Articles: sars-cov-2.
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Rapid identification of Covid-19 in the paediatric emergency department is critical; Antigen tests are fast but poorly investigated in children. ⋯ AT may be helpful in the initial screening of patients at PED.
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2022
Effect of a simplified billing form and the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on compensable billings in an Australian metropolitan emergency department - an interrupted time series analysis.
To evaluate the effect of a simplified billing form on billings recovery. ⋯ Total billings did not change. Less patients were identified, but each generated 59% more billings.
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To assess the effect of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on erythropoiesis and red blood cells (RBC) surface markers by evaluating erythroid progenitor cells (CD [cluster of differentiation]71+/CD235a+) and RBC surface markers (CD235a and CD36), together with various hematological parameters. ⋯ Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 promoted the expansion of erythroid progenitors in the peripheral blood of COVID-19 patients. In addition, the expression of RBC surface markers was higher in COVID-19 patients. The expansion of erythroid progenitors and alteration of RBC surface markers can contribute to erythrocytopathies observed in severe COVID-19 patients and can therefore be used as prognostic factors.
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Given the many misconceptions in terms of both diagnosis and treatment, SARS-CoV-2 continues to infect and victimize. Notwithstanding molecular testing is the gold standard method of in vitro diagnostic, the often long-waiting time, as well as false-negative results are daunting challenges facing us. In this study, we aimed to report the diagnostic value of laboratory findings in COVID-19 patients, with an extensive focus on the differences between PCR-positive and PCR-negative cases. ⋯ As far we are aware, this is the first time that we reported a comprehensive exploration of laboratory characteristics of a large cohort of hospitalized COVID-19 patients from Iran, hoping that these data will cast more light on the diagnostic significance of these parameters.