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Tomaselli V, Ferrara P, Cantone GG, Romeo AC, Rust S, Saitta D, Caraci F, Romano C, Thangaraju M, Zuccarello P, Rose J, Ferrante M, Belsey J, Cibella F, Caci G, Ferri R, Polosa R. The effect of laboratory-verified smoking on SARS-CoV-2 infection: results from the Troina sero-epidemiological survey. Intern Emerg Med 2022; 17:1617-1630. [PMID: 35419722 PMCID: PMC9007731 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-022-02975-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Previous research yielded conflicting results on the association between cigarette smoking and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Since the prevalence of smoking is high globally, the study of its impact on COVID-19 pandemic may have considerable implications for public health. This study is the first to investigate the association between the SARS-CoV-2 antibody sero-positivity and biochemically verified smoking status, to refine current estimates on this association. SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG and serum cotinine levels (a well-known marker of tobacco exposure) were assessed in a large sero-epidemiological survey conducted in the town of Troina (Sicily, Italy). A propensity score matching was carried out to reduce the effect of possible factors on SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among study participants. Of the 1785 subjects included in our study, one-third was classified as current smokers, based on serum cotinine levels. The overall proportion of subjects with positive serology for SARS-CoV-2 IgG was 5.4%. The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibody positivity and previous COVID-19 diagnosis were reduced in smokers. This reduced prevalence persisted after adjusting for possible confounders (such as sex, age, previous infection, chronic conditions, and risk group) at regression analyses, and the point estimates based on the PS-matched models resulted consistent with those for the unmatched population. This study found a lower proportion of positive SARS-CoV-2 serology among current smokers, using direct laboratory measures of tobacco exposure and thus avoiding possible bias associated with self-reported smoking status. Results may also serve as a reference for future clinical research on potential pharmaceutical role of nicotine or nicotinic-cholinergic agonists against COVID-19.
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Affiliation(s)
- Venera Tomaselli
- Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR), University di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Center for Public Health Research, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy "Ettore Majorana", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- ECLAT Srl, Spin-off of the University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR), University di Catania, Catania, Italy
- ECLAT Srl, Spin-off of the University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR), University di Catania, Catania, Italy
- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy
- Department of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Bioanalytical Laboratory, Center for Smoking Cessation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA
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- Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Bioanalytical Laboratory, Center for Smoking Cessation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA
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- Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR), University di Catania, Catania, Italy
- Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR), University di Catania, Catania, Italy
- Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology, National Research Council of Italy, Palermo, Italy
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR), University di Catania, Catania, Italy.
- ECLAT Srl, Spin-off of the University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
- Institute of Internal Medicine, AOU "Policlinico-V. Emanuele", Via S. Sofia, 78, Catania, Italy.
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Spinicci M, Pengue L, Bartolozzi D, Quercioli M, Epifani F, Pollini S, Zammarchi L, Maria Rossolini G, Bartoloni A. Soccer in the time of COVID-19: 1 year report from an Italian top league club, March 2020-February 2021. Epidemiol Infect 2021; 149:e207. [PMID: 34494512 PMCID: PMC8458845 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268821002065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
We report the events of an Italian top league soccer club that took place in 1 year (from March 2020 to February 2021) at the time of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In early March 2020, just before sport competitions were called off due to the national lockdown in Italy, the team, which included 27 players and 26 staff at the time, faced a COVID-19 outbreak, with 16 confirmed and seven probable cases, including three staff members who had to be hospitalised. In May 2020, at the resumption of the training sessions, a high prevalence of anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunoglobulin G positivity (35/53, 66%) was detected among the members of the group. In the following months, sport activities were organised behind closed doors with stringent risk mitigation procedures in place. As of February 2021, only two new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were detected within the group, against more than 3500 nasopharyngeal swabs and 1000 serological tests.
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- Michele Spinicci
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Sports Medicine Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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Lamberti N, Straudi S, Manfredini R, De Giorgi A, Gasbarro V, Zamboni P, Manfredini F. Don't stop walking: the in-home rehabilitation program for peripheral artery disease patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Intern Emerg Med 2021; 16:1307-1315. [PMID: 33411263 PMCID: PMC7788170 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-020-02598-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
We studied the outcomes of peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients enrolled in a structured in-home walking program right before the lockdown due to the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic emergency, to determine whether this intervention ensured the maintenance of mobility even in the case of movement restrictions.We selectively studied 83 patients (age 72 ± 11, males n = 65) enrolled in the program within 9-month before the lockdown. The usual intervention was based on two daily 8-min sessions of slow intermittent in-home walking prescribed in circa-monthly hospital visits. During the lockdown, the program was updated by phone. Six-minute (6MWD) and pain-free walking distance (PFWD) were measured pre- and post-lockdown as well as body weight (BW), blood pressure (BP), and ankle-brachial index (ABI). Sixty-six patients were measured 117 ± 23 days after their previous visit. A safe, pain-free execution of the prescribed sessions was reported (median distance: 74 km). Overall, the 6MWD was stable, while PFWD improved (p < 0.001). The improvement was not related to age/gender, comorbidities, type of home but to the time of enrollment before lockdown. The new-entry subjects (≤ 3 months; n = 35) obtained significant improvements post-lockdown for 6MWD and PFWD, while those previously enrolled (> 3 months; n = 31) were stable. Decreased BW with stable BP and ABI values were also recorded, with better outcomes for new-entry subjects. In PAD patients, a structured walking program performed inside home and purposely guided by phone was adhered to by patients and favored mobility and risk factor control during the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of walking ability, type of home and external conditions.
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- Nicola Lamberti
- Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Rehabilitation Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Ferrara, University of Ferrara, via Aldo Moro 8, 44123, Cona, Ferrara, Italy.
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Ferrara, University of Ferrara, via Aldo Moro 8, 44123, Cona, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Vascular Surgery Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Rehabilitation Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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Piccica M, Lagi F, Trotta M, Spinicci M, Zammarchi L, Bartoloni A. High-dose steroids for the treatment of severe COVID-19. Intern Emerg Med 2021; 16:1395-1399. [PMID: 33856664 PMCID: PMC8047517 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-021-02707-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Matteo Piccica
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, SOD Malattie Infettive eTropicali, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, SOD Malattie Infettive eTropicali, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, SOD Malattie Infettive eTropicali, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, SOD Malattie Infettive eTropicali, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, SOD Malattie Infettive eTropicali, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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Souza DL, Korzenowski AL, Alvarado MM, Sperafico JH, Ackermann AEF, Mareth T, Scavarda AJ. A Systematic Review on Lean Applications' in Emergency Departments. Healthcare (Basel) 2021; 9:healthcare9060763. [PMID: 34205337 PMCID: PMC8235665 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9060763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 06/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
This article presents the state of the art of Lean principles applied in Emergency Departments through a systematic literature review. Our article extends previous work found in the literature to respond to the following questions: (i) What research problems in emergency departments can Lean principles help overcome? (ii) What Lean approaches and tools are used most often in this environment? (iii) What are the results and benefits obtained by these practices? and (iv) What research opportunities appear as gaps in the current state of the art on the subject? A six-step systematic review was performed following the guidance of the PRISMA method. The review analysis identified six main research problems where Lean was applied in Emergency Departments: (i) High Waiting Time and High Length of Hospital Stay; (ii) Health Safety; (iii) Process redesign; (iv) Management and Lessons Learned; (v) High Patient Flow; (vi) Cost Analysis. The six research problems’ main approaches identified were Lean Thinking, Multidisciplinary, Statistics, and Six Sigma. The leading Lean tools and methodologies were VSM, Teamwork, DMAIC, and Kaizen. The main benefits of applying Lean Principles were (a) reductions in waiting time, costs, length of hospital stay, patient flow, and procedure times; and (b) improvements in patient satisfaction, efficiency, productivity, standardization, relationships, safety, quality, and cost savings. Multidisciplinary integration of managers and work teams often yields good results. Finally, this study identifies knowledge gaps and new opportunities to study Lean best practices in healthcare organizations.
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- Davenilcio Luiz Souza
- Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Polytechnic School, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo 93022-750, RS, Brazil; (D.L.S.); (J.H.S.); (A.E.F.A.)
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- Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Polytechnic School, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo 93022-750, RS, Brazil; (D.L.S.); (J.H.S.); (A.E.F.A.)
- Accounting Department, School of Management and Business, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Porto Alegre 91330-002, RS, Brazil;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +55-51-99163-6371
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- Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA;
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- Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Polytechnic School, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo 93022-750, RS, Brazil; (D.L.S.); (J.H.S.); (A.E.F.A.)
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- Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Polytechnic School, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo 93022-750, RS, Brazil; (D.L.S.); (J.H.S.); (A.E.F.A.)
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- Accounting Department, School of Management and Business, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Porto Alegre 91330-002, RS, Brazil;
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- Department of Production Engineering, Center for Exact Sciences and Technology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22290-255, RJ, Brazil;
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Chen R, Xu G, Yang L, Deng Z, Hu Q, Hu H, Wang Z. A new rapid screening program based on risk scores for COVID-19 patients. Intern Emerg Med 2021; 16:925-932. [PMID: 33111164 PMCID: PMC7590990 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-020-02534-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
We aimed at establishing a new COVID-19 risk scores, serving as a guide for rapidly screening the COVID-19 patients in order to reduce the risk of COVID-19 hospital-related transmission. As the COVID-19 disease is breaking out across the world, hospital-related transmission is one of the main factors accountable for the spread of COVID-19. For COVID-19 prevention it is urgent to establish a fast and efficient screening strategy for the COVID-19 patients. We analyzed 335 patients (including 124 patients with COVID-19). Five significant clinical attributes were selected as the components for establishing a COVID-19 risk score system, and every attribute was assigned a specific score according to their respective odds ratio values. We also compared three different screening schemes (Scheme I: temperature higher than 37.2 °C on admission, Scheme II: exposure to a source of transmission within 14 days in addition to fever, Scheme III: our new COVID-19 risk score) in terms of their respective receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, so as to evaluate their respective screening effectiveness. Five significant risk factors, which were exposed to a source of transmission (9 points), cluster onset (6 points), history of fever or temperature higher than 37.2 °C on admission (4 points), cough (1 point) and other atypical symptoms (1 point), were ultimately selected from many candidates to construct the new rapid COVID-19 screening program. Based on the screening scheme, the patients were quickly divided into three subgroups according to their respective COVID-19 risk scores: low risk (≤ 6 points, risk < 10%), medium risk (7-13 points) and high risk (≥ 14 points, risk > 80%). When the score of 10 points was selected as a cut-off point for differentiating the patients with COVID-19 from all of the other patients, the sensitivity was 93.6%, with a specificity of 86.3%. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) of COVID-19 risk score system was 0.96 (P = 0.000), much higher than the AUCs of Scheme I (0.56, P = 0.000) and Scheme II (0.85, P = 0.000), respectively. Our COVID-19 risk score system can help the clinicians effectively and rapidly identify and differentiate the patients with COVID-19 infections, to be mainly used in those areas where COVID-19 still exhibits epidemiological characteristics.
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- Ru Chen
- Neurological Department, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Neurological Department, Changsha Central Hospital, No. 161, Shaoshan South Road, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Infectious Disease Department, The First Hospital of Changsha City, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- School of Computer and Communication Engneering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Neurological Department, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Neurological Department, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Neurological Department, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
- Neurological Department, Changsha Central Hospital, No. 161, Shaoshan South Road, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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Segura-Aguilar J, Tizabi Y. Ivermectin as a potential therapeutic in COVID-19. CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2020; 4:160-161. [PMID: 33778414 PMCID: PMC7993655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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- Juan Segura-Aguilar
- Molecular & Clinical Pharmacology, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Chile
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- Department of Pharmacology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
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Bahl A, Van Baalen MN, Ortiz L, Chen NW, Todd C, Milad M, Yang A, Tang J, Nygren M, Qu L. Early predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19 in a large American cohort. Intern Emerg Med 2020; 15:1485-1499. [PMID: 32970246 PMCID: PMC7512216 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-020-02509-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has aggressively spread across the United States with numerous fatalities. Risk factors for mortality are poorly described. This was a multicentered cohort study identifying patient characteristics and diagnostic markers present on initial evaluation associated with mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Epidemiological, demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of survivors and non-survivors were obtained from electronic medical records and a multivariable survival regression analysis was conducted to identify risk factors of in-hospital death. Of 1629 consecutive hospitalized adult patients with confirmed COVID-19 from March 1st thru March 31, 2020, 1461 patients were included in final analysis. 327 patients died during hospitalization and 1134 survived to discharge. Median age was 62 years (IQR 50.0, 74.0) with 56% of hospitalized patients under the age of 65. 47% were female and 63% identified as African American. Most patients (55%) had either no or one comorbidity. In multivariable analysis, older age, admission respiratory status including elevated respiratory rate and oxygen saturation ≤ 88%, and initial laboratory derangements of creatinine > 1.33 mg/dL, alanine aminotransferase > 40 U/L, procalcitonin > 0.5 ng/mL, and lactic acid ≥ 2 mmol/L increased risk of in-hospital death. This study is one of the largest analyses in an epicenter for the COVID-19 pandemic. Older age, low oxygen saturation and elevated respiratory rate on admission, and initial lab derangements including renal and hepatic dysfunction and elevated procalcitonin and lactic acid are risk factors for in-hospital death. These factors can help clinicians prognosticate and should be considered in management strategies.
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- Amit Bahl
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, 3601 13 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, 3601 13 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA
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- Beaumont Health Research Institute, Royal Oak, MI, USA
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- Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USA
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- Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USA
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- Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USA
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- Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USA
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- Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USA
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- Beaumont Health Research Institute, Royal Oak, MI, USA
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Takagi H. Systematic review of the prevalence of current smoking among hospitalized COVID‑19 patients in China: could nicotine be a therapeutic option? Intern Emerg Med 2020; 15:1601-1603. [PMID: 32803630 PMCID: PMC7429138 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-020-02473-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Hisato Takagi
- Shizuoka Medical Center, 762-1 Nagasawa, Shimizu-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, 411-8611, Japan.
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Polosa R, Spinicci M, Prisco D. "COVID-19: diagnosis, management and prognosis": a new topical collection of Internal and Emergency Medicine. Intern Emerg Med 2020; 15:747-750. [PMID: 32734430 PMCID: PMC7391015 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-020-02461-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Riccardo Polosa
- Dipartimento Di Medicina Clinica E Sperimentale (MEDCLIN), University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
- Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of HArm Reduction (CoEHAR), University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
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- Dipartimento Di Medicina Sperimentale E Clinica (DMSC), Università Di Firenze, Florence, Italy
- SOD Malattie Infettive E Tropicali, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Dipartimento Di Medicina Sperimentale E Clinica (DMSC), Università Di Firenze, Florence, Italy
- SOD Medicina Interna Interdisciplinare, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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