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AUTHOR
M. Boulin
Alarming increased rate of smoking and associated lifestyle behaviours in patients with chronic cardiac diseases during COVID-19 pandemic related lockdown
Background COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown is a situation associating social and physical isolation, limited care access, psychological stress, and potential adoption of unhealthy lifestyle behaviours such as smoking. In a cohort of outpatients with chronic cardiac diseases, including congestive heart failure (CHF) and chronic coronary syndromes (CCS), we aimed to evaluate the impact of Covid-19 outbreak on tobacco consumption. Patients and methods During the 6th week of lockdown (which had started on March, 17th), 150 randomly selected CHF patients (from the Dijon HF-Clinic) and 250 CCS patients from the RICO survey were invited to answer an anonymous questionnaire. The 20-min lasting phone…
Impact du confinement dû au COVID-19 sur la prise en charge et le contrôle de l’artérite à cellules géantes
Introduction L’arterite a cellules geantes (ACG) est une maladie multifactorielle dont la pathogenie n’est pas encore totalement comprise [1] . Malgre tout, il existe une relation dynamique entre predispositions genetiques et facteurs environnementaux via des modifications epigenetiques ayant un role dans le declenchement et l’evolution de cette pathologie [2] , [3] . Le confinement du a l’epidemie de COVID-19 a cree une situation sans precedent entrainant un stress physique et psychologique important chez de nombreuses personnes. Par ailleurs, la pression mediatique importante quant a l’usage des corticoides qui sont souvent prescrits chez les patients atteints d’ACG, etait tres anxiogene …