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Objective: To analyze the sociodemographic, occupational, and mental health profile of physiotherapists who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Uberaba-MG. Method: Observational, cross-sectional, quantitative study. The sample was composed of physiotherapists from the SUS assistance services, who assisted patients with COVID-19 (group 1), and who did not attend (group 2). Two instruments were used: one for characterizing the sociodemographic and occupational profile, analyzed through absolute and relative frequency distributions for categorical variables, and measures of central tendency for continuous variables; another for screening common mental disorders (CMD), the Self-Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20), analyzed using the validation and syntax recommendations in the article. Results: Of the total, 55.7% treated patients with COVID-19, 88.5% were women, 39.3% were aged between 31-40 years, 70.5% married/partner, 86.9% received training regarding COVID-19, 86.9% had sufficient PPE and 47.5% became infected with COVID-19. Comparing the groups, physiotherapists in group 1 worked at the institution less time (p=0.0020), received lower wages (p=0.0050), increased working hours during the pandemic (p=0.002), and 47.1% had CMD. Regarding CMD, 47.1% of group 1 and 55.6% of group 2 showed positive screening, values without statistically significant difference between the groups. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant relationship between shorter working hours at the institution, lower monthly income, higher working hours, and higher proportion of physiotherapists who cared for patients with COVID-19. Regarding mental health, more than half of the entire sample analyzed showed changes, but without a significant difference between the groups, demonstrating that both physiotherapists who treated and those who did not treat patients with COVID-19 suffered from the negative effect of the pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic the need for reliable, fast and accurate information challenged healthcare professionals around the world. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the requests made by health professionals to a Drug Information Center (DIC) in a pre-pandemic year and during the first year of the pandemic. Methods: This is a quantitative and retrospective study that analyzed the solicitations made to the DIC of the Instituto Central do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (ICHCFMUSP) regarding its subject, ATC classification of drugs involved and requesting professionals. Results: The results show that, in general, during the first pandemic year there was an increase of 454 questions (66.13%; p < 0.01). The questions referred mainly to issues of administration, stability/compatibility and standardization of the medicines in the institution, being the pharmacist the professional who asked the most number of questions. When sectioning the questions, it was found that most of the information requested referred to infectious agents, agents that act on the blood/hematopoietic organs and the nervous system. Conclusion: Considering the pandemic scenario, with an overload of health services, large number of hires of new professionals and lack of availability of scientifically based information, the evidence provided by the DIC, combined with the understanding of clinical condition of each patient, certainly helped in a better outcome for each patient, as well as being essential in the rational use of medicines in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper analyses how post-truth could be related to the identification processes in the context of the pandemic in Brazil. Fact-checking articles published by the agencies "Lupa" and "Aos Fatos" were taken as examples. The corpus was analysed in order to describe the conflicting narratives on the chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine efficacy for Covid-19 treatments. The hypothesis is that those pieces of disinformation under journalistic scrutiny are not accidental messages - they belong in the bigger picture of cultural practices which can be found among social and political groups tied to the supporters of president Bolsonaro's discourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To describe the main challenges of nursing care in the treatment of COVID-19 in patients on cardiopulmonary bypass therapy with Ecmo membrane oxygenator. The method used was an integrative literature review. Searches were performed in Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and Scopus, using descriptors, resulting after analysis of the inclusion and exclusion criteria in 17 studies. The results indicated that there is a lack of hospital resources and trained professionals for the use of ECMO therapy in patients with COVID-19. The study concluded that besides the scarcity of publications on the subject, it is essential to increase the capacity of institutions that offer ECMO therapy. It is essential to invest in training and capacitate the nursing teams providing a safe treatment and with quality service delivery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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COVID-19 is a respiratory infection caused by the new coronavirus SAR-S-CoV- 2 and has a high rate of global transmission. Even though it is unknown, the virus entered Brazil very quickly and aggressively among the population, leading many of the infected patients to need intensive care for treatment of this infection. The regulation of SUS ICU beds is very important at this moment, ensuring access to health care effectively and equitably for the entire Brazilian population. The study is a quantitative research of exploratory descriptive nature, having as a source the data disclosed by the Santa Catarina state government in platforms focused on COVID-19. The results were applied in graphs and analyzed with the objective of identifying the number of patients who needed ICU beds for treatment due to COVID-19 in the state of Santa Catarina in the period between March 21 and April 21, 2021. The data shown in this study contribute to the reevaluation of coping measures for the control of the virus among the population, in order to avoid outbreaks of the disease or collapse in the health networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper examines how the narrative for chloroquine as a cure/treatment for Covid-19 was built in pro-Bolsonaro WhatsApp groups. To this end, two hypotheses are explored. The first argument highlights the way in which the narrative for the benevolent side is structured to support a belief about the efficacy of the product, which, according to Cassam (2019), characterizes an "epistemic vice". The second hypothesis refers to how the narrative was structured as a network of ideologically oriented positions to produce antagonists, which we interpret in the light of the notion of "petty police", according to Rancière (1996, 2014). As a methodological strategy, we built a timeline of chloroquine-related messages, disseminated in pro-Bolsonaro groups, accessed through the WhatsApp Monitor, developed by UFMG. The chronological relationship of the messages allowed us to perceive the dominance of each phase of the narrative construction, in order to gather the messages in a discursive network, which we analyzed in the attempt to answer our research question. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brazil is today a negative example for pandemic health crisis management. Despite this, recent surveys indicate that a significant part of the population keeps intact its support and trust in the federal government and its Covid-19 management strategy. In order to contribute to the understanding of how the epistemology and the digital communicational architecture of Bolsonarism are characterized, this paper analyzes, from the theoretical framework of the social studies of ignorance, the debates about the Covid-19 pandemic in a group of supporters of President Bolsonaro on Telegram. From 188,198 text messages shared in the period from January to December 2020, we filtered and analyzed the communications related to three controversial positions of the federal government: the opposition to social distancing measures, the defense of the use of hydroxychloroquine as early treatment for Covid-19 and, finally, the negligence and/or disbelief regarding vaccination. We argue that it is possible to understand President Bolsonaro's performance as an exercise of the oracular power of a digital populist leader. This would be made possible by the architecture of Bolsonaro's digital network communications, which are configured as a multiplatform media ecosystem based on the sense of a direct connection between leader and people. Furthermore, the analysis points out that, rather than denying the credibility and legitimacy of science, Bolsonarism operates demarcations of boundaries of ignorance within science itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents narratives by indigenous anthropologists, narrating the way they heal themselves from coronavirus during the pandemic in Manaus. These complex and diverse treatments for Covid-19 start with the use of basese ("blessings") known by their ancestors and is carried out with the use of medicinal teas made from tree cortex and the aid of some biomedical advice and drugs. In this work, we will outline in detail how this process was carried out and how the Covid-19 was defeated by them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work objective is to analyze the discussion on science, its role and functioning, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. A study of the repercussion on Twitter of the decisions of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the tests of chloroquine and/or hydroxychloroquine for the Covid-19 treatment was carried out in three moments: (i) temporary suspension, (ii) resumption, and (iii) interruption. 501,123 tweets were analyzed. The results indicate an incomprehension about scientific research functioning and the presence of politically interested discourses against science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Responsible for the disease COVID-19, the new coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, was discovered in China. Its rapid spread caused astonishment and concern in the population, and it ended up causing one of the largest pandemics ever recorded in history. Some professionals suggest using Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine, medicines that have been used to fight various diseases for more than 70 years, to treat this infection. Their effectiveness in controlling COVID-19 has not been confirmed, though. Objectives: This study aims to collect information in the scientific literature on the risks and benefits of the drugs Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine used as drug therapy for patients affected by the disease. Method: An integrative literature review was carried out, on three online databases (LILACS, SCIELO, and PUBMED) to describe the effects of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine when used in the treatment of the disease, allowing the critical evaluation of certain knowledge on the subject, and gathering multiple studies and their main outcomes. Results: Ten scientific studies on the theme were analyzed, focusing on the relationship between risks and benefits that the medicines Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine, associated or not with other medicines may present in the fight against the infection. In vitro data showed promising results regarding the use of the drugs, but the medicines did not demonstrate efficiency in combating COVID-19 when used in patients. Final considerations: The use of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 proves to be ineffective and it brings risks for those who use them. There is an agreement regarding the need for caution now, emphasizing heart risk to the user. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to reflect on the discourses of subjects who are undergoing psychoanalytic treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). To achieve that goal, we selected some signifiers which imposed themselves to the therapists' listening over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]