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{"title":"The role of nurses in global maritime health.","authors":"Shuaibu Saidu Musa, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno Iii","doi":"10.5603/IMH.2022.0039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2022.0039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45964,"journal":{"name":"International Maritime Health","volume":"73 4","pages":"227-228"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9096704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Invitation to maritime doctors and maritime schools on research collaboration.","authors":"Olaf C Jensen, Agnes Flores, Maria Luisa Canals, David Lucas, Ilona Denisenko, Victoria Corman, Don Eliseo-Iii Lucero-Prisno, Finn Gyntelberg, Anne-Mette Momsen","doi":"10.5603/IMH.2022.0040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2022.0040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45964,"journal":{"name":"International Maritime Health","volume":"73 4","pages":"229-230"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9096706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bed bugs on ship: a French review.","authors":"Annabelle Gressier,&nbsp;Thierry Sauvage,&nbsp;Fréderic Saunier,&nbsp;Brice Lodde,&nbsp;David Lucas","doi":"10.5603/IMH.2022.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2022.0011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Linked to the increase in international travel and development of insecticide resistance, a resurgence of bed bug infestation has been observed since the 2000's and become now a worldwide public health problem. Passenger ships as part of the tourism industry are traditionally infested by bed bugs, but the whole maritime world is now concerned.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We conducted a short questionnaire-survey among the 22 doctors of the French seafarers' health services to assess the level of this phenomenon in the occupational maritime environment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty seven per cent of the doctors reported that a patient shared to them a bed bug infestation on board. In that case, all declared that the infestation impacted the patient's life on board. Eighteen per cent responded that a shipowner had already sought their support in face of a bed bug infestation. Lastly, 27% considered that bed bug infestation is an increasing problem.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Bed bugs infestation on board has a major impact on the seafarers and passengers, and significant economic consequences. Preventive measures need to be implemented to limit the risks of dissemination. It is essential to inform and educate seafarers on best practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":45964,"journal":{"name":"International Maritime Health","volume":"73 2","pages":"73-76"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40466727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Magellan's circumnavigation: what lessons 500 years later for maritime medicine?","authors":"Richard Pougnet,&nbsp;Laurence Pougnet,&nbsp;Jean-Dominique Dewitte,&nbsp;Brice Loddé,&nbsp;David Lucas","doi":"10.5603/IMH.2022.0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2022.0017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45964,"journal":{"name":"International Maritime Health","volume":"73 2","pages":"98-100"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40466733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Haematological changes in sailors who had COVID-19.","authors":"Oleksandr Ignatyev,&nbsp;Oleksii Panyita,&nbsp;Tetiana Prutiian,&nbsp;Pavel Kostromin","doi":"10.5603/IMH.2022.0031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2022.0031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Follow-up of patients who had coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) proves that clinical symptoms persist for months after recovery. A complex of such persistent manifestations is defined as the post-COVID-19 syndrome. One of the criteria for post-COVID-19 syndrome may be typical changes in white blood cell count and white blood cell (WBC) differential. The aim of the work is to study the frequency of haematological changes in sailors who had the acute coronavirus infection.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The retrospective study covered 30 candidate sailors aged 21 to 60 years with a history of COVID-19 and persistent changes in the WBC count and WBC differential and who did not have haematological abnormalities during the previous medical examinations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analysis of WBC and WBC count at the long-term period after COVID-19 confirmed persistent changes in the form of neutrophilia, lymphopenia, changes in the neutrophils and lymphocytes ratio. The revealed changes in the WBC count were typical and fit into several patterns: A. Absolute leukocytosis, absolute and relative neutrophilia, relative lymphopenia; B. Relative and absolute lymphopenia, relative neutrophilia; C. Relative and absolute lymphocytosis, relative neutropenia; D. Relative lymphopenia, without other changes in WBC differential.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The most typical laboratory change in WBC count in patients with the past COVID-19 is relative or absolute leukopenia. Persistent changes in WBC count are not always outside of the reference range for absolute values and should be assessed by a complex of typical changes. The presence of typical changes in WBC count in a patient with the past COVID-19 requires a profound examination for the post-COVID-19 syndrome.</p>","PeriodicalId":45964,"journal":{"name":"International Maritime Health","volume":"73 4","pages":"178-180"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10127874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Letter from the Editor.","authors":"Maria Jeżewska","doi":"10.5603/IMH.2022.0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2022.0018","url":null,"abstract":"Sir: Procedures for case work in forensic toxicology may be divided into three areas: the taking of relevant samples, the laboratory analysis, and the interpretation of the findings. In each of them, the forensic toxicologist has certain responsibilities. Based on practical experience and on ongoing methodological and technological innovations, the handling of these responsibilities and procedures is generally considered to be quite adequate. Yet observations of some cases in which we became involved as well as some from the literature seem to indicate that serious problems still occur and that improvements in certain areas are needed. The following cases may serve as relevant examples.","PeriodicalId":45964,"journal":{"name":"International Maritime Health","volume":"73 3","pages":"101"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10725506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Monkeypox virus among seafarers is not to be neglected.","authors":"Isaac Olushola Ogunkola,&nbsp;Molly Unoh Ogbodum,&nbsp;Adeola Abidemi Adetola,&nbsp;Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi,&nbsp;Edith Nnenna Utaka,&nbsp;Oluwaseyifunmi Oladipo,&nbsp;Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno Iii","doi":"10.5603/IMH.2022.0038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2022.0038","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45964,"journal":{"name":"International Maritime Health","volume":"73 4","pages":"225-226"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10127872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Screening for type 2 diabetes and hypertension in seafarers' medical examinations.","authors":"Olaf Chresten Jensen,&nbsp;Agnes Flores,&nbsp;Victoria Corman,&nbsp;Maria Luisa Canals,&nbsp;David Lucas,&nbsp;Ilona Denisenko,&nbsp;Don Eliseo-Iii Lucero-Prisno,&nbsp;Anna Lilja Secher,&nbsp;Gregers Stig Andersen,&nbsp;Marit Eika Jørgensen,&nbsp;Helena Estopà Pujol,&nbsp;Guido Cohen,&nbsp;Finn Gyntelberg","doi":"10.5603/IMH.2022.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2022.0010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The aims of the study are: 1) to replace the urine glucose test for diabetes with more than 50% false negatives, with an accurate screening for type 2 diabetes and hypertension in the mandatory biannual fit-for-duty medical examinations of seafarers; 2) to produce data driven \"Green Ship\" health pro-motion in the ships. A new health promotion and disease prevention public health intervention programme integrated in the fit-for-duty medical examinations for seafarers is being developed.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The lack of an accurate diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is replaced by accurate HbA1c and/or fasting glucose tests and the test for hypertension in various disease stages is based on the International Associations' Guidelines. A \"Green Ship\" health promotion programme is proposed for all on board, not only for diseased crew members.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A protocol for an accurate biannual screening for diabetes and hypertension is presented. Educational programmes for medical doctors and seafarers on the management of hypertension and diabetes on board will be developed. Presuming that all crew members are potentially on their way to be pre-diseased or are diseased, the \"Green Ship\" health promotion programme is implemented for the whole crew.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The International Labour Organization and the National Maritime Authorities are prompted to revise the International and the National Guidelines for Seafarers Medical Examinations, respectively. Con-certed actions are requested to implement public health promotion projects in shipping. Maritime medical doctors are prompted to use health dialogues and to report the clinical data in the Excel file. Sustainability is obtained by complying with the Sustainable Development Goals (3, 4, 8, 10, and 17).</p>","PeriodicalId":45964,"journal":{"name":"International Maritime Health","volume":"73 2","pages":"64-72"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40466726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editor-in-Chief of the International Maritime Health journal, Maria Jeżewska, is stepping down.","authors":"Alf Magne Horneland","doi":"10.5603/IMH.2022.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2022.0019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45964,"journal":{"name":"International Maritime Health","volume":"73 3","pages":"103"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10735092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reactivation of hepatitis B virus infection in a seafarer: an omitted problem of maritime medicine.","authors":"Michał Rokicki,&nbsp;Katarzyna Sikorska,&nbsp;Małgorzata Sulima,&nbsp;Marta Gesing","doi":"10.5603/IMH.2022.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2022.0012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV), despite the implementation of extensive preventive measures, has remained one of the biggest health problems worldwide. There are still people not covered by the compulsory vaccination programme and carriers of an actively replicating virus among professionally active seafarers. The article is based on a case report of a seafarer with life-threatening reactivation of long-term uncontrolled HBV infection that resulted in decompensated cirrhosis and liver transplant. The case shows clinical aspects of chronic hepatitis B and contributes to discussion about HBV infection with regard to seafarers. The article also analyses the current legal regulations and guidelines in terms of preventing new infections and detecting people already infected with HBV. Considering the specific nature of work on seagoing ships, it is justified to recognise the seafaring as a profession with a high risk of HBV infection. Monitoring the course of the disease can prevent reactivation of inflammatory process and serious consequences of chronic hepatitis B during a cruise. The elementary issue is specific prophylaxis, that is, covering the unvaccinated persons with the vaccination programme. The prevalence of HBV infection and the specifics of the seafarer labour market require development of new international regulations, which will unify Pre-Employment Medical Examination (PEME) protocols and take into consideration compulsory vaccination.</p>","PeriodicalId":45964,"journal":{"name":"International Maritime Health","volume":"73 2","pages":"77-82"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40466728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}