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    • Analysing the relationship between university students’ ecological footprint and their connection with nature and pro-environmental attitude 

      Fernández, Mónica; Cebrián, Gisela; Regadera González, Elisa; Fernández, María Yolanda (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020)
      In the last decade, universities worldwide have adopted various measures intended to promote sustainability in higher education and include it in the curriculum. However, although this paradigm shift ...

    • Beneficial effect of corticosteroids in preventing mortality in patients receiving tocilizumab to treat severe COVID-19 illness 

      Rubio-Rivas, Manuel; Ronda, Mar; Padullés, Ariadna; Mitjavila, Francesca; Riera-Mestre, Antoni; García-Forero, Carlos; Iriarte, Adriana; Mora-Luján, José María; Padullés, Núria; Gonzalez, Monica; Solanich, Xavier; Gasa, Merce; Suarez-Cuartin, Guillermo; Sabater-Riera, Joan; Perez-Fernandez, Xose L.; Santacana, Eugenia; Leiva, Elisabet; Ariza-Sole, Albert; Dallaglio, Paolo D.; Quero, Maria; Soriano, Antonio; Pasqualetto, Alberto; Koo, Maylin; Esteve-Luque, Virginia; Antolí, Arnau; Moreno-Gónzalez, Rafael; Yun, Sergi; Cerdà, Pau; Llaberia, Mariona; Formiga, Francesc; Fanlo-Maresma, Marta; Montero, Abelardo; Chivite, David; Capdevila, Olga; Bolao, Ferran; Pintó, Xavier; Llop, Josep; Sabate, Antoni; Guardiola, Jordi; Cruzado, Josep M.; Comin-Colet, Josep; Santos, Salud; Jodar, Ramon; Corbella Virós, Xavier (Elsevier, 2020-12)
      Objectives: To assess the characteristics and risk factors for mortality in patients with severe coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) treated with tocilizumab (TCZ), alone or in combination with ...

    • Blood test dynamics in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Potential utility of D-dimer for pulmonary embolism diagnosis 

      Cerdà, Pau; Ribas, Jesús; Iriarte, Adriana; Mora-Luján, José María; Torres, Raquel; Del Río, Belén; Jofre, Héctor Ignacio; Ruiz, Yolanda; Huguet, Marta; Fuset, Mari Paz; Martínez-Yélamos, Sergio; Santos, Salud; Llecha, Núria; Corbella Virós, Xavier; Riera-Mestre, Antoni (PLoS One, 2020-12-28)
      Background: A higher incidence of thrombotic events, mainly pulmonary embolism (PE), has been reported in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. The main objective was to assess clinical and laboratory ...

    • Clinical significance of indeterminate quantiFERON-TB Gold plus assay results in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with severe hyperinflammatory syndrome 

      Solanich, Xavier; Fernández-Huerta, Miguel; Basaez, Celeste; Antolí, Arnau; Rocamora-Blanch, Gemma; Corbella Virós, Xavier; Santin, Miguel; Alcaide, Fernando (Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021)
      Performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) assay could be affected by conditions of immune dysregulation. Little is known about the reliability of QTF-Plus in COVID-19 patients. Our aim was ...

    • Efectos del consumo de tabaco en pacientes con COVID-19: estudio observacional 

      Sousa Cifre, Sandra (2021-07-13)
      Objetivo: Conocer si existe relación entre el consumo de tabaco y los días de ingreso hospitalario en pacientes ingresados por COVID-19. Diseño: Estudio observacional analítico retrospectivo. Sujetos ...

    • Genetic screening for TLR7 variants in young and previously healthy men with severe COVID-19 

      Solanich, Xavier; Vargas-Parra, Gardenia; Van der Made, Caspar I.; Simons, Annet; Schuurs-Hoeijmakers, Janneke; Antolí, Arnau; Del Valle, Jesús; Rocamora-Blanch, Gemma; Setién, Fernando; Esteller, Manel; Van Reijmersdal, Simon V.; Riera-Mestre, Antoni; Sabater-Riera, Joan; Capellà, Gabriel; Van de Veerdonk, Frank L.; Van der Hoven, Ben; Corbella Virós, Xavier; Hoischen, Alexander; Lázaro, Conxi (Frontiers in Immunology, 2021)
      Introduction: Loss-of-function TLR7 variants have been recently reported in a small number of males to underlie strong predisposition to severe COVID-19. We aimed to determine the presence of these rare ...

    • High-dose methylprednisolone pulses for 3 days vs. low-dose dexamethasone for 10 days in severe, non-critical COVID-19: a retrospective propensity score matched analysis 

      Mora-Luján, José María; Tuells, Manel; Montero, Abelardo; Formiga, Francesc; Homs, Narcís A.; Albà-Albalate, Joan; Corbella Virós, Xavier; Rubio-Rivas, Manuel (Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021)
      Corticosteroids are largely recommended in patients with severe COVID-19. However, evidence to support high-dose methylprednisolone (MP) pulses is not as robust as that demonstrated for low-dose ...

    • Individual prevention and containment measures in schools in Catalonia, Spain, and community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 after school re-opening 

      Alonso, Sergio; Català, Martí; López, Daniel; Álvarez-Lacalle, Enric; Jordan, Iolanda; García-García, Juan José; Fumadó, Victoria; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen; Gratacós, Eduard; Balanza, Núria; Varo, Rosauro; Millat, Pere; Baro, Bàrbara; Ajanovic, Sara; Arias, Sara; Claverol, Joana; Fernández de Sevilla, Mariona; Bonet-Carne, Elisenda; Garcia-Miquel, Aleix; Coma, Ermengol; Medina-Peralta, Manuel; Fina, Francesc; Prats, Clara; Bassat, Quique (PLoS One, 2022)
      Background: Despite their clear lesser vulnerability to COVID-19, the extent by which children are susceptible to getting infected by SARS-CoV-2 and their capacity to transmit the infection to other ...

    • La versatilidad del método de la clase invertida: estudio de un caso de aplicación durante la crisis de la COVID-19 

      ONECHA, BELEN; Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina (Revista de Docencia Universitaria, 2020)
      Este artículo discute sobre la versatilidad del método de la clase invertida, entendida como la capacidad de adaptación con éxito a disciplinas de complejidad e índole muy diversa. Partiendo del análisis ...

    • Modelling SARS-CoV-II impact 

      Barrabés Roura, Guillem (2021-05-18)
      SARS-CoV-II has affected all of us, the aim of this project was to provide a mathematical model to understand the complex reality and merging two powerful branches of mathematics stochastic processes ...

    • The positive rhinovirus/enterovirus detection and SARS-CoV-2 persistence beyond the acute infection phase: an intra-household surveillance study 

      Brotons de Los Reyes, Pedro; Jordan, Iolanda; Bassat, Quique; Henares, Desirée; Fernandez de Sevilla, Mariona; Ajanovic, Sara; Redin, Alba; Fumado, Vicky; Baro, Bàrbara; Claverol, Joana; Varo, Rosauro; Cuadras, Daniel; Hecht, Jochen; Barrabeig, Irene; Garcia-Garcia, Juan Jose; Launes, Cristian; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen (Viruses, 2021)
      We aimed to assess the duration of nasopharyngeal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA persistence in adults self-confined at home after acute infection; and to identify the ...

    • Pragmatic, open-label, single-center, randomized, phase II clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of methylprednisolone pulses and tacrolimus in patients with severe pneumonia secondary to COVID-19: the TACROVID trial protocol 

      Solanich, Xavier; Antolí, Arnau; Padullés, Núria; Fanlo-Maresma, Marta; Iriarte, Adriana; Mitjavila, Francesca; Capdevila, Olga; Molina, M.; Sabater-Riera, Joan; Bas, Jordi; Mensa-Vilaró, Anna; Niubó, Jordi; Calvo, Nahum; Bolivar, Santiago; Rigo-Bonnin, Raúl; Arregui, Laura; Tebé, Cristian; Hereu, Pilar; Videla, S.; Corbella Virós, Xavier (Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2021-03)
      Introduction: Some COVID-19 patients evolve to severe lung injury and systemic hyperinflammatory syndrome triggered by both the coronavirus infection and the subsequent host-immune response. Accordingly, ...

    • Risk categories in COVID-19 based on degrees of inflammation: data on more than 17,000 patients from the spanish SEMI-COVID-19 registry 

      Rubio-Rivas, Manuel; Corbella Virós, Xavier; Formiga, Francesc; Menéndez Fernández, Estela; Martín Escalante, María Dolores; Baños Fernández, Isolina; Arnalich Fernández, Francisco; Del Corral-Beamonte, Esther; Lalueza, Antonio; Parra Virto, Alejandro; Roy Vallejo, Emilia; Loureiro-Amigo, José; Álvarez Suárez, Ana María; Abadía-Otero, Jesica; Navarro De La Chica, María; Estévez González, Raquel; Hernández Milián, Almudena; Areses Manrique, María; Blázquez Encinar, Julio César; González Noya, Amara; González Ferrer, Ruth; Pérez Aguilera, María; Gil Sánchez, Ricardo; Millán Núñez-Cortés, Jesús; Casas-Rojo, José Manuel; SEMI-COVID-19 Network (Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021)
      (1) Background: The inflammation or cytokine storm that accompanies COVID-19 marks the prognosis. This study aimed to identify three risk categories based on inflammatory parameters on admission. (2) ...

    • Smartphone and tablet usage during COVID-19 pandemic confinement in children under 48 months in Barcelona (Spain) 

      Cartanyà-Hueso, Àurea; Lidón Moyano, Cristina; Cassanello Peñarroya, Pía; Díez-Izquierdo, Ana; Martín Sánchez, Juan Carlos; Balaguer Santamaría, Albert; Martínez Sánchez, Jose María (Healthcare, 2021)
      Background: Total lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic might have potentially increased screen time in children. This study aims to describe the smartphone and tablets usage in children under 48 months ...

    • Trichodynia and telogen effluvium in COVID-19 patients: results of an international expert opinion survey on diagnosis and management 

      Starace, Michela; Iorizzo, Matilde; Sechi, Andrea; Alessandrini, Aurora Maria; Carpanese, Miriam; Bruni, Francesca; Vara, Giulio; Apalla, Zoe; Asz-Sigall, Daniel; Barruscotti, Stefania; Camacho, Francisco; Doche, Isabella; Duque Estrada, Bruna; Dhurat, Rachita; Gavazzoni, Maria Fernanda; Grimalt Santacana, Ramon; Harries, Matthew; Ioannidis, Dimitrios; McMichael, Amy; Fernandes Melo, Daniel; Oliveira, Rui; Ovcharenko, Yuliya; Pirmez, Rodrigo; Ramot, Yuval; Rudnicka, Lidia; Shapiro, Jerry; Silyuk, Tatiana; Sinclair, Rodney; Tosti, Antonella; Vano-Galvan, Sergio; Piraccini, Bianca Maria (JAAD International, 2021)
      Background: The cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 may be useful disease markers and prognostic indicators. Recently, postinfectious telogen effluvium and trichodynia have also been reported. Objective: ...

    • Validation and implementation of a direct RT-qPCR method for rapid screening of SARS-CoV-2 infection by using non-invasive saliva samples 

      Brotons de Los Reyes, Pedro; Perez-Argüello, Amaresh; Launes, Cristian; Torrents, Francesc; Subirats, Maria Pilar; Saucedo, Jesica; Claverol, Joana; Garcia-Garcia, Juan Jose; Rodas Font, Gil; Fumado, Vicky; Jordan, Iolanda; Gratacos, Eduard; Bassat, Quique; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen (International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021)
      Objective: To validate and implement an optimized screening method for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA combining use of self-collected raw saliva samples, ...

    • What do we know about co-working spaces? Trends and challenges ahead 

      Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina (Sustainability, 2021-01)
      Co-working spaces (CWSs) have emerged as a distinctive phenomenon in the sharing economy. They are collaborative environments that feed innovation and creativity under the slogan “working alone together”. ...