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“What should I do? We still have to go to work”: Latino immigrant perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine
Keri Elliott Revens, Lennin Caro, Sarai Guerrero Ordonez, Amanda Walsh, Daniel Alvarez-Orlachia International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted Latinos across the United States though data on emerging immigrant communities is lacking. The purpose of this study is to better understand how Latino immigrants were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing a community health clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina to quickly respond to their needs.A mixed method, rapid appraisal using community-based participatory research...
Source: International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care - October 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Keri Elliott Revens Lennin Caro Sarai Guerrero Ordonez Amanda Walsh Daniel Alvarez-Orlachia Source Type: research

Has the covid pandemic influenced the diagnosis of patients with lung cancer?
Conclusions: 1- The initial months of the pandemic caused a decrease in the number of diagnosed lung cancers. 2- Despite this, we have not observed significant differences in the stage or in the situation of the patient at diagnosis in the different periods of time analysed 3- No significant differences been observed in the times until consultation, diagnosis or treatment. (Source: European Respiratory Journal)
Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 27, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Gonzalez Munoz, I., Solorzano Egurbide, J., Garay Llorente, E., Andia Iturrate, J., Gonzalez Quero, B., Echevarria Guerrero, E., Cortezon Garces, L., Bretos Dorronsoro, T., Garcia Echeberria, L. Tags: Lung cancer Source Type: research

Adherence to inhaled corticosteroids in patients with asthma prior to and during the first 12 months of COVID-19 pandemic
Conclusions: Our results do not support increased adherence to ICS comparing before and since COVID-19 pandemic. Compliance with prescription remains suboptimal. (Source: European Respiratory Journal)
Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 27, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Santibanez Margüello, M., Rodriguez, I., Lopez-Caro, J. C. C., Gonzalez-Carranza, S., Cerrato, M. E., De Prado, M. M., Gomez-Molleda, F., Pinel, M., Saiz, M. T., Fuentes, C., Garcia-Rivero, J. L. Tags: Airway pharmacology and treatment Source Type: research

Exploring the characteristics of people with long COVID-19 and their associated healthcare use in Latin America
Conclusions: Our results supported previous findings in terms of the demographics of people with LC and provided insight into the healthcare services commonly used by this group of patients in LA. (Source: European Respiratory Journal)
Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 27, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Sanchez-Ramirez, D. C., Angarita-Fonseca, A., Benavides Cordoba, V. A., Larrateguy, S., Chero, S., Hernandez Lopez, B., Salazar, R., Morales Satan, M., Torres, R. Tags: Rehabilitation and chronic care Source Type: research

Measuring value of telemonitoring in obstructive sleep apnea patient pathway optimization in hospital: a Spanish example
During the COVID pandemic, access to sleep therapy labs was limited, increasing waiting lists. Therefore, telemonitoring (TM), although already in use for monitoring purposes in this hospital, its use was expanded to titrate and follow patients remotely. Our aim was to measure the impact of expanded TM use on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) pathway. Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) was implemented to compare previous and new pathways from patient referral to follow-up. A scorecard with patient, process and cost outcomes was developed for comparison. Healthcare professionals’ time decreased by 9% (167 vs 152 m...
Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 27, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Correia Pinto, S., Gonzalez, M., Wehr, M. D., Pitts, P. Tags: Sleep science Source Type: research

Quality of Professional Life Among Dermatologists: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Suggestions for Improvement
CONCLUSIONS: Female dermatologists reported heavier workloads. Heavy caseloads and more remote work were the main changes identified after the COVID-19 pandemic. Heavy caseloads have a significant impact on the QPL of dermatologists in Spain. Reducing caseloads would improve general job satisfaction and quality of care provision.PMID:37884261 | DOI:10.1016/j.ad.2023.10.012 (Source: Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas)
Source: Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas - October 26, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: A Soto-Moreno C Ure ña-Paniego T Montero-V ílchez M S ánchez-Díaz P D íaz-Calvillo J A Rodr íguez-Pozo A Molina-Leyva A Mart ínez-López A Buend ía-Eisman S Arias-Santiago Source Type: research

Rebound in sexually transmitted infections after the COVID-19 pandemic
AIDS Rev. 2023;26(3):127-135. doi: 10.24875/AIDSRev.23000015.ABSTRACTSexually transmitted infections (STIs) have become the second in the global rating of infectious diseases after respiratory infections. Globally, over 1 million, new STI is diagnosed every day. Although four conditions are the most representative and of obligatory declaration (gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, and human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]), there are many other prevalent STI, including trichomona, herpes simplex, papillomavirus, and viral hepatitis. Herein, we perform a narrative and retrospective review, analyzing information from public database...
Source: Herpes - October 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Vicente Soriano Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla Luc ía Gallego Jos é V Fernández-Montero Carmen de Mendoza Pablo Barreiro Source Type: research

Rebound in sexually transmitted infections after the COVID-19 pandemic
AIDS Rev. 2023;26(3):127-135. doi: 10.24875/AIDSRev.23000015.ABSTRACTSexually transmitted infections (STIs) have become the second in the global rating of infectious diseases after respiratory infections. Globally, over 1 million, new STI is diagnosed every day. Although four conditions are the most representative and of obligatory declaration (gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, and human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]), there are many other prevalent STI, including trichomona, herpes simplex, papillomavirus, and viral hepatitis. Herein, we perform a narrative and retrospective review, analyzing information from public database...
Source: AIDS Reviews - October 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Vicente Soriano Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla Luc ía Gallego Jos é V Fernández-Montero Carmen de Mendoza Pablo Barreiro Source Type: research

Safety and Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy —Implications for the Maternal Vaccination Platform
The development of safe and effective vaccines against the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of COVID-19 pandemic, was justifiably hailed as a major advance in protecting the population against severe and fatal infection. The vaccine rollout was targeted toward recognized communities at risk, including older adults, those with comorbidities, and those who were immunosuppressed. Pregnant women, and by extension, their infants, were included in these high-risk groups for vaccination. The prioritization of pregnant women was justified from historical observations of disproportionate mortality and morbidity during previous inf...
Source: JAMA Pediatrics - October 23, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Historic dam removal poses challenge of restoring both river and landscape
Standing on an outcrop of volcanic rock, Joshua Chenoweth looks across the languid waters of California’s Iron Gate Reservoir and imagines the transformation in store for the landscape. In early 2024, operators will open the floodgates on the 49-meter-high dam that blocks the Klamath River, allowing the more than 50 million tons of water it impounds to begin to drain. Once it’s gone, heavy equipment will dismantle the structure. All that will remain of the 11-kilometer-long reservoir that filled the valley for 60 years will be steep-sided slopes coated in gray mud, split once again by a free-flowing river. Within...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - October 19, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Innovative shortcuts and initiatives in primary health care for rural/remote localities: a scoping review on how to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic
CONCLUSION: The findings highlight and summarize knowledge about initiatives and innovations developed to face the COVID-19 pandemic, within the PHC scope in rural and remote areas in the world. This review has identified collective, clinical, intersectoral and, mainly, organizational health initiatives. An articulation between different government levels would be paramount in evaluating the implementation of policies and protocols in rural and remote locations for future sanitary crises. Innovations and lessons learned are equally relevant in strengthening health services and systems. This issue calls for considerable fur...
Source: Rural Remote Health - October 18, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Renata Elisie Barbalho Simone Schenkman Amandia Sousa Aylene Bousquat Source Type: research