COVID-19 : A Multidisciplinary Approach

Clinics Collections

1st Edition, Volume 12C - April 4, 2022
Editor: Joel J. Heidelbaugh
Language: English
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Clinics Collections: COVID-19 draws from Elsevier’s robust Clinics Review Articles database to provide multidisciplinary teams, including pediatricians, primary care physicians, and cardiologists, with practical
clinical advice and insights from the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact across individual specialties.

Clinics Collections: COVID-19 guides readers on how to apply current best practices in the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 and associated comorbidities to everyday practice to help overcome challenges and complications, keep up with new and advanced treatment methods, and improve patient outcomes.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Contributors
Preface
Pandemic Preparedness
Key points
Introduction
Incident management during a pandemic
Health care personnel protection and safety
Supporting inpatient clinical activities during a pandemic
Role of ambulatory care in a pandemic
Communication strategies
Ethical considerations
Preventing psychological injury
Summary
Development of a Critical Care Response - Experiences from Italy During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
Key points
Introduction
Development of a critical care response – coronavirus disease 2019 Lombardy intensive care unit network organizational perspective
Out-of-hospital Coronavirus Disease 2019 response - an organizational perspective
In-hospital Coronavirus disease 2019 response - building scientific evidence
Surgical procedures – coronavirus disease 2019 positive and negative patients
National guidelines on resource allocation during coronavirus disease 2019 – the response of The Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation, and Intensive Care
Clinics care points
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Serology Testing – A Laboratory Primer
Key points
Introduction
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 humoral response
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 serology testing landscape
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 serology assay designs
Evaluation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 serology assays
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 serology testing recommendations
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 serology test reporting and interpretation
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibody testing perspective
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Vaccine-Induced Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Antibody Response and the Path to Accelerating Development (Determining a Correlate of Protection)
Key points
Introduction
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccines and antibody responses
Definition and historical examples of correlates of protection and risks
The path to defining correlate of protection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccines
Other considerations relating to correlates of protection
Summary
Clinics care points
Role of Digital Health During Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic and Future Perspectives
Key points
Introduction
Traditional care during the pandemic
Digital health in electrophysiology during coronavirus disease 2019
Barriers to digital health delivery
Digital health in the postpandemic period
Summary
Mental Health Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Current Research
Key points
Background
COVID-19–related sources of stress for children and adolescents
Added effects of sociopolitical events
Early reviews on COVID-19 and child mental health
Current studies
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Health Disparities and Their Effects on Children and Their Caregivers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
Key points
Introduction
Summary
Clinics care points
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education
Key points
Background
General educational losses and disparities
Special education and the COVID-19 pandemic
High school, depression, and COVID-19
Medical school and COVID-19
Summary
Clinics care points
Impact of COVID-19 on Resettled Refugees
Key points
Introduction
Suspension of resettlement and related services
Economic hardship
Disease vulnerability
Mental illness exacerbations
Communication challenges
Pediatric impacts
Techniques to assess barriers
Techniques to mitigate harms
Summary
Clinics care points
Delivering Holistic Transgender and Nonbinary Care in the Age of Telemedicine and COVID-19: Reflections and Implications for Best Practices
Key points
Introduction
Health concerns, disparities, and barriers to care for transgender and nonbinary people
Care guidelines for transgender and nonbinary people
Delivering transgender and nonbinary–affirming primary care and hormonal care: the authors’ experiences
Discussion
Clinics care points
Supplementary data
Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Key points
Introduction
Clinical manifestations of COVID-19
COVID-19 diagnosis
Management of COVID-19
Blood donation and blood products
Patient blood management during COVID-19 pandemic
Patient blood management strategies used in COVID-19 pandemic
Challenges of managing resumption of normal hospital surgical occupancy
Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on transfusion service and blood bank operations
Convalescent plasma
Blood safety during COVID-19
Risk of blood products contamination with COVID-19
Clinical Features and Management of COVID-19–Associated Hypercoagulability
Key points
Introduction
Pathophysiology of hypercoagulability
Venous thrombotic events in COVID-19
ATEs in COVID-19
Management of COVID-19–associated hypercoagulability
Coagulopathy and vaccines
Summary
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COVID-19–Associated Endothelial Dysfunction and Microvascular Injury: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Manifestations
Key points
Introduction
COVID-19 clinical manifestations
Summary
Clinics care points
COVID-19, Acute Myocardial Injury, and Infarction
Key points
Introduction
Physiopathological involvement of the cardiovascular system
Prevalence and clinical outcome of myocardial injury in COVID-19
Principal imaging findings in patients with COVID-19 with myocardial injury
Myocardial infarction type 1, 2, and 3
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Summary
Clinics care points
Conflict of interest
Innovation in Ambulatory Care of Heart Failure in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019
Key points
Introduction
Gaps in provision of evidence-based therapies
Implementing guideline-directed medical therapy
Comorbidity management in heart failure
vaccination
Lifestyle interventions in ambulatory practice
Summary
Neurologic Emergencies during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
Key points
Considerations for managing acute stroke during the pandemic
Coronavirus disease 19–associated cerebrovascular disease
Considerations for managing epilepsy during the pandemic
Coronavirus disease 19–associated seizures and status epilepticus
Summary
Clinics care points
Changes in Clinical Care of the Newborn During COVID-19 Pandemic: From the Womb to First Newborn Visit
Key points
Introduction
SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy
Impact on routine antenatal visit and scans
Transmission from mother to newborn
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy
Delivery room and newborn resuscitation practices
Breast milk and breastfeeding
Mother and newborn separation
Clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 infection in neonates
Definition of COVID-19 in neonates
Routine newborn surveillance and newborn/neonatal intensive care unit visitation by family members
Discharge planning and follow-up
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The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on Pediatric Asthma in the United States
Key points
Introduction
Impact of COVID-19 in the United States
Respiratory viruses and asthma
Pathophysiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
Potential asthma-protective factors against COVID-19
COVID-19 and asthma prevalence
Impact on pediatric asthma: morbidity and mortality
Impact on pediatric asthma: clinical care
COVID-19 and asthma treatment guidelines
COVID-19: use of nebulizers and spirometry
Summary
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Clinical Patterns and Morphology of COVID-19 Dermatology
Key points
Introduction
Other reported cutaneous manifestations/associations
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Postscript: Women’s Health and the Era After COVID-19
Key points
Introduction
Changes in outpatient settings
Changes in hospital settings
Medical education
Research
Service to at-risk and marginalized communities
Investing in the women’s health workforce
Ethical considerations
Summary
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Breast Imaging
Key points
Initial response: routine health care deferred
Reopening of routine care
Changes in Food and Drug Administration inspections during COVID-19
Breast cancer as a comorbidity for COVID-19 severe outcomes/fatalities
Effects of delaying care on patients with breast cancer
Effects on hospitals and radiologists of changes in care
Delays in clinical research education and academic meetings
Long-term ramifications and rebuilding
The Future of Endoscopic Operations After the Coronavirus Pandemic
Key points
Introduction
The prepandemic state of GI practice
The COVID-19 pandemic
Initial reopening strategies and short-term impact on endoscopy operations
Long-term impact of COVID-19 on endoscopy operations
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The Epidemiology of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Before and After Coronavirus Disease 2019
Key points
Introduction
Etiology
Subtypes
Incidence
Acute respiratory distress syndrome-associated mortality
Long-term outcomes
COVID-19
Summary
Clinics care points
The COVID-19 Patient in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Key points
The neurologic system
The cardiac system
The pulmonary system
Obesity
Management of COVID-19–induced respiratory failure
Fluid management in patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome
Prone positioning
The enteric system
The renal system
The vascular and hematological systems
Pharmacologic treatments and convalescent plasma
Convalescent plasma
Summary
Conflict of Interest
Perspectives on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Sports Medicine Surgeon: Implications for Current and Future Care
Key points
Introduction
Impact on sports medicine surgeons
Impact on patients and athletes
A transient change or new normal?
Virtual Care in the Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders System of Care During the COVID-19 National Public Health Emergency
Key points
Introduction
Veterans Administration spinal cord injuries and disorders system of care and virtual care
Discussion
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