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Haukoos J, Hopkins E, Campbell JD, Lyons MS, Rothman RE, Hsieh YH, White DAE, Trent S, Al-Tayyib AA, Gardner EM, Sabel AL, Rowan SE. Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Screening in Emergency Departments: Results From the Pragmatic Randomized HIV Testing Using Enhanced Screening Techniques in Emergency Departments Trial. Ann Emerg Med 2024:S0196-0644(24)00155-0. [PMID: 38661620 DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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STUDY OBJECTIVE Identification of HIV remains a critical health priority for which emergency departments (EDs) are a central focus. The comparative cost-effectiveness of various HIV screening strategies in EDs remains largely unknown. The goal of this study was to compare programmatic costs and cost-effectiveness of nontargeted and 2 forms of targeted opt-out HIV screening in EDs using results from a multicenter, pragmatic randomized clinical trial. METHODS This economic evaluation was nested in the HIV Testing Using Enhanced Screening Techniques in Emergency Departments (TESTED) trial, a multicenter pragmatic clinical trial of different ED-based HIV screening strategies conducted from April 2014 through January 2016. Patients aged 16 years or older, with normal mental status and not critically ill, or not known to be living with HIV were randomized to 1 of 3 HIV opt-out screening approaches, including nontargeted, enhanced targeted, or traditional targeted, across 4 urban EDs in the United States. Each screening method was fully integrated into routine emergency care. Direct programmatic costs were determined using actual trial results, and time-motion assessment was used to estimate personnel activity costs. The primary outcome was newly diagnosed HIV. Total annualized ED programmatic costs by screening approach were calculated using dollars adjusted to 2023 as were costs per patient newly diagnosed with HIV. One-way and multiway sensitivity analyses were performed. RESULTS The trial randomized 76,561 patient visits, resulting in 14,405 completed HIV tests, and 24 (0.2%) new diagnoses. Total annualized new diagnoses were 12.9, and total annualized costs for nontargeted, enhanced targeted, and traditional targeted screening were $111,861, $88,629, and $70,599, respectively. Within screening methods, costs per new HIV diagnoses were $20,809, $23,554, and $18,762, respectively. Enhanced targeted screening incurred higher costs but with similar annualized new cases detected compared with traditional targeted screening. Nontargeted screening yielded an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of $25,586 when compared with traditional targeted screening. Results were most sensitive to HIV prevalence and costs of HIV tests. CONCLUSION Nontargeted HIV screening was more costly than targeted screening largely due to an increased number of HIV tests performed. Each HIV screening strategy had similar within-strategy costs per new HIV diagnosis with traditional targeted screening yielding the lowest cost per new diagnosis. For settings with budget constraints or very low HIV prevalences, the traditional targeted approach may be preferred; however, given only a slightly higher cost per new HIV diagnosis, ED settings looking to detect the most new cases may prefer nontargeted screening.
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- Jason Haukoos
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO; Colorado Social Emergency Medicine Collaborative, Denver, CO.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; Colorado Social Emergency Medicine Collaborative, Denver, CO
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Highland Hospital, Alameda Health System, Oakland, CA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; Colorado Social Emergency Medicine Collaborative, Denver, CO
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO; Public Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver, CO
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- Public Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver, CO; Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Patient Safety and Quality Denver Health, Denver, CO; Department of Biostatistics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO
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- Public Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver, CO; Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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Plumb ID, Briggs Hagen M, Wiegand R, Dumyati G, Myers C, Harland KK, Krishnadasan A, James Gist J, Abedi G, Fleming-Dutra KE, Chea N, Lee JE, Kellogg M, Edmundson A, Britton A, Wilson LE, Lovett SA, Ocampo V, Markus TM, Smithline HA, Hou PC, Lee LC, Mower W, Rwamwejo F, Steele MT, Lim SC, Schrading WA, Chinnock B, Beiser DG, Faine B, Haran JP, Nandi U, Chipman AK, LoVecchio F, Eucker S, Femling J, Fuller M, Rothman RE, Curlin ME, Talan DA, Mohr NM. Effectiveness of a bivalent mRNA vaccine dose against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection among U.S. Healthcare personnel, September 2022-May 2023. Vaccine 2024; 42:2543-2552. [PMID: 37973512 PMCID: PMC10994739 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.10.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bivalent mRNA vaccines were recommended since September 2022. However, coverage with a recent vaccine dose has been limited, and there are few robust estimates of bivalent VE against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19). We estimated VE of a bivalent mRNA vaccine dose against COVID-19 among eligible U.S. healthcare personnel who had previously received monovalent mRNA vaccine doses. METHODS We conducted a case-control study in 22 U.S. states, and enrolled healthcare personnel with COVID-19 (case-participants) or without COVID-19 (control-participants) during September 2022-May 2023. Participants were considered eligible for a bivalent mRNA dose if they had received 2-4 monovalent (ancestral-strain) mRNA vaccine doses, and were ≥67 days after the most recent vaccine dose. We estimated VE of a bivalent mRNA dose using conditional logistic regression, accounting for matching by region and four-week calendar period. We adjusted estimates for age group, sex, race and ethnicity, educational level, underlying health conditions, community COVID-19 exposure, prior SARS-CoV-2 infection, and days since the last monovalent mRNA dose. RESULTS Among 3,647 healthcare personnel, 1,528 were included as case-participants and 2,119 as control-participants. Participants received their last monovalent mRNA dose a median of 404 days previously; 1,234 (33.8%) also received a bivalent mRNA dose a median of 93 days previously. Overall, VE of a bivalent dose was 34.1% (95% CI, 22.6%-43.9%) against COVID-19 and was similar by product, days since last monovalent dose, number of prior doses, age group, and presence of underlying health conditions. However, VE declined from 54.8% (95% CI, 40.7%-65.6%) after 7-59 days to 21.6% (95% CI 5.6%-34.9%) after ≥60 days. CONCLUSIONS Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines initially conferred approximately 55% protection against COVID-19 among U.S. healthcare personnel. However, protection waned after two months. These findings indicate moderate initial protection against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection by remaining up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines.
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- Ian D Plumb
- National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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- National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, USA
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- California Emerging Infections Program, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, Yale School of Public Health, CT, USA
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- Georgia Emerging Infections Program and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Maryland Emerging Infections Program, Maryland Department of Health and University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Public Health Division, Oregon Health Authority, OR, USA
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- University Medical Center New Orleans, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- University of New Mexico Health Science Center, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Busse LW, Schaich CL, Chappell MC, McCurdy MT, Staples EM, Ten Lohuis CC, Hinson JS, Sevransky JE, Rothman RE, Wright DW, Martin GS, Khanna AK. Association of Active Renin Content With Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: A Post hoc Analysis of the Vitamin C, Thiamine, and Steroids in Sepsis (VICTAS) Trial. Crit Care Med 2024; 52:441-451. [PMID: 37947484 PMCID: PMC10876175 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000006095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Sepsis is a leading cause of mortality. Predicting outcomes is challenging and few biomarkers perform well. Defects in the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) can predict clinical outcomes in sepsis and may outperform traditional biomarkers. We postulated that RAS dysfunction (elevated active renin, angiotensin 1-7 [Ang-(1-7)], and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) activity with depressed Ang-II and ACE activity) would be associated with mortality in a cohort of septic patients. DESIGN Post hoc analysis of patients enrolled in the Vitamin C, Thiamine, and Steroids in Sepsis (VICTAS) randomized controlled trial. SETTING Forty-three hospitals across the United States. PATIENTS Biorepository samples of 103 patients. INTERVENTIONS We analyzed day 0 (within 24 hr of respiratory failure, septic shock, or both) and day 3 samples ( n = 103 and 95, respectively) for assessment of the RAS. The association of RAS values with 30-day mortality was determined using Cox proportional hazards regression with multivariable adjustments for age, sex, VICTAS treatment arm, systolic blood pressure, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score, and vasopressor use. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS High baseline active renin values were associated with higher 30-day mortality when dichotomized to the median of 188.7 pg/mL (hazard ratio [HR] = 2.84 [95% CI, 1.10-7.33], p = 0.031) or stratified into quartiles (Q1 = ref, HR Q2 = 2.01 [0.37-11.04], HR Q3 = 3.22 [0.64-16.28], HR Q4 = 5.58 [1.18-26.32], p for linear trend = 0.023). A 1- sd (593.6 pg/mL) increase in renin from day 0 to day 3 was associated with increased mortality (HR = 3.75 [95% CI, 1.94-7.22], p < 0.001), and patients whose renin decreased had improved survival compared with those whose renin increased (HR 0.22 [95% CI, 0.08-0.60], p = 0.003). Ang-(1-7), ACE2 activity, Ang-II and ACE activity did not show this association. Mortality was attenuated in patients with renin over the median on day 0 who received the VICTAS intervention, but not on day 3 ( p interaction 0.020 and 0.137, respectively). There were no additional consistent patterns of mortality on the RAS from the VICTAS intervention. CONCLUSIONS Baseline serum active renin levels were strongly associated with mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis. Furthermore, a greater relative activation in circulating renin from day 0 to day 3 was associated with a higher risk of death.
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- Laurence W Busse
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- Emory Critical Care Center, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA
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- Hypertension and Vascular Research Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Hypertension and Vascular Research Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Section on Critical Care Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- Emory Critical Care Center, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
- Grady Marcus Trauma and Emergency Care Center, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- Emory Critical Care Center, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- Emory Critical Care Center, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA
- Hypertension and Vascular Research Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Department of Anesthesiology, Section on Critical Care Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
- Grady Marcus Trauma and Emergency Care Center, Atlanta, GA
- Department of Anesthesiology, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
- Outcomes Research Consortium, Cleveland, OH
- Perioperative Outcomes and Informatics Collaborative, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
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Balk R, Esper AM, Martin GS, Miller RR, Lopansri BK, Burke JP, Levy M, Opal S, Rothman RE, D’Alessio FR, Sidhaye VK, Aggarwal NR, Greenberg JA, Yoder M, Patel G, Gilbert E, Parada JP, Afshar M, Kempker JA, van der Poll T, Schultz MJ, Scicluna BP, Klein Klouwenberg PMC, Liebler J, Blodget E, Kumar S, Navalkar K, Yager TD, Sampson D, Kirk JT, Cermelli S, Davis RF, Brandon RB. Validation of SeptiCyte RAPID to Discriminate Sepsis from Non-Infectious Systemic Inflammation. J Clin Med 2024; 13:1194. [PMID: 38592057 PMCID: PMC10931699 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13051194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2024] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
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(1) Background: SeptiCyte RAPID is a molecular test for discriminating sepsis from non-infectious systemic inflammation, and for estimating sepsis probabilities. The objective of this study was the clinical validation of SeptiCyte RAPID, based on testing retrospectively banked and prospectively collected patient samples. (2) Methods: The cartridge-based SeptiCyte RAPID test accepts a PAXgene blood RNA sample and provides sample-to-answer processing in ~1 h. The test output (SeptiScore, range 0-15) falls into four interpretation bands, with higher scores indicating higher probabilities of sepsis. Retrospective (N = 356) and prospective (N = 63) samples were tested from adult patients in ICU who either had the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), or were suspected of having/diagnosed with sepsis. Patients were clinically evaluated by a panel of three expert physicians blinded to the SeptiCyte test results. Results were interpreted under either the Sepsis-2 or Sepsis-3 framework. (3) Results: Under the Sepsis-2 framework, SeptiCyte RAPID performance for the combined retrospective and prospective cohorts had Areas Under the ROC Curve (AUCs) ranging from 0.82 to 0.85, a negative predictive value of 0.91 (sensitivity 0.94) for SeptiScore Band 1 (score range 0.1-5.0; lowest risk of sepsis), and a positive predictive value of 0.81 (specificity 0.90) for SeptiScore Band 4 (score range 7.4-15; highest risk of sepsis). Performance estimates for the prospective cohort ranged from AUC 0.86-0.95. For physician-adjudicated sepsis cases that were blood culture (+) or blood, urine culture (+)(+), 43/48 (90%) of SeptiCyte scores fell in Bands 3 or 4. In multivariable analysis with up to 14 additional clinical variables, SeptiScore was the most important variable for sepsis diagnosis. A comparable performance was obtained for the majority of patients reanalyzed under the Sepsis-3 definition, although a subgroup of 16 patients was identified that was called septic under Sepsis-2 but not under Sepsis-3. (4) Conclusions: This study validates SeptiCyte RAPID for estimating sepsis probability, under both the Sepsis-2 and Sepsis-3 frameworks, for hospitalized patients on their first day of ICU admission.
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- Robert Balk
- Rush Medical College and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; (J.A.G.); (M.Y.); (G.P.)
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- Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; (A.M.E.); (G.S.M.); (J.A.K.)
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- Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; (A.M.E.); (G.S.M.); (J.A.K.)
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- Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT 84107, USA; (B.K.L.); (J.P.B.)
- School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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- Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT 84107, USA; (B.K.L.); (J.P.B.)
- School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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- Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA; (M.L.); (S.O.)
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- Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA; (M.L.); (S.O.)
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- School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (R.E.R.); (F.R.D.); (V.K.S.)
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- School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (R.E.R.); (F.R.D.); (V.K.S.)
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- School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (R.E.R.); (F.R.D.); (V.K.S.)
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- Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 80045, USA;
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- Rush Medical College and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; (J.A.G.); (M.Y.); (G.P.)
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- Rush Medical College and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; (J.A.G.); (M.Y.); (G.P.)
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- Rush Medical College and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; (J.A.G.); (M.Y.); (G.P.)
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- Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA; (E.G.); (J.P.P.)
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- Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA; (E.G.); (J.P.P.)
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA;
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- Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; (A.M.E.); (G.S.M.); (J.A.K.)
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (T.v.d.P.); (M.J.S.)
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (T.v.d.P.); (M.J.S.)
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta;
- Department of Applied Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Mater Dei Hospital, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta
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- Keck Hospital of University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; (J.L.); (S.K.)
- Los Angeles General Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Keck Hospital of University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; (J.L.); (S.K.)
- Los Angeles General Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Keck Hospital of University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; (J.L.); (S.K.)
- Los Angeles General Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Immunexpress Inc., Seattle, DC 98109, USA; (K.N.); (J.T.K.); (S.C.); (R.F.D.)
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- Immunexpress Inc., Seattle, DC 98109, USA; (K.N.); (J.T.K.); (S.C.); (R.F.D.)
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- Immunexpress Inc., Seattle, DC 98109, USA; (K.N.); (J.T.K.); (S.C.); (R.F.D.)
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- Immunexpress Inc., Seattle, DC 98109, USA; (K.N.); (J.T.K.); (S.C.); (R.F.D.)
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- Immunexpress Inc., Seattle, DC 98109, USA; (K.N.); (J.T.K.); (S.C.); (R.F.D.)
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- Immunexpress Inc., Seattle, DC 98109, USA; (K.N.); (J.T.K.); (S.C.); (R.F.D.)
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- Immunexpress Inc., Seattle, DC 98109, USA; (K.N.); (J.T.K.); (S.C.); (R.F.D.)
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Yin A, Wang N, Shea PJ, Rosser EN, Kuo H, Shapiro JR, Fenstermacher KZJ, Pekosz A, Rothman RE, Klein SL, Morgan R. Sex and gender differences in adverse events following receipt of influenza and COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers. medRxiv 2024:2024.01.17.24301440. [PMID: 38318206 PMCID: PMC10843156 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.17.24301440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Introduction Active and passive surveillance studies have found that a greater proportion of females report adverse events (AE) following receipt of either the COVID-19 or seasonal influenza vaccine compared to males. We sought to determine the intersection of biological sex and sociocultural gender differences in prospective active reporting of vaccine outcomes, which remains poorly characterized. Methods This cohort study enrolled Johns Hopkins Health System healthcare workers (HCWs) who were recruited from the annual fall 2019-2022 influenza vaccine and the fall 2022 COVID-19 bivalent vaccine campaigns. Vaccine recipients were enrolled the day of vaccination and AE surveys were administered two days post-vaccination (DPV) for bivalent COVID-19 and Influenza vaccine recipients. Data were collected regarding the presence of a series of solicited local and systemic AEs. Open-ended answers about participants' experiences with AEs also were collected for the COVID-19 vaccine recipients. Results Females were more likely to report local AEs after influenza (OR=2.28, p=0.001) or COVID-19 (OR=2.57, p=0.008) vaccination compared to males, regardless of age or race. Males and females had comparable probabilities of reporting systemic AEs after influenza (OR=1.18, p=0.552) or COVID-19 (OR=0.96, p=0.907) vaccination. Exogenous hormones from birth control use did not impact the rates of reported AEs following COVID-19 vaccination among reproductive-aged female HCWs. Women reported more interruptions in their daily routine following COVID-19 vaccination than men and were more likely to seek out self-treatment. More women than men scheduled their COVID-19 vaccination before their days off in anticipation of AEs. Conclusions Our findings highlight the need for sex- and gender-inclusive policies to inform more effective occupational health vaccination strategies. Further research is needed to evaluate the potential disruption of AEs on occupational responsibilities following mandated vaccination for healthcare workers and to more fully characterize the post-vaccination behavioral differences between men and women. KEY MESSAGE What is already known on this topic: ⇒ Among diversely aged adults 18-64 years, females report more AEs to vaccines, including the influenza and COVID-19 vaccines, than males.⇒ Vaccine AEs play a role in shaping vaccine hesitancy and uptake.⇒ Vaccine uptake related to influenza and COVID-19 are higher among men than women.⇒ Research that addresses both the sex and gender disparities of vaccine outcomes and behaviors is lacking.What this study adds: ⇒ This prospective active reporting study uses both quantitative and qualitative survey data to examine sex and gender differences in AEs following influenza or COVID-19 vaccination among a cohort of reproductive-aged healthcare workers.How this study might affect research, practice, or policy: ⇒ Sex and gender differences in AEs and perceptions relating to vaccination should drive the development of more equitable and effective vaccine strategies and policies in occupational health settings.
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Kraus CK, O’Neal HR, Ledeboer NA, Rice TW, Self WH, Rothman RE. Variability in Provider Assessment of Sepsis and Potential of Host Response Technology to Address this Dilemma-Results of an Online Delphi Study. J Pers Med 2023; 13:1685. [PMID: 38138912 PMCID: PMC10744443 DOI: 10.3390/jpm13121685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Potentially septic patients have a huge clinical and economic impact on hospitals and often present to the emergency department (ED) with undifferentiated symptoms. The triage of these patients is complex and has historically relied heavily upon provider judgment. This study aims to evaluate the consistency of provider judgment and the potential of a new host response sepsis test to aid in the triage process. A modified Delphi study involving 26 participants from multiple specialties was conducted to evaluate provider agreement about sepsis risk and to test proposed actions based on the results of a sepsis test. The participants considered case vignettes of potentially septic patients designed to represent diagnostic dilemmas. Provider assessment of sepsis risk in these cases ranged from 10% to 90% and agreement was poor. Agreement about clinical actions to take in response to testing improved when participants considered their own hypothetical borderline cases. New host response testing for sepsis may have the potential to improve sepsis diagnosis and care and should be applied in a protocolized fashion to ensure consistency of results.
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- Chadd K. Kraus
- Department of Emergency and Hospital Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL 33602, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA;
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA;
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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Fall A, Han L, Yunker M, Gong YN, Li TJ, Norton JM, Abdullah O, Rothman RE, Fenstermacher KZJ, Morris CP, Pekosz A, Klein E, Mostafa HH. Evolution of Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses in 2 Consecutive Seasons of Genomic Surveillance, 2021-2023. Open Forum Infect Dis 2023; 10:ofad577. [PMID: 38088981 PMCID: PMC10715682 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023] Open
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Background The circulation and the genomic evolution of influenza A(H3N2) viruses during the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 seasons were studied and associated with infection outcomes. Methods Remnant influenza A-positive samples following standard-of-care testing from patients across the Johns Hopkins Health System (JHHS) were used for the study. Samples were randomly selected for whole viral genome sequencing. The sequence-based pEpitope model was used to estimate the predicted vaccine efficacy (pVE) for circulating H3N2 viruses. Clinical data were collected and associated with viral genomic data. Results A total of 121 683 respiratory specimens were tested for influenza at JHHS between 1 September 2021 and 31 December 2022. Among them, 6071 (4.99%) tested positive for influenza A. Of these, 805 samples were randomly selected for sequencing, with hemagglutinin (HA) segments characterized for 610 samples. Among the characterized samples, 581 were H3N2 (95.2%). Phylogenetic analysis of HA segments revealed the exclusive circulation of H3N2 viruses with HA segments of the 3C.2a1b.2a.2 clade. Analysis of a total of 445 complete H3N2 genomes revealed reassortments; 200 of 227 of the 2022/2023 season genomes (88.1%) were found to have reassorted with clade 3C.2a1b.1a. The pVE was estimated to be -42.53% for the 2021/2022 season and 30.27% for the 2022/2023 season. No differences in clinical presentations or admissions were observed between the 2 seasons. Conclusions The increased numbers of cases and genomic diversity of influenza A(H3N2) during the 2022/2023 season were not associated with a change in disease severity compared to the previous influenza season.
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- Amary Fall
- Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- International Master Degree Program for Molecular Medicine in Emerging Viral Infections, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- International Master Degree Program for Molecular Medicine in Emerging Viral Infections, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Integrated Research Facility, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- W.Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics, and Policy, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Wang R, Rothman RE, Mohareb AM, Laeyendecker O, Cloherty GA, Quinn TC, Hsieh YH. High Burden of Undiagnosed Hepatitis B and Liver Disease in an Urban Emergency Department-Baltimore, 2020. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023; 21:2975-2977.e1. [PMID: 36372371 PMCID: PMC10172393 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Richard Wang
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Wilson JL, Akin E, Zhou R, Jedlicka A, Dziedzic A, Liu H, Fenstermacher KZJ, Rothman RE, Pekosz A. The Influenza B Virus Victoria and Yamagata Lineages Display Distinct Cell Tropism and Infection-Induced Host Gene Expression in Human Nasal Epithelial Cell Cultures. Viruses 2023; 15:1956. [PMID: 37766362 PMCID: PMC10537232 DOI: 10.3390/v15091956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Understanding Influenza B virus infections is of critical importance in our efforts to control severe influenza and influenza-related diseases. Until 2020, two genetic lineages of influenza B virus-Yamagata and Victoria-circulated in the population. These lineages are antigenically distinct, but the differences in virus replication or the induction of host cell responses after infection have not been carefully studied. Recent IBV clinical isolates of both lineages were obtained from influenza surveillance efforts of the Johns Hopkins Center of Excellence in Influenza Research and Response and characterized in vitro. B/Victoria and B/Yamagata clinical isolates were recognized less efficiently by serum from influenza-vaccinated individuals in comparison to the vaccine strains. B/Victoria lineages formed smaller plaques on MDCK cells compared to B/Yamagata, but infectious virus production in primary human nasal epithelial cell (hNEC) cultures showed no differences. While ciliated epithelial cells were the dominant cell type infected by both lineages, B/Victoria lineages had a slight preference for MUC5AC-positive cells, and B/Yamagata lineages infected more basal cells. Finally, while both lineages induced a strong interferon response 48 h after infection of hNEC cultures, the B/Victoria lineages showed a much stronger induction of interferon-related signaling pathways compared to B/Yamagata. This demonstrates that the two influenza B virus lineages differ not only in their antigenic structure but also in their ability to induce host innate immune responses.
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- Jo L. Wilson
- W. Harry Feinstone, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (J.L.W.); (E.A.); (R.Z.); (A.J.); (A.D.); (H.L.)
- Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- W. Harry Feinstone, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (J.L.W.); (E.A.); (R.Z.); (A.J.); (A.D.); (H.L.)
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- W. Harry Feinstone, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (J.L.W.); (E.A.); (R.Z.); (A.J.); (A.D.); (H.L.)
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- W. Harry Feinstone, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (J.L.W.); (E.A.); (R.Z.); (A.J.); (A.D.); (H.L.)
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- W. Harry Feinstone, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (J.L.W.); (E.A.); (R.Z.); (A.J.); (A.D.); (H.L.)
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- W. Harry Feinstone, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (J.L.W.); (E.A.); (R.Z.); (A.J.); (A.D.); (H.L.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; (K.Z.J.F.); (R.E.R.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; (K.Z.J.F.); (R.E.R.)
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- W. Harry Feinstone, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (J.L.W.); (E.A.); (R.Z.); (A.J.); (A.D.); (H.L.)
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Sutcliffe CG, Hamahuwa M, Miller E, Sinywimaanzi P, Hardick J, Morales J, Munachoonga P, Monze M, Manabe YC, Fenstermacher KZ, Rothman RE, Pekosz A, Thuma PE, Simulundu E. Respiratory viruses in rural Zambia during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. IJID Reg 2023; 8:90-94. [PMID: 37533553 PMCID: PMC10391682 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Objectives Limited data on respiratory infections are available from sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this study was to evaluate the burden of respiratory viruses in rural Zambia from 2019-2021. Methods Surveillance was initiated at Macha Hospital in Zambia in December 2018. Each week, patients with respiratory symptoms were enrolled from the outpatient clinic. Nasopharyngeal samples were collected and tested for respiratory pathogens. The prevalence of respiratory symptoms and viruses in 2021 was compared to results from 2019 and 2020. Results After seeing few cases of influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus in 2020, a return to prepandemic levels was observed in 2021. Rhinovirus/enterovirus, parainfluenza virus 1-4, and adenovirus circulated from 2019 to 2021, while human metapneumovirus and human coronaviruses (HKU1, 229E, OC43, and NL63 subtypes) were observed sporadically. SARS-CoV-2 was observed consistently in 2021 after being first identified in December 2020. The proportion of participants with co-infections in 2021 (11.6%) was significantly higher than in 2019 (6.9%) or 2020 (7.7%). Conclusion Declines in influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus were reversed once public health measures were lifted. Respiratory viruses contributed to a significant burden of respiratory infections in 2021. This study provides important information about respiratory viruses in this changing context and underrepresented region.
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- Catherine G. Sutcliffe
- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, USA
- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, USA
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- University Teaching Hospital, Virology Laboratory, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, USA
- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baltimore, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, USA
- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baltimore, USA
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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- Macha Research Trust, Choma, Zambia
- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baltimore, USA
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Bayan MH, Smalls T, Boudreau A, Mirza AW, Pasco C, Demko ZO, Rothman RE, Hsieh YH, Eshleman SH, Mostafa HH, Gonzalez-Jimenez N, Chavez PR, Emerson B, Delaney KP, Daugherty D, MacGowan RJ, Manabe YC, Hamill MM. Evaluating the impact of point-of-care HIV viral load assessment on linkage to care in Baltimore, MD: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Infect Dis 2023; 23:570. [PMID: 37658305 PMCID: PMC10474693 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08459-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Integration of a sensitive point-of-care (POC) HIV viral load (VL) test into screening algorithms may help detect acute HIV infection earlier, identify people with HIV (PWH) who are not virally suppressed, and facilitate earlier referral to antiretroviral therapy (ART), or evaluation for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This report describes a randomized clinical trial sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): "Ending the HIV Epidemic Through Point-of-Care Technologies" (EHPOC). The study's primary aim is to evaluate the use of a POC HIV VL test as part of a testing approach and assess the impact on time to linkage to ART or PrEP. The study will recruit people in Baltimore, Maryland, including patients attending a hospital emergency department, patients attending an infectious disease clinic, and people recruited via community outreach. The secondary aim is to evaluate the performance characteristics of two rapid HIV antibody tests approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). METHODS The study will recruit people 18 years or older who have risk factors for HIV acquisition and are not on PrEP, or PWH who are not taking ART. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the control arm or the intervention arm. Participants randomized to the control arm will only receive the standard-of-care (SOC) HIV screening tests. Intervention arm participants will receive a POC HIV VL test in addition to the SOC HIV diagnostic screening tests. Follow up will consist of an interim phone survey conducted at week-4 and an in-person week-12 visit. Demographic and behavioral information, and oral fluid and blood specimens will be collected at enrollment and at week-12. Survey data will be captured in a Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) database. Participants in both arms will be referred for either ART or PrEP based on their HIV test results. DISCUSSION The EHPOC trial will explore a novel HIV diagnostic technology that can be performed at the POC and provide viral assessment. The study may help inform HIV testing algorithms and contribute to the evidence to support same day ART and PrEP recommendations. TRIAL REGISTRATION NIH ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04793750. Date: 11 March 2021.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Kraus CK, Nguyen HB, Jacobsen RC, Ledeboer NA, May LS, O'Neal HR, Puskarich MA, Rice TW, Self WH, Rothman RE. Rapid identification of sepsis in the emergency department. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open 2023; 4:e12984. [PMID: 37284425 PMCID: PMC10239543 DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
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Objectives Recent research has helped define the complex pathways in sepsis, affording new opportunities for advancing diagnostics tests. Given significant advances in the field, a group of academic investigators from emergency medicine, intensive care, pathology, and pharmacology assembled to develop consensus around key gaps and potential future use for emerging rapid host response diagnostics assays in the emergency department (ED) setting. Methods A modified Delphi study was conducted that included 26 panelists (expert consensus panel) from multiple specialties. A smaller steering committee first defined a list of Delphi statements related to the need for and future potential use of a hypothetical sepsis diagnostic test in the ED. Likert scoring was used to assess panelists agreement or disagreement with statements. Two successive rounds of surveys were conducted and consensus for statements was operationally defined as achieving agreement or disagreement of 75% or greater. Results Significant gaps were identified related to current tools for assessing risk of sepsis in the ED. Strong consensus indicated the need for a test providing an indication of the severity of dysregulated host immune response, which would be helpful even if it did not identify the specific pathogen. Although there was a relatively high degree of uncertainty regarding which patients would most benefit from the test, the panel agreed that an ideal host response sepsis test should aim to be integrated into ED triage and thus should produce results in less than 30 minutes. The panel also agreed that such a test would be most valuable for improving sepsis outcomes and reducing rates of unnecessary antibiotic use. Conclusion The expert consensus panel expressed strong consensus regarding gaps in sepsis diagnostics in the ED and the potential for new rapid host response tests to help fill these gaps. These finding provide a baseline framework for assessing key attributes of evolving host response diagnostic tests for sepsis in the ED.
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- Chadd K. Kraus
- Department of Emergency MedicineGeisinger Medical CenterDanvillePennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of MedicinePulmonary and Critical Care DivisionLoma Linda UniversityLoma LindaCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineUniversity of Kansas HospitalKansas CityKansasUSA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory MedicineMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukeeWisconsinUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineUC Davis HealthDavisCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Critical Care MedicineLouisiana State UniversityBaton RougeLouisianaUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineHennepin County Medical CenterUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA
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- Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences and Division of AllergyPulmonary and Critical Care MedicineVanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleTennesseeUSA
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- Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences and Department of Emergency MedicineVanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleTennesseeUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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Hyde Z, Roura R, Signer D, Patel A, Cohen J, Saheed M, Brinkley S, Irvin R, Sulkowski MS, Thomas DL, Rothman RE, Hsieh YH. Evaluation of a pilot emergency department linkage to care program for patients previously diagnosed with Hepatitis C. J Viral Hepat 2023; 30:129-137. [PMID: 36441638 PMCID: PMC9852079 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.13774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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There is a significant number of Emergency Department (ED) patients with known chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who have not been treated with directly acting antivirals. We implemented a pilot ED-based linkage-to-care program to address this need and evaluated the impact of the program using the HCV Care Continuum metrics. Between March 2015 and May 2016, dedicated patient care navigators identified HCV RNA-positive patients in an urban ED and offered expedited appointments with the on-site viral hepatitis clinic. Patient demographics and care continuum outcomes were abstracted from the EMR and analysed to determine significant factors influencing linkage-to-care (LTC) and treatment initiation rates. The ED linkage-to-care program achieved a 43% linkage-to-care rate (165/384), 22% treatment rate (84/384) and 16% sustained virologic response rate (63/384). Significant associations were found between linkage-to-care and increasing age (OR = 1.03), Medicare insurance (OR = 2.21) and having a primary care physician (PCP) (OR = 4.03). For patients who were linked, the odds of initiating treatment were also positively significantly associated with increasing age (OR = 1.04) and having a PCP (OR = 2.77). For patients who initiated treatment, the odds of sustained virologic response were marginally associated with having a PCP (OR = 4.92).Our ED linkage-to-care program utilized care coordination to successfully link nearly half of approached HCV RNA-positive patients to care. This design can be feasibly replicated by other EDs given limited non-clinical training required for linkage-to-care staff. Adoption of similar programs in other EDs may improve the rates of LTC and treatment initiation for previously diagnosed HCV patients.
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- Zak Hyde
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Division Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Rowan SE, Haukoos J, Kamis KF, Hopkins E, Gravitz S, Lyle C, Al-Tayyib AA, Gardner EM, Galbraith JW, Hsieh YH, Lyons MS, Rothman RE, White DAE, Morgan JR, Linas BP, Sabel AL, Wyles DL. The Determining Effective Testing in Emergency Departments and Care Coordination on Treatment Outcomes (DETECT) for Hepatitis C (Hep C) Linkage-to-Care Trial: rationale and design of an emergency department-based randomized clinical trial of linkage-to-care strategies for hepatitis C. Trials 2023; 24:63. [PMID: 36707909 PMCID: PMC9880363 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-07018-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Hepatitis C (HCV) poses a major public health problem in the USA. While early identification is a critical priority, subsequent linkage to a treatment specialist is a crucial step that bridges diagnosed patients to treatment, cure, and prevention of ongoing transmission. Emergency departments (EDs) serve as an important clinical setting for HCV screening, although optimal methods of linkage-to-care for HCV-diagnosed individuals remain unknown. In this article, we describe the rationale and design of The Determining Effective Testing in Emergency Departments and Care Coordination on Treatment Outcomes (DETECT) for Hepatitis C (Hep C) Linkage-to-Care Trial. METHODS The DETECT Hep C Linkage-to-Care Trial will be a single-center prospective comparative effectiveness randomized two-arm parallel-group superiority trial to test the effectiveness of linkage navigation and clinician referral among ED patients identified with untreated HCV with a primary hypothesis that linkage navigation plus clinician referral is superior to clinician referral alone when using treatment initiation as the primary outcome. Participants will be enrolled in the ED at Denver Health Medical Center (Denver, CO), an urban, safety-net hospital with approximately 75,000 annual adult ED visits. This trial was designed to enroll a maximum of 280 HCV RNA-positive participants with one planned interim analysis based on methods by O'Brien and Fleming. This trial will further inform the evaluation of cost effectiveness, disparities, and social determinants of health in linkage-to-care, treatment, and disease progression. DISCUSSION When complete, the DETECT Hep C Linkage-to-Care Trial will significantly inform how best to perform linkage-to-care among ED patients identified with HCV. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04026867 Original date: July 1, 2019 URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04026867.
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- Sarah E. Rowan
- grid.241116.10000000107903411Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO USA ,grid.239638.50000 0001 0369 638XPublic Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver, CO USA
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- grid.241116.10000000107903411Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, Mail Code 0108, Denver, CO 80204 USA ,grid.414594.90000 0004 0401 9614Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO USA ,Colorado Social Emergency Medicine Collaborative, Denver, CO USA
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- grid.239638.50000 0001 0369 638XPublic Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver, CO USA
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- grid.241116.10000000107903411Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, Mail Code 0108, Denver, CO 80204 USA ,Colorado Social Emergency Medicine Collaborative, Denver, CO USA
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- grid.241116.10000000107903411Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, Mail Code 0108, Denver, CO 80204 USA ,Colorado Social Emergency Medicine Collaborative, Denver, CO USA
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- grid.241116.10000000107903411Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, Mail Code 0108, Denver, CO 80204 USA ,Colorado Social Emergency Medicine Collaborative, Denver, CO USA
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- grid.239638.50000 0001 0369 638XPublic Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver, CO USA ,grid.414594.90000 0004 0401 9614Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO USA
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- grid.241116.10000000107903411Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO USA ,grid.239638.50000 0001 0369 638XPublic Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver, CO USA
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- grid.410721.10000 0004 1937 0407Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS USA
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- grid.21107.350000 0001 2171 9311Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
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- grid.412332.50000 0001 1545 0811Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH USA
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- grid.21107.350000 0001 2171 9311Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
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- grid.414076.00000 0004 0427 1107Department of Emergency Medicine, Highland Hospital, Alameda Health System, Oakland, CA USA
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- grid.189504.10000 0004 1936 7558Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA ,Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV, Boston, MA USA
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- Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV, Boston, MA USA ,grid.189504.10000 0004 1936 7558Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.239638.50000 0001 0369 638XDepartment of Patient Safety and Quality, Denver Health, Denver, CO USA ,grid.414594.90000 0004 0401 9614Department of Biostatistics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO USA
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- grid.241116.10000000107903411Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO USA
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Sutcliffe CG, Sinywimaanzi P, Morales J, Sianyanda M, Muleka M, Fenstermacher KZJ, Monze M, Rothman RE, Pekosz A, Thuma PE, Simulundu E. Uptake of public health measures and vaccine acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Zambia. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2022; 18:2153538. [PMID: 36482701 PMCID: PMC9762779 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2153538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Vaccines are effective tools to prevent COVID-19-related morbidity. However, coverage is low throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Uptake of public health measures, perceptions of COVID-19 illness and vaccines, and intention to vaccinate were evaluated in 2021-2022 in rural Zambia. Adherence to public health measures, perceptions of COVID-19 risk and severity, and vaccine acceptance increased significantly over time, particularly in December 2021, coinciding with the fourth pandemic wave and relaunch of the national vaccine campaign. Vaccine acceptance was associated with perceptions of vaccine safety and effectiveness, but not disease severity. These findings highlight the importance of strong pandemic response and public communication for increased uptake of mitigatory measures, including vaccine acceptance.
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- Catherine G. Sutcliffe
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA,CONTACT Catherine G. Sutcliffe Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E6535, Baltimore, MD21205, USA
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Virology Laboratory, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Venkatesh D, Anderson TK, Kimble JB, Chang J, Lopes S, Souza CK, Pekosz A, Shaw-Saliba K, Rothman RE, Chen KF, Lewis NS, Vincent Baker AL. Antigenic Characterization and Pandemic Risk Assessment of North American H1 Influenza A Viruses Circulating in Swine. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0178122. [PMID: 36318009 PMCID: PMC9769642 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01781-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
The first pandemic of the 21st century was caused by an H1N1 influenza A virus (IAV) introduced from pigs into humans, highlighting the importance of swine as reservoirs for pandemic viruses. Two major lineages of swine H1 circulate in North America: the 1A classical swine lineage (including that of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic) and the 1B human seasonal-like lineage. Here, we investigated the evolution of these H1 IAV lineages in North American swine and their potential pandemic risk. We assessed the antigenic distance between the HA of representative swine H1 and human seasonal vaccine strains (1978 to 2015) in hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assays using a panel of monovalent antisera raised in pigs. Antigenic cross-reactivity varied by strain but was associated with genetic distance. Generally, the swine 1A lineage viruses that seeded the 2009 H1 pandemic were antigenically most similar to the H1 pandemic vaccine strains, with the exception of viruses in the genetic clade 1A.1.1.3, which had a two-amino acid deletion mutation near the receptor-binding site, which dramatically reduced antibody recognition. The swine 1B lineage strains, which arose from previously circulating (pre-2009 pandemic) human seasonal viruses, were more antigenically similar to pre-2009 human seasonal H1 vaccine viruses than post-2009 strains. Human population immunity was measured by cross-reactivity in HI assays to representative swine H1 strains. There was a broad range of titers against each swine strain that was not associated with age, sex, or location. However, there was almost no cross-reactivity in human sera to the 1A.1.1.3 and 1B.2.1 genetic clades of swine viruses, and the 1A.1.1.3 and 1B.2.1 clades were also the most antigenically distant to the human vaccine strains. Our data demonstrate that the antigenic distances of representative swine strains from human vaccine strains represent an important part of the rational assessment of swine IAV for zoonotic risk research and pandemic preparedness prioritization. IMPORTANCE Human H1 influenza A viruses (IAV) spread to pigs in North America, resulting in a sustained circulation of two major groups of H1 viruses in swine. We quantified the genetic diversity of H1 in swine and measured antigenic phenotypes. We demonstrated that the swine H1 lineages were significantly different from the human vaccine strains and that this antigenic dissimilarity increased over time as the viruses evolved in swine. Pandemic preparedness vaccine strains for human vaccines also demonstrated a loss in similarity with contemporary swine strains. Human sera revealed a range of responses to swine IAV, including two groups of viruses with little to no immunity. The surveillance and risk assessment of IAV diversity in pig populations are essential to detect strains with reduced immunity in humans and provide critical information for pandemic preparedness.
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- National Animal Disease Center, USDA-ARS, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung City, Taiwan
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- Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom
- OIE/FAO International Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, Swine Influenza and Newcastle Disease, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Kaplan SL, Arias CA, Bachur RG, Ballard N, Bont LJ, Cruz AT, Esposito S, Gordon R, Klein A, Motov SM, Papan C, Rothman RE, Ryan LMM, Tenenbaum T. 529. BV Score (Based on TRAIL, IP-10 and CRP) Accurately Distinguishes Between Bacterial and Viral Infection in Febrile Children: A Multi-Cohort Analysis. Open Forum Infect Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac492.584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
BV is a score for differentiating between bacterial and viral etiologies. Recently FDA cleared, it is based on computational integration of the blood levels of three host-proteins (TRAIL, IP-10, CRP). Here we report a multi-cohort analysis validating its diagnostic performance in comparison to a microbiology confirmed reference standard for children recruited in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Israel and the United States.
Methods
Febrile pediatric patients (age < 18) were recruited in Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Centers in the Apollo (NCT04690569), Autopilot (NCT03052088) and Opportunity (NCT01931254) studies. Eligibility criteria included suspicion of acute bacterial or viral infection symptoms for < 7 days in patient deemed to be immunocompetent. BV is indicative of bacterial or viral infection (MeMed BV®) based on pre-defined thresholds: 0 ≤ score < 35 indicates viral (or other non-bacterial) infection, 35 ≤ score ≤ 65 indicates equivocal and 65 < score ≤ 100 indicates bacterial infection (or co-infection). BV performance was assessed against the reference standard. Three experts independently reviewed comprehensive patient data including follow-up data but were blinded to BV. A bacterial or viral microbiology confirmed reference standard required all 3 experts to assign the same etiology in addition to a positive microbiology result supporting the experts’ decision (Figure legend).
Results
Among the 1,747 children recruited in the 3 studies, 861 were assigned a microbiology confirmed reference standard, with 811 viral and 50 bacterial cases (bacterial prevalence 6%). The median age was 1.8 years (interquartile range: 0.9-3.5 years), 42.3% were female, and 72.7% were diagnosed with respiratory tract infection or unspecified viral infection. BV yielded sensitivity and specificity of 95.6% (95% confidence interval: 84.9%-99.5%) and 95.4% (95%CI: 93.6%-96.8%), and negative predictive value of 99.7% (95%CI: 98.9%-99.9%), with 9.6% of cases yielding equivocal scores.
Conclusion
BV accurately distinguishes bacterial from viral etiology in microbiology confirmed cases and has the potential to support clinical diagnosis in children presenting to acute care settings.
Disclosures
Sheldon L. Kaplan, MD, MeMed: Advisor/Consultant|MeMed: Grant/Research Support|Pfizer: Grant/Research Support|Pfizer: Honoraria Cesar A. Arias, MD, PhD, Entasis Phramceuticals: Grant/Research Support|MeMed Diagnostics: Grant/Research Support|Merck: Grant/Research Support Richard G. Bachur, M.D., Appendicitis Biomarker: U.S. Patent|MeMed: Advisor/Consultant|MeMed: Grant/Research Support|UpToDate.com: Honoraria|Wolters-Kluwer: Honoraria Louis J Bont, M.D., MeMed: Principal Investigator (Payment made to institution for conduct of the Opportunity study) Adi Klein, M.D., MeMed: Principal Investigator (Payment made to institution for conduct of the Apollo study) Cihan Papan, M.D., MeMed: Grant/Research Support.
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- Houston Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College , Houston, TX
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- Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts
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- University Medical Centre Utrecht , Utrecht, Utrecht , Netherlands
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- Pediatric Clinic, Pietro Barilla Children’s Hospital , Parma, Emilia-Romagna , Italy
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- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) , Houston, Texas
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- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center , Hedera, HaZafon , Israel
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University , Homburg, Saarland , Germany
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- The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland
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- Sana Klinikum Lichtenberg, Academic Teaching Hospital Charité-Universitätsmedizin , Berlin, Berlin , Germany
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Hwang J, Blair PW, Siddarthan T, Liu G, Cui E, Bai J, East J, Herrara P, Fong T, Mahadevan V, Hossen S, Seo S, Sonuga O, Lawrence J, Anova L, Fenstermacher K, Shea S, Rothman RE, Hansoti B, Sauer L, Crainiceanu C, Clark D, Clark D, Clark D. 308. Do lung ultrasound abnormalities change during hospitalization for COVID-19? Open Forum Infect Dis 2022. [PMCID: PMC9752339 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac492.386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background While point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been used to track disease resolution, temporal trends in lung ultrasound (LUS) findings among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 is not well-characterized. Methods We studied 413 LUS scans in 244 participants ≥ 18 years of age hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia within 28 days of symptom onset from April, 2020 until September, 2021 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore Maryland. All patients were scanned using a 12-lung zone protocol and repeat scans were obtained in 3 days (N=114), 7 days (N=53), and weekly (N=9) from the initial scan. Participants were followed to determine clinical outcomes until hospital discharge and vital status at 28-days. Ultrasounds were independently reviewed for lung artifacts, and the composite mean LUS score (ranging from 0 to 3) across lung zones was determined. Trends of mean LUS scores and % lung fields with A-lines (indicating proportion of normal lung fields) were plotted by peak severity (mild, moderate, and severe defined by the World Health Organization Ordinal Scale) over time from symptom onset. Differences in mean LUS score or % A-lines changes over time between peak severity levels were evaluated using a Kruskal-Wallis test and linear mixed-effected models with an exchangeable correlation structure. Results Among 244 patients in our cohort (mean age of 58.2 (SD 15.0) years, and 55.7% female) (Table 1), there was no change in average mean LUS scores between the first two visits by severity groups (Figure 1; Kruskal-Wallis p=0.63). Mean LUS scores were elevated by 0.22 (p< 0.001) in a dose-response manner regardless of duration of illness, but there was no change over time associated with peak severity (p=0.73). Similarly, percentage of A-lines were in 13.9% less lung fields for each increase in peak severity (p< 0.001; Figure 2) regardless of duration of illness. However, a change in mean LUS score did not differ significantly among peak severity levels (p=0.36).
![]() ![]() ![]() Conclusion Mean LUS scores correlated with clinical severity among hospitalized adults when assessed cross-sectionally, however mean LUS score did not change or differ between peak severity levels over the time course of hospitalization. These results do not support serial LUS scans to monitor disease progression. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures.
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- Jimin Hwang
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, Ellicott City, Maryland
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- The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD; Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Miami, Florida
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, Miami, Florida
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, Miami, Florida
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD., Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD., Baltimore, Maryland
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- The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, Maryland
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- The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, Maryland
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- The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, Maryland
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Hyde Z, Roura R, Varanasi K, McGinn T, Evans J, Verschoore B, Yang C, Labrique A, Ricketts EP, Rothman RE, Latkin CA, Hsieh YH. Human-centered design development of mHealth patient-to-peer referral tool in the emergency department. Digit Health 2022; 8:20552076221143238. [PMID: 36544538 PMCID: PMC9761213 DOI: 10.1177/20552076221143238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Given the steady increase of emergency department (ED) visits related to opioid overdoses, this study aims to determine the design and usability of an ED-centered mHealth patient-to-peer referral prototype tool that allows patients to refer peers to comprehensive HIV/HCV and opioid misuse prevention services. Methods Two iterative focus group discussion (FDG) sessions and one use-case session were conducted. Eligible participants who were ≥18 years, had a history of injection drug use (IDU), and had utilized the ED in the past year were recruited through the distribution of flyers at the study institution, including the study ED. Human-centered design process was completed by using participant feedback on perceived utility, usability/accessibility, tool design, and clarity/readability to fine-tune prototype version and drive subsequent discussion sessions. Results Sixteen consented individuals participated in at least one of the sessions. Feedback revealed that participants favored the inclusion of the webpage link on the referral card as means to bypass QR code if needed, more descriptions highlighting the exact services offered, and the fact that no personal information was required to complete the referral process. The prototype underwent several adjustments between user-centered FDG sessions, which ultimately ended in including features such as an online webpage with educational videos, SMS text-message communication system, and QR code usage into the final patient-to-peer referral tool prototype. Conclusion The findings of this study suggest a human-centered designed patient-to-peer referral tool could be a feasible approach to linking community members at risk of IDU to HIV/HCV and opioid use-related preventive services from ED patients.
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- Zak Hyde
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Health, Behavior and Society,
Johns Hopkins
University Bloomberg School of Public
Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Health, Behavior and Society,
Johns Hopkins
University Bloomberg School of Public
Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA,Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Johns Hopkins University
Department of Emergency Medicine, 5801 Smith Avenue, Suite 3220 Davis Building,
Baltimore, MD 21209, USA.
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Liu Q, Miao H, Li S, Zhang P, Gerber GF, Follmann D, Ji H, Zeger SL, Chertow DS, Quinn TC, Robinson ML, Kickler TS, Rothman RE, Fenstermacher KZJ, Braunstein EM, Cox AL, Farci P, Fauci AS, Lusso P. Anti-PF4 antibodies associated with disease severity in COVID-19. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2213361119. [PMID: 36322776 PMCID: PMC9704720 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2213361119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 08/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Severe COVID-19 is characterized by a prothrombotic state associated with thrombocytopenia, with microvascular thrombosis being almost invariably present in the lung and other organs at postmortem examination. We evaluated the presence of antibodies to platelet factor 4 (PF4)-polyanion complexes using a clinically validated immunoassay in 100 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 with moderate or severe disease (World Health Organization score, 4 to 10), 25 patients with acute COVID-19 visiting the emergency department, and 65 convalescent individuals. Anti-PF4 antibodies were detected in 95 of 100 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 (95.0%) irrespective of prior heparin treatment, with a mean optical density value of 0.871 ± 0.405 SD (range, 0.177 to 2.706). In contrast, patients hospitalized for severe acute respiratory disease unrelated to COVID-19 had markedly lower levels of the antibodies. In a high proportion of patients with COVID-19, levels of all three immunoglobulin (Ig) isotypes tested (IgG, IgM, and IgA) were simultaneously elevated. Antibody levels were higher in male than in female patients and higher in African Americans and Hispanics than in White patients. Anti-PF4 antibody levels were correlated with the maximum disease severity score and with significant reductions in circulating platelet counts during hospitalization. In individuals convalescent from COVID-19, the antibody levels returned to near-normal values. Sera from patients with COVID-19 induced higher levels of platelet activation than did sera from healthy blood donors, but the results were not correlated with the levels of anti-PF4 antibodies. These results demonstrate that the vast majority of patients with severe COVID-19 develop anti-PF4 antibodies, which may play a role in the clinical complications of COVID-19.
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- Qingbo Liu
- Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287
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- Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
- Emerging Pathogens Section, Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Whiteside LK, D'Onofrio G, Fiellin DA, Edelman EJ, Richardson L, O'Connor P, Rothman RE, Cowan E, Lyons MS, Fockele CE, Saheed M, Freiermuth C, Punches BE, Guo C, Martel S, Owens PH, Coupet E, Hawk KF. Models for Implementing Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine With Referral for Ongoing Medication Treatment at Emergency Department Discharge in Diverse Academic Centers. Ann Emerg Med 2022; 80:410-419. [PMID: 35752520 PMCID: PMC9588652 DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
There has been a substantial rise in the number of publications and training opportunities on the care and treatment of emergency department (ED) patients with opioid use disorder over the past several years. The American College of Emergency Physicians recently published recommendations for providing buprenorphine to patients with opioid use disorder, but barriers to implementing this clinical practice remain. We describe the models for implementing ED-initiated buprenorphine at 4 diverse urban, academic medical centers across the country as part of a federally funded effort termed "Project ED Health." These 4 sites successfully implemented unique ED-initiated buprenorphine programs as part of a comparison of implementation facilitation to traditional educational dissemination on the uptake of ED-initiated buprenorphine. Each site describes the elements central to the ED process, including screening, treatment initiation, referral, and follow-up, while harnessing organizational characteristics, including ED culture. Finally, we discuss common facilitators to program success, including information technology and electronic medical record integration, hospital-level support, strong connections with outpatient partners, and quality improvement processes.
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- Lauren K Whiteside
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Program in Addiction Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Program in Addiction Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Program in Addiction Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Program in Addiction Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT
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- Program in Addiction Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Program in Addiction Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Addiction Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; Center for Addiction Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Addiction Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; Center for Addiction Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Addiction Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; Center for Addiction Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Program in Addiction Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Program in Addiction Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Program in Addiction Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Program in Addiction Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Program in Addiction Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Program in Addiction Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Rothman RE, Niforatos JD, Youbi M, Polydefkis N, Hergenroeder A, Ako MC, Lobner K, Shaw-Saliba K, Hsieh YH. A cross-sectional study of participant recruitment rates in published phase III influenza therapeutic randomized controlled trials conducted in the clinical setting. Am J Emerg Med 2022; 61:184-191. [PMID: 36174486 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Revised: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE A recent academic-government partnership demonstrated the feasibility of utilizing Emergency Departments (ED) as a primary site for subject enrollment in clinical trials and achieved high rates of recruitment in two U.S. EDs. Given the ongoing need to test new therapeutics for influenza and other emerging infections, we sought to describe the historical rates of participant recruitment into influenza Phase III therapeutic RCTs in various clinical venues, including EDs. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study was performed of influenza therapeutic Phase III RCTs published in PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Clinicaltrials.gov from January 2000 to June 2019. MAIN OUTCOME To estimate the weighted-average number of influenza-positive participants enrolled per site per season in influenza therapeutic RCT conducted in clinical settings, and to describe basic trial site characteristics. RESULTS 47 (0.7%) of 7008 articles were included for review of which 43 of 47 (91%) included information regarding enrollment sites; of these, 2 (5%) recruited exclusively from EDs with the remainder recruiting from mixed clinical settings (inpatient, outpatient, and ED). The median enrollment per study was 326 (IQR: 110, 502.5) with a median of 11 sites per study (IQR: 2, 59.5). Included studies reported a median of 201 (IQR: 74, 344.5) confirmed influenza-positive participants per study. The pooled number of participants enrolled per site per season was 11 (95% CI: 10, 12). The pooled enrollment numbers per clinical site after excluding the two 'ED only recruitment' studies were less [10.7 (95% CI: 9.9, 11.6)] than the pooled enrollment numbers per clinical site for the two 'ED only recruitment' studies [89.5 (95% CI 89.2-89.27)]. CONCLUSION AND RELEVANCE Published RCTs evaluating influenza therapeutics in clinical settings recruit participants from multiple sites but enroll relatively few participants, per site, per season. The few ED-based studies reported recruited more subjects per site per season. Untapped opportunities likely exist for EDs to participate and/or lead therapeutic RCTs for influenza or other emerging respiratory pathogens.
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- Richard E Rothman
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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- Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
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Knaub RJ, Evans J, Yang C, Roura R, McGinn T, Verschoore B, Ricketts EP, Rothman RE, Latkin CA, Hsieh YH. A pilot study of a mixed-method approach to design an ED-based peer mHealth referral tool for HIV/HCV and opioid overdose prevention services. Drug Alcohol Depend 2022; 238:109585. [PMID: 35926299 PMCID: PMC9620482 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The intersecting epidemics of opioid misuse, injection drug use, and HIV/HCV have resulted in record overdose deaths and sustained high levels of HIV/HCV transmissions. Literature on social networks suggests opportunities to connect people who use drugs (PWUD) and their peers to HIV/HCV and opioid overdose prevention services. However, little evidence exists on how to design such peer referral interventions in emergency department (ED) settings. METHODS A mixed-method study was conducted to assess the feasibility of an mHealth-facilitated 'patient to peer social network referral program' for PWUD. In-depth interviews (IDIs) and quantitative surveys were conducted with urban ED patients (n = 15), along with 3 focus group discussions (FGDs) (n = 19). RESULTS Overall, 34 participants were enrolled (71 % males, 53 % Black). 13/15 IDI participants reported a history of opioid overdose; all had witnessed overdose events; all received HIV/HCV testing. From survey responses, most would invite their peers for HIV/HCV testing and naloxone training; and anticipated peers to accept referrals (HIV: 60 %, HCV: 73 %, naloxone: 93 %). Qualitative data showed PWUD shared health-related information with each other but preferred word of mouth rather than text messages. Participants used smartphones regularly and suggested using Internet advertising for prevention services. Participants expressed enthusiasm for ED-based peer mHealth referral platform to prevention services, as well as referring their peers to proposed services, with monetary incentives. CONCLUSION ED-based peer referral intervention to HIV/HCV testing and naloxone training was viewed favorably by PWUD. Frequent smartphone use among PWUD suggests that the medium could be a promising mode for peer referral.
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- Ross J. Knaub
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Loevinsohn G, Hamahuwa M, Hardick J, Sinywimaanzi P, Fenstermacher KZJ, Munachoonga P, Weynand A, Monze M, Manabe YC, Gaydos CA, Rothman RE, Pekosz A, Thuma PE, Simulundu E, Sutcliffe CG. Respiratory viruses in rural Zambia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trop Med Int Health 2022; 27:647-654. [PMID: 35611546 PMCID: PMC9348166 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions were implemented globally to control the virus. Data on respiratory pathogens in sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic are scarce. This analysis was conducted to evaluate patterns of respiratory pathogens in rural Zambia before and during the first year of the pandemic. METHODS Surveillance was established in December 2018 at Macha Hospital in southern Zambia. Patients with respiratory symptoms in the outpatient and inpatient clinics were recruited. Nasopharyngeal samples were collected and tested for respiratory pathogens. The prevalence of respiratory symptoms and pathogens was evaluated and compared in the first (December 10, 2018-December 9, 2019) and second (December 10, 2019-November 30, 2020) years of surveillance. RESULTS Outpatient visits and admissions for respiratory illness significantly decreased from the first to second year, especially among children. SARS-CoV-2 was not detected from any participants in Year 2. Among outpatients and inpatients with respiratory symptoms, the prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus and influenza viruses decreased from the first to second year. In contrast, the prevalence of rhinovirus/enterovirus, metapneumovirus and parainfluenza virus increased. CONCLUSIONS The epidemiology of respiratory viruses in rural Zambia changed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that public health interventions may have had an impact on the introduction and circulation of respiratory pathogens in this area.
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- Gideon Loevinsohn
- Department of EpidemiologyJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthBaltimoreMarylandUSA
- Department of Emergency MedicineJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Division of Infectious DiseasesJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Department of EpidemiologyJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Virology LaboratoryUniversity Teaching HospitalLusakaZambia
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- Division of Infectious DiseasesJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
- Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Department of EpidemiologyJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthBaltimoreMarylandUSA
- Department of Emergency MedicineJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
- Division of Infectious DiseasesJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
- Division of Infectious DiseasesJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
- Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Macha Research TrustMachaZambia
- Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Department of EpidemiologyJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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Casciola-Rosen L, Thiemann DR, Andrade F, Trejo-Zambrano MI, Leonard EK, Spangler JB, Skinner NE, Bailey J, Yegnasubramanian S, Wang R, Vaghasia AM, Gupta A, Cox AL, Ray SC, Linville RM, Guo Z, Searson PC, Machamer CE, Desiderio S, Sauer LM, Laeyendecker O, Garibaldi BT, Gao L, Damarla M, Hassoun PM, Hooper JE, Mecoli CA, Christopher-Stine L, Gutierrez-Alamillo L, Yang Q, Hines D, Clarke WA, Rothman RE, Pekosz A, Fenstermacher KZ, Wang Z, Zeger SL, Rosen A. IgM anti-ACE2 autoantibodies in severe COVID-19 activate complement and perturb vascular endothelial function. JCI Insight 2022; 7:e158362. [PMID: 35349483 PMCID: PMC9090251 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.158362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BackgroundSome clinical features of severe COVID-19 represent blood vessel damage induced by activation of host immune responses initiated by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. We hypothesized autoantibodies against angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), the SARS-CoV-2 receptor expressed on vascular endothelium, are generated during COVID-19 and are of mechanistic importance.MethodsIn an opportunity sample of 118 COVID-19 inpatients, autoantibodies recognizing ACE2 were detected by ELISA. Binding properties of anti-ACE2 IgM were analyzed via biolayer interferometry. Effects of anti-ACE2 IgM on complement activation and endothelial function were demonstrated in a tissue-engineered pulmonary microvessel model.ResultsAnti-ACE2 IgM (not IgG) autoantibodies were associated with severe COVID-19 and found in 18/66 (27.2%) patients with severe disease compared with 2/52 (3.8%) of patients with moderate disease (OR 9.38, 95% CI 2.38-42.0; P = 0.0009). Anti-ACE2 IgM autoantibodies were rare (2/50) in non-COVID-19 ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Unexpectedly, ACE2-reactive IgM autoantibodies in COVID-19 did not undergo class-switching to IgG and had apparent KD values of 5.6-21.7 nM, indicating they are T cell independent. Anti-ACE2 IgMs activated complement and initiated complement-binding and functional changes in endothelial cells in microvessels, suggesting they contribute to the angiocentric pathology of COVID-19.ConclusionWe identify anti-ACE2 IgM as a mechanism-based biomarker strongly associated with severe clinical outcomes in SARS-CoV-2 infection, which has therapeutic implications.FUNDINGBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates Philanthropy Partners, Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation, and Jerome L. Greene Foundation; NIH R01 AR073208, R01 AR069569, Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (5K12GM123914-03), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute R21HL145216, and Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (DGE1746891).
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Translational Tissue Engineering Center
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; and
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; and
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; and
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- Institute for NanoBioTechnology and
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Institute for NanoBioTechnology and
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Adult Emergency Department, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; and
- Division of Intramural Medicine, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; and
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Adult Emergency Department, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health and Engineering
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, and
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- Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
- Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
- Department of Cell Biology and
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Haukoos JS, Rowan SE, Galbraith JW, Rothman RE, Hsieh YH, Hopkins E, Houk RA, Toerper MF, Kamis KF, Morgan JR, Linas BP, Al-Tayyib AA, Gardner EM, Lyons MS, Sabel AL, White DAE, Wyles DL. The Determining Effective Testing in Emergency Departments and Care Coordination on Treatment Outcomes (DETECT) for Hepatitis C (Hep C) Screening Trial: rationale and design of a multi-center pragmatic randomized clinical trial of hepatitis C screening in emergency departments. Trials 2022; 23:354. [PMID: 35468807 PMCID: PMC9036509 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06265-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background Early identification of HCV is a critical health priority, especially now that treatment options are available to limit further transmission and provide cure before long-term sequelae develop. Emergency departments (EDs) are important clinical settings for HCV screening given that EDs serve many at-risk patients who do not access other forms of healthcare. In this article, we describe the rationale and design of The Determining Effective Testing in Emergency Departments and Care Coordination on Treatment Outcomes (DETECT) for Hepatitis C (Hep C) Screening Trial. Methods The DETECT Hep C Screening Trial is a multi-center prospective pragmatic randomized two-arm parallel-group superiority trial to test the comparative effectiveness of nontargeted and targeted HCV screening in the ED with a primary hypothesis that nontargeted screening is superior to targeted screening when identifying newly diagnosed HCV. This trial will be performed in the EDs at Denver Health Medical Center (Denver, CO), Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD), and the University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson, MS), sites representing approximately 225,000 annual adult visits, and designed using the PRECIS-2 framework for pragmatic trials. When complete, we will have enrolled a minimum of 125,000 randomized patient visits and have performed 13,965 HCV tests. In Denver, the Screening Trial will serve as a conduit for a distinct randomized comparative effectiveness trial to evaluate linkage-to-HCV care strategies. All sites will further contribute to embedded observational studies to assess cost effectiveness, disparities, and social determinants of health in screening, linkage-to-care, and treatment for HCV. Discussion When complete, The DETECT Hep C Screening Trial will represent the largest ED-based pragmatic clinical trial to date and all studies, in aggregate, will significantly inform how to best perform ED-based HCV screening. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04003454. Registered on 1 July 2019. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13063-022-06265-1.
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- Jason S Haukoos
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, Mail Code 0108, Denver, CO, 80204, USA. .,Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA.,Public Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, Mail Code 0108, Denver, CO, 80204, USA
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- Department of Informational Technology, Denver Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Public Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA.,Public Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA.,Public Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.,Center for Addiction Research, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Patient Safety and Quality, Denver Health, Denver, CO, USA.,Department of Biostatistics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Highland Hospital, Alameda Health System, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA
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Russell A, Hsu EB, Fenstermacher KZJ, Ricketts EP, Dashler G, Chen A, Shaw-Saliba K, Caturegli PP, Pekosz A, Rothman RE. Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity among Emergency Department Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Care Center in Baltimore. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10030576. [PMID: 35327055 PMCID: PMC8953704 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10030576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic (March−July 2020 in Baltimore), emergency department (ED) healthcare workers (HCWs) were considered to be at greater risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2. Limited data existed, however, on the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and its impact in this workforce population. We enrolled 191 ED HCWs from a tertiary academic center, administered baseline and weekly surveys, and tested them twice (July and December 2020) for serum antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Approximately 6% (11 of 191, 5.8%) of ED HCWs had spike antibodies in July, a prevalence that doubled by December (21 of 174, 12.1%). A positive PCR test was self-reported by 15 of 21 (71%) seropositive and 6 of 153 (4%) seronegative HCWs (p < 0.001). Of the total 27 HCWs who had antibodies and/or were PCR positive, none required hospitalization, 18 (67%) had a self-perceived COVID-19 illness, and 12 of the 18 reported symptoms. The median number of missed workdays was 8.5 (ranging from 2 to 21). While most seropositive ED HCWs who reported symptoms took work absences, none required hospitalization, indicating that COVID-19’s impact on staffing prior to vaccination was not as great as feared.
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- Anna Russell
- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (E.B.H.); (K.Z.J.F.); (E.P.R.); (G.D.); (A.C.); (K.S.-S.); (A.P.); (R.E.R.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (E.B.H.); (K.Z.J.F.); (E.P.R.); (G.D.); (A.C.); (K.S.-S.); (A.P.); (R.E.R.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (E.B.H.); (K.Z.J.F.); (E.P.R.); (G.D.); (A.C.); (K.S.-S.); (A.P.); (R.E.R.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (E.B.H.); (K.Z.J.F.); (E.P.R.); (G.D.); (A.C.); (K.S.-S.); (A.P.); (R.E.R.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (E.B.H.); (K.Z.J.F.); (E.P.R.); (G.D.); (A.C.); (K.S.-S.); (A.P.); (R.E.R.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (E.B.H.); (K.Z.J.F.); (E.P.R.); (G.D.); (A.C.); (K.S.-S.); (A.P.); (R.E.R.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (E.B.H.); (K.Z.J.F.); (E.P.R.); (G.D.); (A.C.); (K.S.-S.); (A.P.); (R.E.R.)
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA;
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (E.B.H.); (K.Z.J.F.); (E.P.R.); (G.D.); (A.C.); (K.S.-S.); (A.P.); (R.E.R.)
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (E.B.H.); (K.Z.J.F.); (E.P.R.); (G.D.); (A.C.); (K.S.-S.); (A.P.); (R.E.R.)
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Shannon KL, Osula VO, Shaw-Saliba K, Hardick J, McBryde B, Dugas A, Hsieh YH, Hansoti B, Rothman RE. Viral co-infections are associated with increased rates of hospitalization in those with influenza. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2022; 16:780-788. [PMID: 35302283 PMCID: PMC9178061 DOI: 10.1111/irv.12967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Influenza causes significant morbidity and mortality in the United States. Among patients infected with influenza, the presence of bacterial co‐infection is associated with worse clinical outcomes; less is known regarding the clinical importance of viral co‐infections. The objective of this study was to determine rates of viral co‐infections in emergency department (ED) patients with confirmed influenza and association of co‐infection with disease severity. Methods Secondary analysis of a biorepository and clinical database from a parent study where rapid influenza testing was implemented in four U.S. academic EDs, during the 2014–2015 influenza season. Patients were systematically tested for influenza virus using a validated clinical decision guideline. Demographic and clinical data were extracted from medical records; nasopharyngeal specimens from influenza‐positive patients were tested for viral co‐infections (ePlex, Genmark Diagnostics). Patterns of viral co‐infections were evaluated using chi‐square analysis. The association of viral co‐infection with hospital admission was assessed using univariate and multivariate regression. Results The overall influenza A/B positivity rate was 18.1% (1071/5919). Of the 999 samples with ePlex results, the prevalence of viral co‐infections was 7.9% (79/999). The most common viral co‐infection was rhinovirus/enterovirus (RhV/EV), at 3.9% (39/999). The odds of hospital admission (OR 2.33, 95% CI: 1.01–5.34) increased significantly for those with viral co‐infections (other than RhV/EV) versus those with influenza A infection only. Conclusion Presence of viral co‐infection (other than RhV/EV) in ED influenza A/B positive patients was independently associated with increased risk of hospital admission. Further research is needed to determine clinical utility of ED multiplex testing.
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- Kerry L Shannon
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Hsieh YH, Rothman RE, Solomon SS, Anderson M, Stec M, Laeyendecker O, Lake IV, Fernandez RE, Dashler G, Mehta R, Kickler T, Kelen GD, Mehta SH, Cloherty GA, Quinn TC. A Tale of Three Pandemics – SARS-CoV-2, HCV, and HIV in an Urban Emergency Department in Baltimore, Maryland. Open Forum Infect Dis 2022; 9:ofac130. [PMID: 35392453 PMCID: PMC8982772 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background We sought to determine the prevalence and sociodemographic and clinical correlates of acute and convalescent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections among emergency department (ED) patients in Baltimore. Methods Remnant blood samples from 7450 unique patients were collected over 4 months in 2020 for SARS-CoV-2 antibody (Ab), HCV Ab, and HIV-1/2 antigen and Ab. Among them, 5012 patients were tested by polymerase chain reaction for SARS-CoV-2 based on clinical suspicion. Sociodemographics, ED clinical presentations, and outcomes associated with coinfections were assessed. Results Overall, 729 (9.8%) patients had SARS-CoV-2 (acute or convalescent), 934 (12.5%) HCV, 372 (5.0%) HIV infection, and 211 patients (2.8%) had evidence of any coinfection (HCV/HIV, 1.5%; SARS-CoV-2/HCV, 0.7%; SARS-CoV-2/HIV, 0.3%; SARS-CoV-2/HCV/HIV, 0.3%). The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 (acute or convalescent) was significantly higher in those with HCV or HIV vs those without (13.6% vs 9.1%, P < .001). Key sociodemographic disparities (race, ethnicity, and poverty) and specific ED clinical characteristics were significantly correlated with having any coinfections vs no infection or individual monoinfection. Among those with HCV or HIV, aged 18–34 years, Black race, Hispanic ethnicity, and a cardiovascular-related chief complaint had a significantly higher odds of having SARS-CoV-2 (prevalence ratios: 2.02, 2.37, 5.81, and 2.07, respectively). Conclusions The burden of SARS-CoV-2, HCV, and HIV co-pandemics and their associations with specific sociodemographic disparities, clinical presentations, and outcomes suggest that urban EDs should consider implementing integrated screening and linkage-to-care programs for these 3 infections.
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- Yu-Hsiang Hsieh
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Beck EJ, Hsieh YH, Fernandez RE, Dashler G, Egbert ER, Truelove SA, Garliss C, Wang R, Bloch EM, Shrestha R, Blankson J, Cox AL, Manabe YC, Kickler T, Rothman RE, Redd AD, Tobian AAR, Milstone AM, Quinn TC, Laeyendecker O. Differentiation of Individuals Previously Infected with and Vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2 in an Inner-City Emergency Department. J Clin Microbiol 2022. [PMID: 35044204 DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.13.21264968v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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Emergency departments (EDs) can serve as surveillance sites for infectious diseases. The objective of this study was to determine the burden of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and to monitor the prevalence of vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among patients attending an urban ED in Baltimore City. Using 1,914 samples of known exposure status, we developed an algorithm to differentiate previously infected, vaccinated, and unexposed individuals using a combination of antibody assays. We applied this testing algorithm to 4,360 samples from ED patients obtained in the spring of 2020 and 2021. Using multinomial logistic regression, we determined factors associated with infection and vaccination. For the algorithm, sensitivity and specificity for identifying vaccinated individuals were 100% and 99%, respectively, and 84% and 100% for previously infected individuals. Among the ED subjects, seroprevalence to SARS-CoV-2 increased from 2% to 24% between April 2020 and March 2021. Vaccination prevalence rose to 11% by mid-March 2021. Marked differences in burden of disease and vaccination coverage were seen by sex, race, and ethnicity. Hispanic patients, though accounting for 7% of the study population, had the highest relative burden of disease (17% of total infections) but with similar vaccination rates. Women and white individuals were more likely to be vaccinated than men or Black individuals. Individuals previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 can often be differentiated from vaccinated individuals using a serologic testing algorithm. The utility of this algorithm can aid in monitoring SARS-CoV-2 exposure and vaccination uptake frequencies and can potentially reflect gender, race, and ethnic health disparities.
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- Evan J Beck
- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinegrid.471401.7, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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White DAE, Anderson ES, Basham K, Ng VL, Russell C, Lyons MS, Powers-Fletcher MV, Giordano TP, Muldrew KL, Siatecka H, Hsieh YH, Dashler G, Carroll KC, Mostafa HH, Rothman RE. Clinical Utility of the Signal-to-Cutoff Ratio of Reactive HIV Antigen/Antibody Screening Tests in Guiding Emergency Physician Management. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2022; 89:332-339. [PMID: 35147582 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The signal-to-cutoff (S/CO) ratio of the HIV antigen/antibody test may help immediately to differentiate true-positive results from false-positive results, which may be particularly useful in time-sensitive circumstances, such as when providing emergency department (ED) care. SETTING Seven US EDs with HIV screening programs using HIV antigen/antibody assays. METHODS This cross-sectional study of existing data correlated S/CO ratios with confirmed HIV status. Test characteristics at predetermined S/CO ratios and the S/CO ratio with the best performance by receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve were calculated. RESULTS Of 1035 patients with a reactive HIV antigen/antibody test, 232 (22.4%) were confirmed HIV-negative and 803 (77.6%) were confirmed HIV-positive. Of the 803 patients, 713 (88.8%) experienced chronic infections and 90 (11.2%) experienced acute infections. S/CO ratios were greater for HIV-positive (median 539.2) than for HIV-negative patients (median 1.93) (P < 0.001) and lower for acute infection (median 22.8) than for chronic infection (median 605.7) (P < 0.001). All patients with an S/CO ratio < 1.58 (n = 93) were HIV-negative (NPV 100%), and nearly all with an S/CO ≥ 20.7 (n = 760) (optimal level by ROC analysis) were HIV-positive (PPV 98.6%). Of patients with S/CO values between 1.58 and 20.7 (n = 182), 29.7% were HIV-positive. CONCLUSIONS The S/CO ratio may be used in real time to classify most ED patients as almost certain to be either HIV-positive or HIV-negative long before nucleic acid confirmatory testing is available. When combined with clinical judgment, this could guide preliminary result disclosure and management.
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- Douglas A E White
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda Health System, Oakland, CA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda Health System, Oakland, CA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda Health System, Oakland, CA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Alameda Health System, Oakland, CA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda Health System, Oakland, CA
- Currently, Abbott Laboratories, Pleasanton, CA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Departments of Pathology and Immunology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Departments Pathology and Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; and
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
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Malinovska A, Hinson JS, Badaki‐Makun O, Hernried B, Smith A, Debraine A, Toerper M, Rothman RE, Kickler T, Levin S. Monocyte distribution width as part of a broad pragmatic sepsis screen in the emergency department. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open 2022; 3:e12679. [PMID: 35252973 PMCID: PMC8886187 DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Alexandra Malinovska
- Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA
- Department of Epidemiology Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore Maryland USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA
- Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering Baltimore Maryland USA
- StoCastic Baltimore Maryland USA
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- Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering Baltimore Maryland USA
- Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA
- Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering Baltimore Maryland USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA
- Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering Baltimore Maryland USA
- StoCastic Baltimore Maryland USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA
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- Department of Pathology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA
- Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering Baltimore Maryland USA
- StoCastic Baltimore Maryland USA
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Neumar RW, Blomkalns AL, Cairns CB, D’Onofrio G, Kuppermann N, Lewis RJ, Newgard CD, O’Neil BJ, Rathlev NK, Rothman RE, Wright DW. Emergency medicine research: 2030 strategic goals. Acad Emerg Med 2022; 29:241-251. [PMID: 34363718 DOI: 10.1111/acem.14367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2021] [Revised: 07/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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All academic medical specialties have the obligation to continuously create new knowledge that will improve patient care and outcomes. Emergency medicine (EM) is no exception. Since its origins over 50 years ago, EM has struggled to fulfill its research mission. EM ranks last among clinical specialties in the percentage of medical school faculty who are National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded principal investigators (PIs; 1.7%) and the percentage of medical school departments with NIH-funded PIs (33%). Although there has been a steady increase in the number of NIH-funded projects and total NIH dollars, the slowing growth in the number of NIH-funded PIs and lack of growth in the number of EM departments with NIH-funded PIs is cause for concern. In response, the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM) Research Task Force proposes a set of 2030 strategic goals for the EM research enterprise that are based on sustaining historic growth rates in NIH funding. These goals have been endorsed by the AACEM Executive Committee and the boards of Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM). The 2030 strategic goals include 200 NIH-funded projects led by 150 EM PIs in at least 50 EM departments with over $100M in annual funding resulting in over 3% of EM faculty being NIH-funded PIs. Achieving these goals will require a targeted series of focused strategies to increase the number of EM faculty who are competitive for NIH funding. This requires a coordinated, intentional effort with investments at the national, departmental, and individual levels. These efforts are ideally led by medical school department chairs, who can create the culture and provide the resources needed to be successful. The specialty of EM has the obligation to improve the health of the public and to fulfill its research mission.
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- Robert W. Neumar
- Department of Emergency Medicine University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor Michigan USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford California USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Yale University School of Medicine New Haven Connecticut USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine University of California, Davis, School of Medicine Sacramento California USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Harbor–UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles California USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Oregon Health & Science University Portland Oregon USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center Detroit Michigan USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School Baystate Health Springfield Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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Kaplan SL, Klein A, Kellogg M, Cruz AT, Hulten KG, Arias CA, Gordon R, Motov S, Jacob T, Ballard N, Suits G, Harris J, Shapira M, Rothman RE, Carroll KC, Carroll KC, Ryan LM, Bachur R. 112. A Rapid Host-Protein Signature Based on TNF-related Apoptosis-Induced Ligand (TRAIL), Interferon Gamma Induced Protein-10 (IP-10) and C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Accurately Differentiates Between Bacterial and Viral Infection in Febrile Children: Apollo Sub-Study. Open Forum Infect Dis 2021. [PMCID: PMC8643980 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Identifying infectious etiology is essential for appropriate patient management, including antibiotic use. A host-protein signature for differentiating bacterial from viral infection has exhibited robust performance (AUC of 0.9, 95% CI 0.86-0.95) in prior studies. Performance data was lacking for a broad pediatric population recruited in emergency departments (EDs) and urgent care centers (UCCs). Methods Non-immunocompromised children were recruited prospectively from 5 EDs and 3 UCCs in the U.S. and 1 ED in Israel between May 2019 and August 2020. Eligibility required physician’s clinical suspicion of acute infection and reported fever. Reference standard etiology was adjudicated by experts based on clinical, laboratory, radiological, microbiological and follow-up data. For the primary analysis, experts blinded to one another, to the host-signature results and also to procalcitonin and CRP, classified cases as bacterial or viral. For the secondary analysis, experts blinded to one another and the host signature results, were permitted to classify cases as bacterial, viral or indeterminate; indeterminates were removed from the secondary analysis. Host signature (comprising TRAIL, IP-10 and CRP; MeMed BV®) was measured using a rapid platform (MeMed Key®) generating a bacterial likelihood score (0-100) in 15 minutes. Results The study cohort comprised 162 children (median age, 5.5 yrs; interquartile range, 8.5), of whom 69 (43%) presented within 2 days of symptom onset and 37 (23%) were hospitalized for a median of 3 days. Respiratory tract infection was the predominant syndrome (11% lower and 44% upper). Host signature attained AUC 0.87 (0.74-1) and 0.92 (0.79-1) in the primary and secondary analysis, respectively. With higher the signature score, there was a significantly higher likelihood of bacterial infection (p< 0.001; Table 1). The 3 bacterial infections assigned score < 35 (false negative) would have been identifiable by physical examination (Table 2). Increasing host signature score is associated with increasing likelihood of bacterial infection across both the primary and secondary cohort ![]()
The performance of the host signature score in differentiating between bacterial and viral infection was evaluated by allocating children to one of five score bins and within each bin according to their adjudication label and determining if there is a meaningful increase in the relative likelihood of bacterial infection across the bins based on the Cochrane-Armitage test of trend. PPV, positive predictive value. NPV, negative predictive value. *Includes patients adjudicated as non-infectious Three children assigned a bacterial adjudication label and a score of 35 or less (false negatives) have bacterial infections identifiable in physical exam ![]()
Conclusion The host-protein signature measured using a rapid platform attained robust performance in differentiating bacterial vs viral infection in children with acute febrile illness, supporting its potential to enhance rational use of antibiotics in the ED and UCC. Disclosures Sheldon L. Kaplan, MD, Pfizer (Research Grant or Support) Mark Kellogg, PhD, MeMed (Scientific Research Study Investigator) Andrea T. Cruz, MD, MPH, American Academy of Pediatrics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): editorial board member Kristina G. Hulten, PhD, Pfizer (Research Grant or Support) Cesar A. Arias, M.D., MSc, Ph.D., FIDSA, Entasis Therapeutics (Grant/Research Support)MeMed Diagnostics (Grant/Research Support)Merk (Grant/Research Support) Richard Gordon, MD, MeMed (Scientific Research Study Investigator) Sergey Motov, MD, MeMed (Scientific Research Study Investigator) Theresa Jacob, PHD MPH, MeMed (Scientific Research Study Investigator) Natasha Ballard, MD, MeMed (Scientific Research Study Investigator) George Suits, MD, MeMed (Scientific Research Study Investigator) Jeffrey Harris, MD, MeMed (Scientific Research Study Investigator) Maanit Shapira, Ph.D, MeMed (Scientific Research Study Investigator) Richard E. Rothman, PhD, MD, Chem bio (Grant/Research Support) Karen C. Carroll, MD, MeMed (Scientific Research Study Investigator)Meridian Diagnostics, Inc. (Grant/Research Support)Pattern Diagnostics (Advisor or Review Panel member)Scanogen, Inc. (Advisor or Review Panel member) Karen C. Carroll, MD, Pattern Diagnostics, Inc. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Scanogen, Inc. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant Leticia M. Ryan, MD MPH, MeMed (Scientific Research Study Investigator) Richard Bachur, MD, MeMed (Scientific Research Study Investigator)
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- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, HaMerkaz, Israel
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- CARMiG, UTHealth and Center for Infectious Diseases, UTHealth School of Public Health, HOU, TX ; Molecular Genetics and Antimicrobial Resistance Unit and International Center for Microbial Genomics, Universidad El Bosque, BOG, COL, Houston, Texas
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Maliszewski KN, Hsieh YH, Myer D, Perez DA, Gaydos CA, Manabe YC, Ricketts E, Rothman RE. 1028. Performance and Patient Acceptability Evaluation of the Chembio DPP® HIV-Syphilis Assay in an Emergency Department. Open Forum Infect Dis 2021. [PMCID: PMC8644295 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.1222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background Emergency departments (EDs) serve as sentinel settings for diagnosing sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV and syphilis. We aimed to assess performance and patient acceptability of a point-of-care (POC) test, the Chembio Dual Path Platform (DPP®) HIV-Syphilis Assay, in an urban ED in Baltimore. Methods 170 patients were enrolled via convenience sampling from Oct 2019 – March 2020 and Jan 2021 – June 2021. Patients eligible were < 70 yrs, men who have sex with men, pregnant without care, had STI concerns, or history of drug use. Subjects received standard of care (SOC) HIV and syphilis testing under institutional laboratory algorithms. Subjects were then tested with the finger-stick POC test and completed a survey, both before and after the POC test to assess subjects’ attitudes about the POC test. Results Comparing the SOC and POC results, 165/170 (97.1%) were test concordant. 3 syphilis POC results were false negative, but reported successful treatment over 10 years prior to enrollment (treponemal antibody remains after treatment). 1 HIV result was false negative and 1 was false positive. Overall the sensitivity and specificity of the HIV POC test were 96.8% (95%CI: 83.3%, 99.9%) and 99.3% (95% CI: 96.1%, 100%), and for syphilis were 85.7% (95%Cl: 63.7%, 97.0%) or 100% (95%CI: 81.5%, 100%), if excluding 3 persons having been successfully treated, and 100% (95% CI: 97.6%, 100%) respectively. The pre-test survey found 67% and 77% of participants were comfortable with a finger-stick test and agreed the POC test result would be as good as the SOC test result, which increased to 96% and 86% in the post-test, respectively, (p< 0.05). At post-test, 86% reported they would feel confident to perform this test at home and 81% would use it at least once per year if it were available. 97% reported they were more likely to seek treatment if receiving a positive result during their ED visit and 91% reported it would reduce their stress/anxiety if receiving a negative test result in the ED. Conclusion Our findings demonstrated satisfactory performance and high patient acceptability of the Chembio DPP® HIV-Syphilis Assay. Given the test is FDA approved, implementation studies are needed to determine whether adoption of this POC test will benefit patients and be consistent with ED workflows. Disclosures Richard E. Rothman, PhD, MD, Chem bio (Grant/Research Support)
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Lake I, Wang RC, Rothman RE, Laeyendecker O, Fernandez R, Dashler G, Quinn T, Hsieh YH. 294. Surveillance for Potential Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Medical Complications in the Emergency Department (ED) – A Retrospective Longitudinal Study of ED Patients Who Had Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Versus Those Who Did Not. Open Forum Infect Dis 2021. [PMCID: PMC8644491 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, growing attention has been placed on whether patients previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 have an increased risk of developing and/or exacerbating medical complications. Our study aimed to determine whether individuals with previous evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection prior to their current emergency department (ED) visit were more likely to present with specific clinical sign/symptoms, laboratory markers, and/or clinical complications. Methods A COVID-19 seroprevalence study was conducted at Johns Hopkins Hospital ED (JHH ED) from March 16 to May 31, 2020. Evidence of ever having SARS-CoV-2 infection (PCR positive or IgG Ab positive) was found in 268 ED patients at this time (i.e. infected and/or previously infected). These patients were matched 1:2 to controls, by date, to other patients who attended the JHHED. Clinical signs/symptoms, laboratory markers, and/or clinical complications associated with ED visits and/or hospitalizations at JHH within 6 months after their initial ED visit was abstracted through chart review for these 804 patients. Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were performed. Results Among 804 ED patients analyzed, 50% were female, 56% Black race, and 15% Hispanic with a mean age of 47 years. 323 (40%) patients had at least 1 subsequent ED visit and additional 70 (9%) had been admitted to JHH. After controlling for race and ethnicity, patients with evidence of current or prior COVID-19 infection were more likely to require supplemental oxygen [hazards ratio (HR) =2.53; p=0.005] and have a cardiovascular complication [HR =2.13; p=0.008] during the subsequent ED visit than the non-infected patients. Conclusion Our findings demonstrate that those previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 have an increased frequency of cardiovascular complications and need for supplemental oxygen in ED visits in the months after their initial SARS-CoV-2 infection was detected. EDs could serve as a critical surveillance site for monitoring post-acute COVID-19 syndrome complications. Disclosures Richard E. Rothman, PhD, MD, Chem bio (Grant/Research Support)
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Rothman RE, Hsieh YH, DuVal A, Talan DA, Moran GJ, Krishnadasan A, Shaw-Saliba K, Dugas AF. Front-Line Emergency Department Clinician Acceptability and Use of a Prototype Real-Time Cloud-Based Influenza Surveillance System. Front Public Health 2021; 9:740258. [PMID: 34805066 PMCID: PMC8601200 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.740258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objectives: To assess emergency department (ED) clinicians' perceptions of a novel real-time influenza surveillance system using a pre- and post-implementation structured survey. Methods: We created and implemented a laboratory-based real-time influenza surveillance system at two EDs at the beginning of the 2013-2014 influenza season. Patients with acute respiratory illness were tested for influenza using rapid PCR-based Cepheid Xpert Flu assay. Results were instantaneously uploaded to a cloud-based data aggregation system made available to clinicians via a web-based dashboard. Clinicians received bimonthly email updates summating year-to-date results. Clinicians were surveyed prior to, and after the influenza season, to assess their views regarding acceptability and utility of the surveillance system data which were shared via dashboard and email updates. Results: The pre-implementation survey revealed that the majority (82%) of the 151 ED clinicians responded that they “sporadically” or “don't,” actively seek influenza-related information during the season. However, most (75%) reported that they would find additional information regarding influenza prevalence useful. Following implementation, there was an overall increase in the frequency of clinician self-reporting increased access to surveillance information from 50 to 63%, with the majority (75%) indicating that the surveillance emails impacted their general awareness of influenza. Clinicians reported that the additional real-time surveillance data impacted their testing (65%) and treatment (51%) practices. Conclusions: The majority of ED clinicians found surveillance data useful and indicated the additional information impacted their clinical practice. Accurate and timely surveillance information, distributed in a provider-friendly format could impact ED clinician management of patients with suspected influenza.
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- Richard E Rothman
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Ronald Reagan University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- University of California, Olive-View Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- University of California, Olive-View Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Schlenker NW, Irvin NA, Galetto GG, Dashler GM, Jones JL, Ricketts EP, Barrow GM, Saheed MO, Greenbaum AH, Rothman RE, Hsieh YH. Identifying Missed Opportunities in the Prevention of Acute HIV Infection: The Need to Provide Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Referrals to Emergency Department Patients With Increased Risk for Acquiring HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2021; 88:e22. [PMID: 34321413 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine; School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine; School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Beck EJ, Hsieh YH, Fernandez RE, Dashler G, Egbert ER, Truelove SA, Garliss C, Wang R, Bloch EM, Shrestha R, Blankson J, Cox AL, Manabe YC, Kickler T, Rothman RE, Redd AD, Tobian AA, Milstone AM, Quinn TC, Laeyendecker O. Differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 naturally infected and vaccinated individuals in an inner-city emergency department. medRxiv 2021. [PMID: 34671778 PMCID: PMC8528087 DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.13.21264968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Background Emergency Departments (EDs) can serve as surveillance sites for infectious diseases. Our purpose was to determine the burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection and prevalence of vaccination against COVID-19 among patients attending an urban ED in Baltimore City. Methods Using 1914 samples of known exposure status, we developed an algorithm to differentiate previously infected, vaccinated, and unexposed individuals using a combination of antibody assays. We applied this testing algorithm to 4360 samples ED patients obtained in the springs of 2020 and 2021. Using multinomial logistic regression, we determined factors associated with infection and vaccination. Results For the algorithm, sensitivity and specificity for identifying vaccinated individuals was 100% and 99%, respectively, and 84% and 100% for naturally infected individuals. Among the ED subjects, seroprevalence to SARS-CoV-2 increased from 2% to 24% between April 2020 and March 2021. Vaccination prevalence rose to 11% by mid-March 2021. Marked differences in burden of disease and vaccination coverage were seen by sex, race, and ethnicity. Hispanic patients, though 7% of the study population, had the highest relative burden of disease (17% of total infections) but similar vaccination rates. Women and White individuals were more likely to be vaccinated than men or Black individuals (adjusted odds ratios [aOR] 1.35 [95% CI: 1.02, 1.80] and aOR 2.26 [95% CI: 1.67, 3.07], respectively). Conclusions Individuals previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 can be differentiated from vaccinated individuals using a serologic testing algorithm. SARS-CoV-2 exposure and vaccination uptake frequencies reflect gender, race and ethnic health disparities in this urban context. Summary Using an antibody testing algorithm, we distinguished between immune responses from SARS-CoV-2-infected and vaccinated individuals. When applied to blood samples from an emergency department in Baltimore, disparities in disease burden and vaccine uptake by sex, race, and ethnicity were identified.
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Talan DA, Mower WR, Lovecchio FA, Rothman RE, Steele MT, Keyloun K, Gillard P, Copp R, Moran GJ. Pathway with single-dose long-acting intravenous antibiotic reduces emergency department hospitalizations of patients with skin infections. Acad Emerg Med 2021; 28:1108-1117. [PMID: 33780567 PMCID: PMC8597095 DOI: 10.1111/acem.14258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Emergency department (ED) patients with serious skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are often hospitalized to receive intravenous (IV) antibiotics. Appropriate patients may avoid admission following a single-dose, long-acting IV antibiotic. METHODS We conducted a preintervention versus postintervention design trial at 11 U.S. EDs comparing hospitalization rates under usual care to those using a clinical pathway that included a single IV dalbavancin dose. We enrolled adults with cellulitis, abscess, or wound infection with an infected area of ≥75 cm2 without other indications for hospitalization. Clinical pathway participants discharged from the ED received a 24-hour follow-up telephone call and had a 48- to 72-hour in-person visit. We hypothesized that, compared to usual care, the clinical pathway would result in a significant reduction in the initial hospitalization rate. RESULTS Of 156 and 153 participants in usual care and clinical pathway periods, median infection areas were 255.0 (interquartile range [IQR] = 150.0 to 500.0) cm2 and 289.0 (IQR = 161.3 to 555.0) cm2 , respectively. During their initial care, 60 (38.5%) usual care participants were hospitalized and 27 (17.6%) pathway participants were hospitalized (difference = 20.8 percentage points [PP], 95% confidence interval [CI] = 10.4 to 31.2 PP). Over 44 days, 70 (44.9%) usual care and 44 (28.8%) pathway participants were hospitalized (difference = 16.1 PP, 95% CI = 4.9 to 27.4 PP). CONCLUSIONS Implementation of an ED SSTI clinical pathway for patient selection and follow-up that included use of a single-dose, long-acting IV antibiotic was associated with a significant reduction in hospitalization rate for stable patients with moderately severe infections. Registration: NCT02961764.
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- David A. Talan
- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterDavid Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA
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- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterDavid Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA
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- Valleywise HealthASUUniversity of Arizona and Creighton College of Medicine Phoenix Arizona USA
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- Johns Hopkins Medical CenterJohns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA
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- Truman Medical Center University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine Kansas City Missouri USA
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- Olive ViewUCLA Medical CenterDavid Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles California USA
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Loevinsohn G, Hamahuwa M, Sinywimaanzi P, Fenstermacher KZJ, Shaw-Saliba K, Pekosz A, Monze M, Rothman RE, Simulundu E, Thuma PE, Sutcliffe CG. Facility-based surveillance for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in rural Zambia. BMC Infect Dis 2021; 21:986. [PMID: 34548020 PMCID: PMC8453466 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06677-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND While southern Africa experiences among the highest mortality rates from respiratory infections, the burden of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in rural areas is poorly understood. METHODS We implemented facility-based surveillance in Macha, Zambia. Outpatients and inpatients presenting with influenza-like illness (ILI) underwent testing for influenza A, influenza B, and RSV and were prospectively followed for 3 to 5 weeks to assess clinical course. Log-binomial models assessed correlates of infection and clinical severity. RESULTS Between December 2018 and December 2019, 17% of all outpatients presented with ILI and 16% of inpatients were admitted with an acute respiratory complaint. Influenza viruses and RSV were detected in 17% and 11% of outpatient participants with ILI, and 23% and 16% of inpatient participants with ILI, respectively. Influenza (July-September) and RSV (January-April) prevalence peaks were temporally distinct. RSV (relative risk [RR]: 1.78; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.51-2.11), but not influenza, infection was associated with severe disease among patients with ILI. Underweight patients with ILI were more likely to be infected with influenza A (prevalence ratio [PR]: 1.72; 95% CI 1.04-2.87) and to have severe influenza A infections (RR: 2.49; 95% CI 1.57-3.93). CONCLUSIONS Populations in rural Zambia bear a sizeable burden of viral respiratory infections and severe disease. The epidemiology of infections in this rural area differs from that reported from urban areas in Zambia.
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- Gideon Loevinsohn
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E6535, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Virology Laboratory, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Macha Research Trust, Macha, Choma, Zambia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E6535, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
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Zapf AJ, Hardick J, McBryde B, Sauer LM, Fenstermacher KZJ, Ricketts EP, Lin YC, Chen KF, Hsieh YH, Dugas A, Shaw-Saliba K, Pekosz A, Gaydos CA, Rothman RE. Impact of coinfection status and comorbidity on disease severity in adult emergency department patients with influenza B. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2021; 16:236-246. [PMID: 34533270 PMCID: PMC8818819 DOI: 10.1111/irv.12907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Influenza B accounts for approximately one fourth of the seasonal influenza burden. However, research on the importance of influenza B has received less attention compared to influenza A. We sought to describe the association of both coinfections and comorbidities with disease severity among adults presenting to emergency departments (ED) with influenza B. Methods Nasopharyngeal samples from patients found to be influenza B positive in four US and three Taiwanese ED over four consecutive influenza seasons (2014–2018) were tested for coinfections with the ePlex RP RUO panel. Multivariable logistic regressions were fitted to model adjusted odds ratios (aOR) for two severity outcomes separately: hospitalization and pneumonia diagnosis. Adjusting for demographic factors, underlying health conditions, and the National Early Warning Score (NEWS), we estimated the association of upper respiratory coinfections and comorbidity with disease severity (including hospitalization or pneumonia). Results Amongst all influenza B positive individuals (n = 446), presence of another upper respiratory pathogen was associated with an increased likelihood of hospitalization (aOR = 2.99 [95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.14–7.85, p = 0.026]) and pneumonia (aOR = 2.27 [95% CI: 1.25–4.09, p = 0.007]). Chronic lung diseases (CLD) were the strongest predictor for hospitalization (aOR = 3.43 [95% CI: 2.98–3.95, p < 0.001]), but not for pneumonia (aOR = 1.73 [95% CI: 0.80–3.78, p = 0.166]). Conclusion Amongst ED patients infected with influenza B, the presence of other upper respiratory pathogens was independently associated with both hospitalization and pneumonia; presence of CLD was also associated with hospitalization. These findings may be informative for ED clinician's in managing patients infected with influenza B.
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- Alexander J Zapf
- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.,Clinical Informatics and Medical Statistics Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Spencer SE, Laeyendecker O, Dyson L, Hsieh YH, Patel EU, Rothman RE, Kelen GD, Quinn TC, Hollingsworth TD. Estimating HIV, HCV and HSV2 incidence from emergency department serosurvey. Gates Open Res 2021. [DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13261.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
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Background: Our understanding of pathogens and disease transmission has improved dramatically over the past 100 years, but coinfection, how different pathogens interact with each other, remains a challenge. Cross-sectional serological studies including multiple pathogens offer a crucial insight into this problem. Methods: We use data from three cross-sectional serological surveys (in 2003, 2007 and 2013) in a Baltimore emergency department to predict the prevalence for HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and herpes simplex virus, type 2 (HSV2), in a fourth survey (in 2016). We develop a mathematical model to make this prediction and to estimate the incidence of infection and coinfection in each age and ethnic group in each year. Results: Overall we find a much stronger age cohort effect than a time effect, so that, while incidence at a given age may decrease over time, individuals born at similar times experience a more constant force of infection over time. Conclusions: These results emphasise the importance of age-cohort counselling and early intervention while people are young. Our approach adds value to data such as these by providing age- and time-specific incidence estimates which could not be obtained any other way, and allows forecasting to enable future public health planning.
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Loevinsohn G, Hardick J, Mehoke T, Sinywimaanzi P, Hamahuwa M, Fenstermacher KZJ, Shaw-Saliba K, Thielen P, Evans J, Bowden K, Zudock K, Sauer LM, Monze M, Gaydos CA, Rothman RE, Pekosz A, Thuma PE, Sutcliffe CG. Nosocomial Respiratory Infections in a Rural Zambian Hospital. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2021; 105:818-821. [PMID: 34280144 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The burden of nosocomial respiratory infections in rural southern Africa is poorly understood. We established a surveillance program at a rural Zambian hospital to detect influenza-like illness (ILI) and respiratory infections among hospitalized patients and a cohort of healthcare workers (HCWs). Nasopharyngeal specimens from symptomatic patients and HCWs underwent broadly multiplexed molecular testing to detect viruses and atypical bacteria. During 1 year of surveillance, 15 patients (1.7% of admissions) developed ILI more than 48 hours after admission. Among 44 HCWs, 19 (43%) experienced at least one ILI episode, with a total of 31 ILI episodes detected. Respiratory viruses were detected in 45% of patient and 55% of HCW specimens. The cumulative incidence of influenza infection among HCWs over 1 year was 9%. Overall, respiratory viruses were commonly found among patients and HCWs in a rural Zambian hospital with limited infection control infrastructure.
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- Gideon Loevinsohn
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.,Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland
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- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland
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- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland
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- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Virology Laboratory, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Macha Research Trust, Choma, Zambia.,Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Haukoos JS, Lyons MS, Rothman RE, White DAE, Hopkins E, Bucossi M, Ruffner AH, Ancona RM, Hsieh YH, Peterson SC, Signer D, Toerper MF, Saheed M, Pfeil SK, Todorovic T, Al-Tayyib AA, Bradley-Springer L, Campbell JD, Gardner EM, Rowan SE, Sabel AL, Thrun MW. Comparison of HIV Screening Strategies in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open 2021; 4:e2117763. [PMID: 34309668 PMCID: PMC8314142 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.17763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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IMPORTANCE The National HIV Strategic Plan for the US recommends HIV screening in emergency departments (EDs). The most effective approach to ED-based HIV screening remains unknown. OBJECTIVE To compare strategies for HIV screening when integrated into usual ED practice. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This randomized clinical trial included patients visiting EDs at 4 US urban hospitals between April 2014 and January 2016. Patients included were ages 16 years or older, not critically ill or mentally altered, not known to have an HIV positive status, and with an anticipated length of stay 30 minutes or longer. Data were analyzed through March 2021. INTERVENTIONS Consecutive patients underwent concealed randomization to either nontargeted screening, enhanced targeted screening using a quantitative HIV risk prediction tool, or traditional targeted screening as adapted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Screening was integrated into clinical practice using opt-out consent and fourth-generation antigen-antibody assays. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES New HIV diagnoses using intention-to-treat analysis, absolute differences, and risk ratios (RRs). RESULTS A total of 76 561 patient visits were randomized; median (interquartile range) age was 40 (28-54) years, 34 807 patients (51.2%) were women, and 26 776 (39.4%) were Black, 22 131 (32.6%) non-Hispanic White, and 14 542 (21.4%) Hispanic. A total of 25 469 were randomized to nontargeted screening; 25 453, enhanced targeted screening; and 25 639, traditional targeted screening. Of the nontargeted group, 6744 participants (26.5%) completed testing and 10 (0.15%) were newly diagnosed; of the enhanced targeted group, 13 883 participants (54.5%) met risk criteria, 4488 (32.3%) completed testing, and 7 (0.16%) were newly diagnosed; and of the traditional targeted group, 7099 participants (27.7%) met risk criteria, 3173 (44.7%) completed testing, and 7 (0.22%) were newly diagnosed. When compared with nontargeted screening, targeted strategies were not associated with a higher rate of new diagnoses (enhanced targeted and traditional targeted combined: difference, -0.01%; 95% CI, -0.04% to 0.02%; RR, 0.7; 95% CI, 0.30 to 1.56; P = .38; and enhanced targeted only: difference, -0.01%; 95% CI, -0.04% to 0.02%; RR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.27 to 1.84; P = .47). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Targeted HIV screening was not superior to nontargeted HIV screening in the ED. Nontargeted screening resulted in significantly more tests performed, although all strategies identified relatively low numbers of new HIV diagnoses. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01781949.
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- Jason S. Haukoos
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora
- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Highland Hospital, Oakland, California
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Highland Hospital, Oakland, California
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora
- Denver Public Health, Denver, Colorado
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, Colorado
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- Denver Public Health, Denver, Colorado
- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora
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- Denver Public Health, Denver, Colorado
- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora
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- Department of Patient Safety and Quality, Denver Health, Denver, Colorado
- Department of Biostatistics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora
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- Denver Public Health, Denver, Colorado
- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora
- Gilead Sciences, Inc, Foster City, California
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Faryar KA, Henderson H, Wilson JW, Hansoti B, May LS, Schechter‐Perkins EM, Waxman MJ, Rothman RE, Haukoos JS, Lyons MS. COVID-19 and beyond: Lessons learned from emergency department HIV screening for population-based screening in healthcare settings. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open 2021; 2:e12468. [PMID: 34189516 PMCID: PMC8219288 DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Emergency departments (EDs) have played a major role in the science and practice of HIV population screening. After decades of experience, EDs have demonstrated the capacity to provide testing and linkage to care to large volumes of patients, particularly those who do not otherwise engage the healthcare system. Efforts to expand ED HIV screening in the United States have been accelerated by a collaborative national network of emergency physicians and other stakeholders called EMTIDE (Emergency Medicine Transmissible Infectious Diseases and Epidemics). As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, EDs nationwide are being tasked with diagnosing and managing COVID-19 in a myriad of capacities, adopting varied approaches based in part on know-how, local disease trends, and the supply chain. The objective of this article is to broadly summarize the lessons learned from decades of ED HIV screening and provide guidance for many analogous issues and challenges in population screening for COVID-19. Over time, and with the accumulated experience from other epidemics, ED screening should develop into an overarching discipline in which the disease in question may vary, but the efficiency of response is increased by prior knowledge and understanding.
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- Kiran A. Faryar
- Department of Emergency MedicineUniversity of Cincinnati College of MedicineCincinnatiOhioUSA
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- Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal MedicineMorsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa General HospitalTampaFloridaUSA
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- Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal MedicineMorsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa General HospitalTampaFloridaUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineThe Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineUniversity of California DavisSacramentoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineBoston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical CenterBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineAlbany Medical CollegeAlbanyNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineThe Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical CenterUniversity of Colorado School of MedicineDenverColoradoUSA
- Department of EpidemiologyColorado School of Public HealthAuroraColoradoUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineUniversity of Cincinnati College of MedicineCincinnatiOhioUSA
- Center for Addiction ResearchUniversity of Cincinnati College of MedicineCincinnatiOhioUSA
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Waxman MJ, Moschella P, Duber HC, Martin DR, Benzoni T, Rothman RE, Schechter‐Perkins EM. Emergency department-based COVID-19 vaccination: Where do we stand? Acad Emerg Med 2021; 28:707-709. [PMID: 33825244 PMCID: PMC8250963 DOI: 10.1111/acem.14261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Michael J. Waxman
- Department of Emergency Medicine Albany Medical College Albany New York USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Prisma Health Upstate Affiliate Greenville South Carolina USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus Ohio USA
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- Department of Family and Internal Medicine Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences Des Moines Iowa USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA
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Karaba AH, Zhou W, Hsieh LL, Figueroa A, Massaccesi G, Rothman RE, Fenstermacher KZJ, Sauer L, Shaw-Saliba K, Blair PW, Robinson ML, Leung S, Wesson R, Alachkar N, El-Diwany R, Ji H, Cox AL. Differential Cytokine Signatures of SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Infection Highlight Key Differences in Pathobiology. Clin Infect Dis 2021; 74:254-262. [PMID: 34013339 PMCID: PMC8243556 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Several inflammatory cytokines are upregulated in severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We compared cytokines in COVID-19 versus influenza to define differentiating features of the inflammatory response to these pathogens and their association with severe disease. Because elevated body mass index (BMI) is a known risk factor for severe COVID-19, we examined the relationship of BMI to cytokines associated with severe disease. Methods Thirty-seven cytokines and chemokines were measured in plasma from 135 patients with COVID-19, 57 patients with influenza, and 30 healthy controls. Controlling for BMI, age, and sex, differences in cytokines between groups were determined by linear regression and random forest prediction was used to determine the cytokines most important in distinguishing severe COVID-19 and influenza. Mediation analysis was used to identify cytokines that mediate the effect of BMI and age on disease severity. Results Interleukin-18 (IL-18), IL-1β, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were significantly increased in COVID-19 versus influenza patients, whereas granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interferon-γ (IFN-γ), IFN-λ1, IL-10, IL-15, and monocyte chemoattractant protein 2 were significantly elevated in the influenza group. In subgroup analysis based on disease severity, IL-18, IL-6, and TNF-α were elevated in severe COVID-19, but not in severe influenza. Random forest analysis identified high IL-6 and low IFN-λ1 levels as the most distinct between severe COVID-19 and severe influenza. Finally, IL-1RA was identified as a potential mediator of the effects of BMI on COVID-19 severity. Conclusions These findings point to activation of fundamentally different innate immune pathways in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and influenza infection, and emphasize drivers of severe COVID-19 to focus both mechanistic and therapeutic investigations.
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- Andrew H Karaba
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Bloomberg Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Solomon SS, Hsieh YH, Rothman RE, Laeyendecker O, Anderson M, Mehta SH, Cloherty G, Quinn TC. A Targeted Geospatial Approach to COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery: Findings from the Johns Hopkins Hospital Emergency Department. medRxiv 2021:2021.05.04.21255575. [PMID: 34013300 PMCID: PMC8132280 DOI: 10.1101/2021.05.04.21255575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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While COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to significantly decrease morbidity and mortality, there is still much debate about optimal strategies of vaccine rollout. We tested identity-unlinked stored remnant blood specimens of patients at least 18 years presenting to the Johns Hopkins Hospital emergency department (ED) between May to November 2020 for IgG to SARS-CoV-2. Data on SARS-CoV-2 RT PCR were available for patients who were tested due to suspected infection. SARS-CoV-2 infections was defined as either a positive IgG and/or RT-PCR. SARS-CoV-2 infection clustering by zipcode was analyzed by spatial analysis using the Bernoulli model (SaTScan software, Version 9.7). Median age of the 7,461 unique patients visiting the ED was 47 years and 50.8% were female; overall, 740 (9.9%) unique patients had evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Prevalence of infection in ED patients by ZIP code ranged from 4.1% to 22.3%. The observed number of cases in ZIP code C was nearly double the expected (observed/expected ratio = 1.99; 95% CI: 1.62, 2.42). These data suggest a targeted geospatial approach to COVID vaccination should be considered to maximize vaccine rollout efficiency and include high-risk populations that may otherwise be subjected to delays, or missed.
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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Mohareb AM, Patel AV, Laeyendecker OB, Toerper MF, Signer D, Clarke WA, Kelen GD, Quinn TC, Haukoos JS, Rothman RE, Hsieh YH. The HIV Screening Cascade: Current Emergency Department-Based Screening Strategies Leave Many Patients With HIV Undiagnosed. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2021; 87:e167-e169. [PMID: 33769768 PMCID: PMC8026541 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Amir M. Mohareb
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, United States
- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States
- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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