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Coronavirus in Pregnancy and Delivery: Rapid Review and Expert Consensus
(2020-03-08)BACKGROUND Person to person spread of COIVD-19 in the UK has now been confirmed. There are limited case series reporting the impact on women affected by coronaviruses (CoV) during pregnancy. In women affected by SARS and ... -
Prone position for acute respiratory failure in adults
(2015-11-13)Background: Acute hypoxaemia de novo or on a background of chronic hypoxaemia is a common reason for admission to intensive care and for provision of mechanical ventilation. Various refinements of mechanical ventilation ... -
Nervous system involvement after infection with COVID-19 and other coronaviruses
(2020-03-30)Viral infections have detrimental impacts on neurological functions, and even to cause severe neurological damage. Very recently, coronaviruses (CoV), especially severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV 2 (SARS-CoV-2), exhibit ... -
Coronavirus Disease 2019 in elderly patients: characteristics and prognostic factors based on 4-week follow-up
(2020-03-15)[Abstract]. Objective: To investigate the characteristics and prognostic factors in the elderly patients with COVID-19. Methods: Consecutive cases over 60 years old with COVID-19 in Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from ... -
How Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Can Help Better Manage the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2020-05-02)SARS-CoV2 is a novel coronavirus, responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic declared by the World Health Organization. Thanks to the latest advancements in the field of molecular and computational techniques and information ... -
Is sleep apnoea a risk factor for Covid-19? Findings from a retrospective cohort study
(2020-05-18)Background: In the early phase of the coronavirus disease-19 (Covid-19) pandemic, Southwest Finland remained relatively spared. By the 3rd of May 2020, a total of 28 patients have been admitted to the Turku University ... -
Development and validation of an early warning score (EWAS) for predicting clinical deterioration in patients with coronavirus disease 2019
(2020-04-21)Background: Since the pandemic outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the health system capacity in highly endemic areas has been overwhelmed. Approaches to efficient management are urgently needed. We aimed to ... -
Differential ventilation using flow control valves as a potential bridge to full ventilatory support during the COVID-19 crisis
(2020-04-21)Background: It has been projected that there will be too few ventilators to meet demand during the COVID-19 (SARS CoV-2) pandemic. Ventilator sharing has been suggested as a crisis standard of care strategy to increase ... -
Rapid identification of SARS-CoV-2-infected patients at the emergency department using routine testing
(2020-04-24)Background: The novel coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, spreads rapidly across the world. The exponential increase in the number of cases has resulted in overcrowding of emergency departments (ED). ... -
Long-term clinical outcomes in survivors of coronavirus outbreaks after hospitalization or ICU admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis of follow-u studies
(2020-04-22)Objective: To determine the long-term clinical problems in adult survivors of coronavirus (CoV) infection [Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ...