Objetivo Comparar la atención prestada por los servicios de urgencias de atención primaria durante el confinamiento por la COVID-19 (marzo-junio de 2020) y el mismo periodo de 2019. Diseño Estudio descriptivo retrospectivo. Emplazamiento Zona básica […]
Background COVID-19 may be a new risk factor for stroke. Stroke in COVID-19 varies from 1.1 to 8.1%. Various pathophysiological pathways predispose SARS-CoV-2 infected patients to stroke. Aim To describe COVID-19 patients with acute stroke […]
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on dental education and assessment. This study focuses on the changes made to the delivery of teaching, assessment, and clinical competence of the final year students enrolled […]
Background The frontline medical staff are under heavy workload conditions and are at high risk of infection with coronavirus disease 2019. This pandemic has burdened unprecedented psychological stress. The study aimed to compile and analyze […]
Objective The COVID-19 pandemic led to a mass use of teleconsultation. The aim of this study is to understand the family doctors' perspective over the utility of teleconsultation in their future clinical practice. Methods A […]
Background The objective of the study was to identify clinical and demographic factors predictive of hospitalization in primary healthcare patients diagnosed with suspected COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic. Methods A retrospective cohort study […]
Introducción En Chile los casos reportados de COVID-19 a nivel nacional al tercer año de pandemia (3 de noviembre del 2022) son de 4.769.638 y 61.725 fallecidos (1,3%), con el 93% de la población con […]
Objetivo Conocer la evolución de la pandemia COVID-19 en ámbito escolar y los efectos derivados de la incursión de nuevas variantes. Diseño Estudio observacional descriptivo longitudinal el primer trimestre del curso académico 2021/22. Emplazamiento Atención […]
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted that surges in critical care demand can overwhelm existing healthcare infrastructures, most evident in the acute shortage of mechanical ventilators across the globe. Despite efforts to encourage urgent authorization of […]
Immunosenescence is the gradual deterioration of the immune system caused by advancing age. It is associated with a reduced ability to respond to infections and develop long-term immune memory. It plays a key role in […]