Willingness to get the COVID-19 vaccine with and without emergency use authorization

The study assessed psychosocial predictors of U.S. adults' willingness to get a future COVID-19 vaccine. Significant predictors were education, having insurance, a positive attitude toward the vaccine, as well as high perceived susceptibility to the vaccine. The study was published in the Journal of the American Public Health Association.

United States COVID-19 Vaccination Preferences (CVP): 2020 Hindsight

The first-generation COVID-19 vaccines are being trialed after initial evidence showed 70-95% efficacy and minimal risks. CDC study: Those with less education were more likely to be unwilling to be vaccinated. Overall predicted uptake is 68.81% by the end of Phase 2 (August 2021), which is well below the 75-90% needed for herd immunity. Effectiveness and safety had the largest effects.

Determining the Cutoff Points of the 5C Scale for Assessment of COVID-19 Vaccines Psychological Antecedents among the Arab Population: A Multinational Study

The 5C scale, which assesses 5 psychological antecedents of vaccination, could be effective in exploring COVID-19 VH. Arab validated version of the 5C scale has a good discriminatory power to predict COVID-19 vaccines antecedent. Findings were published in the Journal of the American Academy of Public Health. The study aimed to determine a statistically valid cutoff point for the sub-scales.

Automated graphic assessment of respiratory activity is superior to pulse oximetry and visual assessment for the detection of early respiratory depression during therapeutic upper endoscopy

Recommendations from the American Society of Anesthesiologists suggest that monitoring for apnea using the detection of exhaled carbon dioxide is a useful adjunct to the assessment of the ventilatory status of patients undergoing sedation and analgesia.

Magnifying endoscopy combined with narrow band imaging system for early gastric cancer: correlation of vascular pattern with histopathology (including video)

Narrow band imaging (NBI) system is used to capture clear images of microvessels on mucosal surfaces. This study measured the correlation between the magnified images obtained with the NBI system and the histological findings, especially with regard to the vascular pattern.

Capnography monitoring of non-anesthesiologist provided sedation during percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement: A prospective, controlled, randomized trial

A number of studies were able to show a reduction of hypoxemia episodes during procedural sedation through the use of capnography (CA) The study compared standard monitoring (SM) versus SM with additional CA surveillance.

A novel diagnostic method for evaluation of vascular lesions in the digestive tract using infrared fluorescence endoscopy

After intravenous administration of indocyanine green (ICG), infrared endoscopy is used to examine vascular lesions such as esophageal varices. No previous study has compared the sensitivity of infrared fluorescence endoscope (IRFE) with that of IRE.

Endoscopic tissue shielding to prevent bleeding after endoscopic submucosal dissection: a prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial

The study compared the PGA shielding method with polyglycolic acid (PGA) sheets and fibrin glue for the prevention of adverse events after ESD. Post-ESD bleeding occurred in three patients (4.5%) in the PGA group and in four patients (5.7%) in a control group.

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