CONCLUSIONS: Empirical use of polymyxin for septic patients in a setting with high CR-GNB prevalence was not associated with decreased crude mortality.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on how field-based research is being conducted globally. Given the challenges of undertaking fieldwork during epidemics and the need for mixed methods research to address the social, political, and
CONCLUSION: The results displayed better performance of CPAP than BiPAP in the parameters of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, respiration rate, pulse rate, oxygen saturation, and temperature in COVID-19 patients. Therefore, in
Omicron generally causes milder disease than previous strains of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), especially in fully vaccinated individuals. However, incompletely vaccinated children may develop Omicron-related
CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic brought major changes to CST, and though training programs varied in their approach, students found that they were able to successfully adapt while gaining valuable skills needed to navigate communicating with
CONCLUSION: Challenges accessing food, water, medications, and healthcare services during the pandemic were associated with fair-poor SRH and decreased SRH in Puerto Rico. Public health policy should ensure access to basic needs.
Bullous lung lesions from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia, causing pneumothorax, are a rare complication, affecting up to 1% of infected patients. Raoultella planticola is an aerobic, gram-negative bacteria known to cause opportunistic
Although there is broad evidence for the value of peer support (PS) in preventing and managing diabetes and other chronic diseases, identifying approaches to stage, scale, and adapt PS interventions is a challenge. Community organization may provide
CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests health communication strategies such as choice of communication channels and messages to promote intention for COVID-19 prevention behaviors in particular consideration of individual differences in socioeconomic