Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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Severe COVID-19 during pregnancy treated with pulse corticosteroid therapy and mid-trimester termination: A case report
Published 2022Background: At the early stage of the pandemic, severe COVID-19 was thought to be rare among pregnant women. However, cumulating data showed that gestational state is a risk factor for severe pneumonia, particularly due ...Article -
Fungal Infections Other Than Invasive Aspergillosis in COVID-19 Patients
Published 2022Invasive fungal disease (IFD) associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has focussed predominantly on invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. However, increasingly emergent are non-Aspergillus fungal infections including ...Article -
Gatekeeper training for vendors to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural South Asia: a study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial
Published 2022INTRODUCTION: Pesticide self-poisoning kills an estimated 110_000-168_000 people worldwide annually. Data from South Asia indicate that in 15%-20% of attempted suicides and 30%-50% of completed suicides involving pesticides ...Article -
Main COVID-19 information sources in a culturally and linguistically diverse community in Sydney, Australia: A cross-sectional survey
Published 2022Objective: Describe COVID-19 information-seeking experiences for culturally and linguistically diverse groups in Sydney, Australia. Methods: Cross-sectional survey, translated into 11 languages; participants recruited from ...Article -
Vaccination and immunotherapies in neuroimmunological diseases
Published 2022Neuroimmunological diseases and their treatment compromise the immune system, thereby increasing the risk of infections and serious illness. Consequently, vaccinations to protect against infections are an important part ...Article