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Aim: To evaluate the cardiovascular changes associated with covid-19 Methods: One hundred consecutive patients diagnosed with COVID-19 infection underwent complete echocardiographic evaluation within 24 hours of admission and were compared with reference values. Echocardiographic studies included left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function and valve hemodynamics and right ventricular (RV) assessment, as well as lung ultrasound. A second examination was performed in case of clinical deterioration. Results: Clinical data were collected in 120 consecutive patients hospitalized with COVID-19 infection. A total of 20 patients were excluded because they did not undergo echocardiographic assessment. The reasons for not performing the echocardiogram were as follows: hospital discharge within 24 hours of admission (8 patients), patient refusal (2 patient), and death shortly after hospitalisation (8 patients, all >80 years of age and with a “do not resuscitate” status). Conclusions: patients presenting with clinical deterioration at follow-up, acute RV dysfunction, with or without deep vein thrombosis, is more common, but acute LV systolic dysfunction was noted in ≈20%.
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Aim: To evaluate the Prevalence of anxiety and depression during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This study was conducted during the Coronavirus outbreak. Following development by the research team, the online survey was tested during these study periods. 100 participants were included in this study. Results: 40% of participants reported feeling tight or wounded up from time to time (sometimes), whereas 23% reported feeling this way all of the time. Many (35%) were worried as if something terrible was going to happen, but 'not too severely,' while 33 percent felt frightened 'a bit' as if something terrible was about to happen, but it did not bother them. Many people (38 percent) had anxious thoughts from time to time, while others (24 percent) had them all the time. Only 41% said they sat at ease and felt calm "generally," while others said they didn't sit at ease and felt relaxed "very frequently" (33 percent). More than half of the students (55%) reported not being afraid or having a 'butterfly' feeling in their stomach, whereas many others (24%) had that scared emotion 'sometimes.' Only 15% of the participants reported being restless and on the move. In terms of experiencing a sudden sense of panic attacks, just a small percentage (9%) reported having had this 'often' or 'very frequently' (20 percent). When asked if they still enjoyed the things they used to appreciate, just 36% said they didn't enjoy them as much anymore. Only half of the students (50%) said they could laugh and see the funny side of things "as much as they always could." A fresh look at the participants' emotions indicated that just 47 percent of them felt joyful'sometimes,' while others felt cheery 'not often/not at all' (24 percent, 14 percent respectively). Conclusion: During the COVID-19 pandemic, participants' anxiety and depression levels were found to be high. Furthermore, more than half of the pupils did not embrace the learning method throughout the epidemic. Implementing psychological therapies for healthcare students during pandemics is strongly advised in order to improve students' mental health as well as their learning process.