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Evaluation of psychopathological symptoms, death anxiety, coronavirus anxiety, suicide risk, and associated risk factors among hemodialysis patients in the COVID-19 pandemic - Korkut S.
BACKGROUND: Hemodialysis (HD) patients have significant mental health problems related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the psychopathological symptoms, death anxiety, coronavirus anxiety, suicide risk, and associated risk facto...
Source: SafetyLit - July 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Racial Differences and In-Hospital Outcomes Among Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19
ConclusionsThis observational analysis of a large integrated healthcare system early in the pandemic revealed that patients with COVID-19 did exhibit some racial variations in clinical presentation, laboratory data, and requirements for advanced monitoring and cardiopulmonary support, but these nuances did not dramatically alter in-hospital outcomes.
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - September 10, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Severe methanol poisoning treated with a novel hemodialysis system: a case report, analysis, and review - Illescas AC, Argyropoulos CP, Combs SA, Shaffi SK, Xu ZQ, Aragon MA, Teixeira JP.
In May and June 2020, an outbreak of methanol poisoning arose in the southwest United States linked to ingestion of contaminated hand sanitizer imported during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, ultimately resulting in over a dozen hospitalizations and...
Source: SafetyLit - August 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Prognostic factors in hospitalized patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection, Bogot á, Colombia
Conclusions: The most important prognostic factors for mortality were being over 60 years of age, hypertension, diabetes, and cirrhosis, while for the development of severe disease they were chronic kidney disease with hemodialysis, NEWS2 with high risk at admission, increased levels of LDH and C reactive protein (CRP), and leukocytosis. PMID: 33152195 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Biomedica : Revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - November 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Biomedica Source Type: research

COVID-19 in hemodialysis patients in Colombia: Report of seven cases
Authors: Aroca G, Vélez-Verbel M, Cadena A, Avendaño LG, Hernández S, Sierra A, Cabarcas O, Depine SÁ Abstract At the end of 2019, in Wuhan, China, the outbreak of a new coronavirus began and quickly spread throughout the world infecting and claiming thousands of lives. To date, certain comorbidities are known to be risk factors for unsatisfactory disease outcomes, but little has been reported regarding hemodialysis patients despite being a population at high risk of infection, complications, and death. Here we describe the clinical course, clinical manifestations and complications of COVID-19 in seven patients...
Source: Biomedica : Revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - November 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Biomedica Source Type: research