Background: Infection is more frequent, and serious in people aged > 65 as they experience non-specific signs and symptoms delaying diagnosis and prompt treatment. Monitoring signs and symptoms using decision support tools (DST) is one approach that could help improve early detection ensuring timely treatment and effective care. Objective: To identify and analyse decision support tools available to support detection of infection in older people (> 65 years). Methods: A scoping review of the literature 2010–2021 following Arksey and O’Malley (2005) framework and PRISMA-ScR guidelines. A search of MEDLINE, Cochrane, EMBASE, PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus and PsycINFO using terms to identify decision support tools for detection of infection in people > 65 years was conducted, supplemented with manual searches. Results: Seventeen papers, reporting varying stages of development of different DSTs were analysed. DSTs largely focussed on specific types of infection i.e. urine, respiratory
MANILA - The country has detected 63 additional cases of three Omicron subvariants 50 BA.5, 11 BA.2.12.1 and two BA.4. Of the total BA.5 tally, 38 cases were from Western Visayas, five from the National Capital Region, and seven were returning overseas Filipinos. "Isang indibidwal ay fully vaccinated, isa ay unvaccinated, habang kasalukuyang bine-verify pa namin ang status ng bakuna ng natitirang apa't napong walo (One individual is fully vaccinated, one is unvaccinated, while the vaccination statuses of the remaining 48 individuals are still being verified," Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Tuesday. The Department of Health is still verifying the exposure and travel history of each of the individuals. One case presented mild symptoms and the symptoms of the remaining 49 are being verified. Currently, 41 of the cases are tagged as recovered, four are still undergoing isolation while the outcomes of the remaining 45 are still being verified. "Based
Sublingual immunotherapy with extract of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, a ubiquitous dust mite, administered to patients in drops reduced atopic dermatitis (eczema).
Scientists warn that the picture could change as more people become ill with the highly transmissible new variant, and that health systems could still be overwhelmed.