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Full recovery of a stage IV cancer patient facing COVID-19 pandemic

Autops. Case Rep; 10 (3), 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), first recognized in Wuhan, China, was recently declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Advanced age and comorbid disease, well-known characteristics in the solid tumor population, have been reported as risk factors for severe disease and dea...

Coronavirus 229E with Rhinovirus co-infection causing severe acute respiratory distress syndrome with thrombotic microangiopathy and death during Covid-19 pandemic: lessons to be learnt

Autops. Case Rep; 10 (3), 2020
We report on a 3-month old infant male who had a seven-days history of fever and rhinorrhea associated with wheezing prior to his death, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Viral testing for Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) was negative but was positive for Coronavirus 229E and RP Human Rhinovirus. The pulmonary histolog...

Incidência e mortalidade por COVID-19 na população idosa brasileira e sua relação com indicadores contextuais: um estudo ecológico

Objetivo: analisar a incidência e mortalidade por COVID-19 na população idosa no Brasil e sua relação com variáveis contextuais. Métodos: foram incluídas as 22 Unidades Federativas brasileiras que apresentaram 50 óbitos ou mais por COVID-19 até o dia 25 de maio de 2020. Considerou-se como variÃ...

O desafio da inclusão de pessoas com deficiência na estratégia de enfrentamento à pandemia de COVID-19 no Brasil

Projeção de internações em terapia intensiva pela COVID-19 no Distrito Federal, Brasil: uma análise do impacto das medidas de distanciamento social

Objetivo: Construir cenários e analisar o impacto das políticas de distanciamento social na propagação da COVID-19 e a necessidade de leitos de unidades de terapia intensiva (UTI). Métodos: Sobre modelo compartimental de transição dinâmica e simulações de Monte Carlo, construíram-se três cen...

Role of ACE2 Gene Expression in Renin Angiotensin System and Its Importance in Covid-19: In Silico Approach

Abstract We aimed to analyze the expression profile of ACE2 and similar genes with ACE2, predict the number of variations in ACE2, detect the suspected SNPs on ACE2 gene, and perform the pathway analysis of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and protein absorption-digestion. Moreover, we have predicted the g...

Caracterización clínica y epidemiológica de pacientes con Covid-19 atendidos en Servicio de Emergencia del Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile entre marzo y mayo 2020
Clinical and epidemiological characterization of patients with Covid-19 treated in the Emergency Service of the Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile between March and May 2020

In December 2019, a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in China and has spread globally, creating a pandemic. The objective of this is study is to determinate clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with coronavirus en emergency department. The HCUCH Emergency Service treated a total...