Dynamic Assessment of Hematological Parameters as Predictive Biomarkers for Disease Severity and Prognosis in COVID-19 Patients: A Longitudinal Study


Aparna P. Patange • Jabbar V. Desai • Bhupal Pujari • Aparna Marwah • Animesh Dey, Published: July 01, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63593  Abstract Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has…[...]

New Report Reviews Evidence on Long COVID Diagnosis, Risk, Symptoms, and Functional Impact for Patients


News Release | June 5, 2024, National Academies WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents conclusions about Long COVID diagnosis, symptoms, and impact on daily function…[...]

Exploring the Clinical Features, Management of Hypertension, and Predictors of Severity in Hospitalized Hypertensive COVID-19 Patients


Abstract Background Hypertension significantly contributes to the severity, prolonged hospitalization, the need for intensive care, and mortality of COVID-19 patients. However, the data is still evolving. This study investigated the…[...]

The Concealing Effect of COVID-19: Unveiling the Surge in Community-Acquired Infections and Its Association With Diabetic Ketosis During the Pandemic


Abstract Background Some studies suggest that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has contributed to diverting attention from other community-acquired infections (CAIs), leading to an increase in their incidence and severity. Our study…[...]

COVID-19, post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS, “long COVID”) and post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome Similarities and differences


Felix Scholkmann a,, Christian-Albrecht May University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland b Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany ABSTRACT…[...]

Mast cell activation in lungs during SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with lung pathology and severe COVID-19


Janessa Y.J. Tan,1 Danielle E. Anderson,2,3 Abhay P.S. Rathore,4 Aled O’Neill,1 Chinmay Kumar Mantri,1 Wilfried A.A. Saron,1 Cheryl Q.E. Lee,5 Chu Wern Cui,5 Adrian E.Z. Kang,1 Randy Foo,1 Shirin Kalimuddin,1,6 Jenny G. Low,1,6 Lena Ho,5 Paul Tambyah,7,8 Thomas W. Burke,9 Christopher W. Woods,9,10 Kuan Rong Chan,1 Jörn…[...]

The intersection of COVID-19 and autoimmunity


Jason S. Knight,1 Roberto Caricchio,2 Jean-Laurent Casanova,3,4,5,6 Alexis J. Combes,7 Betty Diamond,8 Sharon E. Fox,9,10 David A. Hanauer,11 Judith A. James,12 Yogendra Kanthi,13 Virginia Ladd,14 Puja Mehta,15 Aaron M. Ring,16 Ignacio Sanz,17 Carlo Selmi,18,19 Russell P. Tracy,20 Paul J. Utz,21 Catriona A. Wagner,14 Julia Y. Wang,22 and William J.…[...]

Systemic and organ-specific immune-related manifestations of COVID-19


Manuel Ramos-Casals, Pilar Brito-Zerón & Xavier Mariette Nature Reviews Rheumatology volume 17, pages315–332 (2021) Cite this article Abstract Immune-related manifestations are increasingly recognized conditions in patients with COVID-19, with around 3,000 cases reported worldwide comprising more than…[...]