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Airborne personal protective equipment availability and preparedness in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units: A point prevalence survey.
Aust Crit Care
January 2025
Perioperative Care Program, Perioperative Medicine Team, Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA, Australia; Division of Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia; Institute for Paediatric Perioperative Excellence, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Background: Personal protective equipment is essential to protect healthcare workers when exposed to aerosol-generating procedures in patients with airborne respiratory pathogens.
Aim: This study aimed to provide information regarding the level of airborne protection offered to nursing staff and other healthcare workers in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units (ICUs) 1 year into the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Methods: In this cross-sectional survey, ICUs in Australia and New Zealand were asked to participate in the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group Point Prevalence Program in June 2021.
Outcomes of Home Isolation Care Among COVID-19 Patients During the 2021 Epidemic Crisis in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand.
Am J Public Health
January 2025
Teeraboon Lertwanichwattana and Ram Rangsin are with Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand. Supattra Srivanichakorn, Sairat Noknoy, and Sirinapa Siriporn Na Ratchaseema are with the Royal College of Family Physicians of Thailand, Bangkok. Nittaya Phanuphak is with the Institute of HIV Research and Innovation, Bangkok. Kitti Wongthavarawat is with the National Science and Technology Development Agency, Bangkok. Arunotai Siriussawakul, Varalak Srinonprasert, and Pattara Leelahavarong are with the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok. Parawee Chevaisrakul and Putthapoom Lumjiaktase are with the Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok. Aree Kumpitak is with the Thai Network of People Living With HIV, Bangkok. Nopphan Phromsri is with the Human Settlement Foundation, Bangkok. Yupadee Sirisinsuk is with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Pongtorn Kietdumrongwong is with the Bangkok Dusit Medical Services, Bangkok. Apinun Aramrattana is with the Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
To determine the overall mortality and risk factors of COVID-19 patients who were admitted to the Home Isolation (HI) program in Bangkok, Thailand, during the epidemic crisis in 2021. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the data from a government telehealth application from July to December 2021. The vital status was verified from the government database on September 20, 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProposal for a revised Barthel index classification based on mortality risk assessment in functional dependence for basic activities of daily living.
Front Public Health
January 2025
Orcasitas Health Care Center, Madrid, Spain.
Introduction: Functional dependence on the performance of basic activities of daily living (ADLs) is associated with increased mortality. In this study, the Barthel index and its activities discriminate long-term mortality risk, and whether changes in this index are necessary to adapt it to detect mortality risk is examined.
Methods: Longitudinal study, carried out at the Orcasitas Health Center, Madrid (Spain), on the functional dependent population (Barthel ≤ 60).
Introduction: Interventions aimed at preventing and treating maternal infections during the gestational period are of paramount importance. Timely immunizations, screening strategies and management of maternal infections reduce the risk of complications for the developing fetus and play a pivotal role in improving neonatal outcomes.
Summary: We summarize evidence for a total of thirteen interventions, pertaining to the prevention and treatment of maternal infections during the antenatal period, from Every Newborn Series published in The Lancet 2014.
A fatal case of accidental asphyxia following nitrous oxide inhalation and alcohol consumption.
Forensic Sci Med Pathol
January 2025
Department of Forensic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Nitrous oxide (NO) abuse is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. Moreover, the use of NO combined with other substances, such as alcohol, is also common. Accidental deaths associated with NO abuse are rare in forensic practice, with most fatal cases involving continuous inhalation equipment or exposure in a confined space.
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