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Corticosteroid-Associated Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head in Patients with Severe COVID-19: A Single-Center Study
CONCLUSIONS The data from this study corroborate earlier studies and case reports, suggesting an increased occurrence of AVN of the femoral head during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the high-dose corticosteroid therapy employed for patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 pneumonia.PMID:37431094 | DOI:10.12659/MSM.940965
Source: Medical Science Monitor - July 11, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Vensan Velchov Pavel Georgiev Stefan Tserovski Tsvetan Tsenkov Venelin Alexiev Source Type: research

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an adjunctive treatment for COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: a report of two cases
We present the first two cases reported in Peru of the use of adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in patients with COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM). The first case is a 41-year-old woman, with pain in the left side of the face and palatine region with purulent rhinorrhea for a month. Only an oroantral fistula was found during physical examination. The second case is a 35-year-old male, with decreased left visual acuity and palatal pain with a fistula, draining purulent secretion for four months. Both patients have history of diabetes, had moderate COVID-19 four months prior to admission, and received corticoste...
Source: Revista Peruana de Medicina de Experimental y Salud Publica - June 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: V íctor Valencia-Caballero Jos é Cachay-Diaz Jos é Huamán-Muñante Lourdes Roman í-Montoro Norka V ásquez-Zevallos C ésar Carozzi-Calvo Cesar Chian-Garc ía Hugo Hern ández-Chávez Cristhian Agust ín-Paredes Esteban Vergara-de la Rosa Source Type: research