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The infection by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) had in its beginnings a debated treatment, due to the unknown about its pathogenesis, which with the passage of time was clarified evidencing an inflammatory component. Corticosteroid therapy showed as a therapeutic option. In patients with corticosteroids it is essential to know the possible side reactions due to their immunosuppressive effect. We present the case of a 48-year-old male from Ecuador, who after infection by SARSCoV- 2 treated with corticosteroids, suffering as a complication the appearance of a serpiginous rash in the lumbar region. Due to its migratory history, serology for Strongyloides stercoralis, the diagnosis of currens larva was confirmed.Copyright © 2023 Sociedad Madrinela de Neumologia y Cirugia Toracica. All rights reserved.
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This panel is the evolution of a Technology that Educators of Computing Hail (TECH) Birds of a Feather session held at SIGCSE for seven years, grew into popular panels for many years [2-4, 6, 7], and served as a springboard for a regular column in ACM Inroads [1, 5, 9]. It will provide a chance for seasoned middle school, high school, and university educators to showcase the technologies they can't live without, what problems they solve, and how to use them. This year, we asked our panelists to highlight any technology in particular that helped them survive (and possibly even thrive!) during their remote teaching.
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The osteoporosis is a silent, chronic disease of bone metabolism, which develops for decades and causes disability, closely related to aging. The identification of risk factors allows an early diagnosis. The appearance of COVID-19 caused a breakdown of health systems on a global scale, negatively affected the follow-up of patient with chronic and not transmissible illness, osteoporosis not escaping this unfavorable impact. Educating and promoting are powerful tools for the osteoporosis prevention and it sequels, in a time marked by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic infection.
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Introduction: An increasing number of musculoskeletal clinical manifestations, the onset of diseases and rheumatological manifestations have been seen in the paediatric population surviving COVID-19, however, the medical literature on the subject is limited. Objective(s): To explore the available evidence on musculoskeletal symptoms and autoimmune diseases in the paediatric population with post-COVID syndrome. Methodology: Scoping systematic review in PubMed and Scopus through search strategies. Observational and experimental studies are included in populations under 21 years of age with and without autoimmune diseases, without time limit in English and Spanish. Result(s): The 28 documents included: case reports (n = 6), cross-sectional studies (n = 5), prospective cohort studies (n = 5), retrospective cohort (n = 6), case series (n = 6), ambidirectional section (n = 1), randomized controlled trial (n = 1), and longitudinal section study (n = 1). The total study population was 56,738 patients. The most frequent symptoms presented in long COVID-19 are myalgias and arthralgias. The evidence showing a relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection in the development of musculoskeletal symptoms and autoimmune diseases in the convalescent period is limited. Conclusion(s): Myalgias and arthralgias are the most frequent symptoms in long COVID. patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and a history of rheumatic disease who are undergoing immunomodulatory treatment do not have a dangerous risk of developing severe presentations and/or complications of the disease. Copyright © 2022 Asociacion Colombiana de Reumatologia
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COVID-19 had an immediate impact on students undertaking professional placements. From this crisis came opportunities and challenges forcing the creation of new scenarios to enable students to achieve competencies and complete placements. Social work professional bodies responded flexibly supporting field education innovations. Using examples from four universities, located in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, this chapter discusses the impact on students and new practices arising from crisis. A key issue remains in how the profession can take lessons learned from this pandemic to preparedness planning with governments, educational institutions and agencies in readiness for the next health emergency. © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Patricia Fronek and Karen Smith Rotabi-Casares;individual chapters, the contributors.
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Children with reading and writing difficulties, such as dyslexia, have been directly affected by the Covid-19 situation because they could not have the teacher’s face-to-face support. Consequently, new devices and technological applications are being used in educational contexts to improve the interest of learning. This paper presents the design of a Virtual Reality Serious Game called DixGame. This game is a pedagogical tool specifically oriented to children between 8 and 12 years old with dyslexia. Two immersive mini-games are included in this game: a Whack-a-mole and a Memory, which try to improve different skills keeping the children focused on tasks. Whack-a-mole aims to work on the attention and visual and reading agility by recognizing correct letters and words. Memory aims to improve memory and attention ability by pairing letter-cards. The mini-game structure permits to incorporate new levels or games and the progressive increment of difficulty allows the autonomous treatment. © 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome (SPO) is a poorly described entity, mainly caused by alterations at the cardiac and/or pulmonary level, characterized by dyspnea and hypoxemia in the upright position that improves with supine position. Because of the subtle and positional nature of the symptoms, it constitutes a diagnostic challenge and its multi-causality must be considered. The treatment can control the symptoms and even be potentially curative. We present a clinical case of persistent dyspnea in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia which debuts with platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome of a cardio-respiratory origin.
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This panel is the evolution of a Technology that Educators of Computing Hail (TECH) Birds of a Feather session held at SIGCSE for seven years, grew into popular panels for many years, and served as a springboard for a regular column in ACM Inroads. It will provide a chance for seasoned middle school, high school, and university educators to showcase the technologies they can't live without, what problems they solve, and how to use them. This year, we asked our panelists to highlight any technology in particular that helped them survive (and possibly even thrive!) during their remote teaching. © 2022 Owner/Author.
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coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has been associated with the development of neurological diseases such as Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and its variants. In the present work, two cases of demyelinating syndromes associated with COVID-19 are reported. Clinical cases: 53-year-old male with GBS and and 29-year-old female with Miller-Fisher syndrome (MFS) variant, respectively. Both patients presented the classic neurological signs and symptoms of demyelinating polyneuropathy that characterizes the syndromes. From the paraclinical biochemical tests, the increase of proteins in cerebrospinal fluid was distinctive. The positivity of the RT-qPCR for SARS-CoV-2 suggested the association of GBS and MFS with COVID-19. Both patients were treated with intravenous immunoglobulin showing improvement. Electromyography performed weeks ahead still showed chronic demyelinating involvement. Conclusion: The cases of GBS and MFS, along with other similar cases reported around the world, provide further evidence for SARS-CoV-2 as a new possible etiology of these rare neurological diseases.
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Introduction: Non-invasive respiratory therapies (NRT) were widely used in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in different settings, depending on availability. The objective of our study was to present 90-day survival and associated factors in patients treated with NRT in a tertiary hospital without an Intermediate Respiratory Care Unit. The secondary objective was to compare the outcomes of the different therapies. Methods: Observational study of patients treated with NRT outside of an intensive care or intermediate respiratory care unit setting, diagnosed with COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress syndrome by radiological criteria and SpO2/FiO2 ratio. A multivariate logistic regression model was developed to determine independently associated variables, and the outcomes of high flow nasal cannula and continuous positive airway pressure were compared. Results: In total, 107 patients were treated and 85 (79.4%) survived at 90 days. Before starting NRT, the mean SpO2/FiO2 ratio was 119.8 ± 59.4. A higher SOFA score was significantly associated with mortality (OR 2,09;95% CI 1.34-3.27), while self-pronation was a protective factor (OR 0.23;95% CI 0.06-0.91). High flow nasal cannula was used in 63 subjects (58.9%), and continuous positive airway pressure in 41 (38.3%), with no differences between them. Conclusion: Approximately 4 out of 5 patients treated with NRT survived to 90 days, and no significant differences were found between high flow nasal cannula and continuous positive airway pressure.