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Linking worker safety to patient safety: recommendations and bioethical issues for the care of patients in the COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT Objective: the aim of this article is to discuss the implications of the connection between safety and bioethical issues for evidence-based care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: reflective analysis with the guiding question: "How can professional and patient safety be linked to bioethic...

Historias de las epidemias en América Latina. Reflexiones para pensar el presente

Rev. cienc. salud (Bogota); 19 (Especial de pandemias), 2021
Desde los primeros casos reportados de contagios de covid-19 en América Latina, durante marzo de 2020, las consecuencias de la epidemia han concentrado el interés de columnas e investigaciones periodísticas y científicas, y también han inspirado el diseño de políticas sanitarias y sociales para, r...

COVID-19 associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children mimicking acute appendicitis - how to differentiate and conduct pediatric patients during the pandemic? - Proposal of a management flowchart

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 48 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Introduction: the new coronavirus pandemic has been a reality throughout 2020, and it has brought great challenges. The virus predominantly manifests in the pediatric population with mild symptoms. However, an increase in the incidence of Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)...

Fake news about the COVID-19 pandemic: perception of health professionals and their families

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To know the perception of health professionals and their families about fake news related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Descriptive-exploratory study with a qualitative approach. Twenty-eight individuals participated, including seven physicians, seven nurses, and 14 family membe...

COMVC-19: A Program to protect healthcare workers' mental health during the COVID-19 Pandemic. What we have learned

Clinics; 76 (), 2021
OBJECTIVE: In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought a work and stress overload to healthcare workers, increasing their vulnerability to mental health impairments. In response, the authors created the COMVC-19 program. The program offered preventive actions and mental health treatment for the 22,000 workers...

Cardiology referral during the COVID-19 pandemic

Clinics; 76 (), 2021
OBJECTIVES: This study presents the cardiology referral model adopted at the University of São Paulo-Hospital das Clínicas complex during the initial period of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, main reasons for requesting a cardiologic evaluation, and clinical profile of and prognostic predi...

Repercussões da epidemia de COVID-19 nos atendimentos odontológicos de urgência do Sistema Único de Saúde em Piracicaba, 2020

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 30 (4), 2021
Objetivo: Avaliar as repercussões da pandemia de COVID-19 nos procedimentos realizados por um serviço público odontológico de urgência (SPOU). Métodos: Estudo transversal, utilizando-se dados do SPOU de Piracicaba, SP, Brasil, relativos a dois períodos, anterior (fevereiro e março de 2020) e dur...

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the surgical treatment of gastric cancer

Clinics; 76 (), 2021
OBJECTIVE: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been recognized as one of the most serious public health crises. This study aimed to evaluate the short-term impact of the pandemic on the surgical treatment of patients with gastric cancer (GC) in addition to their clinicopathological chara...