Effects of meteorological factors and air pollutants on the incidence of COVID-19 in South Korea

Shim, Sung Ryul; Kim, Hye Jun; Hong, Myunghee; Kwon, Sun Kyu; Kim, Ju Hee; Lee, Sang Jun; Lee, Seung Won; Han, Hyun Wook

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.113392

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“…As mentioned, a single pediatric case was found [68], but generally, the connection between the endocrine disruptors in terms of environmental factors (such as the geographic influence, the air pollutions, etc.) or internal factors like infectious conditions (as recently shown by the COVID-19 pandemic) or autoimmune (namely, endocrine and non-endocrine autoimmunity) issues should be studied in relationship with the developmental conditions, specifically, the ectopic thyroid (either acting during pregnancy or early during childhood); yet this represents a future topic to be studied [221][222][223][224][225][226]. Further on, the exact impact on the overall thyroid cancer-associated burden with respect to ectopic thyroid-related malignancy represents an open issue according to the current level of statistical evidence; we expect a future expansion amid increased awareness and access to advanced imagery…”

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Personalized Management of Malignant and Non-Malignant Ectopic Mediastinal Thyroid: A Proposed 10-Item Algorithm Approach

Carsote,

Ciobica,

Sima

et al. 2024

Cancers

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We aimed to analyze the management of the ectopic mediastinal thyroid (EMT) with respect to EMT-related cancer and non-malignant findings related to the pathological report, clinical presentation, imaging traits, endocrine profile, connective tissue to the cervical (eutopic) thyroid gland, biopsy or fine needle aspiration (FNA) results, surgical techniques and post-operatory outcome. This was a comprehensive review based on revising any type of freely PubMed-accessible English, full-length original papers including the keywords “ectopic thyroid” and “mediastinum” from inception until March 2024. We included 89 original articles that specified EMTs data. We classified them into four main groups: (I) studies/case series (n = 10; N = 36 EMT patients); (II) malignant EMTs (N = 22 subjects; except for one newborn with immature teratoma in the EMT, only adults were reported; mean age of 62.94 years; ranges: 34 to 90 years; female to male ratio of 0.9). Histological analysis in adults showed the following: papillary (N = 11/21); follicular variant of the papillary type (N = 2/21); Hürthle cell thyroid follicular malignancy (N = 1/21); poorly differentiated (N = 1/21); anaplastic (N = 2/21); medullary (N = 1/21); lymphoma (N = 2/21); and MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) (N = 1/21); (III) benign EMTs with no thyroid anomalies (N = 37 subjects; mean age of 56.32 years; ranges: 30 to 80 years; female to male ratio of 1.8); (IV) benign EMTs with thyroid anomalies (N = 23; female to male ratio of 5.6; average age of 52.1 years). This panel involved clinical/subclinical hypothyroidism (iatrogenic, congenital, thyroiditis-induced, and transitory type upon EMT removal); thyrotoxicosis (including autonomous activity in EMTs that suppressed eutopic gland); autoimmune thyroiditis/Graves’s disease; nodules/multinodular goiter and cancer in eutopic thyroid or prior thyroidectomy (before EMT detection). We propose a 10-item algorithm that might help navigate through the EMT domain. To conclude, across this focused-sample analysis (to our knowledge, the largest of its kind) of EMTs, the EMT clinical index of suspicion remains low; a higher rate of cancer is reported than prior data (18.8%), incident imagery-based detection was found in 10–14% of the EMTs; surgery offered an overall good outcome. A wide range of imagery, biopsy/FNA and surgical procedures is part of an otherwise complex personalized management.

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confidence: 99%

Personalized Management of Malignant and Non-Malignant Ectopic Mediastinal Thyroid: A Proposed 10-Item Algorithm Approach

Carsote,

Ciobica,

Sima

et al. 2024

Cancers

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A review on characteristics and mitigation strategies of indoor air quality in underground subway stations

Yang

Fan

Zhang

et al. 2023

Science of The Total Environment

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Variations in Sulfur and Nitrogen Oxidation Rates in Summer Aerosols from 2014 to 2020 in Wuhan, China

Zhao

et al. 2022

Atmosphere

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To date, research regarding the changes of the sulfur and nitrogen rates in Wuhan during the summer is limited. In this study, we analyzed the air quality in Wuhan, China, using water-soluble ion, gaseous precursor, and weather data. A Spearman correlation analysis was then performed to investigate the temporal changes in air quality characteristics and their driving factors to provide a reference for air pollution control in Wuhan. The results indicate that SO2 in the atmosphere at Wuhan undergoes secondary conversion and photo-oxidation, and the conversion degree of SO2 is higher than that of NO2. During the summers of 2016 and 2017, secondary inorganic atmospheric pollution was more severe than during other years. The fewest oxidation days occurred in summer 2020 (11 days), followed by the summers of 2017 and 2014 (25 and 27 days, respectively). During the study period, ion neutralization was the strongest in summer 2015 and the weakest in August 2020. The aerosols in Wuhan were mostly acidic and NH4+ was an important neutralizing component. The neutralization factors of all cations showed little change in 2015. K+, Mg2+, and Ca2+ level changes were the highest in 2017 and 2020. At low temperature, high humidity, and low wind speed conditions, SO2 and NO2 were more easily converted into SO42− and NO3−.

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Effects of meteorological factors and air pollutants on the incidence of COVID-19 in South Korea

Cited by 3 publications

References 30 publications

Personalized Management of Malignant and Non-Malignant Ectopic Mediastinal Thyroid: A Proposed 10-Item Algorithm Approach

Personalized Management of Malignant and Non-Malignant Ectopic Mediastinal Thyroid: A Proposed 10-Item Algorithm Approach

A review on characteristics and mitigation strategies of indoor air quality in underground subway stations

Variations in Sulfur and Nitrogen Oxidation Rates in Summer Aerosols from 2014 to 2020 in Wuhan, China

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