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Telephone follow-up of patients discharged from the hospital is recommended to improve contact with primary care
Evidencias COVID-19
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Collection. Evidence Aid
The COVID-19 pandemic is placing a great strain on healthcare services. Telephone follow up after discharge from hospital might be used to try to reduce post-discharge emergency department visits and hospital readmissions, and to improve outcomes for patients. In this systematic review, the authors searched for research evaluating the impact of telephone follow-up by people based in primary care on hospital readmissions and emergency department visits after adult patients had been discharged ...
ver más ... 2012The use of the Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction (PELOD) score is recommended to assist with triage for mechanical ventilation in pediatric patients during a pandemic
Evidencias COVID-19
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Collection. Evidence Aid
Some patients with COVID-19 will develop respiratory failure and need help with their breathing. This might be provided by mechanical ventilation (MV) in an intensive care unit (ICU), but these resources may become limited during a pandemic. Methods might be needed to triage patients to allocate access to these resources and this review examined these for pediatric patients. In this systematic review, the authors searched for studies evaluating critical care prognosis and multisystem organ ...
ver más ... 2012There is insufficient evidence to support or refute the use of telemedicine technology to support parents of high-risk newborns receiving intensive care.
Evidencias COVID-19
Cochrane - Colección Especial - Coronavirus (Covid-19): asistencia en remoto mediante la telesalud
Clinical trials are needed to assess the application of telemedicine to support parents and families of newborns in the NICU, with the length of hospital stay and their perception of care in the NICU as main outcomes.
ver más ... 2012No survival benefit or clinical efficacy was demonstrated in empirical coverage of atypical pathogens in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
Evidencias COVID-19
Cochrane - Colección Especial - cuidados críticos (tratamiento farmacológico)
No survival or clinical efficacy benefit was demonstrated in empirical coverage of atypical pathogens in hospitalized patients with CAP. This conclusion mainly refers to the comparison of quinolone monotherapy versus beta-lactams. More trials should be conducted comparing beta-lactam monotherapy with the same monotherapy combined with a macrolide.
ver más ... 2012There are not evidence on Chinese herbs combined with Western medicines reduce the mortality in severe acute respiratory syndrome
Evidencias COVID-19
Cochrane - Colección Especial - Cuidados Críticos
We did not find evidence of the effectiveness using Chinese herbs compared to Western medicines alone. It is possible that Chinese herbs combined with Western medicines may improve symptoms, quality of life and absorption of pulmonary infiltration, and decrease the corticosteroid dosage for SARS patients. The evidence is weak because of the poor quality of the included trials. Long‐term follow‐up of these included trials is needed.
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