To describe sex-related differences in burnout and its determinants among HCWs during the first pandemic wave of the COVID-19 in Italy.Ī cross-sectional study was performed between April and May 2020.

Several studies described burnout levels of healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic however, sex-related differences remain poorly investigated. For patients and medical personnel precise information is given with respect to personal protective equipment and behavior (distancing-hygiene-mask-airing rule). The best preventive measure is a complete double basic vaccination and booster vaccination with an mRNA vaccine. In contrast, elevated troponin levels and suspicious cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings are much more frequent. Myocarditis with myocytolysis in autopsy specimens or endomyocardial biopsy specimens is rare. We have learnt to deal with myocarditis and pericarditis in acute infections and after vaccinations, which in rare cases can also lead to myocarditis and pericarditis. Besides infections of the respiratory tract, which in severe cases are accompanied by pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation, the involvement of the heart with myocarditis and pericarditis as well as the kidneys have short-term and also long-term consequences. After 2 years and 5 waves of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Germany and experience with superspreader events worldwide, we know that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a rapidly mutating virus with changing clinical phenotypes.

Gesundheit hospital 2020