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Collaborative Multi-Disciplinary Incident Command at Seattle Children’s Hospital for Rapid Preparatory Pediatric Surgery Countermeasures to the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2020-04-08)[Abstract]. Washington State was the first U.S. state to have a patient test positive for COVID-19. Prior to this, our children’s hospital proactively implemented an incident command structure which allowed for collaborative ... -
Repurposing and reshaping of hospitals during the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea
(2020-05-05)During the extensive outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Korea, many strategies in the hospital setting, such as stratified patient care, the assignment of hospitals/beds by a task force team, and the ... -
The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques: Race for COVID-19 Vaccine
(2020-04-17)Context: In the healthcare system, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging as a productive tool. There are instances where AI has done marvels in the diagnosis of various health conditions and the interpretation of complex ... -
COVID-19 Models for Hospital Surge Capacity Planning: A Systematic Review
(2020-09)Objective: Health system preparedness for COVID-19 includes projecting the number and timing of cases requiring various types of treatment. Several tools were developed to assist in this planning process. This review ... -
Covid-19 and comorbidities
(2020-12-03)A recent meta-analysis by Espinosa and colleagues, “Prevalence of Comorbidities in Patients and Mortality Cases Affected by SARS-CoV2”, found that 42% of patients with Covid-19 had comorbidities. Furthermore, 61% of those ... -
Mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic (multiple reviews)
(2020-12-15)What is this? The COVID-19 pandemic is placing a psychological and psychosocial burden on patients and wider society. Several reviews of the mental health impacts of COVID-19 and other pandemics are summarised here. More ... -
Managing intensive care admissions when there are not enough beds during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review
(2020-12-17)The surge in cases of severe COVID-19 has resulted in clinicians triaging intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in places where demand has exceeded capacity. In order to assist difficult triage decisions, clinicians require ...