Mammas Ioannis N, Agrafiotis Michalis, Kazani Aikaterini, Koutsaftiki Chryssie, Papatheodoropoulou Alexia, Drysdale Simon B, Theodoridou Maria, Spandidos Demetrios A
Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Medical School, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
First Department of Paediatrics, University of Athens School of Medicine, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Med Int (Lond). 2025 Aug 8;5(5):60. doi: 10.3892/mi.2025.259. eCollection 2025 Sep-Oct.
The post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era calls for a comprehensive analysis of the recent COVID-19 pandemic to extract important lessons for the international scientific community for the improvement of its readiness towards future pandemic threats and challenges. The present review article presents key aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the main topics covered being the following: i) The recent advances in intensive care, focusing particularly on high flow nasal oxygen therapy; ii) COVID-19 and politics; and iii) COVID-19 and science communication. Both medical aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as non-medical issues, including politics and science communication, should be further evaluated and be definitely included in future medical educational programs, worldwide.
2019年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)后的时代要求对近期的COVID-19大流行进行全面分析,以便为国际科学界汲取重要经验教训,从而提高其应对未来大流行威胁和挑战的准备能力。本综述文章介绍了COVID-19大流行的关键方面,涵盖的主要主题如下:i)重症监护的最新进展,特别关注高流量鼻导管给氧疗法;ii)COVID-19与政治;以及iii)COVID-19与科学传播。COVID-19大流行的医学方面以及包括政治和科学传播在内的非医学问题都应得到进一步评估,并且肯定应纳入全球未来的医学教育计划中。