Category: Severity

C-Reactive Protein Level May Predict the Risk of COVID-19 Aggravation

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Authors: Guyi Wang 1, Chenfang Wu 1, Quan Zhang 2, Fang Wu 3, Bo Yu 1, Jianlei Lv 2, Yiming Li 4, Tiao Li 5, Siye Zhang 1, Chao Wu 6 7 8, Guobao Wu 1, Yanjun Zhong 1Affiliations expand Abstract Background: Clinical findings indicated that a fraction of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients diagnosed as mild early may progress to severe cases. However, it is difficult to distinguish these patients in the early stage. The present study aimed to describe the […]

Elevated level of C‐reactive protein may be an early marker to predict risk for severity of COVID‐19

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Authors: Nurshad Ali 1 The outbreak of coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) is an emerging global health threat. The healthcare workers are facing challenges in reducing the severity and mortality of COVID‐19 across the world. Severe patients with COVID‐19 are generally treated in the intensive care unit, while mild or non‐severe patients treated in the usual isolation ward […]

The role of C-reactive protein as a prognostic marker in COVID-19

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Authors: Dominic Stringer,1Philip Braude,2Phyo K Myint,3Louis Evans,4Jemima T Collins,5Alessia Verduri,6Terry J Quinn,7Arturo Vilches-Moraga,8Michael J Stechman,9Lyndsay Pearce,10Susan Moug,11Kathryn McCarthy,12Jonathan Hewitt,13 and Ben Carter1 Abstract Background C-reactive protein (CRP) is a non-specific acute phase reactant elevated in infection or inflammation. Higher levels indicate more severe infection and have been used as an indicator of COVID-19 disease severity. However, the […]

Body mass index and severity/fatality from coronavirus disease 2019: A nationwide epidemiological study in Korea

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Authors: In Sook Kang , Kyoung Ae Kong Published: June 22, 2021 Abstract Obesity has been reported as a risk factor for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in recent studies. However, the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and COVID-19 severity and fatality are unclear. Research design and methods This study included 4,141 COVID-19 patients who […]

Lack of antibodies against seasonal coronavirus OC43 nucleocapsid protein identifies patients at risk of critical COVID-19

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Authors: MartinDugasa1TanjaGrote-Westrickb1UtaMerledMichaelaFontenaylmAndreas E.KremerhFrankHansesijRichardVollenbergcEvaLorentzenbShilpaTiwari-BecklerdJérômeDucheminlSyrineEllouzelMarcelVetterhJuliaFürsthPhilippSchusterkTobiasBrixaClaudia M.DenkingerfgCarstenMüller-TidoweHartmutSchmidtc…JoachimKühnb1 Highlights Does prior infection with seasonal human coronavirus OC43 protect against critical COVID-19?• Findings: In an international multi-center study inpatients without anti-HCoV OC43 NP antibodies had an increased risk of critical disease.• Meaning: Prior infections with seasonal HCoV OC43 have a protective effect against critical COVID-19. Abstract Background The vast majority of COVID-19 patients experience […]

Predictors of COVID-19 severity: A literature review

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Authors: Benjamin Gallo Marin,1Ghazal Aghagoli,1Katya Lavine,1Lanbo Yang,1Emily J. Siff,2Silvia S. Chiang,3,4Thais P. Salazar-Mather,1,5Luba Dumenco,1,5Michael C Savaria,1Su N. Aung,6Timothy Flanigan,6 and Ian C. Michelow3,4 Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a rapidly evolving global emergency that continues to strain healthcare systems. Emerging research describes a plethora of patient factors—including demographic, clinical, immunologic, hematological, biochemical, and radiographic […]

India’s Ivermectin Blackout

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Authors: Authored by Justus R Hope, MD. via TheDesertReview.com, Ivermectin Wins in India News of India’s defeat of the Delta variant should be common knowledge. It is just about as obvious as the nose on one’s face. It is so clear when one looks at the graphs that no one can deny it. Yet, for […]

How Likely Are Vaccinated People To Get Meaningfully Sick From Delta?

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Authors: DYLAN HOUSMAN The reality that breakthrough cases exist and being vaccinated doesn’t guarantee protection from COVID-19 has raised a new question in the minds of many Americans: just how likely is it that someone will get seriously ill from the delta variant of COVID-19 if they are vaccinated? Some clinical data suggests that vaccine […]

Comorbidity and its Impact on Patients with COVID-19

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Authors: Adekunle Sanyaolu 1, Chuku Okorie 2, Aleksandra Marinkovic 3, Risha Patidar 3, Kokab Younis 4, Priyank Desai 5, Zaheeda Hosein 6, Inderbir Padda 7, Jasmine Mangat 6, Mohsin Altaf 8 Abstract A novel human coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Since then, the virus has made its way across the globe to affect over 180 countries. SARS-CoV-2 has infected humans in all age […]

Comparative study of hospitalized children with acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus

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Authors: Xinghua Liu, Wei Li, Bo Zhang, Yan Guo, Zhao Hu, Cao Peng, Xiao Lei, Qunying Luo, Qiong hang, Wei Deng, Juanjuan Wang, Jianqiao Tang, Yunqiao Li & Jianying Chen BMC Infectious Diseases volume 21, Article number: 412 (2021)  Abstract Background Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 in December 2019, more than 8 million cases have occurred worldwide as of June 16, 2020. However, it is important to distinguish COVID-19 from other respiratory infectious […]