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Filter by:Ice swimming is an increasingly common phenomenon in Poland. It has been confirmed that it has a beneficial effect on health by increasing the natural non-specific immunity to infections. In the face of the current Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic causing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), researchers decided to use a survey to check the incidence of COVID-19 among Polish ice swimmers, as well as recent ailments. Then, the researchers will compare the obtained results with epidemiological data for Poland.Researchers will also investigate the relationship between susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and the blood group and Rh factor among ice swimmers.
One investigational treatment being explored for COVID-19 is the use of convalescent plasma collected from individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 (Refs. 1-4). Convalescent plasma that contains antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or SARSCoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is being studied for administration to patients with COVID-19. Use of convalescent plasma has been studied in outbreaks of other respiratory infections, including the 2003 SARS-CoV-1 epidemic, the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza virus pandemic, and the 2012 MERS-CoV epidemic (Refs. 5-7). Although promising, convalescent plasma has not yet been shown to be safe and effective as a treatment for COVID-19. Therefore, it is important to study the safety and efficacy of COVID19 convalescent plasma in clinical trials. This guidance provides recommendations to health care providers and investigators on the administration and study of investigational convalescent plasma collected from individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 (COVID-19 convalescent plasma) during the public health emergency. This guidance also provides recommendations to blood establishments on the collection of COVID-19 convalescent plasma..
A retrospective analysis of the adult COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU. A chart review will be conducted and multiple baseline characteristics, demographics, and treatments given will be recorded. Variables collected will include Age, Gender, BMI, Smoking status, Past medical history, Vital signs on admission, symptoms on admission, duration of symptoms, laboratory results on admission, treatment given. Treatment options will include (Steroids, plasma exchange, IVIG, antibiotics, mode of respiratory support). Primary outcomes will include; Death, duration of ICU stay, duration of mechanical ventilation, in-hospital complications. A regression model will be used to predict poor prognostic factors. Inclusion criteria: patients with confirmed PCR results for COVID-19 AND require ICU admission. Exclusion criteria: those with negative results, pediatric patients and those not requiring ICU admission.
Of patients admitted to an internal medicine ward with internistic diagnosis/es together with COVID-19, substantial proportion has elevated liver enzymes. silymarin / silibinin (milk thistle extract) has been approved as an add-on therapy in various acute and chronic liver diseases; moreover, there is evidence to suggest that it's dual effect (anti-viral and immune-modulatory) might be of benefit in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. As there is no effective/approved pharmacotherapy for COVID-19, a pilot study with Silymarine in hospitalised patients has been undertaken
This study will compare the safety and tolerability of lyophilized BNT162b2 presented in single dose vials to those of frozen-liquid BNT162b2 in multidose vials and determine whether the immune response is noninferior. Separately, the study will also describe the safety and immunogenicity of frozen-liquid BNT162b2 with lipid nanoparticle size at the upper end of specification and ready to use BNT162b2 (the immediate manufacturing precursor to the lyophilate). Additionally, the study will describe the safety and immunogenicity of an additional dose of frozen liquid BNT162b2 to participants who already received the 2-dose schedule of lyophilized BNT162b2. - 2-dose schedule (separated by 21 days) - At a dose of 30µg (as studied in the Phase 2/3 study C4591001) - In healthy adults 18 through 55 years of age - The duration of the study for each participant will be approximately 2 months (3 visits in total) - The study will be conducted in the United States
During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with cancer are subject to multiple risks (e.g. frequent hospital visits, increased infection risk, more severe clinical course, discontinued cancer treatment etc.). Patients undergoing cancer therapy are also faced with several Quality of Life - impairing side effects. In the case of a positive COVID-19 cancer patient, the need and intensity of treating must be weighed against the possible higher risk of developing severe complications in the course of a COVID-19 infection. Nevertheless, both for COVID-19 positive and negative patients who will continue or discontinue cancer treatment throughout the pandemic, providing supportive care is more important than ever. Digitally monitoring patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) could offer a solution to improve the supportive care measures during cancer treatment, and certainly in times of COVID-19. Digitalized PROMS could significantly contribute to improved communication, patient satisfaction, supportive care, monitoring of cancer treatment, and detection of problems. To date, clinical trials investigating the benefits of digital PROMS in patients with cancer during the current COVID-19 pandemic are lacking. At the Jessa Hospital, the investigators already have experience in collecting PROMs via a digital platform (Awell Health) since 2019 for patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy using validated QoL questionnaires. The overall aim of this project is to prospectively evaluate the impact of a COVID-19 infection on the severity of the cancer therapy-related complications and the QoL of patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy using a digital PROMs-platform.
This is a Phase 1/2/3 study in healthy children. Dependent upon safety and/or immunogenicity data generated during the course of this study, and the resulting assessment of benefit-risk, the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of BNT162b2 in participants <6 months of age may subsequently be evaluated.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential for MDW and other CPD parameters (measured with CBC-DIFF) to identify COVID-19 diseased adult individuals presenting to the hospital with symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 or respiratory infection and whose standard of care includes CBC-DIFF and microbial testing.
Latin America is one of the worst-hit areas from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. Policy responses to COVID-19 in Latin America have sought to reduce viral spread, increase the capacity of the health system response, mitigate negative consequences, and strengthen governance. Few studies have examined the effectiveness of COVID-19 policies in Latin America or explored subnational variation in their effectiveness. In this observational study, the investigators will use a two-stage interrupted time series to estimate the effectiveness of nonpharmaceutical interventions in third-tier subnational units on SARS-COV2 transmission and COVID-19 mortality in Latin America. The investigators will estimate the effects in each local government, and then run a random-effects meta-analysis to obtain pooled effects for each intervention (and combinations of) and heterogeneity estimates. Finally, the investigators will explore potential explanations for the heterogeneity at the local level.
This study was designed to determine, in a screening situation within the framework of university preventive medicine, the prevalence of positive anti-SARS-Cov 2 serology among the staff of the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne. The serological tests chosen will allow systematic detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgM and anti-SARS-Cov-2 IgG to assess the moment of potential contamination prior to resumption of occupational activity.