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Disease severity of the first COVID-19 wave in Germany using reporting data from the national notification system [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2021
As of December 31, 2019, initial reports circulated internationally of an unusual cluster of pneumonia of unknown cause in China. By the end of January 2020, the virus affected Germany with the first case confirmed on January 27, 2020.
Julia Schilling, Ann-Sophie Lehfeld, Dirk Schumacher, Alexander Ullrich, Michaela Diercke, Silke Buda, Walter Haas   +6 more
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Prognostic Value of Transaminases and Bilirubin Levels at Admission to Hospital on Disease Progression and Mortality in Patients with COVID-19—An Observational Retrospective Study

Pathogens, 2022
Introduction: Given the impact of COVID-19 on the world healthcare system, and the efforts of the healthcare community to find prognostic factors for hospitalization, disease progression, and mortality, the aim of the present study was to investigate the
Antonio Russo, Mariantonietta Pisaturo, Roberta Palladino, Paolo Maggi, Fabio Giuliano Numis, Ivan Gentile, Vincenzo Sangiovanni, Vincenzo Esposito, Rodolfo Punzi, Giosuele Calabria, Carolina Rescigno, Angelo Salomone Megna, Alfonso Masullo, Elio Manzillo, Grazia Russo, Roberto Parrella, Giuseppina Dell’Aquila, Michele Gambardella, Antonio Ponticiello, Nicola Coppola, on behalf of CoviCam Group   +20 more
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Association of Alleles of Human Leukocyte Antigen Class II Genes and Severity of COVID-19 in Patients of the ‘Red Zone’ of the Endocrinology Research Center, Moscow, Russia

Diseases, 2022
The aim of this study was to assess the correlations of clinical features of patients with moderate and severe courses of COVID-19, comorbidity (endocrine, autoimmune, cardiovascular, oncological, and pulmonary diseases), and alleles of the HLA class II ...
Ekaterina Troshina, Marina Yukina, Nurana Nuralieva, Evgeny Vasilyev, Olga Rebrova, Ravida Akhmatova, Anna Ikonnikova, Elena Savvateeva, Dmitry Gryadunov, Galina Melnichenko, Natalia Mokrysheva   +10 more
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Clinical Study of Autonomic Dysfunction in Patients With Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Objectives: Autonomic dysfunction is a common symptom of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis; however, it has been poorly researched.
Lulu Yan, Shuang Zhang, Xiaoxue Huang, Yao Tang, Jun Wu   +4 more
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Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps: Age and Disease Severity Differences in the Levels of Inflammatory Markers

Medicina, 2021
Background and objectives: The aim of our study was to analyze the concentrations of inflammatory markers in the nasal tissue of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNPs) and controls of different age groups, as well as to find ...
Justinas Vaitkus, Astra Vitkauskienė, Regimantas Simuntis, Žygimantas Vaitkus, Nora Šiupšinskienė, Saulius Vaitkus   +5 more
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PNPLA3 and TLL-1 Polymorphisms as Potential Predictors of Disease Severity in Patients With COVID-19

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021
Albeit the pathogenesis of COVID-19 remains unclear, host’s genetic polymorphisms in genes involved in infection and reinfection, inflammation, or immune stimulation could play a role in determining the course and outcome.
Stefania Grimaudo, Emanuele Amodio, Rosaria Maria Pipitone, Carmelo Massimo Maida, Stefano Pizzo, Tullio Prestileo, Fabio Tramuto, Davide Sardina, Francesco Vitale, Alessandra Casuccio, Antonio Craxì   +10 more
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Assessment the Severity of Asthma on Patients in Specialist Respiratory Center in Baghdad City

Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences, 2016
Objectives: The study aims to assess the patients' asthma control and find out the association between the gender, age, marital status, educational level, employment, duration of disease.
Sabah A. Ahmed, Ali kh. Aliwie
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Red cell distribution width as a biomarker of disease severity in hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2019
Background Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an increasingly recognized form of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases that may lead to respiratory failure and increased risk for mortality. Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a parameter that is routinely
Ahmed Al Halfawy, Youssef Soliman, Marwa Moawad, Dina Sobhy   +3 more
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Quality of Life in Patients with Pityriasis Rosea is Associated with Rash Severity

Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal, 2020
Objective: Few investigations have assessed quality of life (QOL) in pityriasis rosea (PR) patients. Our objective is to determine if QOL in PR patients is influenced. Methods: Eighty-five patients with PR and 90 healthy controls were enrolled into the
Aslı Hapa, Elif Yıldırım, Berna Aksoy, Emine Mutlu   +3 more
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Investigating the role of uric acid and uric acid‐to‐creatinine ratio as a predictive factor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation in 2019

The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2023
Introduction Serum uric acid has been suggested as an independent marker of oxidative metabolism in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a disease with significant social, health, and economic burden.
Saman Barmehziar, Abbas Fadaii, Fariba Samadian, Ali Shakiba, Sogol Koolaji   +4 more
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