Articles: coronavirus.
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On March 20, preventive and mandatory social isolation due to COVID-19 was implemented in Argentina. Since then, the importance of caring for cardiovascular diseases has been emphasized. The objective of this retrospective cohort study was to analyze the association between social isolation and severe arterial hypertension (systolic = 160 mmHg and / or diastolic = 100 mmHg) in the Emergency Service of the Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro. ⋯ During the period after the lockdown implementation, 1634 patients were admitted, 53.8% less than in the pre-lockdown implementation period; 23.9%, in the post-lockdown period, registered severe arterial hypertension, significantly more than in the pre-lockdown period (15.5%) and in the interannual comparator (17.6%). Consultation during the lockdown period was associated with severe arterial hypertension in the simple model (odds ratio 1.58) and in the multivariate model (adjusted odds ratio 1.37). In conclusion, social isolation was associated with an increase in severe arterial hypertension in the Emergency Service, independently of biological factors (age, sex) and other potential confounders.
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The global coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic has led to an international shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), with traditional supply chains unable to cope with the significant demand leading to critical shortfalls. A number of open and crowdsourcing initiatives have sought to address this shortfall by producing equipment such as protective face shields using additive manufacturing techniques such as fused filament fabrication (FFF). ⋯ LSAM offers significant advantages over other additive manufacturing technologies in bridge manufacturing scenarios as a true transition between prototypes and mass production techniques such as injection molding. In the context of production of COVID-19 face shields, the ability to produce the optimized components in under 5 min compared to what would typically take 1 - 2 h using another additive manufacturing technologies meant that significant production volume could be achieved rapidly with minimal staffing.
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Respir Med Case Rep · Jan 2020
Case ReportsSuccessful recovery from critical COVID-19 pneumonia with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A case report.
A public health emergency of current international concern is the outbreak of a severe respiratory illness, that is, coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The disease initially started in Wuhan, China, and it rapidly spread to most regions of the world. ⋯ We describe the patient's clinical course, from mild symptoms at the time of illness onset to symptoms of severe pneumonia as the illness progressed. We provide important information regarding our clinical experience for further understanding of management discrepancies, as treatment with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or pharmacotherapy (e.g., antivirals, immunomodulators, and glucocorticoids) is often dependent on the severity of symptoms.