Preventive Measures for COVID-19 in Dental Treatments

Proposed pharmacological treatments for COVID-19: previously confirmed drugs

Background:     The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, also called COVID-19, first appeared in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. COVID-19 is an enveloped single-stranded RNA virus, which has affected more than 14 million people around the world and caused a high rate of mortality. It is notable that discovering new drugs and vaccines against SARS-CoV2 is time consuming. ...

Indoor Air Quality and Severity of COVID-19: Where Communicable and Non-communicable Preventive Measures Meet

Insights into Preventive Measures for Dental Erosion

Dental erosion is defined as the loss of tooth substance by acid exposure not involving bacteria. The etiology of erosion is related to different behavioral, biological and chemical factors. Based on an overview of the current literature, this paper presents a summary of the preventive strategies relevant for patients suffering from dental erosion. Behavioral factors, such as special drinking h...

Effect of Nursing Instructions about COVID-19 Preventive Measures on Knowledge and Reported Practice of Hospitalized School Age Children

Background: COVID-19, novel coronavirus, has been identified by the World Health Organization as a pandemic that causes highly transmittable respiratory disease. Lack of awareness about COVID-19 preventive measures represents a global threat. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of nursing instructions about COVID-19 p...

COVID-19: combining antiviral and anti-inflammatory treatments

The high affinity of baricitinib for the numb-associated kinase (NAK) family, its anti-inflammatory properties, with its advantageous pharmacokinetic properties, appear to make it a special case among the approved drugs.  In addition, the potential for combination therapy with baracitinib is high, because of its low plasma protein binding and minimal interaction with CYP enzymes and drug transp...