Is it safe to delay testosterone replacement therapy in pandemic times?
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992); 66 (Suppl 2), 2020
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The diagnostic process of covıd-19 in the emergency department: laboratory and ımaging methods
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992); 66 (Suppl 2), 2020
SUMMARY OBJECTIVES The 2019 Novel coronavirus disease puts a serious burden on the health system. Therefore, the detection of particularly serious patients at an early stage is extremely important in terms of controlling the outbreak and improving the prognosis. We investigated the role of inflammatory...
Betacoronavirus, Infecciones por Coronavirus, Técnicas de Laboratorio Clínico/métodos, Coronavirus/genética, Coronavirus/aislamiento & purificación, Infecciones por Coronavirus/diagnóstico, Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital, Fiebre/etiología, Pandemias, Neumonía Viral/diagnóstico, Neumonía Viral/epidemiología, Reacción en Cadena en Tiempo Real de la Polimerasa, Estudios Retrospectivos, Tórax/diagnóstico por imagen, Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X/métodos
Safety alert for hospital environments and health professional: chlorhexidine is ineffective for coronavirus
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992); 66 (Suppl 2), 2020
SUMMARY An alarming fact was revealed by recent publications concerning disinfectants: chlorhexidine digluconate is ineffective for disinfecting surfaces contaminated by the new coronavirus. This is a finding that requires immediate disclosure since this substance is widely used for the disinfection of h...
Artificial intelligence & COVID-19: (bio)ethical aspects of end of life
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992); 66 (Suppl 2), 2020
Inteligencia Artificial/ética, Betacoronavirus, Discusiones Bioéticas, Infecciones por Coronavirus, Toma de Decisiones Clínicas/ética, Infecciones por Coronavirus/mortalidad, Atención a la Salud/ética, Pandemias, Neumonía Viral/mortalidad, Medicina de Precisión, Salud Pública, Cuidado Terminal/ética
Chest tubes in COVID-19 times: a safe way to protect the team
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992); 66 (Suppl 2), 2020
SUMMARY INTRODUCTION What has been published so far regarding safe methods to deal with chest tube insertion during COVID-19. METHODS A descriptive study of the literature available in the Medline/PubMed, Lilacs, Scopus databases and specialized books. The search was carried out using the terms "infe...
Betacoronavirus, Infecciones por Coronavirus, Tubos Torácicos/efectos adversos, Infecciones por Coronavirus/epidemiología, Infecciones por Coronavirus/prevención & control, Transmisión de Enfermedad Infecciosa de Paciente a Profesional/prevención & control, Transmisión de Enfermedad Infecciosa de Profesional a Paciente/prevención & control, Pandemias, Equipo de Protección Personal, Neumonía Viral/epidemiología, Neumonía Viral/prevención & control
The effect of abo and rh blood group antigens on admission to intensive care unit and mortality in patients with COVID-19 infection
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992); 66 (Suppl 2), 2020
SUMMARY AIM The aim of this study is to analyze the prognostic significance of ABO and Rh blood group antigens along with various parameters in patients followed-up with the diagnosis of COVID-19. METHODS We evaluated 397 patients who were follow-up and treated due to COVID-19 infections. The ages, g...
Betacoronavirus, Antígenos de Grupos Sanguíneos, Infecciones por Coronavirus, Infecciones por Coronavirus/sangre, Infecciones por Coronavirus/mortalidad, Mortalidad Hospitalaria, Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos/estadística & datos numéricos, Persona de Mediana Edad, Pandemias, Neumonía Viral/sangre, Neumonía Viral/mortalidad
Immune status could be associated with severity in COVID-19 patients
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992); 66 (Suppl 2), 2020
A brief history of medical uniforms: from ancient history to the COVID-19 time
Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT Medical Uniforms date back from medieval times. Nursing uniforms were based on nuns clothes whereas doctors used the famous "plague costumes" and black "frock" coats from about 15th to early 19th century. In latter half 19th century medical uniforms started to change. Nursing uniforms gradually ...
The role of Angiology and Vascular Surgery in the COVID-19 pandemic
Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT The New Coronavirus Epidemic (2019-nCoV), discovered in the city of Wuhan, China, in December 2019, presents mainly with pulmonary pneumonia that is preceded by fever, cough and myalgia. However, as the disease spread globally and the number of hospitalizations increased exponentially, it was no...
Betacoronavirus, Coagulación Sanguínea/fisiología, COVID-19, Protocolos Clínicos, Infecciones por Coronavirus/complicaciones, Infecciones por Coronavirus/fisiopatología, Pandemias, Neumonía Viral/complicaciones, Neumonía Viral/fisiopatología, Embolia Pulmonar/diagnóstico, Embolia Pulmonar/terapia, Embolia Pulmonar/virología, SARS-CoV-2, Tromboembolia/terapia, Tromboembolia/virología, Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Vasculares/métodos, Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Vasculares/normas
Elective surgeries in the new normal post-COVID-19 pandemic: to test or do not test?
Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT The new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has been wreaking havoc all over the planet. In a precautionary measure, populations have been forced and kept under quarantine to contain the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease. The quarantine primary goal is to avoid the overload to the hospitals, which ...