Incidence, Clinical Characteristics, Risk Factors and Outcomes of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients With COVID-19: Results of the UMC-19-S1010

Absenteeism of Healthcare Personnel in the COVID-19 Era: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Implications for the Post-Pandemic Seasons

“…Nineteen articles reporting original data on COVID-19-associated absenteeism among HCP were identified [3,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. The characteristics of these articles and their main findings are shown in Table 1.…”

“…Studies from the first COVID-19 pandemic wave indicated considerable absenteeism rates among HCP [3,[14][15][16]18,[26][27][28]. A retrospective study based on sickness data from a general hospital in London revealed 39% (128 out of 328) of frontline physicians had at least one episode of sickness absence (138 episodes in total) from 16 March through 26 April 2020, summing to a total of 1240 days of absence [16].…”

“…These findings paved the adoption of a 7-day exclusion policy, instead of 14 days, for HCP with high-risk exposure but also in other working settings where the pressure of the pandemic on human resources might be crucial. A survey in the emergency departments of 246 public hospitals across Spain found more than 5% of physicians, nurses, or other emergency employees were on sick leave: 20%, 19%, and 16% during the first pandemic wave, respectively, particularly in regions with high SARS-CoV-2 activity in the community [14]. In response, the nursing personnel and the physicians increased by 83% and 59% in the emergency departments, respectively [14].…”

Cardiovascular Complications in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Cohort Study in Havana, Cuba

“…Recent work showed that the occurrence of cardiac arrhythmias was associated with decreased survival. In the same way, researches consulted related the occurrence of arrhythmias, heart failure and ACS with a significant decrease in survival [13] , [22] , [27] . Patients with cardiovascular complications according to the results of Mitrani [36] , Holm and collaborators [37] , as well as other multicenter studies have coincided with the results of the present work [21] , [38] , [39] ; where the group of patients who suffered in-hospital cardiac complications presented a lower survival, given the impact that these pathologies have on a poorer prognosis.…”

“…In the present study, advanced age was an independent predictor of cardiovascular complications (arrhythmia, acute coronary syndrome or pulmonary embolism). Several studies have evaluated the relationship of different variables with the development of cardiac complications, with age being identified as a predictor of risk of complications and increased mortality in patients admitted with COVID-19 [21] , [22] . In the study by Zhang and colleagues [23] , age was identified as an independent predictor of cardiovascular complications and death.…”