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Impacto psicossocial causado pela pandemia da covid-19 nos profissionais de saúde

Objetivo descrever o impacto psicossocial causado pela pandemia do novo coronavírus nos profissionais de saúde. Método trata-se de revisão narrativa realizada na plataforma da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde usando os seguintes descritores "Profissionais da saúde" AND "COVID-19", no período de maio...

Pessoas LGBTI+ e a covid-19: para pensarmos questões sobre saúde

Objetivo refletir teórica e criticamente o cenário da situação de saúde de pessoas LGBTI+ frente ao Covid-19 em contexto de pandemia no Brasil. Método Estudo teórico e reflexivo estruturado a partir do arcabouço teórico e analítico de gênero e dos achados empíricos sobre a pandemia do novo...

Clinical features of a series of patients in life-threatening situations at a COVID-19 pandemic field hospital, evaluated by teleconsultation: evidence for Telemedicine expansion

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits: experience of a Brazilian reference center

ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the impact of COVID-19 on emergency department metrics at a large tertiary reference hospital in Brazil. Methods A retrospective analysis of consecutive emergency department visits, from January 1, 2020, to November 21, 2020, was performed and compared to the corresponding...

Olfactory dysfunction in the scenario of COVID-19 pandemic in patients screened by the telemonitoring

ABSTRACT Objective To assess the clinical and epidemiological profile of patients with olfactory dysfunction in the scenario of COVID-19 pandemic. Methods The study selected patients with loss of smell, previously screened by telemonitoring system of the Municipal Health Department of Goiânia (GO), ...

Who is going to turn on the ventilators?

ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, a continental-sized country, considered as an emerging economy but with several regional nuances, focusing on the availability of human resources, especially for intensive care units. Methods The database of the National Registry of Healt...

Occupational psychosocial stressors and mental distress among healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the factors associated with mental distress among health workers who cared for patients with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods A cross-sectional analytical study of national scope, carried out between in the second quarter...

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit during the first year of the pandemic in Brazil: a single center retrospective cohort study

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe clinical characteristics, resource use, outcomes, and to identify predictors of in-hospital mortality of patients with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care unit. Methods: Retrospective single-center cohort study conducted at a private hospital in São Paulo (SP), Braz...

Long term persistence of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infection

ABSTRACT During the COVID-19 pandemic, a case of a long-term persistence of SARS-CoV-2 infection (from March 26 to May 20, 2020) was identified at a private hospital in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. The long-term positivity for SARS-CoV-2 in reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction tests of a patient di...