Objective: To report a case of stage IIIB juvenile granulosa cell tumor (JGCT) complicating pregnancy in a 33 year-old (y.o.) woman.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: People from ethnic minority groups and deprived socioeconomic backgrounds have worse outcomes from COVID-19.
Aim: To examine associations between ethnicity and deprivation with timing of palliative care referral for inpatients with COVID-19.
Design: Service evaluation of consecutive patients with COVID-19 referred to palliative care.
London was at the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, with an exponential rise in hospital admissions from March 2020. This case study appraises the impact on and response of a hospital palliative care service based in a large inner-city teaching hospital. Referrals increased from a mean of 39 to 75 per week; deaths from 13 to 52 per week.
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