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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"COVID-19 Patients"”.
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RESPIRATORY PARAMETERS, PULMONARY REHABILITATION and SURVIVAL in COVID-19 PATIENTS
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious viral illness, which targets patient’s respiratory system. Objectives: To (1) determine whether respiratory mechanics, oxygenation impairment, sociodemographics, and multimorbidity of mechanically ventilated COVID-19 subjects …
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The Impact of Physiotherapy on Cardiopulmonary Function in Post Covid-19 Patients
Background: A significant percentage of COVID-19 survivors have left behind chronic cardiopulmonary dysfunction, which manifests as fatigue, dyspnoea, decreased exercise tolerance, and decreased lung capacity. A key non-invasive rehabilitation technique in the absence of many pharmaceutical …
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A systematic review of the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients
… the medical world as a potential treatment for COVID-19. The goal of this research is to perform a systematic review of literature to focus on the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients and any evidence of adverse reactions. The database used to conduct this research was PubMed, …
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A quality improvement project for post-COVID-19 patients through reminder phone calls
Background and Review of Literature: COVID-19 is a devastating illness that has detrimental health, financial and emotional consequences. Healthcare providers are utilizing questionnaires such as the PROMIS-29 form to help guide management of long term symptoms. Calling patients prior to their …
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Cardiology Implications of ED COVID-19 Patients in an Underserved Rural Health Care Environment
<p><strong>Background/Purpose: </strong>Positive COVID-19 patients with chronic comorbidities have been associated with severe cardiac complications (e.g., STEMI, NSTEMI, myocarditis, pericarditis, AF) specifically among underserved communities. Acute STEMI and NSTEMI are cardiac conditions …
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Incidence of adverse drug events in COVID-19 patients on anticoagulants: a pharmacovigilance study
… Today, with the world struggling to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control, it is important to look at how this disease is affecting different patient populations. A common complication associated with this disease is thrombosis. A lower mortality rate in COVID-19 patients has been related …
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Compassion-Based Resilience Training (CBRT) For Frontline Healthcare Workers In Contact With COVID-19 Patients
<p>Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has had deleterious consequences for the mental health of frontline healthcare workers worldwide. One systemic review of the literature found high prevalence rates of anxiety (67.55%), depression (58.89%), and stress (62.99%) reported by this population (Vizheh …
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A retrospective review of CTPA confirmed pulmonary emboli in COVID-19 patients admitted to Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
… phenomena has been widely reported in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. There is, however, a paucity of data detailing the incidence and characteristics of pulmonary emboli (PE) in COVID-19 patients in the South African setting. An improved understanding of the presentation and course …
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Examining Nurses' Moral Distress, Acts of Moral Courage, and Influence of Ethical Climate in Caring for COVID-19 Patients During the Pandemic
… and their moral actions taken in the care of COVID-19 patients. Since March 2020, the U.S. has recorded over 103 million COVID-19 cases and over 1.1 million COVID-19 deaths (CDC, 2023). Healthcare workers comprised nearly 1.2 million of the cases and 2,500 of the deaths (CDC, 2023). Nurses’ …
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Looking Back on Creating a COVID Telemedicine
… (DFW) Metroplex experienced a surge in acute COVID-19 infections. At that time, no consistent protocols existed for follow-up of discharged patients with COVID-19 from the William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW). Simultaneously, …
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NEW-ONSET HYPERGLYCEMIA AFTER SARS-COV-2 INFECTION
Abstract Patients who were hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have a higher prevalence of hyperglycemia. By altering glucose homeostasis, cytokine release brought on by The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection may hasten the onset of metabolic …
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Effects of a 6-week interdisciplinary rehabilitation on endurance and physical function in individuals with Long Covid-19 symptoms
Background The COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020 and continues to affect societies to this day. Most individuals who get infected with COVID-19 experience at least mild or moderate symptoms. The majority of people fully recover from those symptoms, but 7-8% of them do not recover from those …
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The lived experience of new graduate registered nurses (NGRNs) who worked in the adult medical-surgical units (MSUS) of acute care hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic
… the experiences of NGRNs who cared for COVID-19 patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design: A Hermeneutic Phenomenology Results: The analysis of eight interviews yielded 192 initial coded, which were refined using the Gadamerian hermeneutic circle into 23 categories and five themes: …
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Derivation and validation of a severity scoring tool for COVID-19 illness in low-resource setting
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted some of the most vulnerable populations in lowresource settings (LRS) across the globe. These settings tend to have underdeveloped healthcare systems that are exceptionally vulnerable to the strain of an outbreak such as SARS-CoV-2. LRS-based …
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A Theoretical Exploration of the Growth and Stability of Alveolospheres
… development, especially with the onset of COVID-19. Patients born with a rare mutation on both copies of their SFTPB genes face severe respiratory issues after birth which often lead to poor outcomes. Lung cells derived from the stem cells of patients with this double-mutation fail to form …
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Design and fabrication of porcine crystal ribcage for high resolution ex vivo imaging
… and microcirculation mechanics as observed when COVID-19 patients were put in the prone position to help drain extra liquid from the lungs [1]. High spatiotemporal resolution imaging is needed to probe the physiological effect of orientation in real-time while preserving the complex 3D …
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Real-Time Computed Tomography-based Medical Diagnosis Using Deep Learning
… we use DDnet to enhance chest CT scans of COVID-19 patients. We show that image enhancement can improve the accuracy of COVID-19 diagnosis (~5% improvement), using a framework consisting of AI-based tools. For training and inference of the image enhancement AI model, we use heterogeneous …
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Validation of a severity scoring tool for Covid-19 illness in Sudan
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted some of the most vulnerable populations in low-resource settings (LRS) across the globe. These settings tend to have underdeveloped healthcare systems that are exceptionally vulnerable to the strain of an outbreak such as SARS-CoV-2. …
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Effective Modeling in Medical Imaging with Constrained Data
… as risk stratification for pancreatic cancer patients, COVID-19 severity risk assessment, cross-modal X-ray image and report retrieval, X-ray finding report generation from an image, orthopantomogram finding summarization and real-world federated learning benchmarking. In disease risk …
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Home Health Agencies & Home Health Care: An Examination of Financial Performance, Quality, and Micro-Costing
… monitoring costing for recently discharged COVID-19 patients. In summary, this dissertation contributes to the home health literature by examining HHA organizational characteristics on financial performance, which may also correlate with quality. Additionally, this dissertation provides …
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