The COVID-19 pandemic may not only increase mortality due to the virus but also due to the indirect effects. The disease continues to ravage health and economic metrics globally, which is likely to increase maternal and under five-year child mortality in low- and middle-income countries. This review highlights key areas of concern for maternal and under five-year child mortality due to the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries.
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Med Clin (Barc)
January 2025
Internal Medicine Clinical Management Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Instituto de Investgación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA-Plataforma BIONAND), Avenida Carlos Haya S/N, 29010 Málaga, Spain; Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Teatinos, 29010 Málaga, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address:
Background: Despite advancements in understanding the interplay between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), cardiovascular disease and COVID-19, challenges and knowledge gaps persist. This study aimed to characterize the cardiovascular profiles of SLE patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and to evaluate the influence of SLE on the development of cardiovascular complications.
Methods: This was a multicentre, nationwide observational study in which data were sourced from the SEMI-COVID-19 Registry between March 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021, involving 150 Spanish hospitals.
Int J Biol Macromol
January 2025
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul 34815, Türkiye.
The COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020 and has affected many countries and infected over a million people. It has had a serious impact on people's physical and mental health, daily life and the global economy. Today, many drugs show limited efficacy in the treatment of COVID-19 and studies to develop effective drugs continue.
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January 2025
Center for Anti-racism, Social Justice & Public Health, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, NY, USA; Department of Biostatistics, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address:
Background: A knowledge gap exists in understanding the role of social isolation as a determinant of mental health among hybrid employees during the COVID-19 era.
Methods: Using 2024 Household Pulse Survey data, we investigated the relationship between social isolation and mental health among US hybrid employees. We assessed depression symptoms using the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 and anxiety symptoms using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
January 2025
Abant Izzet Baysal University Medical Faculty, Bolu, Türkiye; Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal Hospital for Training and Research of the Turkish Ministry of Health in affiliation with the Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine. Electronic address:
Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila)
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku City, Kochi, Japan.
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