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The coronavirus disease, also known as Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 virus has changed the characteristics of many methods used by healthcare providers. These modifications aimed to provide safety and reduce the risk of virus transmission. Some of the recommendations to reduce the risk of aerosol transmission during the intubation are usage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and video laryngoscopy (VL). After satisfactory preoxygenation, along with sedation and paralysis of the patient, modified rapid sequence induction is the recommended technique. Intubation timing and period should be arranged well in order to minimize aerosol spread. During intubation, barrier devices, such as screens and intubation boxes should be considered. Patient coughing during intubation can generate aerosols and should be avoided. Gentle airway manipulation is assured. It is prudent to use VL rather than direct laryngoscopy for intubation because VL increases the distance between the healthcare worker's face and the patient's face, which may minimize the risk of contamination. In this narrative review, we aimed to focus on protective measures and modifications occurred during COVID-19 pandemic. Copyright (C) 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Background: Video -sharing media platforms are considered prominent sources of knowledge, particularly by young people. In this study, we aimed to categorize YouTube(0 videos in the Turkish language according to their contents and perform an evaluation based on DISCERN criteria. Methods: After obtaining permission from the Ministry of Health, we performed search on YouTube (c) by entering the keyword "koronovirits" (coronavirus in Turkish) on December 5, 2020. The most viewed 100 videos were investigated considering view counts, likes, dislikes, video durations, and date of upload. Then, the videos were divided into four categories as Interviews, News, Documentaries and Entertainment videos. DISCERN method (consisting of 15 key questions plus an overall quality rating) was applied to videos to investigate their quality. Each component was evaluated using a 5 -point Liken scale ranging from 1 (poor quality) to 5 (high quality). The groups were compared according to these variables. Also, the top 10 videos in each category were analysed in detail. Results: The videos cumulatively attracted 79.443.977 times and totaled 15.3 hours of duration. All four categories got low DISCERN scores (News: 2.6, Documentary: 3, Interview: 2.6, Entertainment: 2.8) indicating poor quality. The mean duration of videos in the News category was significantly shorter when compared to other categories (1,9 minutes, p<0,05). The number of mean views of videos in the Documentary category was significantly higher (n=929,999, p<0,05) than the News category' (n=673,641). Entertainment videos were both liked and disliked significantly higher than the others (n=16.818, n=1.578, respectively, p<0,05). Only two government -supported public information videos could take place in the list and these videos gained the highest DISCERN scores (4 and 5, respectively). Interestingly, Entertainment videos achieved a higher DISCERN score when compared to the News and Intervie IV videos. Conclusion: Social media is considered the main source of information by many individuals. However, our results revealed that people are under threat of misinformation spreading from social media. Health Organizations and social media representatives should work in collaboration to keep this playOrm clean.
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Background: Video-sharing social media platforms are considered prominent sources of knowledge, particularly by young people. In this study, we aimed to categorize YouTube© videos in the Turkish language according to their contents and perform an evaluation based on DISCERN criteria. Method(s): After obtaining permission from the Ministry of Health, we performed a search on YouTube© by entering the keyword "koronavirus" (coronavirus in Turkish) on December 5, 2020. The most viewed 100 videos were investigated considering view counts, likes, dislikes, video durations, and date of upload. Then, the videos were divided into four categories as Interviews, News, Documentaries and Entertainment videos. DISCERN method (consisting of 15 key questions plus an overall quality rating) was applied to videos to investigate their quality. Each component was evaluated using a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (poor quality) to 5 (high quality). The groups were compared according to these variables. Also, the top 10 videos in each category were analysed in detail. Result(s): The videos cumulatively attracted 79.443.977 times and totaled 15.3 hours of duration. All four categories got low DISCERN scores (News: 2.6, Documentary: 3, Interview: 2.6, Entertainment: 2.8) indicating poor quality. The mean duration of videos in the News category was significantly shorter when compared to other categories (1,9 minutes, p<0,05). The number of mean views of videos in the Documentary category was significantly higher (n=929,999, p<0,05) than the News category (n=673,641). Entertainment videos were both liked and disliked significantly higher than the others (n=16.818, n=1.578, respectively, p<0,05). Only two government-supported public information videos could take place in the list and these videos gained the highest DISCERN scores (4 and 5, respectively). Interestingly, Entertainment videos achieved a higher DISCERN score when compared to the News and Interview videos. Conclusion(s): Social media is considered the main source of information by many individuals. However, our results revealed that people are under threat of misinformation spreading from social media. Health Organizations and social media representatives should work in collaboration to keep this platform clean. Copyright © 2022 A. CARBONE Editore. All rights reserved.
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Introduction: Following a series of pneumonia cases of unknown origin in Wuhan, China on December, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 as “COVID-19” on 11, February. A month later, the WHO declared the pandemic status. Since then, literature on COVID-19 has grown rapidly. In this article, our aim was to provide a scientometric analysis of the most popular publications on COVID-19. Materials and Methods: We analysed the top 100 most cited articles by entering the term “COVID-19” to Web of Science© database. The top 100 articles were extracted and investigated according to citation times, number of citations per publication, countries, journals and study fields. Also, top 10 articles are summarized. Results: All top 100 articles were written in English and published in 2020. Majority of the articles were published in May (n=26). China was the most productive country with 51 publications and a total of 40,973 citations (61.1%). New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) were the most popular journals with a total of 24 articles and 20,463 citations. Lancet had the highest rate with a mean of 1276.7 citations per 7 publications. The most commonly studied field was related to the complications of the disease (n=18, a total of 8472 citations, 470.6 citations per publications). However, the most cited field was clinical findings of the disease (n=14, a total of 18255 citations). Publications regarding clinical findings of the disease also had the highest number of citations per publications (citations per publications=1303.9). Conclusion: China ranked in the first place according to number of both publications and citations. New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA shared the first place in popularity. Researchers commonly focused on Complications of the disease, treatment methods and clinical findings. © 2021 A. CARBONE Editore. All rights reserved.
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OBJECTIVE: In this narrative review, our aim was to clarify the roles of diagnostic methods used in COVID-19 disease. BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by coronavirusis emerged as the major healthcare challenge globally. The mainstay approach to limit this virus spread is an early and accurate diagnosis of the viral infection and appropriate quarantine of patients with coronavirus infection. RESULTS: Real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) offers a quick detection of the disease in either symptomatic or asymptomatic patients. In literature, there are numerous studies that underline the importance of CT as the first-step diagnostic tool in COVID-19 diagnosis. Even in asymptomatic patients, COVID-19 pneumonia may manifest with chest CT imaging abnormalities. CONCLUSION: There is a need for an algorithm, which involves a combination of PCR and CT in diagnosis of COVID-19 (Ref. 85).