International journal of clinical practice
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2020
Willingness and Readiness to test for COVID-19; A qualitative exploration of community pharmacists.
The present study aimed to exploring community pharmacists' willingness and readiness to test for COVID-19 in Jordan. ⋯ Jordanian pharmacists are willing to test patients for COVID-19 in community pharmacies, however, they thought they are not ready enough to undergo such tests and needed extra training and better safety precautions.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2020
High Fitness Might be Associated with the Development of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Obese Non-Athlethic Adults.
Data on the association between AF and fitness are conflicting. ⋯ Our findings suggest that high fitness might be associated with increased AF risk among obese subjects.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2020
Investigation of monocyte HDL ratio as an indicator of inflammation and complete blood count parameters in patients with acne vulgaris.
Acne vulgaris is a common inflammatory skin disease that affects the pilosebaceous unit. Increased sebum production, hyperkeratosis in follicular infundibulum, inflammation and Propionibacterium acnes are among aetiological factors. Complete blood count (CBC) parameters are used as diagnosis biomarkers for many diseases related with inflammatory processes. Although monocyte/HDL ratio (MHR) has been defined as an inflammatory marker recently, we did not come across any studies about MHR in acne, which is known to be an inflammatory disease. The present study was conducted to compare CBC parameters and MHR levels in acne vulgaris patients and healthy controls (HCs). ⋯ We believe that prospective studies consisting of large patient series are needed to understand whether CBC parameters and MHR ratio can be used as an inflammatory marker in acne vulgaris patients.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2020
Assessment of clinical features and renal functions in Coronavirus disease-19: A retrospective analysis of 96 patients.
The most common extra pulmonary organ dysfunction in acute respiratory distress syndrome is acute kidney injury. Current data so far indicate low incidence of AKI in Covid-19 disease. ⋯ Our study demonstrated that Covid-19 can cause renal impairment both with pneumonia and ARDS. A large-scale prospective randomised studies are needed to reach final judgement about this topic.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2020
Internal medicine patients admitted without COVID-19 during the outbreak.
The first case of COVID-19 in Israel was reported on February 21, 2020. Shaare Zedek (SZ), a 1000-bed tertiary care medical centre in Jerusalem, Israel, cared for a significant number of these patients. While attention focused on COVID-19 patients, uninfected patients were admitted to decreasing numbers of available internal medicine (IM) beds as IM departments were converted to COVID-19 isolation wards. As a result of the increase in COVID-19 patients, closure of IM wards, re-assignment of staff and dynamic changes in available community placement options, we investigated the impact of the outbreak on IM patient not admitted for COVID-19. ⋯ While the characteristics of patients admitted to IM during the outbreak were similar, hospital length of stay was significantly shorter. Internal management processes, as well as patient preferences may have contributed to this observation. An infectious disease outbreak may have a significant effect on uninfected admitted patients.