Use of antibiotics in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: evolving concepts in a highly dynamic antimicrobial stewardship scenario

M Bassetti, G Brucci, A Vena… - Expert Opinion on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Excessive use of antibiotics has been frequently reported in hospitalized
patients with COVID-19 worldwide, compared to the actual number of bacterial co-infections …

[HTML][HTML] Coronavirus disease-related in-hospital mortality: a cohort study in a private healthcare network in Brazil

H de Oliveira Lima, LM da Silva… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract COVID-19-related in-hospital mortality has been reported at 30.7–47.3% in Brazil,
however studies assessing exclusively private hospitals are lacking. This is important …

[HTML][HTML] Diretriz da SBC sobre Diagnóstico e Tratamento de Pacientes com Cardiomiopatia da Doença de Chagas–2023

JA Marin-Neto, A Rassi Jr, GMM Oliveira… - Arquivos Brasileiros …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
A DC (tripanossomíase americana) é entidade mórbida transmissível, potencialmente fatal,
causada pelo protozoário parasita T. cruzi e que integra o grupo de doenças tropicais …

Análisis descriptivo de 4776 pacientes internados en servicios de clínica médica POR COVID-19. Resultados del Registro Multicéntrico Argentino-REMA-COVID-19

BR Boietti, M Mirofsky, R Valentini… - Medicina (Buenos …, 2021 - SciELO Argentina
Se realizó un registro multicéntrico que incluyó personas adultas internadas por COVID-19
en varias provincias de la Argentina, desde marzo a octubre de 2020. Los objetivos fueron …

[HTML][HTML] Chagas disease and SARS-CoV-2 coinfection does not lead to worse in-hospital outcomes

I Molina, MS Marcolino, MC Pires, LEF Ramos… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Chagas disease (CD) continues to be a major public health burden in Latina America.
Information on the interplay between COVID-19 and CD is lacking. Our aim was to assess …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical-epidemiological characteristics and maternal-foetal outcomes in pregnant women hospitalised with COVID-19 in Venezuela: a retrospective study

FS Carrión-Nessi, MP Castro… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2022 - Springer
Background In low-and middle-income countries, pregnant women and newborns are more
vulnerable to adverse outcomes from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, in …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of COVID-19 hospitalization costs across care pathways: a patient-level time-driven activity-based costing analysis in a Brazilian hospital

RB Cardoso, MAZ Marcolino, MS Marcolino… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic raised awareness of the need to better understand
where and how patient-level costs are incurred in health care organizations, as health …

[HTML][HTML] Potential and limitations of machine meta-learning (ensemble) methods for predicting COVID-19 mortality in a large inhospital Brazilian dataset

BBM de Paiva, PD Pereira, CMV de Andrade… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The majority of early prediction scores and methods to predict COVID-19 mortality are bound
by methodological flaws and technological limitations (eg, the use of a single prediction …

[HTML][HTML] Low skeletal muscle radiodensity and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as predictors of poor outcome in patients with COVID-19

DMH Padilha, MCS Mendes, F Lascala, MN Silveira… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Inflammatory states and body composition changes are associated with a poor prognosis in
many diseases, but their role in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is not fully …

The turning point of COVID‐19 severity is associated with a unique circulating neutrophil gene signature

CA Fuzo, TFC Fraga‐Silva, SR Maruyama… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
COVID‐19 has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations associated with the host immune
response heterogeneity. Despite the advances in COVID‐19 research, it is still crucial to …