Ethics approval and consent to participate
This study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics and Deontology Committee of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (505 - 19/04/2021).
Due to the retrospective collecting of anonymized data from the patient files and hospital records (file data recording), a special informed consent form could not be signed.
The informed consent was waived by the Ethics and Deontology Committee of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (505 - 19/04/2021).
Consent for publication
Not applicable
Availability of data and materials
ReEs-COVID 19 are derived from collaborating clinics and although individual data do not include patient names or identifying information of the participants, as data contain potentially sensitive information, there are ethical restrictions imposed by the Bioethics and Deontology Committee of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Anonymized individual data can be shared after interested researchers submit a concept sheet to the AMACS steering committee (chair: Giota Touloumi, email: [email protected]) and the Bioethics and Deontology Committee of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ([email protected]).
Competing interests
N.P. has received grants unrelated to this study and paid to his institution from Gilead Sciences Hellas and ECDC.
G.T. has received grants unrelated to this study and paid to her institution from Gilead Sciences Europe, UCL, ECDC, EU, and National funds.
G.T. has received a grant related to this study and paid to her institution from Gilead Sciences, Inc.
I.KAT. is an employee of Gilead Sciences Hellas & Cyprus (Medical Affairs Department).
Other authors don’t have any competing interest.
Funding
This study was supported and funded by Gilead Sciences, Inc. as a collaborative investigator-sponsored research study.
Authors’ contributions
Conceptualization, N.P. and G.T.; Formal Analysis, E.P. and N.P..; Resources, I.KAT.; Data Curation, D.B., A-L.C., V.D., P.K., A.L., M-C.R., V.R., G.S.; Writing – Original Draft Preparation, E.P., N.P., I.KAT., G.T.; Writing – Review & Editing, A.A, K.A., M.C., I.KAL., G.P, P.P.; Supervision, G.T.; Project Administration, G.T.
Acknowledgments
ReEs-COVID19 Study Group
Coordinating center: Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Giota Touloumi, PhD; Nikos Pantazis, PhD; Evmorfia Pechlivanidou, M.D.
Collaborating Clinics:
4th Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University General Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Anastasia Antoniadou, M.D., PhD; Kazakou Pinelopi, M.D, MSc
Department of Internal Medicine, University General Hospital of Patras, Department of Medicine, University of Patras, Rio, Greece. Akinosoglou Karolina, M.D., PhD; Dimakopoulou Vasiliki, M.D.; Schinas Georgios, M.D.
COVID-19 Unit, Evangelismos General Hospital, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Ioannis Kalomenidis M.D., PhD; Chaliasou Anna-Louiza, M.D, MSc, PhD(c)
3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Athens Hospital for Diseases of the Chest “Sotiria”, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Garyfallia Poulakou, M.D., PhD; Rapti Vasiliki, M.D., PhD(c); Arfara Maria, M.D.
Department of Internal Medicine, University General Hospital of Ioannina, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece. Milionis Haralambos, M.D., PhD; Liontos Angelos, M.D., MSc, PhD(c); Biros Dimitrios, M.D.
Department of Internal Medicine, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece. Panagopoulos Periklis, M.D., PhD; Petrakis Vasileios, M.D., PhD(c); Rimpa Maria-Christina, MSc, PhD(c)