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Prognostic Factors of Patients With COVID-19
(2020-03-17)The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in China has been declared a public health emergency of international concern. Despite lower mortality ... -
Prognostic value of interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, and procalcitonin in patients with COVID-19
(2020-04-14)Background: The inflammatory response plays a critical role in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and inflammatory cytokine storm increases the severity of COVID-19. Objective: To investigate the ability of interleukin-6 ... -
The Prognostic Value of Thrombocytopenia in COVID-19 Patients; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2020-09-22)Introduction: Multiple lines of evidence have attested that decreased numbers of platelets may serve as a surrogate marker for poor prognosis in a wide range of infectious diseases. Thus, to provide a well-conceptualized ... -
Programas de inmunización a medida (PIM)
(2020-04-27)La vacunación o inmunización es una excelente intervención de salud, que salva millones de vidas y ahorra aún más dolor y sufrimiento. Permite reducir las desigualdades, aumentar el acceso a los servicios de salud en general ... -
Projecting Month of Birth for At-Risk Infants after Zika Virus Disease Outbreaks
(2016)The marked increase in infants born with microcephaly in Brazil after a 2015 outbreak of Zika virus (Zika virus) disease suggests an association between maternal Zika virus infection and congenital microcephaly. To project ... -
Projection of hospitalization by COVID-19 in Brazil following different social distances policies
(2020-05-15)Following the first infections in the Wuhan City, COVID-19 became a global pandemic as declared by the World Health Organization (WHO). Since it is an airborne disease transmitted between humans, many countries adopted a ... -
Prolonged Detection of Zika Virus RNA in Pregnant Women
(2016)Objective: Zika virus infection during pregnancy is a cause of microcephaly and other fetal brain abnormalities. Reports indicate that the duration of detectable viral RNA in serum after symptom onset is brief. In a recent ... -
Prolonged detection of Zika virus RNA in urine samples during the ongoing Zika virus epidemic in Brazil
(2016-06)Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne virus that belongs to the genus Flavivirus. ZIKV may cause Zika virus disease (ZVD) in humans that is characterized by fever, headache, myalgia and rash. The first autochthonous ... -
Promoting health equity, gender and ethnic equality, and human rights in COVID-19 responses: Key considerations
(2020-05-04)Rationale: The COVID‐19 pandemic affects diverse groups of women and men differently. The risks and consequences are disproportionately felt by certain groups, especially those living in situations of vulnerability and ... -
Prone position during mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients
(2020-03-25)Citation: Bloomfield R, Noble DW, Sudlow A. Prone position for acute respiratory failure in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015; (11): CD008095 What is this? Some patients with COVID-19 will become ... -
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 ... -
Proportion of asymptomatic coronavirus disease 2019: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
(2020-07-21)We aim to systematically review the characteristics of asymptomatic infection in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). PubMed and EMBASE were electronically searched to identify original studies containing the rate of ... -
Prospective Zika virus disease cohort: systematic screening
(2016-08)In December, 2015, the fi rst imported case of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection was diagnosed in French Guiana in a group of 136 travellers returning from Suriname. No autochthonous cases had been detected in French ... -
Protecting healthcare workers from pandemic influenza: N95 or surgical masks?
(2010-02)Objective: The successful management of an influenza pandemic will be reliant on the expertise of healthcare workers at high risk for occupationally acquired influenza. Recommended infection control measures for ... -
Protective Adaptive Immunity Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronaviruses 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Implications for Vaccines
(2020-06-01)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emerging human coronavirus responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a predominantly respiratory disease that has become a global pandemic. ... -
Prudent public health intervention strategies to control the coronavirus disease 2019 transmission in India: A mathematical model-based approach
(2020-04-28)Background & objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has raised urgent questions about containment and mitigation, particularly in countries where the virus has not yet established human-to-human transmission. The ... -
Psychological and Behavioral Responses in South Korea During the Early Stages of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
(2020-04-25)Background: The psychological and behavioral responses during the early stage of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Korea were investigated to guide the public as full and active participants of public health ...