A Guide to Chatbots for COVID-19 Screening at Pediatric Health Care Facilities

Espinoza, Juan; Crown, Kelly; Kulkarni, Omkar

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“…Hence, health workers providing care to these children should be considered as highly vulnerable to exposure (11) . For this reason, pediatric facilities face unique challenges during this pandemic because, in addition to the fact that children with the infection present milder symptoms, they live with adults who may be infected, and usually are those who accompany or visit them during hospitalizations (12) .…”

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Challenges faced by pediatric nursing workers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

Góes

Silva

Santos

et al. 2020

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Objective to identify the challenges pediatric nursing workers face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method qualitative study, using a semi-structured electronic form applied to nursing workers from pediatric services in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data were submitted to lexicographic analysis using the Interface de R pour Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires, Word Cloud technique, and Similitude Analysis. Results different challenges concerning the COVID-19 pandemic were reported, including the need to promote comprehensive and quality care while being concerned with protecting oneself and others, with an emphasis on fear. A lack of protective equipment, training, diagnostic tests, and knowledge/information concerning the disease was also reported, in addition to a reduced number of nursing workers and a lack of appreciation for the profession. Conclusion managerial guidelines need to be adopted for properly allocating human and material resources in the health field, including the pediatric services, in addition to providing training on standard precautions. Actions to encourage, value, motivate, and support the nursing staff are needed during and after the pandemic to protect the physical and mental health of these professionals.

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“…The Word Cloud analysis identified the words with the highest number of occurrences, andthose with the highest frequency appear larger than the remaining words inFigure 1. The most recurrent active forms were: patient (18), lack(16), fear(15), PPE(14), team(12), and assistance(8).www.eerp.usp.br/rlae…”

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Challenges faced by pediatric nursing workers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

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“…Amazon released Alexa VA features to help users setup routines during staying at home and providing tips, information, and guidance about COVID-19 16 . Frameworks for COVID-19 screening with chatbots have been proposed and implemented at healthcare institutions 17 , 18 .…”

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Readiness for voice assistants to support healthcare delivery during a health crisis and pandemic

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To prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to continue responding to healthcare needs, hospitals are rapidly adopting telehealth and other digital health tools to deliver care remotely. Intelligent conversational agents and virtual assistants, such as chatbots and voice assistants, have been utilized to augment health service capacity to screen symptoms, deliver healthcare information, and reduce exposure. In this commentary, we examined the state of voice assistants (e.g., Google Assistant, Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa) as an emerging tool for remote healthcare delivery service and discussed the readiness of the health system and technology providers to adapt voice assistants as an alternative healthcare delivery modality during a health crisis and pandemic.

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“…We collected the clinical data of 33 COVID-19 cases and 29 H1N1 cases treated at the First A liated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, the Fourth People's Hospital of Maanshan, and Chizhou People's Hospital between January 23 and February 23, 2020. COVID-19 was diagnosed according to the criteria in the Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of COVID-19 (Trial, Edition 6) [9]. Twenty patients were men, and 13 were women.…”

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Analysis of moderate and severe cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) versus influenza A (H1N1)

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Sheng

Liang

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Background To analyse the clinical characteristics, laboratory tests, and imaging findings of severe cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) versus severe cases of influenza A (H1N1).Methods We retrospectively analysed the clinical data of moderate and severe COVID-19 and H1N1 cases between January 23 and February 23, 2020.Results A total of 33 COVID-19 cases had a clear history of exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with an incubation period of 11.12 ± 7.47 days. A total of 29 H1N1 cases were included in this study. Most cases were sporadic, with an incubation period of 3.67 ± 0.82 days (P = 0.002). The age at onset was 19.79 ± 23.88 years for H1N1 and 43.48 ± 17.82 years for COVID-19 (P < 0.001). For H1N1, common clinical symptoms were high fever and myalgia. The time of disease progression from moderate to severe was 13.60 ± 5.64 days for COVID-19 and 5.25 ± 2.36 days for H1N1 (P = 0.035). Laboratory tests showed that white blood cells (WBC), neutrophils (N), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), C-reactive protein (CPR), and procalcitonin (PCT) were significantly higher in severe H1N1 cases than in severe COVID-19 cases. D-dimer (DD) was 1.43 ± 1.19 µg/mL in the COVID-19 group, which was higher than that in the H1N1 group (0.88 ± 0.32 µg/mL, P = 0.013). High-resolution computed tomography (CT) showed severe COVID-19 cases presented mainly interstitial involvement, shown by large ground-glass opacities, whereas severe H1N1 cases presented both interstitial and parenchymal involvement, especially parenchymal involvement. All the COVID-19 patients survived to discharge, and one H1N1 patient died.Conclusion Compared with H1N1 patients, COVID-19 patients had a clear history of exposure to SARS-CoV-2, were older, presented milder clinical symptoms and a slower progression, and rarely had bacterial infections. Most H1N1 patients had sporadic H1N1 with an acute onset, high fever, and rapid progression; secondary bacterial infection was an important cause of disease aggravation.

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A Guide to Chatbots for COVID-19 Screening at Pediatric Health Care Facilities

Cited by 55 publications

References 15 publications

Challenges faced by pediatric nursing workers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

Challenges faced by pediatric nursing workers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

Readiness for voice assistants to support healthcare delivery during a health crisis and pandemic

Analysis of moderate and severe cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) versus influenza A (H1N1)

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