The test and treatment of staff for COVID-19 was conducted under the icddr,b activity number ACT-01108 and ACT-01207; and this cohort study was conducted under protocol number PR-21065 and approved by the institutional review board of icddr,b. All participants provided informed consent during ...
This cohort study evaluates the association between the timing of exposure to and severity of COVID-19 disease in close contacts of index patients with
and quarantine of cases with a known time of exposure. We find that testing on exit (or entry and exit) can reduce the duration of a 14-day quarantine by 50%, while testing on entry shortens quarantine by at most one day. In a real-world test of our theory applied to offshore oil...
Early co-ordination with the ID, ER, OR, porters and cleaning departments were able to protocolise the movement of suspect COVID-19 patients to limit staff exposure. This has been reinforced in recent global surgical guidelines for COVID-19 [9]. Protocols for PPE utilisation were developed to...
Herd immunity happens when enough people in a given population have antibodies against a disease, either through vaccination or prior exposure to the virus. This prevents disease spread within a community, even to those who don’t have immunity. ...
COVID-19 and dialysis units: what do we know now and what should we do? Am J Kidney Dis. 2020;76(1):1-3. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.03.008 PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 26. Rubin R. Finding ways to reduce coronavirus exposure during dialysis. JAMA. 2020;323(20):...
Experts from the national health commission of China developed a standard treatment protocol for COVID-19. Based on their experience-derived classification of the oxygenation index, COVID-19-related ARDS was divided into three categories namely, (PaO2/FiO2) on PEEP≥5 cm H2O: mild (200 mm Hg...
Keeping them alive is obviously a primary concern right now, but preventing or ameliorating the significant amount of collateral damage caused by Covid-19 is very important also. That subject, in time, will be quite popular as more people reach the recovery phase of Covid-19. ...
The pDC response is particularly impaired in severe COVID-19 patients. Overall, we propose that pDC activation is essential to control SARS-CoV-2-infection. Failure to develop this response could be important to understand severe cases of COVID-19....
We used a hurdle model to assess simultaneously the effects of COVID-19 exposure on both the probability of choosing to donate to a charity (P) and conditional donations (CD), that is, the amount donated conditional on being a donor (see "Methods"). The model included a set of demograph...