Chintagunta, Anjani Devi M, Sai Krishna Nalluru, Sanjana N. S., Sampath Kumar
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Emergent Materials
The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has challenged the survival of human existence in the last 1 year. Frontline healthcare professionals were struggling in combating the pandemic situation and were continuously supported with literature, skill set, research activities, and technologies developed by various scientists/researchers ...
Lange, Professor Klaus W.
Published in
Global Health Journal (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
The mental health effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may shape population health for many years to come. Failure to address the mental health issues stemming from the pandemic is likely to prolong its impact. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a significant global challenge and, in lower-income countries, even a disruption o...
Vajdić, Ines Doko Štimac, Goran Pezelj, Ivan Mustapić, Matej Grazio, Simeon
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Rheumatology International
Interleukin-6 receptor antagonist tocilizumab is a biologic drug used for treating patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who failed to respond to synthetic or other biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs or where they were contraindicated. Interleukin-6 receptor blockade results in a decrease of disease activity but has some potent...
Abdy, Muhammad Side, Syafruddin Annas, Suwardi Nur, Wahyuddin Sanusi, Wahidah
Published in
Advances in Difference Equations
The aim of this research is to construct an SIR model for COVID-19 with fuzzy parameters. The SIR model is constructed by considering the factors of vaccination, treatment, obedience in implementing health protocols, and the corona virus-load. Parameters of the infection rate, recovery rate, and death rate due to COVID-19 are constructed as a fuzzy...
Agosto, Caterina Salamon, Eleonora Divisic, Antuan Benedetti, Francesca Giacomelli, Luca Shah, Aashni Perilongo, Giorgio Benini, Franca
Published in
Orphanet journal of rare diseases
We report the clinical outcomes observed in our patients with SMA type 1 or 2 receiving nusinersen, and we comment on the ethical implications of this treatment, in line with our results and those reported by Audic et al. in their analysis published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. We analyzed records of all children with a genetically dia...
Charras, A. Smith, E. Hedrich, C.M.
Published in
Current Rheumatology Reports
Purpose of ReviewJuvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus ((j)SLE) is an autoimmune/inflammatory disease that results in significant damage and disability. When compared to patients with disease onset in adulthood, jSLE patients exhibit increased disease activity, damage and require more aggressive treatments. This manuscript summarises age-spec...
Hočevar, Alojzija Tomšič, Matija Perdan Pirkmajer, Katja
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Current Rheumatology Reports
Purpose of the ReviewPolyarteritis nodosa is a rare disease characterized by the necrotizing inflammation of medium-sized arteries. Different etiopathogenetic and clinical variants of the disease have been recognized over the past decades. In the present paper, we review the clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of the different subtypes of t...
Jafarpour Azami, Sanaz Mohammad Rahimi, Hanieh Mirjalali, Hamed Zali, Mohammad Reza
Published in
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
AbstractToxoplasma gondii is a worldwide protozoan parasite that infects almost all warm-blooded animals. Although human toxoplasmosis is mostly latent, pregnant women and immunocompromised patients need effective treatment. There are drugs of choice for treatment of toxoplasmosis; however, due to their side effects and/or their disease stage-speci...
Roche, Tadzio R. Wetli, Doreen J. Braun, Julia Kataife, Ezequiel D. Mileo, Federico G. Spahn, Donat R. Tscholl, David W. Said, Sadiq
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BMC Anesthesiology
BackgroundAcute bleeding is an omnipresent challenge for all physicians. Uncontrolled hemorrhage is the most common preventable cause of death after trauma worldwide. In different surgical disciplines, hemorrhage represents an independent risk factor for increased postoperative morbimortality, directly affecting patients’ outcomes. This study asked...
Martenstyn, Jordan Andre Touyz, Stephen Maguire, Sarah
Published in
Journal of Eating Disorders
BackgroundCompulsive exercise is a core feature of both eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia. Earlier models of treatment recommended complete abstinence from exercise in eating disorder populations, but recent guidelines advocate for the gradual inclusion of healthier forms of exercise into an overall treatment plan where appropriate. Given the ...