Advanced care planning in the early phase of COVID-19: a rapid review of the practice and policy lessons learned

BackgroundThe importance of advance care planning (ACP) has been highlighted by the advent of life-threatening COVID-19.Anecdotal evidence suggests changes in implementation of policies and procedures is needed to support uptake of ACPs.We investigated the barriers and enablers of ACP in the COVID-19 context and identify recommendations to facilita

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The Role of ClpB in Bacterial Stress Responses and Virulence

Bacterial survival within a mammalian host is contingent upon sensing environmental perturbations and initiating an appropriate counter-response.To achieve this, sophisticated molecular machineries are Pants used, where bacterial chaperone systems play key roles.The chaperones are a prerequisite for bacterial survival during normal physiological co

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Role of Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsies in Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases: Interest of a Sequential Approach

Background.Transbronchial lung cryobiopsies (TBLCs) are a promising diagnostic tool in the setting of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases (DPLDs).However, no comparison with surgical lung biopsy (SLB) in the same patient is available.Methods.The diagnostic yield and safety data of TBLCs, as well as the result of Sunglasses SLB performed after TBLCs,

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