The phenomenon of online study rooms in the days of COVID-19

Access to physical study rooms to libraries were restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic declaration. The mandatory confinement and growth experienced on streaming platforms such as Twitch and Discord generated the proliferation of online study rooms. This article presents an exploratory descriptive study as a contribution to the literature on study rooms on streaming platforms. The results reveal that (i) most users discovered online study rooms through their social networks and the increase in users has been progressive since the beginning of the pandemic;(ii) studying is the main activity participants perform during these live transmissions;(iii) survey participants indicated that their productivity, motivation, and concentration increases when using online study rooms. Education is constantly evolving;therefore, the characterization and analysis of this new phenomenon can contribute to the improvement of teaching and learning processes in the face of a pandemic and post-pandemic landscape. © 2023 IEEE.

Overlapping Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher syndromes as an unusual complication of COVID-19. Case report

Guillain-Barré syndrome and its variants are among the neurological complications induced by SARS-CoV-2. A 49-year-old woman with COVID-19. After 14 days of presenting respiratory symptoms, she started with paresthesias, facial and limb weakness, dysphagia, ataxia, and respiratory failure. An unusual picture of overlapping Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher syndromes was diagnosed. Nerve conduction study showed myelin damage. IgEV was used, recovery started one week after starting treatment. Guillain-Barré syndrome and its variants are a complication of COVID-19 whose diagnosis can become more complex in cases of unusual presentation where different clinical subtypes overlap. © 2022 Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Crítica y Cuidado lntensivo