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Mechanical ventilation weaning protocols in critically ill adults and children
(2020-03-24)What is this? Some patients with COVID-19 will develop respiratory failure and need help with their breathing. This might be provided by mechanical ventilation (MV) in an intensive care unit (ICU). Various methods are ... -
Media Statement (27 March 2020)
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Medical certification, ICD mortality coding, and reporting mortality associated with COVID-19, 7 June 2020
(2020-06-07)This technical note describes medical certification of cause of death and classification (International Classification of Diseases [ICD] mortality coding) of deaths related to COVID-19. The primary goal is to identify all ... -
Medical Countermeasure Development Challenges
(2016-06)Reports of high rates of primary microcephaly and Guillain–Barré syndrome associated with Zika virus infection in French Polynesia and Brazil have raised concerns that the virus circulating in these regions is a rapidly ... -
Medical masks and Respirators for the Protection of Healthcare Workers from SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses
(2020-04-27)The use of medical masks and respirators as personal protective equipment is pivotal to reducing the level of biological hazard to which healthcare workers are exposed during the outbreak of highly diffusible pathogens, ... -
Medically-Necessary, Time-Sensitive Procedures: A Scoring System to Ethically and Efficiently Manage Resource Scarcity and Provider Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2020-04-07)Hospitals have severely curtailed the performance of non-urgent surgical procedures in anticipation of the need to redeploy healthcare resources to meet the projected massive medical needs of patients with Coronavirus ... -
Meningoencephalitis associated with COVID-19: a systematic review
(2020-12-26)With the growing number of COVID-19 cases in recent times. significant set of patients with extra pulmonary symptoms has been reported worldwide. Here we venture out to summarize the clinical profile, investigations, and ... -
The Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 pandemic in Dentistry
(2020-06-05)With the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), strict isolation strategies to limit virus transmission have been applied worldwide. The lockdown has affected and challenged different medical areas. Doctors, nurses, ... -
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 ... -
Mental health outcomes of adults hospitalized for COVID-19: A living rapid review
(2020-10-01)Scope: This rapid review compares the prevalence of mental health disorders among adults who have been hospitalized for COVID-19 to relevant comparison groups, assesses whether the prevalence of mental health disorders ... -
Mental health services for infectious disease outbreaks including COVID-19: a rapid systematic review
(2020-11-05)The upsurge in the number of people affected by the COVID-19 is likely to lead to increased rates of emotional trauma and mental illnesses. This article systematically reviewed the available data on the benefits of ... -
MERS-CoV as an emerging respiratory illness: A review of prevention methods
(2019-12)Introduction: Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus Virus (MERS-CoV) first emerged from Saudi Arabia in 2012 and has since been recognized as a significant human respiratory pathogen on a global level. Methods: In this ... -
MERS-CoV infection among healthcare workers and risk factors for death: Retrospective analysis of all laboratory-confirmed cases reported to WHO from 2012 to 2 June 2018
BACKGROUND: Approximately half of the reported laboratory-confirmed infections of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have occurred in healthcare settings, and healthcare workers constitute over one ... -
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for COVID-19: Present or Future
(2020-04-13)“COVID-19” is the word that certainly isn’t forgotten by everybody who lives in the first half of the twenty-first century. COVID-19, as a pandemic, has led many researchers from different biomedical fields to find solutions ... -
Meta-analysis of diagnostic performance of serological tests for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and public health implications
(2020-05-08)Serology-based tests have become a key public health element in the COVID-19 pandemic to assess the degree of herd immunity that has been achieved in the population. These tests differ between one another in several ways. ... -
A meta-analysis of the incidence of venous thromboembolic events and impact of anticoagulation on mortality in patients with COVID-19
(2020-08-13)Background: The incidence of venous thromboembolic events (VTE) in patients with COVID-19 is generally high but varies markedly. However, the relationship between anticoagulation and mortality in patients with COVID-19 is ... -
A Meta-analysis of the Relationship Between Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Inhibitors and COVID-19
(2020-06-02)The angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) 2 is a cell surface protein used for entry into type II pneumocytes and other tissues by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the infective agent of COVID-19. ... -
A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19
(2020-08-24)Introduction: Since December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly spread throughout the world with a large medical and economic impact. On March 12, 2020, the World Health Organization ... -
Metformin use is associated with reduced mortality rate from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection
(2020-09)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a significant impact on all aspects of life. One of the comorbidities associated with severe outcome and mortality of COVID-19 is diabetes. Metformin is one of ... -
A method to prevent SARS-CoV-2 IgM false positives in gold immunochromatography and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays
(2020-04-10)[Abstract]. Objective: To investigate the interference factors that lead to false-positive novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) IgM detected using gold immunochromatography assay (GICA) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ...