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Emergency Department, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran, Avenida Vasco de Quiróga No. 15, Colonia Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, Alcaldía Tlalpan, CP 14080, Mexico City, Mexico.
The COVID-19 pandemic provided an ideal scenario for studying the care of the elderly population, we implemented a tool named the Geriatric Measure (GM) tool to determine the severity and need for hospitalization. The objective of the study is to evaluate if the results of a brief Geriatric Measure tool are associated with mortality and other outcomes among older adults with COVID-19 treated in the emergency department. Retrospective observational cohort study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSerial biomarker measurements may be helpful to predict the successful application of high flow nasal cannula in COVID-19 pneumonia patients.
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The Queen's Medical Center, 1301 Punchbowl Street, QET 4M, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96813, USA.
High flow nasal cannula (HFNC) can reduce the need for intubation in patients with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia induced acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF), but predictors of HFNC success could be characterized better. C-reactive protein (CRP) and D-dimer are associated with COVID-19 severity and progression. However, no one has evaluated the use of serial CRP and D-dimer ratios to predict HFNC success.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComparing COVID-19 literacy and vaccine hesitancy among health care workers, including oral health professionals, in Japan.
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January 2025
Fukuoka Nursing College, Graduate School of Nursing, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0193, Japan.
Background: Oral health professionals should have good COVID-19 vaccine literacy as should physicians and nurses. However, little is known about COVID-19 literacy and vaccine hesitancy among oral health professionals in Japan.
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Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAMed) use in medical students: a literature review.
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January 2025
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Purpose: Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAMed) is an emergent phenomenon within medical education. The rise of FOAMed resources has meant that medical education needs no longer be confined to the lecture theatre or the hospital setting, but rather, can be produced and shared amongst any individual or group with access to internet and a suitable device. This study presents a review of the use of FOAMed resources by students as part of their university medical education.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe well-being of polish general practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic-cross-sectional questionnaire-based study.
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Department of Family Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, 31-061, Poland.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused psychological distress to the population and healthcare workers. Physicians' well-being is essential and contributes significantly to overall health. This study aimed to assess the strain on Polish general practitioners from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and to ascertain the potential predictors of their distress.
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