Journal of internal medicine
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To report the changes in volume and characteristics of medical activities in the Vatican City State during COVID-19 pandemic. ⋯ Medical activities of the Vatican City State have been severely impacted, especially during the first months of the pandemic. However, organizational efforts allowed rapid restoration to near-normal volumes.
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Observational Study
Assessment of Thirty-Day Readmission Rate, Timing, Causes, and Predictors after Hospitalization with COVID-19.
There are limited data on the characteristics of 30-day readmission after hospitalization with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). ⋯ With 4.5% of the thirty-day readmission rate, COVID-19 survivors were readmitted early after hospital discharge, mainly due to morbidities of COVID-19. One in five readmitted COVID-19 survivors died during their readmission.
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Review
Different Forms Of Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation In Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major cause of death in the Western world with an estimated number of 275 000 treated with resuscitation attempts by the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Europe each year. Overall survival rates remain low, and most studies indicate that around 1 out 10 will survive to 30 days. Amongst the strongest factors associated with survival in OHCA is first recorded rhythm amendable to defibrillation, early defibrillation and prompt initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). ⋯ Barriers to the initiation of CPR by bystanders in OHCA include fear of being incapable, causing harm, and transmission of infectious diseases. Partly due to these barriers, and low rates of CPR, the concept of CPR with compression only was proposed as a simpler form of resuscitation with the aim to be more widely accepted by the public in the 1990s. But how reliable is the evidence supporting this simpler form of CPR, and are the outcomes after CO-CPR comparable to standard CPR?