Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio: an emerging marker of the relationships between the immune system and diseases

A Buonacera, B Stancanelli, M Colaci… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the last 10 years, the evaluation of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as an
emerging marker of diseases has become a compelling field of bio-medical research …

Mortality-related risk factors of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 42 studies and 423,117 patients

ZG Dessie, T Zewotir - BMC infectious diseases, 2021 - Springer
Background Mortality rates of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) continue to rise across
the world. The impact of several risk factors on coronavirus mortality has been previously …

The human genetic epidemiology of COVID-19

MEK Niemi, MJ Daly, A Ganna - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Human genetics can inform the biology and epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) by pinpointing causal mechanisms that explain why some individuals become …

Characterisation of the first 250 000 hospital admissions for COVID-19 in Brazil: a retrospective analysis of nationwide data

OT Ranzani, LSL Bastos, JGM Gelli… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Most low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) have little or no data
integrated into a national surveillance system to identify characteristics or outcomes of …

[HTML][HTML] Global pandemics interconnected—obesity, impaired metabolic health and COVID-19

N Stefan, AL Birkenfeld, MB Schulze - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2021 - nature.com
Obesity and impaired metabolic health are established risk factors for the non-
communicable diseases (NCDs) type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease …

[HTML][HTML] Hospital-acquired infections in critically ill patients with COVID-19

G Grasselli, V Scaravilli, D Mangioni, L Scudeller… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Few small studies have described hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) occurring
in patients with COVID-19. Research Question What characteristics in critically ill patients …

Clinical characteristics and day-90 outcomes of 4244 critically ill adults with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study

Intensive care medicine, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To describe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) severity, ventilation
management, and the outcomes of ICU patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and to …

The isolated effect of age on the risk of COVID-19 severe outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis

KR Starke, D Reissig, G Petereit-Haack… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Increased age has been reported to be a factor for COVID-19 severe outcomes.
However, many studies do not consider the age dependency of comorbidities, which …

Association of psychiatric disorders with mortality among patients with COVID-19

K Nemani, C Li, M Olfson, EM Blessing… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance To date, the association of psychiatric diagnoses with mortality in patients
infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has not been evaluated. Objective To …

Effect of dexamethasone on days alive and ventilator-free in patients with moderate or severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and COVID-19: the CoDEX …

BM Tomazini, IS Maia, AB Cavalcanti, O Berwanger… - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) is associated with substantial mortality and use of health care resources …