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COVID-19 Information Systems and Digital Health: After-Action Review of the First 100 Days in Quarantine
(7/2/2020)In just a few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disruptive impact on all sectors of society: on how we live, how we govern ourselves, how we mobilize, how we work, how we educate ourselves, and how nations manage and ... -
COVID-19 Information Systems and Digital Health: After-Action Review of the First 100 Days in Quarantine
(2020-07-02)In just a few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disruptive impact on all sectors of society: on how we live, how we govern ourselves, how we mobilize, how we work, how we educate ourselves, and how nations manage and ... -
COVID-19 mathematical model reopening scenarios for Sao Paulo - Brazil
(2020-05-01)The objective of the current investigation was to produce a generalized computational model to predict consequences of various reopening scenarios on COVID-19 infections rates and available hospital resources in Sao Paulo ... -
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 Outbreak Associated with Air Conditioning in Restaurant, Guangzhou, China, 2020
(2020-07)Early release. [Abstract]. During January 26–February 10, 2020, an outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus disease in an air-conditioned restaurant in Guangzhou, China, involved 3 family clusters. The airflow direction was ... -
COVID-19 pandemic and maternal mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-11-01)Objective: To evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression of women during pregnancy and perinatal period. Methods: We systematically searched online databases to identify any report on maternal ... -
COVID-19 pandemic and troponin: indirect myocardial injury, myocardial inflammation or myocarditis?
(2020-07-10)The initial mechanism for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is the binding of the virus to the membrane-bound form of ACE2, which is mainly expressed in the lung. Since the heart and ... -
COVID-19 pandemic in Panama: lessons of the unique risks and research opportunities for Latin America
(2020-06)[ABSTRACT]. The Republic of Panama has the second most unequally distributed wealth in Central America, has recently entered the list of countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and has one of the largest testing rate ... -
The COVID-19 Pandemic Predominantly Hits Poor Neighborhoods, or does it? Evidence from Germany
(2020-05-22)Background Reports from the UK and the USA suggest that COVID-19 predominantly affects poorer individuals and neighbourhoods. This article paints a more complex picture by distinguishing between a first and second phase ... -
The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Review of Taxonomy, Genetics, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Control
(2020-04-24)A pneumonia outbreak with unknown etiology was reported in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in December 2019, associated with the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. The causative agent of the outbreak was identified by the WHO ... -
COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences in China and implications for its prevention and treatment worldwide
(2020)The outbreak of COVID-19 due to SARS-CoV-2 originally emerged in Wuhan in December, 2019. As of March 22, 2020, the disease had spread to 186 countries, with at least 305,275 confirmed cases. Although there has been a ... -
COVID-19 pandemic: palliative care for elderly and frail patients at home and in residential and nursing homes
(2020-03-24)While the whole population is at risk from infection with the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), older people – often frail and subject to multimorbidity – are at highest risk for severe and fatal disease. Experience from Italy ... -
COVID-19 pandemic: triage for intensive-care treatment under resource scarcity
(2020-03-24)Owing to the rapid spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), an extraordinary situation has been declared, and acute hospitals will therefore be confronted with a massive influx of patients. Initially, this can be absorbed ... -
Covid-19 Pandemic: What Changes for Dentists and Oral Medicine Experts? A Narrative Review and Novel Approaches to Infection Containment
(2020-06)The authors performed a narrative review on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome- CoronaVirus-2 ( SARS-CoV-2) and all infectious agents with the primary endpoints to illustrate the most accepted models of safety protocols in ... -
COVID-19 pneumonia: infection control protocol inside computed tomography suites
(2020-03-17)A novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) causes a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China. It spread rapidly and globally. CT imaging is helpful for the evaluation of the novel coronavirus ... -
COVID-19 progression is potentially driven by T cell immunopathogenesis
(2020-05-19)Background: The role of cellular immunity in pathogenesis of COVID-19 is unclear and conflicting data points to insufficient or pathogenic immunity as drivers of COVID-19 progression. Here we aimed to delineate the phenotype ... -
COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care
The purpose of this guideline is to maximize the safety of patients who need critical care during the COVID-19 pandemic while protecting staff from infection. It will also enable services to make the best use of NHS resource -
COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19
(2020-12-18)This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing the long-term effects of COVID-19, often described as ‘long COVID’. It makes recommendations about care in all healthcare settings for adults, children and young ... -
COVID-19 Recommended Interventions in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) during the Pandemic, June 2020
(2020-07-16)The COVID-19 pandemic is a major threat both to physical and mental health and to the well-being of entire societies that have been critically affected by this crisis, making it a priority that must be urgently addressed. ... -
COVID-19 Reports, Imperial College London
(2020)Since the emergence of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) in December 2019, we have adopted a policy of immediately sharing research findings on the developing pandemic. These pages provide all output from the Imperial College ...