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Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) . The disease was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, and has since spread globally, resulting in the ongoing
Coronaviruses (CoV) are positive-stranded single-stranded RNA viruses that infect a wide range of hosts. The new coronavirus outbreak has led to a public health emergency of international concern, putting all health organizations on high alert.
The accelerated spread pushed physicians to try a
On 12/06/2020 worldwide, COVID-19 affected 7 273 958 confirmed cases with 413 372 deaths, 97 894 confirmed in Canada with 8 048 deaths, 53 666 confirmed cases in Quebec with 5 148 deaths, 4 637 confirmed cases with 101 deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the situation is disastrous:
As demonstrated by a study conducted by Ai et al., including 1014 suspect COVID-19 cases who underwent multiple RT-PCR testing and chest-CT, overall 88% of patients had positive CT scans while RT-PCR positivity was found only in 59% of all cases. Also, as reported by Yang et al, the total positive
Selected Drugs
Ivermectin has anti-parasitic effect along with anti-viral activity against a broad range of viruses in vitro. Ivermectin was identified as an inhibitor of interaction between the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) integrase protein (IN) and the importin (IMP) α/β1 heterodimer
This cross-sectional survey was initiated and conducted by the French Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology. A standardized questionnaire was emailed to 1600 geriatrician members of the French Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology throughout France between March 22, 2020 and April 5, 2020.
It has been reported that nearly half of the patients who are hospitalized for Covid-19 pneumonia have on admission old age or comorbidities.
In particular, hypertension was present in 30% of the cases, diabetes in 19%, coronary heart disease in 8% and chronic obstructive lung disease in 3% of the
Background Some maternal blood loss normally occurs at the time of vaginal delivery. The best estimates indicate that a loss of approximately 500 mL is average, with a range of about 250-700 mL.[1,2] Some of this bleeding arises from birth canal lacerations or surgical incisions (i.e., episiotomy),
Background
- Rhinitis (AR) is one of the most concerned public health problems worldwide, resulting from an inflammation of nasal membranes.
- Nursing students is one of the high risk groups, particularly when performing clinical practicum in hospitals in which they would contact with multiple
Pharyngitis is a common reason for patients' visit to doctors. Group A beta- hemolytic streptococci (GABHS) account for 15-30 percent of cases of acute pharyngitis in children and 5 to 20 percent in adults1.
Because the signs and symptoms of GABHS pharyngitis overlap extensively with other
Schizophrenia is a chronic, debilitating disorder with life-long consequences on affected individuals and families. Schizophrenia is also associated with impaired cognition or thinking, which persists despite currently available treatments, and is an important determinant of quality of life and
1. INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY
- For patients randomized to receive Idarubicin (Arm I, AI regimen) will be given Cytarabine 200 mg/m2/day by continuous iv infusion over 24 hours daily for 7 days (D 1-7) along with Idarubicin 12 mg/m2/day iv daily for 3 days (D 1-3).
- For patients randomized to receive
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in the western world. The disease mostly affects the elderly. At present no curative therapy is available. Although the majority of patients initially do respond to chemotherapy, most patients eventually develop drug resistance. The
Patient Selection and Family Surveillance: At National Taiwan University Hospital in Taiwan, we will study patients who fulfill the criteria of Kawasaki disease or atypical Kawasaki disease and their household family members from 2004 to Dec 2005. Institutional Review Board approval will be obtained