The COVID-19 pandemic has struck education system around the globe. The pandemic initiated an immediate and complete lockdown of all the educational institutions, to keep social distancing. According to healthcare […]
Digital implications for human resource management in surgical departments.
Changes in demographics and dynamics of our society are affecting the healthcare system, leading to an intensified “war for talents,” especially for surgical departments. Also with regard to the current […]
An autopsy study of the spectrum of severe COVID-19 in children: From SARS to different phenotypes of MIS-C.
COVID-19 in children is usually mild or asymptomatic, but severe and fatal paediatric cases have been described. The pathology of COVID-19 in children is not known; the proposed pathogenesis for […]
A Virtual Coaching Workshop for a Nurse-Led Community-Based Palliative Care Team in Liberia, West Africa, to Promote Staff Well-Being During COVID-19.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented system and clinician strain worldwide, disproportionately impacting resource poor settings. This project describes the use of a virtual nurse coaching session […]
[Oro- and Nasopharyngeal Swab for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 – Step-by-step Approach].
Oro- and nasopharyngeal swab specimens by quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to detect SARS-CoV-2 is currently the main diagnostic tool during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemia. Accurate performance of the […]
The Lived Experience of Covid-19.
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the essence of living with COVID-19. The researchers used a phenomenological research design and interviewed 14 individuals ages 18 and older […]
Living with primary immunodeficiency disease during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The purpose of this survey study was to investigate the impact of Covid-19 on the lives of individuals living with primary immunodeficiency disease (PID).An online survey was distributed through social […]
Implications in the quantification of SARS-CoV2 copies in concurrent nasopharyngeal swabs, whole mouth fluid and respiratory droplets.
Association of SARS-CoV2 burden in the aerodigestive tract with the disease is sparsely understood. We propose to elucidate the implications of SARS-CoV2 copies in concurrent nasopharyngeal swab (NPS), whole mouth […]
Performance of an automated chemiluminescent immunoassay for SARS-COV-2 IgM and head-to-head comparison of Abbott and Roche COVID-19 antibody assays.
We evaluated the performance of the new Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgM assay on the Architect immunoassay analyser and compared it to the Architect IgG/Roche Cobas total antibody assays in both SARS-CoV-2 […]
Family medicine provision of online medication abortion in three US states during COVID-19.
To examine provision of direct-to-patient medication abortion during COVID-19 by US family physicians through a clinician-supported, asynchronous online service, Aid Access.We analyzed data from US residents in New Jersey, New […]