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Effect of COVID-19 on platelet count and its indices

SUMMARY BACKGROUND Easily accessible, inexpensive, and widely used laboratory tests that demonstrate the severity of COVID-19 are important. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between mortality in COVID-19 and platelet count, Mean Platelet Volume (MPV), and platelet dist...

Laboratory findings in SARS-CoV-2 infections: State of the art

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE The scientific community is constantly assessing the clinical and laboratory manifestations of COVID-19 in the organism. In view of the fragmentation of the large amount of information, knowledge gaps in relation to laboratory markers, and scarcity of papers in Portuguese, we propose ...

Comparison of saliva and oro-nasopharyngeal swab sample in the molecular diagnosis of COVID-19

SUMMARY BACKGROUND Healthcare personnel are at risk of becoming infected while taking upper and/or lower respiratory tract specimens. Therefore, there is a need for sampling methods that do not risk infecting them. In this study, we aimed to compare the saliva and Oro-Nasopharyngeal Swab (ONS) sampling ...

Recomendaciones generales en cirugía oncológica de cabeza y cuello durante la pandemia COVID-19

Rev. cir. (Impr.); 72 (4), 2020
Resumen Durante la pandemia COVID-19, el enfrentamiento sanitario nacional e internacional ha enfocado sus esfuerzos en disminuir los riesgos inherentes del paciente oncológico. Existe un reforzamiento del enfoque resolutivo en los casos oncológicos críticos que requieren tratamiento precoz, evitando ...

Coronel Vírus chegou. Notas etnográficas sobre a Covid-19 entre vulnerabilizados da cidade do Rio de Janeiro

Resumo Os dois primeiros meses da chegada da Covid-19 no Brasil e em especial na cidade do Rio de Janeiro suscitaram inúmeras controvérsias. Uma delas se deu em torno dos corpos que teriam que se manter expostos ao vírus para garantir o funcionamento dos serviços que "não podiam parar" ou que estari...

Evaluation of patients undergoing emergency surgery in a COVID-19 pandemic hospital: a cross-sectional study

Säo Paulo med. j; 138 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening healthcare systems and hospital operations on a global scale. Treatment algorithms have changed in general surgery clinics, as in other medical disciplines providing emergency services, with greater changes seen especially in pandemic hospitals....

Evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews for controlling the dissemination of COVID-19 infection. A narrative review

Säo Paulo med. j; 138 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: COVID-19 infection has high transmissibility and several measures have been adopted for controlling its dissemination. OBJECTIVE: To identify and summarize the evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews (SRs) regarding measures for controlling the dissemination of COVID-19 infecti...

Evaluation of knowledge and attitudes among intensive care physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey

Säo Paulo med. j; 138 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the knowledge of intensive care physicians in Turkey about COVID-19 and their attitudes towards the strategies and application methods to be used for COVID-19 cases that need to be...