Wellness Check: Spirituality
Religious communities may have played both beneficial and detrimental roles during the COVID-19 pandemic 1. In response to the COVID-19 ...
Tag: covid
#VisualAbstract: Fewer hospital admissions and death were seen with SARS-CoV-2 Delta (B.1.617.2) compared to Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant infections
1. The risk of hospitalization and death was lower among cases infected with Omicron variant compared to Delta. 2. In ...
COVID-19 increased mortality disaster in Switzerland, Sweden, and Spain
1. COVID-19 caused the second-largest infection-related mortality disaster in Switzerland, Sweden, and Spain. 2. The study was limited by the ...
Molnupiravir does not improve clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
1. Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 receiving at least one dose of molnupiravir did not show reduced mortality compared to patients ...
#VisualAbstract: Subcutaneous casirivimab and imdevimab reduced symptomatic COVID-19 infection among asymptomatic positive individuals
1. Close household contacts of SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals, who were asymptomatic and positive on RT-qPCR, had a significantly reduced risk of ...
#VisualAbstract: High-flow oxygen therapy reduces intubation requirements and decreases recovery time in severe COVID-19 infections compared to conventional oxygen therapy
1. Among patients with severe COVID-19 infection, those who received high-flow oxygen therapy with a nasal cannula had a reduced ...
#VisualAbstract: Adequate antibody response to mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine occurs in patients with cancer
1. The majority of patients being treated for solid tumour cancers were adequate responders to the vaccine. 2. Serious adverse ...
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use may be associated with reduced mortality from COVID-19 infection
1. The relative risk of death for patients prescribed a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) was reduced compared to matched ...
Androgen deprivation therapy is not associated with overall mortality in prostate cancer patients with COVID-19
1. In this retrospective cohort study, there was no significant difference in all-cause mortality between patients with prostate cancer and ...
COVID-19-related hospital policies not associated with delays in urgent open and closed fracture surgeries compared to pre-pandemic
1. This retrospective cohort study demonstrated no association between the time-to-surgery benchmark of 24 hours for open fractures or closed ...
