COVID-19 Briefing: Images / Videos from the Frontlines; New Research
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August 8, 2020

 

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Images from the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic

 

The COVID-19 crisis abruptly changed everyday practice challenging anesthesiologists to contribute in unique ways. In a new photo essay, anesthesiologists from around the world help tell the COVID-19 story through 16 images captured on the frontlines of the pandemic.

Case Report demonstrates the importance of regularly checking d-dimer levels and vigilant monitoring for arterial thrombotic events, as they can rapidly become catastrophic.

Education and intervention should lay particular stress on HCWs featured rest at home before return, doctor, lower education and lower title to ensure the safety, accuracy and quality of work after they return to work for a better occupational environment.

This population is unique in that patients who have experienced orthopaedic trauma range in age from early childhood to late adulthood, they vary across the socioeconomic spectrum, may need to undergo emergent or urgent surgery, often have impaired mobility, and, historically, do not always follow-up consistently with healthcare providers.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many physiatrists have seen or are preparing for a substantial increase in patients with critical illness and respiratory related functional impairments. As such, this study highlights that the presentation and path to recovery of COVID-19 patients often includes neurologic impairments. 

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Clinician Mental Health in Pandemics: A Discussion about a Special JAAPA Article 

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