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Impact of the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic on the Number of Strokes and Mechanical Thrombectomies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2020-07-22)Background: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on stroke care, including the number of stroke alerts/codes, number of reperfusions, and ... -
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the care and management of patients with acute cardiovascular disease: a systematic review
(2020-11-05)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare services around the world, which may have serious implications for the prognosis of patients with acute cardiovascular disease. We conducted a systematic review ... -
Impact of virus testing on COVID-19 case fatality rate: estimate using a fixed-effects model
(2020-05-01)Background In response to the SARS-CoV2 pandemic, governments have adopted a variety of public health measures. There are variations in how much testing has been done across countries. South Korea, Germany, and Iceland ... -
Impact on mental health and perceptions of psychological care among medical and nursing staff in Wuhan during the 2019 novel coronavirus disease outbreak: A cross-sectional study
(2020-03-30)The severe 2019 outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which was first reported in Wuhan, would be expected to impact the mental health of local medical and nursing staff and thus lead them to seek help. However, ... -
Impacts of remdesivir on dynamics and efficacy stratified by the severity of COVID- 19: a simulated two-arm controlled study
(2020-05-22)Background: The impact of remdesivir on length of stay of hospitalization, high-risk state, and death stratified by the severity of COVID-19 at enrollment is controversial. Methods: We applied a simulated two-arm controlled ... -
Implications for COVID-19: A systematic review of nurses’ experiences of working in acute care hospital settings during a respiratory pandemic
(2020-11)Background: Pandemics and epidemics are public health emergencies that can result in substantial deaths and socio-economic disruption. Nurses play a key role in the public health response to such crises, delivering direct ... -
Implications of COVID-19 in pediatric rheumatology
(2020-06-04)COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, is a global public health issue threatening millions of lives worldwide. Although the infection is mild in most of the affected individuals, it may cause ... -
The importance of timing of a population level intervention on COVID-19 mortality
(2020-04-22)COVID-19 poses an immense and immediate threat to global public health. Population level interventions (PLIs) impact this threat, with estimable large effects on reducing mortality. Many countries worldwide have currently ... -
Imported Zika virus infection from the Cook Islands into Australia, 2014
(2014)A female resident of Townsville, Queensland, Australia has been diagnosed with Zika virus infection following a recent trip to the Cook Islands. An initial serum sample collected in March, 2014 was positive by two separate ... -
Improved measurement of racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality in the United States
(2020-05-23)Different estimation methods produce diverging accounts of racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality in the United States. The Center for Disease Control's decision to present the racial/ethnic distribution of COVID-19 ... -
Improving adherence to Standard Precautions for the control of health care‐associated infections
(2018-02-26)Background: 'Standard Precautions' refers to a system of actions, such as using personal protective equipment or adhering to safe handling of needles, that healthcare workers take to reduce the spread of germs in healthcare ... -
Improving psychological outcomes in healthcare employees during an infectious disease outbreak were identified
(2020-03-26)What is this? The COVID-19 pandemic is placing a great strain on health systems and healthcare workers. Factors associated with psychological outcomes among healthcare workers involved in the SARS crisis were examined to ... -
In vitro testing of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin on SARS-CoV-2 shows synergistic effect
(2020-03)Human coronaviruses SARS-CoV-2 appeared at the end of 2019 and led to a pandemic with high morbidity and mortality. As there are currently no effective drugs targeting this virus, drug repurposing represents a short-term ... -
Inactivation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 by WHO-Recommended Hand Rub Formulations and Alcohols
(2020-07)Infection control instructions call for use of alcohol-based hand rub solutions to inactivate severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. We determined the virucidal activity of World Health Organization–recommended ... -
Inactivation of Zika virus in plasma with amotosalen and ultraviolet A illumination
(2016)Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae. ZIKV was first isolated in 1947 from a Rhesus monkey from the Zika forest in Uganda.1 Until 2007, only sporadic ... -
Incidence and Persistence of Viral Shedding in COVID-19 Post-acute Patients With Negativized Pharyngeal Swab: A Systematic Review
(2020-08-28)After the global spread of a severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), factors that influence viral diffusion have gained great attention. Human-to-human transmission mainly occurs through ... -
Incidence of acute pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-09-17)Background: Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) has been described as a frequent and prognostically relevant complication of COVID-19 infection. Aim: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the in-hospital incidence ... -
Incidence of Myocardial Injury in COVID-19-Infected Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2020)Introduction: The incidence of acute myocardial injury (AMI) among Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19)-infected patients remain unclear. We aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to further explore the incidence ... -
Incidence of thrombotic complications in critically ill ICU patients with COVID-19
(2020-04)Introduction: COVID-19 may predispose to both venous and arterial thromboembolism due to excessive in- flammation, hypoxia, immobilisation and diffuse intravascular coagulation. Reports on the incidence of thrombotic ... -
Incidence of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients with COVID‐19
(2020-05-05)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) can lead to systemic coagulation activation and thrombotic complications. We investigated the incidence of objectively confirmed venous thromboembolism (VTE) in 198 hospitalized patients ...