COVID-19 may lower quality of life when infections and deaths increase: A longitudinal study in the Peruvian jungle.

Background: Quality of life (QoL) is a multifactorial concept on the perception of the individual's wellbeing underpinned by environmental, psychological, and physical factors. Several studies have shown changes in QoL in the COVID-19 pandemic and may be due to increases in mortality rates, however, no study has investigated this among Peruvian jungle dwellers. Here, we have sought to estimate the QoL of individuals before and after the increase in cases and deaths from COVID-19.

Patient Decision-Making About Self-Disclosure of a Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Effective self-management of type 2 diabetes requires receiving support, which can result from disclosing the diagnosis to a support network, including coworkers, family, and friends. As a primarily invisible disease, diabetes allows people to choose whether to disclose. This study qualitatively explores the factors that influence a person's decision to disclose diabetes to others.

Y-Site Compatibility of Intravenous Levetiracetam With Commonly Used Critical Care Medications.

Levetiracetam is an antiepileptic medication commonly used in critical care areas for seizure treatment or prophylaxis. Compatibility data of levetiracetam with other critical care medications are limited, which can make administration challenging. This study aims to assess the physical Y-site compatibility of intravenous levetiracetam with some other commonly used critical care medications.

Productive, nutritional, and metabolic performance of Chino Santandereano cattle receiving different degrees of protein-energy supplementation.

Cattle of Colombian creole breed Chino Santandereano in the raising phase were subjected to stabling for 100 days in order to determine the productive, nutritional, and metabolic capacity when exposed to different degrees of protein-energy supplementation. Sixteen whole males with an initial mean weight of 377.69 ± 16.