Pearls
Speakers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar's Grand Rounds, coordinated by the Division of Continuing Professional Development, share their 'pearls of wisdom' about their chosen field of interest with us.
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It has become rapidly evident that COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus, is a multi-organ system disease with several hematologic manifestations. COVID-19 associated coagulopathy (CAC) and thromboembolism aremajor hematologic complications of COVID-19 that result inhigh morbidity and poor prognosis.
The spread of health misinformation is not a new phenomenon, but the speed and volume of its dissemination has exploded in recent years due to the rapid increase in internet connectivity, access ...
Pediatric emergency medicine continues to grow throughout the world. For general physicians, who manage both adult and children, pediatric patients, account for a smaller proportion of the daily workload, but, the anxiety is always associated with providing effective and safe quality care...
Studying the concept of death in children presents several ethical and methodological challenges. The discussion on children’s understanding of death dates back to the end of World War II, at which time a relationship was found between age and a child’s comprehension of death...
Fungal infections cause about 1.5 to 2 million deaths worldwide per year, far more than malaria and tuberculosis infections, and a quarter of the million death due to candidiasis (Brown et al., 2012)...
Ultrasound is currently on a steep incorporation curve in medical education. Relatively recent improvements in the portability and cost of equipment, combined with the non-ionizing nature of this cross-sectional imaging modality made this fairly inevitable...