CONCLUSION: In critically ill patients with COVID-19, a high CAC burden quantified with a non-gated chest CT performed for COVID-19 pneumonia assessment is an independent predictor of 28-day mortality, with an incremental prognostic value over a
CONCLUSIONS: This multifaceted antibiotic stewardship intervention for children with respiratory tract infections did not reduce overall antibiotic dispensing or increase respiratory tract infection related hospital admissions. Evidence suggested
Aerosolization of immunotherapies poses incredible potential for manipulating the local mucosal-specific microenvironment, engaging specialized pulmonary cellular defenders, and accessing mucosal associated lymphoid tissue to redirect systemic
In this paper, a novel deep learning-based medical imaging analysis framework is developed, which aims to deal with the insufficient feature learning caused by the imperfect property of imaging data. Named as multi-scale efficient network (MEN), the
Policy Points Accurate and reliable data systems are critical for delivering the essential services and foundational capabilities of public health for a 21^(st) -century public health infrastructure. Chronic underfunding, workforce shortages, and
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first identified in the region of Wuhan, China is responsible for the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) that has been a part of our life for almost three
The use of PPE has drastically increased because of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic as disposable surgical face masks made from non-biodegradable polypropylene (PP) polymers have generated a significant amount of waste. In this work, a low-power
CONCLUSION: It is necessary to reinforce education in the face of crises that may be repeated. Management of breast cancer did not change, which is a reassuring aspect regarding the care pathway in anticancer centers.
The objective of this study is to describe our COVID-19 patients with herpesviridae reactivation in the central nervous system (CNS). Four patients were described including two with acute encephalitis and two with acute encephalomyelitis. Three of