Published in Acta clinica Belgica
Vitamin-D receptors are found in a variety of cells with the potential to regulate many cellular functions. Higher COVID-19 severity has been reported in individuals, which are known to have lower vitamin-D levels. The relation between vitamin-D and COVID-19 has been analysed with a number of studies but only few met high standards. Studies reveale...
Published in Infection, disease & health
Despite the large number of hospitalized patients affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, few data are available about risk factors and mortality in subjects with nosocomially acquired respiratory infection of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). We retrospectively evaluated in a multicentric study -durin...
Published in Vaccines
Understanding trends in pneumonia-associated hospitalizations can help to quantify the burden of disease and identify risk conditions and at-risk populations. This study evaluated characteristics of hospitalizations due to pneumonia that occurred in Italy in a 10-year period from 2010 to 2019. All hospitalizations with a principal or secondary diag...
Published in Nutrients
Bariatric surgery has shown to be effective in producing sustained weight loss and the resolution of obesity related medical problems. Recent research focused on the role of obesity and adipose tissue in tumorigenesis, finding a strong crosslink through different mechanisms and highlighting an increase in cancer incidence in individuals with obesit...
Published in Nutrients
Contemporarily, cardiac arrest (CA) remains one of the leading causes of death. Poor nutritional status can increase the post-CA mortality risk. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and Nutritional Risk Score 2002 (NRS 2002) results and in-hospital mortality in patients admitted to the intensive care...
Published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Introduction Carbapenem resistant gram-negative bacteria (CRGNB) infection is more and more frequent in patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and the prognosis is very poor. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics and risk factors for mortality with CRGNB infection in HSCT recipients, and t...
Published in Frontiers in Pediatrics
Background In the year 2015, more than one-third of neonatal deaths caused by prematurity was recorded worldwide. Despite different kinds of efforts taken at the global and local levels to reduce neonatal mortality, it remains high with low reduction rates, especially in low- and middle-income countries like sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. There...
Published in Frontiers in Oncology
Background Bloodstream infections (BSI) continue to represent a significant source of morbidity for pediatric oncology patients, however less is known regarding this population’s risk of death. We sought to evaluate the risk of BSI and death at a large pediatric cancer center. Methods We retrospectively collected inpatient data from pediatric oncol...
Published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Background Inflammation plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of hypertension. A novel inflammatory biomarker systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI) is related with all-cause and cardiovascular (CVD) mortality, while the role of SIRI in hypertension patients is unclear. Methods A total of 21,506 participants with hypertension were recrui...
Published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Background The age of onset and causes of heart failure differ between high-income and low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC). Heart failure patients in LMIC also experience a higher mortality rate. Innovative ways that can risk stratify heart failure patients in this region are needed. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the utility of machin...
