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Vaccines for COVID-19: the current state of play
Published 2020There is a strong consensus globally that a COVID-19 vaccine is likely the most effective approach to sustainably controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. An unprecedented research effort and global coordination has resulted in ...Article -
Vaccines for COVID-19: where do we stand in 2021?
Published 2021As of July 2021, over 3 billion doses of a COVID-19 vaccines have been administered globally, and there are now 19 COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in at least one country. Several of these have been shown to be highly ...Article -
Vaccines for older adults
Published 2021The proportion of the global population aged 65 and older is rapidly increasing. Infections in this age group, most recently with SARS-CoV-2, cause substantial morbidity and mortality. Major improvements have been made in ...Article -
Valdecoxib : the rise and fall of a COX-2 inhibitor.
Published 2013-06-01Introduction: Valdecoxib is a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) selective anti-inflammatory drug. It is associated with a reduced incidence of gastrointestinal complications and is potentially useful for patients with rheumatological ...Open AccessArticle -
Validating and improving CT ventilation imaging by correlating with ventilation 4D-PET/CT using 68Ga-labeled nanoparticles.
Published 2014-01-01PURPOSE: CT ventilation imaging is a novel functional lung imaging modality based on deformable image registration. The authors present the first validation study of CT ventilation using positron emission tomography with ...Open AccessArticle -
Validation of multiplex PCR sequencing assay of SIV
Published 2020Background: The generation of accurate and reproducible viral sequence data is necessary to understand the diversity present in populations of RNA viruses isolated from clinical samples. While various sequencing methods ...Preprint -
The validity of a behavioural multiple-mini-interview within an assessment centre for selection into specialty training
Published 2014-08-18Background Entry into specialty training was determined by a National Assessment Centre (NAC) approach using a combination of a behavioural Multiple-Mini-Interview (MMI) and a written Situational Judgement Test (SJT). We ...Open AccessArticle -
Variable CD34+ recovery of cryopreserved allogeneic HPC products: transplant implications during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published 2020Donor registries and transplantation societies recommend cryopreservation of unrelated donor hemopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) products before the recipient commences conditioning therapy to mitigate the donor and travel ...Article -
Variations in Personal Protective Equipment Preparedness in Intensive Care Units during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey of Asia-Pacific Countries
Published 2020Objectives: To evaluate PPE-preparedness across intensive care units (ICUs) in 6 Asia-Pacific countries. PPE-preparedness was defined as the adherence to guidelines, training HCWs, procuring PPE stocks and responding ...Preprint -
Varicella Vaccination, Counting Harms and Benefits, and Obligations to Others
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Ventilators-by-Lottery: The Least Unjust Form of Allocation in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published 2020Because of the scarcity of ventilators in ICUs during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there are reports that in Italy ventilators were being allocated on the basis of who had the best chance of survival. ...Article -
A Virtual COVID-19 Ophthalmology Rotation
Published 2021The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic temporarily suspended medical student involvement in clinical rotations, resulting in the need to develop virtual clinical experiences. The cancellation of clinical ophthalmology electives ...Article -
A Visual Approach for the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) Outbreak Data Analysis.
Published 2020Virus outbreaks are threats to humanity, and coronaviruses are the latest of many epidemics in the last few decades in the world. SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Associated Coronavirus) is a member of the ...Article -
Vitamin C as a Possible Therapy for COVID-19
Published 2020Kim et al. reviewed potential therapeutic approaches against coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19). We would like to propose that vitamin C should also be included as a possible treatment as it has numerous effects on the ...Article -
WCTECGdb: A 12-Lead Electrocardiography Dataset Recorded Simultaneously with Raw Exploring Electrodes’ Potential Directly Referred to the Right Leg
Published 2020With this paper we communicated the existence of a surface electrocardiography (ECG) recordings dataset, named WCTECGdb, that aside from the standard 12-lead signals includes the raw electrode biopotential for each of the ...Article