Objective Advance care planning (ACP) is a process in which the patient and family discuss end-of-life care in advance with healthcare providers in case decisional ability declines. Due to the rapid deterioration of symptoms and isolation for
During the COVID-19 pandemic the field of infodemic management has grown significantly. Social listening is the first step in managing the infodemic but little is known of the experience of public health professionals using social media analysis
While molecular diagnostics generally require heating elements that supply high temperatures such as 95 °C in polymerase chain reaction and 60-69 °C in loop-mediated isothermal amplification, the recently developed CRISPR-based SHERLOCK (specific
Covid-19 pandemic has influenced stroke care in different ways. Recent reports demonstrated a sharp decline in acute stroke admissions worldwide. Even for patients presented to dedicated healthcare services, management at the acute phase may be sub
For targeted intervention in COVID-19, there is a high medical need for biomarkers that predict disease progression and severity in the first days after symptom onset. This study assessed the utility of early transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) serum
CONCLUSION: The relationships identified in this exploratory correlational study suggest that COVID-19 had a negative impact on quality of life in individuals with traumatic brain injury, but not specifically on their social participation.
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, people have realized the importance of wearing a mask. However, conventional nanofiber-based face masks impede communication between people because of their opacity. Moreover, it remains challenging to
Drugs that target the main protease (M^(pro)) of SARS-CoV-2 are effective therapeutics that have entered clinical use. Wide-scale use of these drugs will apply selection pressure for the evolution of resistance mutations. To understand resistance