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Nosocomial outbreak of COVID-19 in an internal medicine ward: Probable airborne transmission
(2022-12)
Background and objectives: Despite the increasing evidence supporting the importance of airborne transmission in SARS-CoV-2 infection, it has not been considered relevant in the vast majority of reported nosocomial outbreaks ...
Risk Factors for COVID-19 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A National, ENEIDA-Based Case-Control Study (COVID-19-EII)
(2022-12-19)
(1) Scant information is available concerning the characteristics that may favour the acquisition of COVID-19 in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess these differences ...
Low Resilience Was a Risk Factor of Mental Health Problems during the COVID-19 Pandemic but Not in Individuals Exposed to COVID-19: A Cohort Study in Spanish Adult General Population
(2022-11-21)
Background: The aim is to analyze whether people with low resilience are at higher risk of mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spanish adults.
Methods: a longitudinal cohort study was carried out. ...
Use of failure-to-rescue after emergency surgery as a dynamic indicator of hospital resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multicenter retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study
(2022-10)
Background: Surgical failure-to-rescue (FTR, death rate following complications) is a reliable cross-sectional quality of care marker, but has not been evaluated dynamically. We aimed to study changes in FTR following ...
Management of Allergic Diseases During COVID-19 Outbreak
(2021-02-09)
Purpose of review: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has challenged healthcare system capacities and safety for health care workers, reshaping doctor-patient interaction favoring e-Health or telemedicine. The pandemic ...
COVID-19 severity and mortality in patients with CLL: an update of the international ERIC and Campus CLL study
(2021-12)
Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) may be more susceptible to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to age, disease, and treatment-related immunosuppression. We aimed to assess risk factors of outcome and ...
Effect of statin therapy on SARS-CoV-2 infection-related mortality in hospitalized patients
(2022-02-16)
Aim: Assessing the effect of statin therapy (ST) at hospital admission for COVID-19 on in-hospital mortality.
Methods and results: Retrospective observational study. Patients taking statins were 11 years older and had ...
COVID-19 severity is related to poor executive function in people with post-COVID conditions
(2023-05)
Patients with post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) conditions typically experience cognitive problems. Some studies have linked COVID-19 severity with long-term cognitive damage, while others did not observe such ...