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The biphasic phenomenon of cytokine storm in COVID pneumonia
Nehal M Shah, Janakkumar R Khambholja, Nilay N Suthar, Hemang M PurohitAnnals of African Medicine 2022 21(2):168-172
COVID-19 is a viral disease that commonly presents with mild symptoms with predominant respiratory system involvement. However, it can cause serious complications such as acute respiratory disease, multi-organ dysfunction, especially in patients with comorbidities. As it is a new disease, the full picture of the disease and its complications are not yet fully understood. Moreover, the patients at risk of complications are not well identified, and the data about the biphasic pattern of cytokine storm syndrom...
Source: Annals of African Medicine - July 6, 2022 Category: African Health Authors: Nehal M Shah Janakkumar R Khambholja Nilay N Suthar Hemang M Purohit Source Type: research
Low mortality of people living with diabetes mellitus diagnosed with COVID-19 and managed at a field hospital in Western Cape Province, South Africa
CONCLUSIONS: In a resource-limited environment, interdisciplinary and interfacility collaboration ensured that complicated patients with DM and COVID-19 were successfully managed in a field hospital setting. Telemedicine offered a unique opportunity to identify high-risk patients in the community and link them to in-hospital monitoring and care. Future studies should explore ways to optimise this collaboration, as well as to explore possibilities for early identification and management of high-risk patients.PMID:34949290 | DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i10.15779
Source: South African Medical Journal - December 24, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: J-N Van der Westhuizen N Hussey M Zietsman N Salduker K Manning J A Dave B Bulajic T Ras Source Type: research
