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Description of ovine model for testing ventilator prototypes in the COVID-19 pandemic

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Case Reports Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed) –. 2021 Nov 12;S2341-1929(21)00153-0. – doi: 10.1016 / j.redare.2020.10.008. Online ahead of print. – Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Veterinary Clinic Hospital, Veterinary Faculty, Cardenal Herrera-CEU University, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected]. 2 Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Pain Treatment Service, Hospital … Read more

Frequent Placental SARS-CoV-2 in Patients with COVID-19-Associated Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

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Introduction: Studies described an increased frequency of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) after a COVID-19 episode. There is limited evidence about SARS-CoV-2 viral load in placenta. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 viral load in the placenta and clinical development of HDP after COVID-19 throughout different periods of gestation. Methods: This is … Read more

Acceptability of Clinical Trials on COVID-19 during Pregnancy among Pregnant Women and Healthcare Providers: A Qualitative Study

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Int J Environ Res Public Health –. 2021 Oct 13;18(20):10717. – doi: 10.3390/ijerph182010717. – Elena Marbán-Castro 1 , Clara Pons-Duran 1 2 , Laura Garcia-Otero 1 , Haily Chen 1 , Luis Bernardo Herrera 1 , Maria Del Mar Gil 3 4 , Anna Goncé 5 , Elena Ferriols-Pérez 6 , Miguel Angel Rodriguez 7 … Read more

COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis, Fungemia, and Pneumocystosis in the Intensive Care Unit: a Retrospective Multicenter Observational Cohort during the First French Pandemic Wave

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The aim of this study was to evaluate diagnostic means, host factors, delay of occurrence, and outcome of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and fungal coinfections in the intensive care unit (ICU). From 1 February to 31 May 2020, we anonymously recorded COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA), fungemia (CA-fungemia), and pneumocystosis (CA-PCP) from 36 centers, including results … Read more

Telemedicine follow-ups for COVID-19: Experience in a tertiary hospital

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Introduction: Telemedicine is an attractive option for the follow-up of paediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The aim of this article is to describe the experience with telephone consultations in a tertiary hospital. Patients and methods: Retrospective descriptive study of children with confirmed or probable diagnosis of COVID-19 attended by telephone consultations in Hospital La Paz … Read more

[+Proud: A Mobile Application to Empower LGBTQ+ Youth and their Family]

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LGBTQ+ people are anywhere from 1.5 to 4 times more likely than heterosexual people to report depression, anxiety, suicidal behaviors, substance abuse, eating disorders, risky sexual behaviors, homelessness, and victimization. Objective The purpose is to describe the development of a mobile application for LGBTQ youth and their family. This article is part of a research … Read more

SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia follow-up and long COVID in primary care: A retrospective observational study in Madrid city

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Background: Patients with COVID-19 are follow-up in primary care and long COVID is scarcely defined. The study aim was to describe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia and cut-offs for defining long COVID in primary care follow-up patients. Methods: A retrospective observational study in primary care in Madrid, Spain, was conducted. Data was collected during 6 months (April to … Read more

Response Letter to the Editor from Astrid Soghomonian: (Epicardial and pericardial adiposity without myocardial steatosis in Cushing’s syndrome)

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Epicardial and pericardial adiposity without myocardial steatosis in Cushing’s syndrome. Wolf P, Marty B, Bouazizi K, Kachenoura N, Piedvache C, Blanchard A, Salenave S, Prigent M, Jublanc C, Ajzenberg C, Droumaguet C, Young J, Lecoq AL, Kuhn E, Agostini H, Trabado S, Carlier PG , Bean, Redheuil A, Chanson P, Kamenický P. Wolf P, et … Read more

[Mild COVID-19 disease in healthcare workers at a German university clinic : The “first wave” at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf]

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Background: Healthcare workers are among the most exposed and potentially most threatened populations of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Despite some reports on numbers of infections with SARS-CoV‑2 in German healthcare workers, the courses of their clinical presentation when affected by COVID-19 are not well described. Objective: In this contribution, characteristics and progressions of infected cases … Read more

Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 RNA virus shedding and lymphopenia are hallmarks of COVID-19 in cancer patients with poor prognosis

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Patients with cancer are at higher risk of severe coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19), but the mechanisms underlying virus-host interactions during cancer therapies remain elusive. When comparing nasopharyngeal swabs from cancer and noncancer patients for RT-qPCR cycle thresholds measuring acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in 1063 patients (58% with cancer), we found that malignant disease … Read more