CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS, KNOWLEDGE OF THE COVID-19 DISEASE, RISK BEHAVIOUR AND MENTAL STATE IN PATIENTS VISITING AN EMERGENCY ROOM WITH COVID-19 SYMPTOMS IN THE NETHERLANDS.

Case-control study of patient characteristics, knowledge of the COVID-19 disease, risk behaviour and mental state in patients visiting an emergency room with COVID-19 symptoms in the Netherlands.

BackgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 is a serious respiratory virus pandemic.Patient characteristics, knowledge of the COVID-19 disease, risk behaviour and mental state will differ between individuals.The primary aim of this study was to investigate these variables in patients visiting an emergency department in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pa

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Emergency medicine in Norway: The road to specialty recognition

Abstract Emergency medicine (EM) Seal Kit in most of Europe is a much newer specialty than in the United States.Until recently, emergency departments (EDs) in Norway were staffed with unsupervised interns, leading to a government report in 2008 that called for change.From the establishment of the Norwegian Society for Emergency Medicine in 2010 to

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Accidental Explantation of a Cochlear Implant in a Child Who Developed Cholesteatoma as a Late Complication of Cochlear Implantation

Introduction.Although rare, cholesteatoma can develop as a late complication of cochlear implantation.The electrode array may then be exposed in the blade guard external auditory canal surrounded by cholesteatoma debris.Case Report.The cochlear implant of a child was inadvertently explanted by a clinician during a routine aural toilet procedure.The

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