The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pleural infection incidence: a UK multicentre retrospective analysis

Eihab O Bedawi; Khalil Ur Rehman; Deepan P Sivakumar; Katie Ferguson; Syed Ajmal; Emma Graham; Rakesh K Panchal; John P Corcoran; Kevin G Blyth; Najib M Rahman; Alex West

doi:10.1183/23120541.00206-2022

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pleural infection incidence: a UK multicentre retrospective analysis

ERJ Open Res. 2022 Aug 1;8(3):00206-2022. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00206-2022. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Authors

Eihab O Bedawi^{1

2

3}, Khalil Ur Rehman^{4

3}, Deepan P Sivakumar⁴, Katie Ferguson^{5

6}, Syed Ajmal⁷, Emma Graham⁸, Rakesh K Panchal⁷, John P Corcoran⁸, Kevin G Blyth^{5

6}, Najib M Rahman^{1

2

9}, Alex West^{4

9}

Affiliations

¹ Oxford Pleural Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation, Oxford, UK.
² Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
³ Co-first authors.
⁴ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁵ Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁶ Glasgow Pleural Disease Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
⁷ University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
⁸ University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.
⁹ Co-senior authors.

Abstract

There was a significant reduction in pleural infection incidence, by almost a third, in the year following the start of the #COVID19 pandemic. Public health measures enforced during this period are likely to have played a significant role. https://bit.ly/3QAPPR9.