Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Consequences of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on emergency and stroke care in a German tertiary stroke center
Published 2021BackgroundCOVID-19 pandemic caused a decline in stroke care in several countries. The objective was to describe lockdown stroke care in a tertiary stroke center in Düsseldorf, Germany near Heinsberg, a German hot spot for ...Article -
Short Research Paper: Personal protective equipment for the care of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients - modelling requirements and burn rate
Published 2021Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented global demand for personal protective equipment (PPE). A paucity of data on PPE burn rate (PPE consumption over time) in pandemic situations exacerbated these issues ...Article -
Case fatality risk estimated from routinely collected disease surveillance data: application to COVID–19
Published 2021Case fatality risk (CFR) is the probability of death among cases of a disease. A crude CFR estimate is the ratio of the number deaths to the number of cases of the disease. This estimate is biased, however, particularly ...Article