Pathological findings in organs and tissues of patients with COVID-19: A systematic review


Authors: Sasha Peiris, Hector Mesa, Agnes Aysola, Juan Manivel, Joao Toledo, Marcio Borges-Sa, Sylvain Aldighieri, Ludovic Reveiz Abstract Background Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 that has caused more than 2.2 million deaths worldwide. We summarize the reported pathologic findings on biopsy and autopsy in patients with severe/fatal COVID-19 and documented the […]

Can we predict the severe course of COVID-19 – a systematic review and meta-analysis of indicators of clinical outcome?


Authors: Stephan Katzenschlager ,Alexandra J. Zimmer ,Claudius Gottschalk, Jürgen Grafeneder,Stephani Schmitz, Sara Kraker, Marlene Ganslmeier, Amelie Muth, Alexander Seitel, Lena Maier-Hein, Andrea Benedetti, Jan Larmann, Markus A. Weigand, Sean McGrath , Claudia M. Denkinger   Abstract Background COVID-19 has been reported in over 40million people globally with variable clinical outcomes. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we assessed demographic, […]

Risk factors for severe and critically ill COVID-19 patients: A review


Authors: Ya-Dong Gao 1, Mei Ding 1 2, Xiang Dong 1, Jin-Jin Zhang 1, Ahmet Kursat Azkur 3, Dilek Azkur 4, Hui Gan 1, Yuan-Li Sun 1, Wei Fu 1, Wei Li 1, Hui-Ling Liang 1, Yi-Yuan Cao 5, Qi Yan 6, Can Cao 1, Hong-Yu Gao 6, Marie-Charlotte Brüggen 7 8 9, Willem van de Veen 2, Milena Sokolowska 2, Mübeccel Akdis 2, Cezmi A Akdis 2 Abstract The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused an unprecedented global social and economic impact, and high […]

Late Complications of COVID-19; a Systematic Review of Current Evidence


Authors: SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi,1Amir Masoud Afsahi,2Mehrzad MohsseniPour,1Farzane Behnezhad,3Mohammad Amin Salehi,1Alireza Barzegary,4Pegah Mirzapour,1Esmaeil Mehraeen,5,* and Omid Dadras6 Introduction Introduction: COVID-19 is a new rapidly spreading epidemic. The symptoms of this disease could be diverse as the virus can affect any organ in the body of an infected person. This study aimed to investigate the available evidence for long-term complications […]

Better Anticoagulated Than Not! Hypercoagulability in COVID-19


Authors: Dhauna P. Karam, MD1 Incidence of thrombotic complications in patients with COVID-19 who are critically ill is high, with an estimated incidence of 31% for arterial or venous thromboembolism (VTE), acute pulmonary embolism, ischemic stroke, and myocardial infarction. On the basis of the study by Klok et al,1 pulmonary embolism was the most common thrombotic […]

Masking school children is abuse


No scientific studies support the CDC guidance Authors: PrintBy Jenny Beth MartinSaturday, August 14, 2021 ANALYSIS/OPINION: When it comes to imposing mask mandates – especially for school children – Democrats simply don’t get it. If President Joe Biden and his cronies don’t pay more attention to parents and the health care professionals who care for their children, they’re going to set […]

Do Masks Work? A Review Of The Evidence


Authors: BY TYLER DURDEN Seriously people—STOP BUYING MASKS!” So tweeted then–surgeon general Jerome Adams on February 29, 2020, adding, “They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus.” Two days later, Adams said, “Folks who don’t know how to wear them properly tend to touch their faces a lot and actually can increase the spread of […]

COVID-19 pandemic causing babies to develop differently – study


In infants, overall cognitive scores are significantly lower since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic with young infants showing lower performance than infants born before January 2019. Authors: By EVE YOUNG   AUGUST 14, 2021 19:09 Children born during the coronavirus pandemic have significantly reduced verbal, motor and overall cognitive performance compared to children born before the pandemic, and this […]

Long covid—mechanisms, risk factors, and management


Authors: Harry Crook, research assistant1,  Sanara Raza, research assistant1,  Joseph Nowell, research assistant1,  Megan Young, clinical research officer1,  Paul Edison, clinical senior lecturer, honorary professor12 Abstract Since its emergence in Wuhan, China, covid-19 has spread and had a profound effect on the lives and health of people around the globe. As of 4 July 2021, […]

COVID-19 – A vascular disease


Authors: Hasan K. Siddiqi,a,bPeter Libby,a,⁎ and Paul M Ridkera,b Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) leads to multi-system dysfunction with emerging evidence suggesting that SARS-CoV-2-mediated endothelial injury is an important effector of the virus. Potential therapies that address vascular system dysfunction and its sequelae may have an important role in treating SARS-CoV-2 infection and its […]