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Mechanical ventilator as a shared resource for the COVID-19 pandemic

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (4), 2020
Abstract COVID-19, the causative agent of which is a new type of coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, has caused the most severe pandemic in the last 100 years. The condition is mainly respiratory, and up to 5 % of patients develop critical illness, a situation that has put enormous pressure on the health syst...

COVID-19 challenge with regard to medical schools social accountability: new professional and human perspectives

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (4), 2020
Abstract Medical schools play a central role in the compilation and development of professional knowledge, which is why they have privileges and resources that are justified only to the extent that they use them to serve the community, particularly those who are most in need. Medical schools social accou...

Neurological manifestations in coronavirus disease 2019

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (4), 2020
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is currently hitting the world in the form of a pandemic. Given that some reports suggest that this infection can also occur with neurologic manifestations, this narrative re...

Opportunities in the teaching of medical specialties, regarding influenza and COVID-19

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (4), 2020
Abstract Medical specialties’ teaching is an area of health systems that deserves special consideration in light of the lessons learned from influenza and COVID-19; educational programs and implementation of the training strategies that are used must be reevaluated, since the level of training of most s...

The big challenge of SARS-CoV-2 latency: testes as reservoir

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (4), 2020
Abstract In the efforts to explain COVID-19 pathophysiology, studies are being carried out on the correspondence between the expression of SARS-CoV-2 cell receptors and viral sequences. ACE2, CD147 and TMPRSS2 receptors expression could indicate poorly explored potential infection targets. For the genomi...

COVID-19: implications of SARS-CoV-2 in Colombia

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (4), 2020
Abstract COVID-19 arrived to Latin America early in March 2020. Currently, strategies are being developed in Colombia focusing on the quarantine and social and economic capital reactivation, whereby the expected results are not being obtained. In this article, we propose to review scientific evidence-bas...

Role of SARS-CoV-2 neurotropism and neuroinvasion in COVID-19 patients disease severity

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (4), 2020
Abstract The disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) spread rapidly from China to the entire world. Approximately one third of SARS-CoV-2-infected patients have neurological disorders, especially those classified as severe cases and that require mechanical ventilation. On the other ha...

Proposal for the management of COVID-19-associated coagulopathy in children

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (4), 2020
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) has become a pandemic with a high case fatality rate that mainly affects adults. Most severely ill adult patients develop a coagulopathy that was not described until recently, and which is currently considered a main cause of death. Everything indicates that a sim...

Cutaneous susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection according to the expression of viral entry factors in the skin

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (4), 2020
Abstract Introduction: Reports of dermatological manifestations in patients with COVID-19 suggest a possible cutaneous tropism of SARS-CoV-2; however, the capacity of this virus to infect the skin is unknown. Objective: To determine the susceptibility of the skin to SARS-CoV-2 infection based on the ex...