CONCLUSION: The familiarity with the different scores used during triage assessments is low. The total clinical picture of the patient is needed to make a considered decision, and this total picture of the patient seems to be well encompassed by
Background. Infectious diseases constitute a significant concern worldwide due to their increasing prevalence, associated health risks, and the socioeconomic costs. Machine learning (ML) models and epidemic models formulated using deterministic
CONCLUSIONS: Certain industries involving in-person work in close quarters are associated with elevated COVID-19 transmission. Continued reliance on rapid screening in these sectors is warranted.
According to the World Health Organization-led Delphi consensus, long COVID corresponds to the occurrence of symptoms beyond twelve weeks after the onset of acute COVID-19 illness that cannot be explained by alternate diagnosis. This cross-sectional
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In this cohort study of children tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection in Canadian pediatric EDs, although children infected with SARS-CoV-2 reported increased chronic symptoms, few of these children developed PCC, and overall
Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is the main extracorporeal kidney support therapy used in critical ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Since its conceptualization ~50 years ago, there have been major improvements in its
CONCLUSIONS: Many CYP continue to experience symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Efforts to aid early identification and intervention of those most in need is warranted and the consequences of COVID-19 for CYP call for long-term follow-up.
In this study, we estimated the excess mortality from all-causes of death and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in adults living in the state of São Paulo during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Number of deaths were retrieved from the Mortality