Publications by authors named "S C Abeygunawardena"
Article Synopsis
- Recent research indicates that detecting SARS-CoV-2 on hospital floors is linked to COVID-19 outbreaks, similar to findings in long-term care facilities.
- A study collected floor swabs from healthcare worker areas in two Ontario hospitals over 39 weeks, revealing a 71% positivity rate for SARS-CoV-2, with 90% in one hospital and 60% in another, alongside multiple outbreaks.
- The presence of viral copies on floors significantly predicted the likelihood of outbreaks, suggesting that monitoring floor contamination can enhance infection control and outbreak management in healthcare settings.
Introduction: This scoping review protocol will be used to map the evidence regarding structure and organization of formal nursing undergraduate focused academic practice partnerships in Canada and globally.
Design: This scoping review will adhere to guidance provided by Chapter 11 of the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis: Scoping Reviews guidelines and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Scoping Review extension checklist.
Methods: Evidence will be eligible for inclusion if published in English, within the last 10 years, and available in full text.
Cells and tissues display a remarkable range of plasticity and tissue-patterning activities that are emergent of complex signaling dynamics within their microenvironments. These properties, which when operating normally guide embryogenesis and regeneration, become highly disordered in diseases such as cancer. While morphogens and other molecular factors help determine the shapes of tissues and their patterned cellular organization, the parallel contributions of biophysical control mechanisms must be considered to accurately predict and model important processes such as growth, maturation, injury, repair, and senescence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Rheumatoid arthritis is a common autoimmune disease with many extra-articular manifestations. Pure red cell aplasia is a rare manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis and is sparsely documented in the literature, with a variable clinical outcome following immunosuppressive therapy.
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old Sinhalese female presented with transfusion-dependent anemia associated with deforming inflammatory arthritis.