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Low Cost Equipment with Compressor System and Balanced Pressure to Protect the Professional Dentist Against Contaminated Aerosol During COVID-19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT: During the current coronavirus epidemic, personal protective equipment has become a vital issue. Depending on the procedure, the generation of aerosols increases the risk of infection for healthcare professionals. However, in dentistry, there is a high risk of contamination from blood or tissue...

Documento de postura: la afectación de personal médico y de la salud en la pandemia de SARS-CoV-2

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (5), 2020

La práctica estomatológica en tiempos de coronavirus en Cuba

Medicentro (Villa Clara); 24 (3), 2020
RESUMEN La COVID-19 es causada por el nuevo coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) y su brote ha sido declarado una emergencia de salud pública internacional. La transmisión interhumana ha sido documentada incluso entre trabajadores de la salud; se cree que los procedimientos generadores de aerosoles pueden tener un...

Sistema de evacuación seguro de neumoperitoneo y humo quirúrgico en cirugía laparoscópica mediante trampa de agua en tiempos de COVID-19

INTRODUCCIÓN: La reciente pandemia por SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) ha hecho resurgir preocupación sobre la exposición inadvertida del equipo quirúrgico a agentes infecciosos transmisibles por vía aérea durante el acto quirúrgico. El objetivo de este trabajo es describir la confección de un sistema de f...

SARS-CoV-2 and pregnancy: A review of the facts

Abstract Objective The present comprehensive review aims to show the full extent of what is known to date and provide a more thorough view on the effects of SARS-CoV2 in pregnancy. Methods Between March 29 and May, 2020, the words COVID-19, SARS-CoV2, COVID- 19 and pregnancy, SARS-CoV2 and pregnancy,...

Management of central nervous system demyelinating diseases during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a practical approach

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 78 (7), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a potential threat to patients with autoimmune disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Such patients are usually treated with immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive ...

COVID-19: Measures to prevent hospital contagion. what do urologists need to know?

Int. braz. j. urol; 46 (supl.1), 2020
ABSTRACT A new outbreak of respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus in late December 2019 in China caused standards of medical care to change not only for related areas but for the entire healthcare system, and when the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic new strategies of patient care had to b...

Emergency Surgery in Urology during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Int. braz. j. urol; 46 (supl.1), 2020
ABSTRACT Proposal: To highlight the indications for emergency surgery during the 2019 Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that support recommendations published in midMarch 2020 by the American Confederation of Urology on its website. Materials and Methods: A bibliographic search was conducted in PubMed an...