PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Care
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Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 infection in individuals with sickle cell disease: an integrative review
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Sickle cell disease is the most common hemoglobinopathy among humans. As the condition promotes susceptibility to infections, chronic inflammation, and hypercoagulability disorders, several international agencies have included individuals with this
Addressing Patient-Centered Care Through Mindful Listening and Mentalizing in Psychiatry
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This 21st-Century Psychiatrist column reflects the authors' perceptions of the importance of addressing patient-centered care through mindful listening and mentalizing in psychiatry. The authors maintain that adopting a mentalizing stance is a
Efficacy of Surgical Masks Versus N95 Respirators for the Prevention of COVID-19 in Dental Settings: A Systematic Review
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. (SARS-CoV-2). It spreads mainly through saliva droplets or nasal discharge. Dentists are among the professionals with the greatest
The global impact of COVID-19 on abortion care
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CONCLUSIONS: Legislation, risk of exposure to infection, and access to telemedicine affect access to abortion. The use of novel technologies, maintaining existing infrastructure and enhancing the roles of trained manpower for safe abortion access is
Assessment of well-being using Fitbit technology in college students, faculty and staff completing breathing meditation during COVID-19: A pilot study
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This pilot study aimed to explore the intersection of mindfulness, physical activity, and mental well-being within higher education populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. College students, faculty, and staff (n = 34) from a public university
An approximate diffusion process for environmental stochasticity in infectious disease transmission modelling
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Modelling the transmission dynamics of an infectious disease is a complex task. Not only it is difficult to accurately model the inherent non-stationarity and heterogeneity of transmission, but it is nearly impossible to describe, mechanistically
Community-based COVID-19 active case finding and rapid response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Improving case detection and response
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A community-based coronavirus disease (COVID-19) active case-finding strategy using an antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic test (Ag-RDT) was implemented in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to enhance COVID-19 case detection. With this pilot
Medical students as health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
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CONCLUSION: Medical students contributed usefully and safely to the provision of healthcare within well-defined and supervised clinical support worker roles. We propose a model of working which could be adapted in the event of future pandemics or
Addressing the challenges restoring clinical services during the COVID-19 pandemic by harnessing the alignment of clinical and management leadership: an example from a large colorectal service
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CONCLUSIONS: These reorganised surgical services represent a 'silver lining' of the pandemic. Clinician-led service restructuring, with positive engagement with staff at all levels, has not only addressed backlogs of urgent elective patients in a
