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COVID-19 y la educación médica: retos y oportunidades en Venezuela
La Organización Mundial de la Salud, en fecha 11 de marzo del 2020, declara la
situación de pandemia debida a la aparición de un nuevo coronavirus, síndrome respiratorio
agudo severo-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), que produce ...
The 2020 Wild, Wild West of Diagnostics
Regarding regulatory oversight of laboratorydeveloped tests (LDT) for molecular diagnostics, the
Q7 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) often refers to
the LDT space as the “Wild, Wild West,” making it
seem like laboratories ...
Estimation of COVID-19 prevalence in Italy, Spain, and France
At the end of December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) appeared in Wuhan city, China. As of April
15, 2020, N1.9 million COVID-19 cases were confirmed worldwide, including N120,000 deaths. There is an urgent
need ...
Could sudden sensorineural hearing loss be the sole manifestation of COVID-19? An investigation into SARS-COV-2 in the etiology of sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) in patients presenting with only sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHNL) during the
COVID-19 ...
Aerosol generating procedures in trauma and orthopaedics in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic; What do we know?
Purpose: COVID-19 pandemic has created havoc all over the globe and spared no
one regardless of status, gender, location and ethnicity. There were questions raised if
trauma and orthopaedic (T&O) procedures actually ...
Collateral damage: the impact on outcomes from cancer surgery of the COVID-19 pandemic
Background: Cancer diagnostics and surgery have been disrupted by the response of health care services to the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Progression of cancers during delay will impact on patients’ ...
Applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence for Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic: A review
Background and objective: During the recent global urgency, scientists, clinicians, and healthcare experts
around the globe keep on searching for a new technology to support in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic.
The evidence ...
Immunotherapeutic approaches to curtail COVID-19
COVID-19, the disease induced by the recently emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), has imposed an unpredictable burden on the world. Drug repurposing has been employed
to rapidly find a ...
Routine childhood immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: a benefit–risk analysis of health benefits versus excess risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Background National immunisation programmes globally are at risk of suspension due to the severe health system
constraints and physical distancing measures in place to mitigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed ...
Infectious disease outbreak related stigma and discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic: drivers, facilitators, manifestations, and outcomes across the worldFacilitators, Manifestations, and Outcomes across the World
Being part of a social minority (e.g. migrants, people of color or Asian descent in Western
countries) is not itself a risk factor for contracting Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). However,
certain groups of people ...