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The potential impact of enhanced hygienic measures during the COVID-19 outbreak on hospital-acquired infections: A pragmatic study in neurological units
This study aimed to investigate if enhanced hygienic measures, including the systematic use of personal protective equipment (PPE), determined a decrease in HAI during the recent COVID-19 outbreak in “COVID-free” neurological units.
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - August 28, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Emanuele Cerulli Irelli, Biagio Orlando, Enrico Cocchi, Alessandra Morano, Francesco Fattapposta, Vittorio Di Piero, Danilo Toni, Maria R. Ciardi, Anna T. Giallonardo, Giovanni Fabbrini, Alfredo Berardelli, Carlo Di Bonaventura Tags: Clinical short communication Source Type: research

Covert COVID-19 complications: Continuing the use of evidence-based drugs to minimize potentially lethal indirect effects of the pandemic in stroke patients
Stroke and cardiovascular diseases are the world's biggest killers, globally accounting for over 15 million deaths each year (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death). Since the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan, China and its rapid spread to other countries, as of April 272,020, there were about 3 million cases with over 190,000 deaths worldwide. However, actual situation might be even more dire, since such statistics likely do not fully display the entire impact of COVID-19, especially with regard to its influence on patients with a history of stroke who need to tak...
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - May 5, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Meng Lee, Chi-Hsin Sally Chen, Bruce Ovbiagele Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research