All surveys were completed prior to March 2020 when the first case of COVID-19 was identified in Michigan. Surveys were completed by infection preventionists, directors of nursing, or NH administrators. Results 55 NHs (95%) completed the survey. Most were aware of their UTI and CAUTI rates ...
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Although the clinical spectrum of COVID-19 is heterogeneous, patients with active malignancy experience more severe disease and higher observed death rates from COVID-19, which have ranged between 5% and 61%, with a recent meta-analysis-based estimate of 25.6% (Dai et al., 2020; Giannakoulis...
Monitoring of COVID-19 Infection in Lebanon. Republic of Lebanon Ministry of Public Health. Published April 27, 2020. Accessed June 29, 2020. https://www.moph.gov.lb/en/Pages/20/26291/covid-19-daily-situation-report#/en/Pages/20/31318/monitoring-of-covid-19- 2. Max Roser HR, Ortiz...
COVID-19 has a wavy pattern of infection / mortality rates, understanding the mutations and their associated epidemiology will be interesting. Viral lineage According to theCoronaviridaestudy group of Animal ssRNA + viruses subcommittee of the ICTV (International Virus Taxonomy committee),Coronaviri...
Podcast: The RECOVER-Adult Long COVID Research Index, Afib Review, Adenoma Detection Rates and Postcolonoscopy CRC, and more Original Investigation Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Severe Isolated Tricuspid RegurgitationThe Tri.Fr Randomized Clinical Trial Erwan Donal, MD, PhD; Julien Dreyfus,...
After the primary transmission, the rapid rate of infection spread due to direct transmission from humans to humans in families, health care centers and public contact areas [9]. Signs and symptoms of COVID-19 patients include dry cough, fatigue, fever, dyspnea runny nose, and in some cases...
Seroprevalence and Associated Risks of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in An Epidemic Context in The Region of Kédougou, Southeast Senegal Dealing with COVID-19 Vaccine Related Antibody-Dependent Enhancement: A Mini Review Effects of The Constructed (+)-Limonene Synthesis Pathway in Sake Yeast on The ...
Infectious disease constitutes one of the grand medical challenges. As illustrated by the COVID-19 pandemic, virus infections can emerge suddenly, be highly contagious, and result in high mortality. The same applies to bacterial infections, where an alarming increase has also been seen in ...
Zhiqiang Xiao3, Kaiyan Ye4, Xiaoen He2, Bo Sun1, Zhiran Qin2, Jianghai Yu2, Jinxiu Yao5, Qinghua Wu2, Zhang Bao2* and Wei Zhao2* Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection has spread rapidly across the world and become an international public healt...