Focus on Infectious Disease
  • Saved
Correlation Between Mask Compliance and COVID-19 Outcomes in Europe

Correlation Between Mask Compliance and COVID-19 Outcomes in Europe

Source : https://www.cureus.com/articles/93826-correlation-between-mask-compliance-and-covid-19-outcomes-in-europe

Masking was the single most common non-pharmaceutical intervention in the course of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Most countries have implemented recommendations or mandates regarding the use of masks...



Mask usage was more homogeneous in Eastern Europe than in Western European countries. Spearman's correlation coefficients between mask usage and COVID-19 outcomes were either null or positive, depending on the subgroup of countries and type of outcome (cases or deaths). Positive correlations were stronger in Western than in Eastern European...

  • Saved



In conclusion, males, females, and pediatric patients with previous SARS-CoV-2VRM showed mostly chest pain with no comorbidities. Males presenting with SARS-CoV-2RM showed mostly respiratory and cardiac symptoms with cardiac and diabetic comorbidities. Females with SARS-CoV-2RM described various symptoms from flu-like, respiratory, to cardiac...

  • Saved
An Analytical Study to Determine the Severity of COVID-19 Among Smokers

An Analytical Study to Determine the Severity of COVID-19 Among Smokers

Source : https://www.cureus.com/articles/91867-an-analytical-study-to-determine-the-severity-of-covid-19-among-smokers

Introduction In December of the year 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus was discovered in Wuhan, China. It extended to over 180 nations around the world. It can manifest in patients who...



The existence of comorbidity is also linked to a significant worsening of the infection. Despite the fact that the principal consequences of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) damage the lungs, the prevalence of current smokers among COVID-19 hospitalized patients has repeatedly been observed to be lower than the prevalence of smokers in the...

  • Saved
Nitric Oxide in the Management of Respiratory Consequences in COVID-19: A Scoping Review of a Different Treatment Approach

Nitric Oxide in the Management of Respiratory Consequences in COVID-19: A Scoping Review of a Different Treatment Approach

Source : https://www.cureus.com/articles/87670-nitric-oxide-in-the-management-of-respiratory-consequences-in-covid-19-a-scoping-review-of-a-different-treatment-approach

The severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus causing COVID-19 significantly affects the respiratory functions of infected individuals by massively disrupting the pulmonary oxygenation and activating the synthesis...



This treatment modality seems to attenuate respiratory distress among patients suffering from severe infections or patients with comorbidities. Exogenous NO at different doses effectively reduces systemic hyperinflammation and oxidative stress, improves arterial oxygenation, and restores pulmonary alveolar cellular integrity to prevent the...

  • Saved
Incidence of Guillain-Barré Syndrome After COVID-19 Vaccination in the Vaccine Safety Datalink - PubMed

Incidence of Guillain-Barré Syndrome After COVID-19 Vaccination in the Vaccine Safety Datalink - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35471572/

1 Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, Wisconsin. 2 Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California. 3 Immunization Safety Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta,...


Conclusions and Relevance: In this cohort study of COVID-19 vaccines, the incidence of GBS was elevated after receiving the Ad.26.COV2.S vaccine. Surveillance is ongoing.