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Haq Z, Nazir J, Manzoor T, Saleem A, Hamadani H, Khan AA, Saleem Bhat S, Jha P, Ahmad SM. Zoonotic spillover and viral mutations from low and middle-income countries: improving prevention strategies and bridging policy gaps. PeerJ 2024; 12:e17394. [PMID: 38827296 PMCID: PMC11144393 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024] Open
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The increasing frequency of zoonotic spillover events and viral mutations in low and middle-income countries presents a critical global health challenge. Contributing factors encompass cultural practices like bushmeat consumption, wildlife trade for traditional medicine, habitat disruption, and the encroachment of impoverished settlements onto natural habitats. The existing "vaccine gap" in many developing countries exacerbates the situation by allowing unchecked viral replication and the emergence of novel mutant viruses. Despite global health policies addressing the root causes of zoonotic disease emergence, there is a significant absence of concrete prevention-oriented initiatives, posing a potential risk to vulnerable populations. This article is targeted at policymakers, public health professionals, researchers, and global health stakeholders, particularly those engaged in zoonotic disease prevention and control in low and middle-income countries. The article underscores the importance of assessing potential zoonotic diseases at the animal-human interface and comprehending historical factors contributing to spillover events. To bridge policy gaps, comprehensive strategies are proposed that include education, collaborations, specialized task forces, environmental sampling, and the establishment of integrated diagnostic laboratories. These strategies advocate simplicity and unity, breaking down barriers, and placing humanity at the forefront of addressing global health challenges. Such a strategic and mental shift is crucial for constructing a more resilient and equitable world in the face of emerging zoonotic threats.
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- Zulfqarul Haq
- ICMR project, Division of Livestock Production and Management, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, India, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India
- Division of Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of veterinary Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, India, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Division of Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of veterinary Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, India, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Division of Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of veterinary Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, India, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- ICMR project, Division of Livestock Production and Management, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, India, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- ICMR project, Division of Livestock Production and Management, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, India, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Division of Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of veterinary Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, India, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India
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- Division of Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of veterinary Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, India, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Emerick GS, Zandonade E, Prado CBD, Pires LBC, Bezerra OIMDPA, Salaroli LB. Morbimortality profile by COVID-19 in telework and on-site work in an oil and gas company in Brazil. Work 2024:WOR230114. [PMID: 38457165 DOI: 10.3233/wor-230114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND As a reflection of the health emergency caused by COVID-19, many countries adopted guidelines, which included activity restrictions. As a result, some companies maintained their activities with on-site work and telework. OBJECTIVE Analyzing the morbidity and mortality profile due to COVID-19 of workers in telework and on-site work in an oil and gas company. METHODS Cross-sectional, quantitative, and analytical study that included 8,394 workers diagnosed with COVID-19 at an oil and gas company in Brazil, from June 2020 to June 2021. The company's Surveillance Program database was used as an information source. RESULTS The total prevalence of cases was 21.7% . For teleworking and face-to-face workers, they were 20.7% and 23.3%, respectively. There was a predominance of women (19.7%), white ethnicity/colour (64.7%), higher level position (52.6%), age group over 40 years (36.7%), married (53, 8%), working at the company for a period that ranges from 7 to 10 years (17%), administrative activity (68.5%), and a higher number of symptomatic workers and deaths in telework compared to on-site work. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that testing is important to refrain the virus spread in the company's work environments, as it allowed asymptomatic workers to be diagnosed with COVID-19. The study suggested that on-site work was not a transmission facilitator in the occupational environment, which points out the importance of preventive measures in the workplace and the adoption of remote work for the largest possible number of workers to improve the safety of employees, workers who remained in the on-site work modality.
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- Giselly Storch Emerick
- Graduate Program in Public Health Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória - ES, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Public Health Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória - ES, Brazil
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- Research Group on Epidemiology Health and Nutrition, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória - ES, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Nutrition and Health, Health Sciences Center at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, Brazil
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Guimarães-Teixeira E, Machado AV, Lopes Neto D, Costa LSD, Garrido PHS, Aguiar Filho W, Soares RDS, Santos BRD, Cruz EAD, Contrera MA, Delgado PGG. Comorbities and mental health among healthcare workers in Brazil. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. CIENCIA & SAUDE COLETIVA 2023; 28:2823-2832. [PMID: 37878926 DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320232810.10192023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023] Open
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This is an original article that addresses the healthcare workforce (HW) in Brazil, as well as comorbidities and mental health changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was conducted by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and collected data through an online questionnaires from a total of 36,612 participants, health professionals (HP, with higher education level), and invisible healthcare workers (IHW, with a technical mid-level education). The overall prevalence of comorbidities in Brazil was 26.1% and 23.9%; the highest was arterial hypertension (27.4% and 31.9%), followed by obesity (18.4% and 15.1%), chronic respiratory diseases (15.7% and 12.9%), diabetes mellitus (10.3% and 10.4%), and depression/anxiety (9.1% and 11.7%), in the HW and IHW, respectively. The region with the highest frequency was the southeast, where the largest contingent of workers is located. The HW, affected with a high burden of non-communicable chronic diseases and exposed to SARS-CoV-2, proved to be vulnerable to illness and death. Mental symptoms and intense psychological suffering have been reported. These results allow us to estimate the impacts upon physical and mental health, as well as upon living and working conditions of the HW. The health and life of workers, leading role in facing health challenges of the pandemic, are a high priority in public policies.
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- Eleny Guimarães-Teixeira
- Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Recursos Humanos em Saúde (NERHUS), Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca (ENSP), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). R. Leopoldo Bulhões 1480, Manguinhos. 21041-210 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil.
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- Departamento da Saúde da Mulher, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte MG Brasil
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- Escola de Enfermagem de Manaus, Universidade Federal do Amazonas. Manaus AM Brasil
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- Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Recursos Humanos em Saúde (NERHUS), ENSP, Fiocruz. Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisa em Políticas Públicas de Saúde Mental, Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil
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Lee T, Barone TL, Yantek DS, Portnoff L, Zheng Y. Evaluation of a prototype local ventilation system to mitigate retail store worker exposure to airborne particles. JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE 2023; 20:289-303. [PMID: 37084391 DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2023.2205448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The objective of this study is to evaluate a prototype local ventilation system (LVS) intended to reduce retail store workers' exposure to aerosols. The evaluation was carried out in a large aerosol test chamber where relatively uniform concentrations of polydisperse sodium chloride and glass-sphere particles were generated to test the system with nano- and micro-size particles. In addition, a cough simulator was constructed to mimic aerosols released by mouth breathing and coughing. Particle reduction efficiencies of the LVS were determined in four different experimental conditions using direct reading instruments and inhalable samplers. The particle reduction efficiency (%) depended on the position beneath the LVS, but the percentage was consistently high at the LVS center as follows: (1) > 98% particle reduction relative to background aerosols; (2) > 97% in the manikin's breathing zone relative to background aerosols; (3) > 97% during mouth breathing and coughing simulation; and (4) > 97% with a plexiglass barrier installation. Lower particle reduction (<70%) was observed when the LVS airflow was disturbed by background ventilation airflow. The lowest particle reduction (<20%) was observed when the manikin was closest to the simulator during coughing.
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- Taekhee Lee
- Health Hazards Prevention Branch, Pittsburgh Mining Research Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Health Hazards Prevention Branch, Pittsburgh Mining Research Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Mining Systems Safety Branch, Pittsburgh Mining Research Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Research Branch, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Health Hazards Prevention Branch, Pittsburgh Mining Research Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Alaniz AJ, Carvajal MA, Carvajal JG, Vergara PM. Effects of air pollution and weather on the initial COVID-19 outbreaks in United States, Italy, Spain, and China: A comparative study. RISK ANALYSIS : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR RISK ANALYSIS 2023; 43:8-18. [PMID: 36509703 PMCID: PMC9877606 DOI: 10.1111/risa.14080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Contrasting effects have been identified in association of weather (temperature and humidity) and pollutant gases with COVID-19 infection, which could be derived from the influence of lockdowns and season change. The influence of pollutant gases and climate during the initial phases of the pandemic, before the closures and the change of season in the northern hemisphere, is unknown. Here, we used a spatial-temporal Bayesian zero-inflated-Poisson model to test for short-term associations of weather and pollutant gases with the relative risk of COVID-19 disease in China (first outbreak) and the countries with more cases during the initial pandemic (the United States, Spain and Italy), considering also the effects of season and lockdown. We found contrasting association between pollutant gases and COVID-19 risk in the United States, Italy, and Spain, while in China it was negatively associated (except for SO2 ). COVID-19 risk was positively associated with specific humidity in all countries, while temperature presented a negative effect. Our findings showed that short-term associations of air pollutants with COVID-19 infection vary strongly between countries, while generalized effects of temperature (negative) and humidity (positive) with COVID-19 was found. Our results show novel information about the influence of pollution and weather on the initial outbreaks, which contribute to unravel the mechanisms during the beginning of the pandemic.
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- Alberto J. Alaniz
- Departamento de Ingeniería Geoespacial y Ambiental, Facultad de IngenieríaUniversidad de Santiago de ChileSantiagoChile
- Facultad de Ciencias BiológicasPontificia Universidad Católica de ChileSantiagoChile
- Departamento de Gestión Agraria, Facultad TecnológicaUniversidad de Santiago de ChileSantiagoChile
- Centro de Estudios en Ecología Espacial y Medio AmbienteEcogeografíaSantiagoChile
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- Facultad de Ciencias BiológicasPontificia Universidad Católica de ChileSantiagoChile
- Departamento de Gestión Agraria, Facultad TecnológicaUniversidad de Santiago de ChileSantiagoChile
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- Departamento de Gestión Agraria, Facultad TecnológicaUniversidad de Santiago de ChileSantiagoChile
- Centro de Estudios en Ecología Espacial y Medio AmbienteEcogeografíaSantiagoChile
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- Departamento de Gestión Agraria, Facultad TecnológicaUniversidad de Santiago de ChileSantiagoChile
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Vitale E, Filetti V, Vella F, Senia P, Rapisarda L, Matera S, Lombardo C, Vinnikov D, Rapisarda V, Ledda C. Evaluation of Cardiovascular Activity and Emotional Experience in Healthcare Workers (HCWs) Operating in COVID-19 Wards. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11247372. [PMID: 36555988 PMCID: PMC9782677 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11247372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The new 2019 coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2 has been the first biological agent to generate, in this millennium, such a global health emergency as to determine the adoption of public health measures. During this sanitary emergency, the emotional experience of healthcare workers (HCWs) has been hugely tested by several factors. In fact, HCWs have been exposed to greatly tiring physical, psychological and social conditions. The authors investigated the cardiocirculatory activity of a group of HCWs as well as how they perceived stress while working in COVID-19 wards. In particular, every HCW underwent a medical check, an electrocardiographic base exam, systolic and diastolic pressure measurement, and cardio frequency measurement. Furthermore, each HCW was provided with a cardiac Holter device (HoC) and a pressure Holter (Hop). Some psychological factors were considered in order to quantify the stress perceived by each HCW while at work through the administration of two questionnaires: the "Social Stigma towards Patients due to COVID Scale (SSPCS)" and the "Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL)". The HoC and HoP analysis results for HCWs working in COVID-19 OU wards showed significant variations in cardiocirculatory activity. From the analysis of the SSPCS questionnaire answers, it is clear that all of them showed a sense of duty towards their patients. The analysis of the ProQOL questionnaire answers showed that the prevailing attitude is fear; however, HCWs did not absolutely discriminate against those who had COVID-19 nor did they refuse to help those in need. Continuous monitoring of these employees, also carried out through occupational medicine surveillance, allows for the detection of critical conditions and the implementation of actions aimed at preventing chronic processes.
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- Ermanno Vitale
- Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnology Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine and Healthcare, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan
- Department of Occupational Health Risks Laboratory, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 117198 Moscow, Russia
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- Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
- Correspondence:
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- Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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Schlünssen V, du Prel JB, van Tongeren M, Godderis L, Turner MC, McElvenny D. Development of Harmonized COVID-19 Occupational Questionnaires. Ann Work Expo Health 2022; 67:4-8. [PMID: 35810354 PMCID: PMC9278210 DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxac044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Harmonized tools and approaches for data collection can help to detect similarities and differences within and between countries and support the development, implementation, and assessment of effective and consistent preventive strategies. We developed open source occupational questionnaires on COVID-19 within COVID-19 working groups in the OMEGA-NET COST action (Network on the Coordination and Harmonisation of European Occupational Cohorts, omeganetcohorts.eu), and the EU funded EPHOR project (Exposome project for health and occupational research, ephor-project.eu). We defined domains to be included in order to cover key working life aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Where possible, we selected questionnaire items and instruments from existing questionnaire resources. Both a general occupational COVID-19 questionnaire and a specific occupational COVID-19 questionnaire are available. The general occupational COVID-19 questionnaire covers key working life aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the domains: COVID-19 diagnosis and prevention, Health and demographics, Use of personal protective equipment and face covering, Health effects, Work-related effects (e.g. change in work schedule and work-life balance), Financial effects, Work-based risk factors (e.g. physical distancing, contact with COVID-19-infected persons), Psychosocial risk factors, Lifestyle risk factors, and Personal evaluation of the impact of COVID-19. For each domain, additional questions are available. The specific occupational COVID-19 questionnaire focusses on occupational risk factors and mitigating factors for SARS-CoV2 infection and COVID-19 disease and includes questions about the type of job, amount of home working, social distancing, human contact (colleagues, patients, and members of the public), commuting, and use of personal protective equipment and face coverings. The strength of this initiative is the broad working life approach to various important issues related to SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 disease, and potentially future pandemics. It requires further work to validate the questionnaires, and we welcome collaboration with researchers willing to do this. A limitation is the moderate number of questions for each of the domains in the general questionnaire. Only few questions on general core information like ethnicity, demographics, lifestyle factors, and general health status are included, but the OMEGA-NET questionnaires can be integrated in existing questionnaires about sociodemographic and health-related aspects. The questionnaires are freely accessible from the OMEGA-NET and the EPHOR homepages.
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- Vivi Schlünssen
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +45-28992499; e-mail:
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- Department of Occupational Health Science, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, School or Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Environment and Health, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium,IDEWE, External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, School or Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK,Research Group, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, UK
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ROMEO I, SKURZAK S. How to tell our grandchildren the tale of cardiac arrest during COVID-19. Minerva Anestesiol 2022; 88:541-543. [DOI: 10.23736/s0375-9393.22.16674-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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San-Cristobal R, Martín-Hernández R, Ramos-Lopez O, Martinez-Urbistondo D, Micó V, Colmenarejo G, Villares Fernandez P, Daimiel L, Martínez JA. Longwise Cluster Analysis for the Prediction of COVID-19 Severity within 72 h of Admission: COVID-DATA-SAVE-LIFES Cohort. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11123327. [PMID: 35743398 PMCID: PMC9224935 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11123327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The use of routine laboratory biomarkers plays a key role in decision making in the clinical practice of COVID-19, allowing the development of clinical screening tools for personalized treatments. This study performed a short-term longitudinal cluster from patients with COVID-19 based on biochemical measurements for the first 72 h after hospitalization. Clinical and biochemical variables from 1039 confirmed COVID-19 patients framed on the “COVID Data Save Lives” were grouped in 24-h blocks to perform a longitudinal k-means clustering algorithm to the trajectories. The final solution of the three clusters showed a strong association with different clinical severity outcomes (OR for death: Cluster A reference, Cluster B 12.83 CI: 6.11−30.54, and Cluster C 14.29 CI: 6.66−34.43; OR for ventilation: Cluster-B 2.22 CI: 1.64−3.01, and Cluster-C 1.71 CI: 1.08−2.76), improving the AUC of the models in terms of age, sex, oxygen concentration, and the Charlson Comorbidities Index (0.810 vs. 0.871 with p < 0.001 and 0.749 vs. 0.807 with p < 0.001, respectively). Patient diagnoses and prognoses remarkably diverged between the three clusters obtained, evidencing that data-driven technologies devised for the screening, analysis, prediction, and tracking of patients play a key role in the application of individualized management of the COVID-19 pandemics.
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- Rodrigo San-Cristobal
- Precision Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Health Researh Program, Institute on Food and Health Sciences (Institute IMDEA Food), 28049 Madrid, Spain; (V.M.); (J.A.M.)
- Correspondence:
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- Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Unit, Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (IMDEA) Food, CEI UAM + CSIS, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (R.M.-H.); (G.C.)
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- Medicine and Psychology School, Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana 22390, Baja California, Mexico;
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- Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro, 28050 Madrid, Spain; (D.M.-U.); (P.V.F.)
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- Precision Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Health Researh Program, Institute on Food and Health Sciences (Institute IMDEA Food), 28049 Madrid, Spain; (V.M.); (J.A.M.)
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- Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Unit, Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (IMDEA) Food, CEI UAM + CSIS, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (R.M.-H.); (G.C.)
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- Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro, 28050 Madrid, Spain; (D.M.-U.); (P.V.F.)
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- Nutritional Control of the Epigenome Group, IMDEA Food Institute, CEI UAM + CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain;
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- Precision Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Health Researh Program, Institute on Food and Health Sciences (Institute IMDEA Food), 28049 Madrid, Spain; (V.M.); (J.A.M.)
- CIBERobn Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Jaiswal V, Almas T, Peng Ang S, David Song, Shama N, Storozhenko T, Lnu K, Parmar G, Qaiser S, Naz S, Jaiswal A, Malik J. Symptomatology, prognosis and clinical findings of STEMI as a ramification of COVID-19: A systematic review and proportion meta-analysis. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2022; 76:103429. [PMID: 35284069 PMCID: PMC8902059 DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background There is an increasing COVID-19 population with concurrent STEMI. SARS-CoV-2 poses a significant risk of hypercoagulable and/or prothrombotic events due to the disturbance in hemostasis by affecting all three components of the Virchow's triad. These abnormalities in hemostasis are an increased risk factor for cardiovascular events, including acute thrombotic occlusion of coronary arteries leading to myocardial infarction. Objective The objective of this study is to collate the prognosis, symptomatology and clinical findings of COVID-19 adverse events causing STEMI. Methods Databases were queried with various keyword combinations to find applicable articles. Cardiovascular risk factors, symptomatology, mortality and rates of PCI were analyzed using random-effect model. Results 15 studies with a total of 379 patients were included in the final analysis. Mean age of patients was 62.82 ± 36.01, with a male predominance (72%, n = 274). Hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus were the most common cardiovascular risk factors among these patients, with a pooled proportion of 72%, 59% and 40% respectively. Dyspnea (61%, n = 131) was the most frequent presenting symptom, followed by chest pain (60%, n = 101) and fever (56%, n = 104). 62% of the patients had obstructive CAD during coronary angiography. The primary reperfusion method used in the majority of cases was percutaneous coronary intervention (64%, n = 124). Mortality, which is the primary outcome in our study, was relatively high, with a rate of 34% across studies. Conclusion Our findings show that most cases have been found in males, while the most common risk factors were Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus. In most COVID-19 cases with ST-segment myocardial infarction, most hospitalized patients underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention instead of fibrinolysis. The in-hospital mortality was significantly higher, making this report significant. As the sample size and reported study are considerably less, it warrants a further large-scale investigation to generalize it.
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- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA
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- Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Government Institution “L.T. Malaya Therapy National Institute NAMSU,” Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Internal Medicine, UPMC Harrisburg, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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