Publications by authors named "J Najjar-Pellet"
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- The study examined clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) during the first year of the pandemic, focusing on hospitals in Bangladesh, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Madagascar, and Mali.
- Overall, 1,096 patients were studied, with a median age of 49 and a clinical severity rate of 12.3%, indicating significant variations in severity across countries, particularly higher in Guinea.
- Key findings revealed that older age and chronic conditions like cardiovascular diseases and diabetes were major factors increasing the severity of COVID-19 in these populations, especially affecting younger individuals with underlying health issues.
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a leading cause of mortality, mainly affects children in developing countries. The harsh circumstances experienced by refugees include various factors associated with respiratory pathogen transmission, and clinical progression of CAP. Consequently, the etiology of CAP in humanitarian crisis situations may differ to that of settled populations, which would impact appropriate case management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To build a score able to reflect and rank surgical departments according to a definition of "quality" in terms of structure and process.
Methods: Collaborative design of a quality score in the framework of the French clinical research project NosoQual. Feasibility and observational study in 46 surgical departments visited between November 2002 and March 2003 according to standardised procedures.