Hans L. Rieder, Marcel Zwahlen

Resurrecting historical lessons from tuberculosis research on airborne transmission relevant to SARS-CoV-2

Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w30096

As we increasingly learn to better understand transmission of SARS-CoV-2, we may very well take notice of the critical groundwork already laid by our forefathers in the field of tuberculosis.

Mayssam Nehme, Helene Baysson, Nick Pullen, Ania Wisniak, Francesco Pennacchio, María-Eugenia Zaballa, Vanessa Fargnoli, Laurent Kaiser, Samia Hurst, Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Silvia Stringhini, Idris Guessous, Specchio-COVID19 study group

Perceptions of vaccination certificates among the general population in Geneva, Switzerland

Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w30079

This large population-based study showed that the general adult population in Geneva agreed with the implementation of vaccination certificates in work-related and travel-related contexts. However, this solution was perceived as unnecessary for access to large gatherings or social venues, or to share the same workspace.

Eva Gerbier, Sereina M. Graber, Marlene Rauch, Carole A. Marxer, Christoph R. Meier, David Baud, Ursula Winterfeld, Eva Blozik, Daniel Surbek, Julia Spoendlin, Alice Panchaud

Use of drugs to treat symptoms and acute conditions during pregnancy in outpatient care in Switzerland between 2014 and 2018: analysis of Swiss healthcare claims data

Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w30048

Maroussia Roelens, Alexis Martin, Brian Friker, Filipe Maximiano Sousa, Amaury Thiabaud, Beatriz Vidondo, Valentin Buchter, Céline Gardiol, Jasmin Vonlanthen, Carlo Balmelli, Manuel Battegay, Christoph Berger, Michael Buettcher, Alexia Cusini, Domenica Flury, Ulrich Heininger, Anita Niederer-Loher, Thomas Riedel, Peter W. Schreiber, Rami Sommerstein, Nicolas Troillet, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter, Pauline Vetter, Sara Bernhard-Stirnemann, Natascia Corti, Roman Gaudenz, Jonas Marschall, Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner, Laurence Senn, Danielle Vuichard-Gysin, Petra Zimmermann, Franziska Zucol, Anne Iten, Olivia Keiser, CH-SUR study group

Evolution of COVID-19 mortality over time: results from the Swiss hospital surveillance system (CH-SUR)

Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w30105

In Switzerland, COVID-19 mortality decreased among hospitalised persons, whereas it increased among patients admitted to intermediate or intensive care, when comparing the second wave to the first wave. The authors put the findings in perspective with changes over time in case management, treatment strategy, hospital burden and non-pharmaceutical interventions.

Agne Ulyte, Thomas Radtke, Irene A. Abela, Sarah R. Haile, Priska Ammann, Christoph Berger, Alexandra Trkola, Jan Fehr, Milo A. Puhan, Susi Kriemler

Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and clusters in school children from June 2020 to April 2021: prospective cohort study Ciao Corona

Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w30092

Although the proportion of seropositive children increased from 1.5% in June-July 2020 to 16.4% in March-April 2021, few infections were likely associated with potential spread within schools. In March-April 2021, significant clustering of seropositive children within classes was observed only in the lower school level.

Lut Berben, Nora Sigg, Mary Louise Daly, Stefan Bachmann, Walter Baer, Gérald Berthet, Isabel Bolt, Diana Dan, Susanna Enderlin Steiger, Johannes Fröhlich, Paul Hasler, Michaël Hofer, Christian Huemer, Daniela Kaiser, Natalie Marcoli, Seraina Palmer Sarott, Yella Rottländer, Gernot Schmid, Christa Soennichsen, Laura Strahm Furler, Federica Vanoni, Lukas Wildi, Thomas Daikeler, Andreas Woerner

Current practice of transitional care for adolescents and young adults in Swiss paediatric and adult rheumatology centres

Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w30046

About half of all children with rheumatic diseases need continuous medical care during adolescence and adulthood. A good transition into adult rheumatology is essential.

Bettina Bringolf-Isler, Johanna Hänggi, Bengt Kayser, Suzanne L. Suggs, Alain Dössegger, Nicole Probst-Hensch, and the SOPHYA-Study Group

COVID-19 pandemic and health related quality of life in primary school children in Switzerland: a repeated cross-sectional study

Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w30071

Health-related quality of life, and especially emotional well-being, was lower in 5 to 11-year-old children in Switzerland during the first year of the pandemic compared to the results from the survey conducted in 2014/15.

Bettina Peter-Riesch, Astrid Czock, Ilker Uçkay, Interdisciplinary Expert Group on the Diabetic Foot

Swiss interdisciplinary guidance on good practices for acute and complicated diabetic foot syndromes

Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w30045

An interprofessional group of experts in diabetic foot syndromes proposes a nationwide guidance and the implementation of rapidly accessible recommendations in Switzerland for all aspects of diabetic foot syndromes .

Janine Kurzen, Christine Clavien, Samia Hurst

General public’s view on opt-in, opt-out, and mandated choice organ donation policies: a qualitative study involving Swiss French-speaking citizens favourably disposed towards organ donation

Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w30037

This study provides useful information about citizens’ concerns regarding organ donation. In preparation of public debates on an opt-out policy, the results reveal what issues are likely to tilt the public opinion.

Supplementum 255: Abstracts of the Swiss Oncology and Hematology Congress (SOHC)

Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w30107