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The impact of novel coronavirus COVID‐19 on noncommunicable disease patients and health systems: a review
Chang A, Cullen M, Harrington R, Barry M. The impact of novel coronavirus COVID‐19 on noncommunicable disease patients and health systems: a review. Journal Of Internal Medicine 2020, 289: 450-462. PMID: 33020988, PMCID: PMC7675448, DOI: 10.1111/joim.13184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth system factorsNoncommunicable disease patientsNoncommunicable diseasesHealth systemLevels of health systemsSystemic factorsCare of patientsDisease-specific factorsPublic health measuresCare providersNCD patientsDisproportionate burdenHealth measuresCOVID-19Society statementEndocrine disordersPatientsCareLong-term effectsDisease patientsHealthDiseasePandemic disruptionCoronavirus diseaseProviders
2023
What We Lost in the Fire: Endemic Tropical Heart Diseases in the Time of COVID-19.
Chang A, Zühlke L, Ribeiro A, Barry M, Okello E, Longenecker C. What We Lost in the Fire: Endemic Tropical Heart Diseases in the Time of COVID-19. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2023, 108: 462-464. PMID: 36746666, PMCID: PMC9978545, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart diseaseMiddle-income countriesGlobal health equityCOVID-19 pandemicHealth equityHealth disparitiesHealthcare providersCare systemMalaria control initiativesRheumatic heart diseaseGroup of disordersControl statusCOVID-19Time of COVID-19Control initiativesFunding increasesEndomyocardial fibrosisSubstantial mortalityDiseaseEndemic illnessOutcomesChagas diseasePeopleCareHealthcare
2021
N‐Terminal Pro‐B‐Type Natriuretic Peptide as a Biomarker for the Severity and Outcomes With COVID‐19 in a Nationwide Hospitalized Cohort
O’Donnell C, Ashland M, Vasti E, Lu Y, Chang A, Wang P, Daniels L, de Lemos J, Morrow D, Rodriguez F, O’Brien C. N‐Terminal Pro‐B‐Type Natriuretic Peptide as a Biomarker for the Severity and Outcomes With COVID‐19 in a Nationwide Hospitalized Cohort. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e022913. PMID: 34889112, PMCID: PMC9075235, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.022913.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElevated NT-proBNPCardiovascular risk factorsNT-proBNPHospital mortalityHeart failureRisk factorsCOVID-19N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptidePro-B-type natriuretic peptideElevated NT-proBNP concentrationsElevated NT-proBNP levelsIntensive care unit admissionLog-transformed NT-proBNPMajor adverse cardiac eventsMore cardiovascular risk factorsPrior heart failureAdverse cardiac eventsCare unit admissionNT-proBNP levelsNT-proBNP concentrationsObservational cohort studyShorter median timeRisk of deathUnit admissionCardiac events