Use of a rapid triage assessment tool to discriminate the need for hospitalisation in patients with severe COVID-19 infection presenting to an outpatient clinic: a single-centre, prospective cohort study.

Objectives: The WHO designated individuals with low oxygen saturation, SpO2<94%, as severe SARS-CoV2 infection (COVID-19) and recommendations to seek care in a hospital setting were advised. A rapid, office-based method to select patients with severe COVID-19 who need intensive care was necessary during the peak of the pandemic.

Design, Setting And Participants: This is a prospective cohort study of patients with confirmed severe COVID-19 between September 2020 and April 2021.

Evaluating Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 Vaccination Outcomes in a Low-Income Hispanic Population.

Background: A pilot study was performed at a low-income emergency care clinic to assess the humoral immune response to the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine (Ad26.COV2.S) to better understand how to evaluate the COVID-19 health status of its Hispanic patient population following vaccination.

The COVID-19 Pandemic in a Hispanic Population: A Primary Care Perspective.

Introduction: The COVID-19 global pandemic has affected all ethnic and minority groups although not equally. The goals of the present study are twofold: describe the diverse COVID-19-related care needs Hispanic patients presenting to a primary care facility and the symptom clusters and socioeconomic factors that may impact their wellbeing.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort of Hispanic patients in an outpatient clinic serving an urban lower socioeconomic demographic, between May 9 and July 31, 2020.

Updated Clinical Evaluation of the CLUNGENE Rapid COVID-19 Antibody Test.

Background: COVID-19 antibody testing has been shown to be predictive of prior COVID-19 infection and an effective testing tool. The CLUNGENE SARS-COV-2 VIRUS (COVID-19) IgG/IgM Rapid Test Cassette was evaluated for its utility to aide healthcare professionals.

Method: Two studies were performed by using the CLUNGENE Rapid Test.

Genome-wide meta-analysis of genetic susceptible genes for Type 2 Diabetes.

Background: Many genetic studies, including single gene studies and Genome-wide association studies (GWAS), aim to identify risk alleles for genetic diseases such as Type II Diabetes (T2D). However, in T2D studies, there is a significant amount of the hereditary risk that cannot be simply explained by individual risk genes. There is a need for developing systems biology approaches to integrate comprehensive genetic information and provide new insight on T2D biology.

The management of stroke patients by neurologists: common questions and new observations.

Tools and strategies available for stroke prevention and management have grown impressively during the past decade. Caring for the acute stroke patient has become a priority for emergency medical systems, enhanced by the advances in neuroimaging techniques and acute administration of thrombolytic agents. Light continues to be shed on the pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia and the atherosclerotic process enriching the armamentarium of the clinician in secondary stroke prevention.