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- Gille, Thomas, et al.
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The impact of COVID-19 on early career members (ECMs) : an ERS ECM survey
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Respiratory Journal. - : European Respiratory Society. - 0903-1936 .- 1399-3003. ; 62:Supplement 67
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Rationale: COVID-19 pandemic profoundly disorganised healthcare. Respiratory ECMs were at the frontline of the pandemic. The ERS ECM committee assessed the impact of the pandemic on the work and training of ECMs, and compared the differences between the first wave (FW) and subsequent waves (SWs).Methods: An online survey was disseminated via e-mail and social networks to ERS members, with a first round in May 2020, and a second round in October 2021. ECMs (i.e., aged ≤40 years) were asked to participate. The second round incorporated questions about SWs.Results: Eight hundred and forty-four ECMs responded (45% men), of all ages between 18 and 40 years, from 89 countries. They were physicians (48%), registrars/medical students (28%), allied health professionals (8%), full-time researchers (11%), and medical students doing research (5%). During the FW, 64% had to change their working place, opposed to 17% during SWs. More than 50% considered that training/continuous education was altered during all the waves, but more online training was delivered during SWs. Conference attendance was cancelled for 70% during the FW, whereas it was mostly maintained in an online format during SWs. During all the waves, the preferred sources of information were webinars, peer-reviewed journals, and the ERS website. During the FW, 21% of respondents received no mentorship, and 46% received no psychological support. Fifteen percent had to take sick leave for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 and 3% for burnout. Moreover, 54% of research projects were postponed.Conclusion: The pandemic had important consequences on the training and wellbeing of ECMs, with many of them being mobilised for the management of COVID-19 patients.
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- Janssen, Daisy J.A., et al.
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COVID-19 : guidance on palliative care from a European Respiratory Society international task force
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Ingår i: European Respiratory Journal. - : European Respiratory Society (ERS). - 0903-1936 .- 1399-3003. ; 56:3
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Many people are dying from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but consensus guidance on palliative care in COVID-19 is lacking. This new life-threatening disease has put healthcare systems under pressure, with the increased need of palliative care provided to many patients by clinicians who have limited prior experience in this field. Therefore, we aimed to make consensus recommendations for palliative care for patients with COVID-19 using the Convergence of Opinion on Recommendations and Evidence (CORE) process. Methods: We invited 90 international experts to complete an online survey including stating their agreement, or not, with 14 potential recommendations. At least 70% agreement on directionality was needed to provide consensus recommendations. If consensus was not achieved on the first round, a second round was conducted. Results: 68 (75.6%) experts responded in the first round. Most participants were experts in palliative care, respiratory medicine or critical care medicine. In the first round, consensus was achieved on 13 recommendations based upon indirect evidence and clinical experience. In the second round, 58 (85.3%) out of 68 of the first-round experts responded, resulting in consensus for the 14th recommendation. Conclusion: This multi-national task force provides consensus recommendations for palliative care for patients with COVID-19 concerning: advance care planning; (pharmacological) palliative treatment of breathlessness; clinician–patient communication; remote clinician–family communication; palliative care involvement in patients with serious COVID-19; spiritual care; psychosocial care; and bereavement care. Future studies are needed to generate empirical evidence for these recommendations.
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- Van Den Berge, Maarten, et al.
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Success and continuous growth of the ERS clinical research collaborations
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Ingår i: European Respiratory Journal. - : European Respiratory Society. - 0903-1936 .- 1399-3003. ; 58:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This editorial describes the ERS CRC programme, which addresses research areas across all major respiratory disease domains. It explains how the ERS Research Agency supports the CRCs to obtain external funding and ensures links with other ERS activities.
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