Publications by authors named "David Moreno-Martos"
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- Norway and Sweden's different early pandemic responses affected how mental health care was managed during COVID-19, highlighting variations in medication usage and hospitalization rates.
- Analyses of national registries revealed immediate reductions in medication prescriptions and hospitalizations in Norway, while Sweden saw differing trends, particularly in outpatient visits.
- The study concluded that the early policy responses to the pandemic likely influenced the mental health care dynamics in both countries.
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- The study investigates COVID-19 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using data from 13 databases across North America, Europe, and Asia between January and June 2020.
- It examines two groups of COVID-19 patients: those diagnosed with COVID-19 and those hospitalized, highlighting the prevalence of COPD among these groups and noting higher comorbidities and mortality rates in hospitalized patients.
- Key findings reveal significant variations in COPD prevalence by region, increased risk of severe outcomes like ARDS and sepsis in hospitalized patients, and the need for further research to identify high-risk COPD patients.
Background: Although morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 have been widely reported, the indirect effects of the pandemic beyond 2020 on other major diseases and health service activity have not been well described.
Methods And Results: Analyses used national administrative electronic hospital records in England, Scotland, and Wales for 2016-21. Admissions and procedures during the pandemic (2020-21) related to six major cardiovascular conditions [acute coronary syndrome (ACS), heart failure (HF), stroke/transient ischaemic attack (TIA), peripheral arterial disease (PAD), aortic aneurysm (AA), and venous thromboembolism(VTE)] were compared with the annual average in the pre-pandemic period (2016-19).
Background: The great success of HIV treatments means that, increasingly, people living with HIV (PLHIV) are growing old enough to develop age-associated comorbid conditions. We investigated the evolution of comorbid conditions and demographics among PLHIV in England.
Methods: In a cross-sectional study linking Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) primary care, hospitalization, death registry and Index of Multiple Deprivation data, we measured the prevalence of 304 individual health conditions, categorized into 47 condition groups (36 non-communicable, 11 communicable).
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a particular burden on hospitals: from intra-hospital transmission of the infections to reduced admissions of non-COVID-19 patients. There are also high costs associated with the treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients, as well as reductions in revenues due to delayed and cancelled treatments. In this study we investigate computationally the transmission of COVID-19 inside a hospital ward that contains multiple-bed bays (with 4 or 6 beds) and multiple single-bed side rooms (that can accommodate the contacts of COVID-19-positive patients).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Life expectancy in adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased and managing other health conditions is increasingly important for patients and healthcare planning. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and association between different health conditions and HIV status.
Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of adult UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink primary care electronic medical records linked to hospital admissions as of Nov 30, 2015.
Healthcare associated transmission of viral infections is a major problem that has significant economic costs and can lead to loss of life. Infections with the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus have been shown to have a high prevalence in hospitals around the world. The spread of this virus might be impacted by the density of patients inside hospital bays.
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