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Sci Adv ; 8(15): eabj7205, 2022 Apr 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1788905

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Social distancing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic brought several modifications in our daily lives. With these changes, some people have reported alterations in their feelings of how fast time was passing. In this study, we assessed whether and how social distancing and the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic influenced participants' time awareness and production of time intervals. Participants (n = 3855) filled in the first questionnaire approximately 60 days after the start of social distancing in Brazil and weekly questionnaires for 15 weeks during social distancing. Our results indicate that time was perceived as expanded at the beginning, but this feeling decreased across the weeks. Time awareness was strongly associated with psychological factors such as loneliness, stress, and positive emotions, but not with time production. This relation was shown between participants and within their longitudinal reports. Together, our findings show how emotions are a crucial aspect of how time is felt.

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Acta Colombiana de Cuidado Intensivo ; 2021.
Article in Spanish | EuropePMC | ID: covidwho-1602713

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Objetivo: describir a los pacientes pediátricos ingresados ​​en una UCIP con diagnóstico de COVID-19 y comparar algunas variables en relación con los pacientes gravemente enfermos y los niños críticamente enfermos, excluyendo a los pacientes con MIS-C. Método: serie de casos retrospectiva de pacientes de 24 días a 15 años con diagnóstico de COVID-19 ingresados ​​en una UCIP desde el 1 de abril de 2020 al 1 de abril de 2021. Describimos datos sobre características epidemiológicas, manifestaciones clínicas, pruebas de laboratorio y de imagen, tratamiento y resultado. También dividimos a los pacientes en dos grupos: pacientes gravemente enfermos y pacientes críticos (aquellos que requirieron ventilación mecánica invasiva (VMI), ventilación no invasiva o choque), y comparamos algunas variables para determinar posibles predictores de mayor gravedad. Resultados: 32 niños ingresaron con COVID-19 grave;20 de ellos fueron considerados críticos. La mediana de edad fue de 2 años. El 50% de los pacientes eran varones y el 81% presentaba comorbilidades, y el 44% presentaba 3 o más comorbilidades. La insuficiencia respiratoria fue la principal causa de hospitalización. El 56% requirió VMI y el 37% utilizó fármacos vasoactivos. La coinfección bacteriana o viral ocurrió en el 41%. El 81% de nuestros pacientes recibió antimicrobianos, el 53% de los pacientes recibió corticoides en dosis bajas y el 25% recibió enoxaparina. Los pacientes con 3 o más comorbilidades fueron significativamente más frecuentes en el grupo de enfermos críticos. Conclusión: la mayoría de los niños ingresados ​​en UCIP presentaban comorbilidades y los menores de 1 año eran casi la mitad de la muestra. En nuestro estudio, la presencia de tres o más comorbilidades fue más frecuente en pacientes pediátricos con COVID-19 crítico.

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Acta Colombiana de Cuidado Intensivo ; 2021.
Article in Spanish | ScienceDirect | ID: covidwho-1588600

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Resumen Objetivo: describir a los pacientes pediátricos ingresados ​​en una UCIP con diagnóstico de COVID-19 y comparar algunas variables en relación con los pacientes gravemente enfermos y los niños críticamente enfermos, excluyendo a los pacientes con MIS-C. Método: serie de casos retrospectiva de pacientes de 24 días a 15 años con diagnóstico de COVID-19 ingresados ​​en una UCIP desde el 1 de abril de 2020 al 1 de abril de 2021. Describimos datos sobre características epidemiológicas, manifestaciones clínicas, pruebas de laboratorio y de imagen, tratamiento y resultado. También dividimos a los pacientes en dos grupos: pacientes gravemente enfermos y pacientes críticos (aquellos que requirieron ventilación mecánica invasiva (VMI), ventilación no invasiva o choque), y comparamos algunas variables para determinar posibles predictores de mayor gravedad. Resultados: 32 niños ingresaron con COVID-19 grave;20 de ellos fueron considerados críticos. La mediana de edad fue de 2 años. El 50% de los pacientes eran varones y el 81% presentaba comorbilidades, y el 44% presentaba 3 o más comorbilidades. La insuficiencia respiratoria fue la principal causa de hospitalización. El 56% requirió VMI y el 37% utilizó fármacos vasoactivos. La coinfección bacteriana o viral ocurrió en el 41%. El 81% de nuestros pacientes recibió antimicrobianos, el 53% de los pacientes recibió corticoides en dosis bajas y el 25% recibió enoxaparina. Los pacientes con 3 o más comorbilidades fueron significativamente más frecuentes en el grupo de enfermos críticos. Conclusión: la mayoría de los niños ingresados ​​en UCIP presentaban comorbilidades y los menores de 1 año eran casi la mitad de la muestra. En nuestro estudio, la presencia de tres o más comorbilidades fue más frecuente en pacientes pediátricos con COVID-19 crítico. Objective: to describe pediatric patients admitted to a PICU with a diagnosis of COVID-19 and to compare some variables in relation to severely ill patients and critically ill children, excluding patients with MIS-C. Method: retrospective case series of patients aged 24 days to 15 years with a diagnosis of COVID-19 admitted to a PICU from April 1, 2020 to April 1, 2021. We describe data regarding epidemiologic characteristics, clinical manifestations, laboratory and imaging tests, treatment and outcome. We also divided the patients into two groups: severely ill patients and critically ill patients (those who required invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), non-invasive ventilation or shock), and we compared some variables to determine possible predictors of greater severity. Results: 32 children were admitted with severe COVID-19;20 of them were considered critical. The median age was 2 years. 50% of patients were male and 81% had comorbidities, with 44% having 3 or more comorbidities. Respiratory failure was the main cause of hospitalization. 56% required IMV, and 37% used vasoactive drugs. Bacterial or viral co-infection occurred in 41%. 81% of our patients received antimicrobials, 53% patients received low-dose corticoids, and 25% received enoxaparin. Patients with 3 or more comorbidities were significantly more frequent in the critically ill group. Conclusion: Most of the children admitted to PICU had comorbidities, and less than 1 year of age were almost half of the sample. In our study, the presence of three or more comorbidities was more frequent in pediatric patients with critical COVID-19.

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Arch Endocrinol Metab ; 65(2): 242-247, 2021 Nov 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1080888

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Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is the rarest tumor of the thyroid gland, representing less than 2% of clinically recognized thyroid cancers. Typically, it has an extremely rapid onset, fatal outcomes in most cases, and a median overall survival of 3 to 10 months despite aggressive multidisciplinary management. The presence of targetable mutations in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma patients is an opportunity for treatment when conventional therapeutics approaches are not effective, a frequent situation in the majority of patients. We present our experience in the management of a patient with unresectable anaplastic thyroid cancer who had a remarkable and rapid response to treatment with dabrafenib and trametinib during the COVID-19 pandemic. After four weeks of dabrafenib 150 mg twice daily plus trametinib 2 mg daily, he showed a dramatic reduction of the cervical mass around 90%. Nearly eight weeks under treatment with dabrafenib plus trametinib, the patient remains with minimal locoregional disease without distant metastases.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic , Thyroid Neoplasms , Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use , Humans , Imidazoles , Male , Mutation , Oximes , Pandemics , Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf/genetics , Pyridones , Pyrimidinones , SARS-CoV-2 , Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic/drug therapy , Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic/genetics , Thyroid Neoplasms/drug therapy
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Endocrine ; 70(1): 1-5, 2020 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-697114

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The recent coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is placing health systems in serious challenges worldwide. Shocking statistics each day has prompted the World Health Organization to officially declare the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic in March 2020. Preliminary studies have shown increased mortality in patients with solid cancers and infection by SARS-CoV-2. Until now, the evidence on the behavior of COVID-19 in patients with a history of thyroid cancer remains scarce, and most of the recommendations given are based on common sense. Therefore, in this viewpoint, we present a brief review of several challenges we are frequently facing during this pandemic and a series of recommendations based on what we have implemented in our clinical practice at a university hospital currently mostly dedicated to COVID-19.


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Betacoronavirus , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Thyroid Neoplasms/epidemiology , Biopsy, Fine-Needle/adverse effects , COVID-19 , Comorbidity , Coronavirus Infections/immunology , Humans , Immune System , Iodine Radioisotopes/adverse effects , Iodine Radioisotopes/therapeutic use , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral/immunology , Protein Kinase Inhibitors/adverse effects , Radiotherapy/adverse effects , Risk Factors , SARS-CoV-2 , Thyroid Neoplasms/immunology , Thyroid Neoplasms/therapy , Thyroxine/therapeutic use , World Health Organization
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