Articles: pandemics.
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Journal of critical care · Apr 2022
Clinical and organizational framework of repurposing pediatric intensive care unit to adult critical care in a resource-limited setting: Lessons from the response of an urban general hospital to the COVID-19 pandemic.
We aim to describe the action plan and clinical results of a COVID-19 unit for adult patient care in units intended for critically ill children, proposing a clinical/administrative framework. ⋯ We propose an organizational framework for the role of PICU in the hospital action plan to increase adult critical beds. The cohort of patients admitted to a PICU repurposed as a COVID-19 ICU had good outcomes. These data are valuable to plan coordinated actions of the healthcare system for future scenarios.
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To recognize and assess treatment compliance in children and adolescents with growth hormone deficiency during the cronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic along with other lifestyle factors that might have been affected by the pandemic, such as diet, physical activity, sleep pattern, and screen time. ⋯ The COVID-19 crisis had an impact on growth hormone therapy compliance, with a significant impact on other lifestyle factors such as dietary habits, physical activity, sleep time, and leisure screen time.
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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg · Apr 2022
Trauma patients with SARS-CoV-2 in German ICUs during the 2nd wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In January and February 2021, about 4000 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) positive patients were treated daily in German intensive care units (ICUs). The number of SARS-CoV-2-positive ICU patients with trauma, however, is not known and neither whether the trauma itself or COVID-19 causes the critical illness. ⋯ The proportion of trauma patients of all SARS-CoV-2-positive critically ill patients is small (~ 1%) but relevant. There is no concentration of these patients at Level 1 trauma centres. However, the traumatic insult is the most relevant cause for ICU treatment in most of these patients. Regarding a new wave of the pandemic, adequate trauma dedicated resources and perioperative structures and expertise have to be provided for COVID-19 trauma patients.
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Apr 2022
Virtual Meetings during COVID-19 Pandemic: Is it time to say Goodbye to Physical Meetings?
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