Impact of diabetes on COVID‐19 mortality and hospital outcomes from a global perspective: An umbrella systematic review and meta‐analysis

S Kastora, M Patel, B Carter… - Endocrinology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction To date, COVID‐19 has claimed 4.9 million lives. Diabetes has been identified
as an independent risk factor of serious outcomes in people with COVID‐19 infection …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors and microbiology of respiratory and bloodstream bacterial infection in patients with COVID-19: living rapid review update and meta-regression

BJ Langford, M So, V Leung, S Raybardhan… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The prevalence of bacterial infection in patients with COVID-19 is low, however,
empiric antibiotic use is high. Risk stratification may be needed to minimize unnecessary …

Tocilizumab in patients hospitalized with Covid-19 pneumonia

C Salama, J Han, L Yau, WG Reiss… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pneumonia is often associated
with hyperinflammation. Despite the disproportionate incidence of Covid-19 among …

Diabetes mellitus is associated with severe infection and mortality in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Shang, M Shao, Q Guo, J Shi, Y Zhao… - Archives of medical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and Aim Currently, the number of patients with coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) infection is increasing rapidly worldwide. In this study, we aimed to assess …

Influenza infection, SARS, MERS and COVID-19: cytokine storm–the common denominator and the lessons to be learned

VA Ryabkova, LP Churilov, Y Shoenfeld - Clinical Immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
The outbreak of COVID-19 reminds us that the emerging and reemerging respiratory virus
infections pose a continuing threat to human life. Cytokine storm syndromes of viral origin …

COVID-19 preparedness: capacity to manufacture vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics in sub-Saharan Africa

B Bright, CP Babalola, NA Sam-Agudu… - Globalization and …, 2021 - Springer
Objective The COVID-19 pandemic is a biosecurity threat, and many resource-rich countries
are stockpiling and/or making plans to secure supplies of vaccine, therapeutics, and …

Mortality in tocilizumab-treated patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

O Berardicurti, P Ruscitti, F Ursini… - Clinical and …, 2020 - iris.unicampus.it
Objectives: People who are exposed to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) could develop a potentially fatal disease with lung involvement and severe …

A systematic meta‐analysis of immune signatures in patients with COVID‐19

K Liu, T Yang, XF Peng, SM Lv, X Ye… - Reviews in Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Currently severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) transmission has
been on the rise worldwide. Predicting outcome in COVID‐19 remains challenging, and the …

COVID-19 anosmia and gustatory symptoms as a prognosis factor: a subanalysis of the HOPE COVID-19 (Health Outcome Predictive Evaluation for COVID-19) …

J Porta-Etessam, IJ Núñez-Gil, N Gonzalez Garcia… - Infection, 2021 - Springer
Olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions (OGD) are a frequent symptom of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19). It has been proposed that the neuroinvasive potential of the novel SARS …

Skeletal muscle in hypoxia and inflammation: insights on the COVID-19 pandemic

FG Di Girolamo, N Fiotti, UG Sisto, A Nunnari… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
SARS-CoV-2 infection is often associated with severe inflammation, oxidative stress,
hypoxia and impaired physical activity. These factors all together contribute to muscle …