Experiences from the management of COVID-19 pandemic in a nursing home in Iran (March–April, 2020)

As the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, the elder population and those with comorbidities were at higher risk of COVID-19 infection. The mortality rate was also higher in this population. Hence, the management and prevention of this novel disease in nursing homes was of utmost importance....

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Autores principales: Shoaee, Shervan, Rezaie, Farshid, Payab, Moloud, Bakhtiari, Fariborz, Heydari, Mohammad-Hossein
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8929716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35317104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40200-022-01005-3
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description As the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, the elder population and those with comorbidities were at higher risk of COVID-19 infection. The mortality rate was also higher in this population. Hence, the management and prevention of this novel disease in nursing homes was of utmost importance. The health management team in Kahrizak Charity Foundation (KCF), a nursing home in Iran with more than 1400 elder or comorbid resident, have tackled the COVID-19 outbreak with a novel approach towards this problem. This commentary aims at sharing the insights and lessons learned in the management of COVID-19 in KCF. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40200-022-01005-3.
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spelling pubmed-89297162022-03-18 Experiences from the management of COVID-19 pandemic in a nursing home in Iran (March–April, 2020) Shoaee, Shervan Rezaie, Farshid Payab, Moloud Bakhtiari, Fariborz Heydari, Mohammad-Hossein J Diabetes Metab Disord Commentary As the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, the elder population and those with comorbidities were at higher risk of COVID-19 infection. The mortality rate was also higher in this population. Hence, the management and prevention of this novel disease in nursing homes was of utmost importance. The health management team in Kahrizak Charity Foundation (KCF), a nursing home in Iran with more than 1400 elder or comorbid resident, have tackled the COVID-19 outbreak with a novel approach towards this problem. This commentary aims at sharing the insights and lessons learned in the management of COVID-19 in KCF. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40200-022-01005-3. Springer International Publishing 2022-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8929716/ /pubmed/35317104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40200-022-01005-3 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
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Shoaee, Shervan
Rezaie, Farshid
Payab, Moloud
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Heydari, Mohammad-Hossein
Experiences from the management of COVID-19 pandemic in a nursing home in Iran (March–April, 2020)
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title_short Experiences from the management of COVID-19 pandemic in a nursing home in Iran (March–April, 2020)
title_sort experiences from the management of covid-19 pandemic in a nursing home in iran (march–april, 2020)
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