Collection 2021/4748

Start date: 22.11.2021

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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.

Original article

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.

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