Oral Complications of ICU Patients with COVID-19: Case-Series and Review of Two Hundred Ten Cases.

Background: The critically ill patients suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and admitted to the intensive care units (ICUs) are susceptible to a wide array of complications that can be life-threatening or impose them to long-term complications. The COVID-19 oral mucocutaneous complications require multidisciplinary management and research for their pathophysiological course and epidemiological significance; therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of the critically ill COVID-19 patients with oral complications.

Methods: We described the clinical and microbiological characteristics of the critically ill COVID-19 patients in our ICU department (Banska Bystrica, Slovakia).

An observational study of assisted reproductive technology outcomes in new European Union member states: an overview of protocols used for ovarian stimulation.

Background: The development of new fertility treatment options has facilitated individualized assisted reproductive technology (ART) protocols to improve outcomes. Manufacturing improvements to recombinant human follitropin alfa have allowed precise dosing based on mass (filled-by-mass; FbM) rather than bioactivity (filled-by-bioassay; FbIU). Continued monitoring and reporting of follitropin alfa treatment outcomes in routine clinical practice is essential.