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3D Printed frames to enable reuse and improve the fit of N95 and KN95 respirators

BMC Biomedical Engineering, 2021
Background In response to supply shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs or “masks”), which are typically single-use devices in healthcare settings, are routinely being used for prolonged periods and in some ...
Malia McAvoy, Ai-Tram N. Bui, Christopher Hansen, Deborah Plana, Jordan T. Said, Zizi Yu, Helen Yang, Jacob Freake, Christopher Van, David Krikorian, Avilash Cramer, Leanne Smith, Liwei Jiang, Karen J. Lee, Sara J. Li, Brandon Beller, Kimberley Huggins, Michael P. Short, Sherry H. Yu, Arash Mostaghimi, Peter K. Sorger, Nicole R. LeBoeuf   +21 more
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Severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children—what is known?

BMC Medicine, 2022
The ongoing investigations into clusters of children affected by severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology have put our global capacity for a coordinated, effective response to the test.
Susan Khader, Isabel Foster, Andrew Dagens, Alice Norton, Louise Sigfrid   +4 more
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Making it normal for new enrollments: Effect of institutional and pandemic influence on selecting an engineering institution under the COVID-19 pandemic situation [PDF]

, 2021
The COVID19 pandemic has forced Indian engineering institutions (EIs) to bring their previous half shut shades completely down. Fetching new admissions to EI campuses during the pandemic has become a now or never situation for EIs. During crisis situations, institutions have struggled to return to the normal track.
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Assessing the filtration efficiency and regulatory status of N95s and nontraditional filtering face-piece respirators available during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted supply chains for many types of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), particularly surgical N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs; “masks”). As a consequence, an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)
Deborah Plana, Enze Tian, Avilash K. Cramer, Helen Yang, Mary M. Carmack, Michael S. Sinha, Florence T. Bourgeois, Sherry H. Yu, Peter Masse, Jon Boyer, Minjune Kim, Jinhan Mo, Nicole R. LeBoeuf, Ju Li, Peter K. Sorger   +14 more
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Reference Standards for Cardiorespiratory Fitness by Cardiovascular Disease Category and Testing Modality: Data From FRIEND

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background The importance of cardiorespiratory fitness for stratifying risk and guiding clinical decisions in patients with cardiovascular disease is well‐established.
James E. Peterman, Ross Arena, Jonathan Myers, Susan Marzolini, Philip A. Ades, Patrick D. Savage, Carl J. Lavie, Leonard A. Kaminsky   +7 more
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Variability in clinical assessment of clade IIb mpox lesions

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Objectives: The ongoing global outbreak of mpox, caused by clade IIb mpox virus, poses significant challenges in accurately categorizing and assessing the diversity of lesions.
Benjamin Jones, Amy Paterson, Naseem AlKhoury, Josephine Bourner, Jake Dunning, Piero Olliaro, Amanda Rojek   +6 more
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Preparing for pandemics: a systematic review of pandemic influenza clinical management guidelines

BMC Medicine, 2022
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of evidence-based clinical decision-making. Clinical management guidelines (CMGs) may help reduce morbidity and mortality by improving the quality of clinical decisions.
Ishmeala Rigby, Melina Michelen, Vincent Cheng, Andrew Dagens, Dania Dahmash, Samuel Lipworth, Eli Harriss, Erhui Cai, Valeria Balan, Alexandra Oti, Reena Joseph, Helen Groves, Peter Hart, Shevin Jacob, Lucille Blumberg, Peter W. Horby, Louise Sigfrid   +16 more
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Measuring the burden of infodemics with a research toolkit for connecting information exposure, trust, and health behaviours

Archives of Public Health, 2023
Background During a public health emergency, accurate and useful information can be drowned out by questions, concerns, information voids, conflicting information, and misinformation.
Adam G. Dunn, Tina D. Purnat, Atsuyoshi Ishizumi, Tim Nguyen, Sylvie Briand   +4 more
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At the Epicenter of COVID-19–the Tragic Failure of the Global Supply Chain for Medical Supplies

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
The tragic failure of the global supply chain in the face of the current coronavirus outbreak has caused acute shortages of essential frontline medical devices and personal protective equipment, crushing fear among frontline health workers and causing ...
Sonu Bhaskar, Sonu Bhaskar, Sonu Bhaskar, Sonu Bhaskar, Jeremy Tan, Jeremy Tan, Marcel L. A. M. Bogers, Marcel L. A. M. Bogers, Marcel L. A. M. Bogers, Marcel L. A. M. Bogers, Timo Minssen, Timo Minssen, Timo Minssen, Hishamuddin Badaruddin, Hishamuddin Badaruddin, Simon Israeli-Korn, Simon Israeli-Korn, Simon Israeli-Korn, Henry Chesbrough, Henry Chesbrough, Henry Chesbrough   +20 more
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COVID-19 infection and cardiometabolic complications: short- and long-term treatment and management considerations [PDF]

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
No abstract present.
Lee Stoner, Mark Faghy, Ryan Conners   +2 more
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