Articles: pandemics.
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The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to an unprecedented strain on the ICU resources. It is not known how the ICU resources employed in treating COVID-19 patients are related to inpatient characteristics, use of organ support or mortality. ⋯ Pressure on ICU resources was associated with more invasive respiratory support, indicating that during these times, ICU resources were reserved for sicker patients.
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Due to "stay at home" restrictions during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, people spent more time at home leading to an increase in home accidents, including burns. ⋯ It is necessary to develop burn prevention strategies that reach a wider population and to strengthen public policies to reduce the prevalence of domestic burns, especially during the pandemic.
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The coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has reached services, systems, and world society. Despite its certified efficiency, the Brazilian National Transplant System is not exempt from the side effects of COVID-19. ⋯ The COVID-19 pandemic drastically affected Brazil and had a significant negative impact on KT activities in the country.
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Multicenter Study
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitalizations of children with neurologic impairment.
Children with neurologic impairment (NI) are frequently hospitalized for infectious and noninfectious illnesses. The early period of the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with overall lower pediatric hospitalization rates, particularly for respiratory infections, but the effect on utilization for children with NI is unknown. ⋯ For children with NI, there was a substantial and significant decrease in hospitalizations for infectious and noninfectious diagnoses but an increase in illness severity during the early-COVID era compared with the pre-COVID era. Our data suggest a need to reconsider current thresholds for hospitalization and identify opportunities to support and guide families through certain illnesses without hospitalization.
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Our primary goal was to evaluate safety of a new emergency medical services (EMS) protocol directing non-transport of low-acuity patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. ⋯ In this case series, paramedics demonstrated large deviations from the novel non-transport protocol. Several patients were admitted to the hospital within 72 hours of non-transport both when the protocol was used correctly, and when it was used incorrectly.