Articles: pandemics.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Dec 2024
Towards a crisis management playbook: Hospice and palliative team members' views amid COVID-19.
The critical role of hospice and palliative care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is well recognized, but there is limited evidence to guide healthcare leadership through future crises. ⋯ While additional work is indicated, findings offer direction for a crisis management playbook to guide leadership in hospice, palliative care, and other healthcare settings in future crises.
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The Rapid Access Lung Cancer Clinic (RALC) experienced fewer referrals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. ⋯ The COVID-19 pandemic had minimal impact on the performance of RALC at our institution. Fewer referrals to RALC in period II may relate to hesitancy in attending general practitioner (GP) and/or GPs raising the thresholds for referrals to RALC during the early lockdown period of the pandemic. A national evaluation will be required to fully determine the impact of this pandemic on lung cancer in Ireland.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many habits and social reactions. During the lifting of COVID-19 lockdown measures in the USA, there was a notable surge in firearm violence, which became known as "the reopening phenomenon". This study evaluated the impact of a similarly proposed phenomenon on individuals living in a center of Türkiye. ⋯ The incidents analyzed predominantly involved the use of pistols (n = 371, 96 %). Long-barreled pistols caused injury in only 16 (4.1 %) cases. Most injuries (n = 275, 71 %) were located in the lower extremity. The comparison of the pre-pandemic, Pandemic lockdown and Reopening periods did not reveal a significant difference in the rate of firearm violence (p = 0.266, x2 goodness of fit) CONCLUSION: We did not observe the reopening phenomena around the COVID-19 pandemic period in a center of Türkiye. However, firearm violence remains a significant societal issue for both Türkiye and the world.
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Multicenter Study
Biomarkers of COVID-19 short-term worsening: a multiparameter analysis within the prospective multicenter COVIDeF cohort.
During a pandemic like COVID-19, hospital resources are constrained and accurate severity triage of the patients is required. ⋯ In this multicenter prospective study that assessed a large panel of biomarkers for COVID-19 patients, CRP, procalcitonin, and MR-proADM were independently associated with the risk of STW.