Prognostic value of serum Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) levels in COVID-19 pneumonia.

Background And Objectives: Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6), expressed by damaged type II pneumocytes, is useful in the diagnosis and severity assessment of many diffuse interstitial lung diseases. The objective of our study was to determine the prognostic value of the initial KL-6 plasma level in COVID-19 pneumonia.

Methods: All patients hospitalized for a suspected COVID-19 pneumonia between March and May 2020 in our Chest department of a French university hospital were included.

Cell and cytokine analyses from bronchoalveolar lavage in non-critical COVID-19 pneumonia.

Cell and cytokine analyses from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in non-critically ill patients with COVID-19 pneumonia are poorly described. This study focused on patients hospitalized in the non-intensive care unit for either suspected COVID-19 pneumonia or persistent respiratory symptoms following proven COVID-19 pneumonia. Overall, 54 patients who underwent BAL between April 2020 and February 2021 for suspected or follow-up of proven COVID-19 pneumonia were included.

'Habitat-associated soundscape' hypothesis tested on several coral reefs within a lagoon (Bora-Bora Island, French Polynesia).

Unlabelled: Coral reefs encompass different habitats that have their own living communities. The present study aimed to test the hypothesis that these different kinds of habitats were characterized by specific soundscapes. Within the lagoon of Bora-Bora, acoustic recordings and visual surveys of substrate type and fish communities were conducted on four reef sites belonging to the three main geomorphological habitats (fringing reef, channel reef, barrier reef) from February to April 2021.

Riverine litter in a small urban river in Marseille, France: Plastic load and management challenges.

Small urban rivers are thought to be major sources of riverine litter, especially macroplastics, into the ocean. In well-developed countries, waste management infrastructures and recovery systems are sometimes implemented to prevent their emission into the sea meeting environmental and economic goals. The Huveaune River in Marseille, South of France, is a typical case study showing a non-negligible and uncontrolled leakage of riverine litter remains, despite all recovery systems implemented.

Daily multidisciplinary COVID-19 meeting: Experiences from a French university hospital.

Objectives: In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic. In absence of official recommendations, implementing daily multidisciplinary team (MDT) COVID-19 meetings was urgently needed. Our aim was to describe our initial institutional standard operating procedures for implementing these meetings, and their impact on daily practice.