, contact tracing for

Outcomes of patients with COVID-19 and coronary artery disease and heart failure: findings from the Philippine CORONA study

Thursday, January 04, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSIONS: The presence of CAD or HF was significantly associated with severity of COVID disease, all-cause mortality, death from cardiac causes, respiratory failure, and prolonged hospitalization.

Omicron-specific and bivalent omicron-containing vaccine candidates elicit potent virus neutralisation in the animal model

Wednesday, January 03, 2024 - 4:00 AM

Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) is able to escape from naturally acquired and vaccine-induced immunity, which mandates updating the current COVID-19 vaccines. Here, we investigated and compared the neutralising antibody induction of the ancestral variant

Optimum timing of lung resection surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection for non-small cell lung cancer

Wednesday, January 03, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSION: This is the first study to provide evidence regarding the optimum timing of lung resection surgery and assessing early outcomes after surgery in NSCLC patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Our study documents that the SARS-CoV-2 infection