Articles: pandemics.
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Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) · Sep 2022
Changes in the frequency and clinical features of acute rheumatic fever in the COVID-19 era: a retrospective analysis from a single center.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in significant changes in the frequency of many diseases. In this study, we aimed to investigate the changes in the frequency and clinical features of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in this period and determine the effect of health measures taken against COVID-19 on this change. ⋯ Our results indicated an important decrease in frequency of ARF, but no change in the clinical features of the disease during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is thought that this is the result of health measures taken for COVID-19. Children with an increased risk of acute rheumatic fever should be encouraged in terms of wearing mask, social distance, and cleaning, especially during the seasons when upper respiratory tract infections are common. Thus, a permanent decrease in the incidence of ARF and its recurrences may be achieved.
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African health sciences · Sep 2022
The delay in the diagnosis and treatment of newly diagnosed bladder cancer patients during COVID 19 pandemic.
To evaluate the newly diagnosed bladder cancer(BC) patients during the pandemic period and compare them with the corresponding last4 years. ⋯ The pandemic period has caused some delays in the diagnosis and treatment of BC patients. Telemonitoring systems may be useful to prevent the possible diagnostic and treatment delays for newly diagnosed BC patients.
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The Covid-19 pandemic affected undergraduate medical education worldwide. By March 2020, colleges in India had to close following a national lockdown. Most of the colleges including ours started using e-platforms. ⋯ Various challenges were faced due to online medical education. There was a dilemma over choosing the type of training that would produce adequate numbers with low quality or a delayed training but of assured quality. Various solutions including suspending the ongoing course and converting it to short-term skill training sessions to deal with pandemic care and strategies to improve online teaching were considered.