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dc.contributor.authorMartin Villares, Cristina-
dc.contributor.authorBernal Sprekelsen, Manuel-
dc.contributor.authorPérez Molina-Ramírez, Carmen-
dc.contributor.authorBartolome Benito, Margarita-
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-17T15:41:43Z-
dc.date.available2023-02-17T15:41:43Z-
dc.date.issued2021-01-19-
dc.identifier.issn0937-4477-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2445/193754-
dc.description.abstractIntroduction The aim of our study was to obtain data about the contagion rate among Otolaryngologists in Spanish ENT Departments and about the clinical outcomes in positive otolaryngologists. As a secondary objective, we aim to assess the rate of contagion in the first and the second Covid-19 wave in Spain among Otorhinolaryngologists and the regional distribution by ENT-Departments. Methods Study design and population: This is a prospective observational study in a cohort of 975 Otolaryngologists from 87 ENT Departments conducted from March 25 to November 17 in our collaborative group, COVID ORL ESP. COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was the diagnostic standard. Hospitalization and/or intensive care admission and mortality was recorded as non-identified data. Results Data collected from 975 otolaryngologist from 87 Departments resulted in 157 (16.5%) otolaryngologists testing positive for SARS-CoV-19 by RT-PCR. Important geographic differences in contagion are reported. A total of 136 (86.6%) otolaryngologists were tested positive during the first wave and 21 (13.3%) during the second wave. At the last cut-off point of the study only 30/87 ENT Departments (34.5%) remained COVID19-free and 5 Departments reported more than 50% staff members testing positive. The majority of positive tested otolaryngologists (126/157; 80.2%) had only mild or no symptoms, 17 developed moderate symptoms (10.8%) and 3 had pneumonia not requiring hospitalization (2%). Five colleagues were admitted at hospital, 4 required ICU (2.5%) and 2 colleges died from COVID-19. Conclusions During the first wave of the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic otolaryngologists in Spain have been overall the group suffering the highest rate of contagion, particularly during the first month. Subsequently, the Spanish Ministry of Health should include otorhinolaryngologists as a high-risk group in airborne pandemics.-
dc.format.extent7 p.-
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dc.language.isoeng-
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag-
dc.relation.isformatofReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-020-06582-8-
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2021, vol. 278, p. 3571-3577-
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-020-06582-8-
dc.rightscc-by (c) Martin Villares, Cristina et al., 2021-
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/*
dc.sourceArticles publicats en revistes (Cirurgia i Especialitats Medicoquirúrgiques)-
dc.subject.classificationSARS-CoV-2-
dc.subject.classificationCOVID-19-
dc.subject.classificationMalalties infeccioses-
dc.subject.classificationOtorrinolaringologia-
dc.subject.classificationMorbiditat-
dc.subject.classificationMortalitat-
dc.subject.otherSARS-CoV-2-
dc.subject.otherCOVID-19-
dc.subject.otherCommunicable diseases-
dc.subject.otherOtolaryngology-
dc.subject.otherMorbidity-
dc.subject.otherMortality-
dc.titleRisk of contagion of SARS-CoV-2 among otorhinolaryngologists in Spain during the 'Two waves'.-
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dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion-
dc.identifier.idgrec730046-
dc.date.updated2023-02-17T15:41:43Z-
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dc.identifier.pmid33464400-
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