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 …

Prevalence and impact of diabetes in hospitalized COVID‐19 patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

SA Bradley, M Banach, N Alvarado… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Diabetes is a cardiometabolic comorbidity that may predispose COVID‐19
patients to worse clinical outcomes. This study sought to determine the prevalence of …

Efficacy of a low dose of melatonin as an adjunctive therapy in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a randomized, double-blind clinical trial

G Farnoosh, M Akbariqomi, T Badri, M Bagheri… - Archives of medical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Melatonin has been known as an anti-inflammatory agent and immune
modulator that may address progressive pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019 …

Co-infections, secondary infections, and antimicrobial use in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the first five waves of the pandemic in Pakistan; findings and …

K Ramzan, S Shafiq, I Raees, ZU Mustafa, M Salman… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: COVID-19 patients are typically prescribed antibiotics empirically despite
concerns. There is a need to evaluate antibiotic use among hospitalized COVID-19 patients …

The renin-angiotensin system: a key role in SARS-CoV-2-induced COVID-19

G El-Arif, A Farhat, S Khazaal, C Annweiler, H Kovacic… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative
agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was first identified in Eastern Asia (Wuhan …

Proportion and mortality of Iranian diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, hypertension and cardiovascular disease patients with COVID-19: a meta-analysis

H Mirjalili, SA Dastgheib, SH Shaker, R Bahrami… - Journal of Diabetes & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Currently, the number of patients with SARS-COV-2 infection has increased
rapidly in Iran, but the risk and mortality of SARS-COV-2 infection in Iranian patients with …

Clinical features of COVID-19 patients in the first year of pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Al Maqbali, K Al Badi, M Al Sinani… - … research for nursing, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background The new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) carries a high risk of infection and
has spread rapidly around the world. However, there are limited data about the clinical …

Association of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and D-dimer concentration on the severity of COVID-19 cases with or without diabetes: a systematic review and meta …

H Debi, ZT Itu, MT Amin, F Hussain… - Expert Review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease
that poses major public health risks. Fewer studies link high CRP and D-dimer levels to …

Evaluation of Th1 and Th2 mediated cellular and humoral immunity in patients with COVID-19 following the use of melatonin as an adjunctive treatment

A Hosseini, HEG Ghaleh, H Aghamollaei… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is spreading rapidly in the world and is still taking a
heavy toll. Studies show that cytokine storms and imbalances in T-helper (Th) 1/Th2 play a …

Case fatality and mortality rates, socio‐demographic profile, and clinical features of COVID‐19 in the elderly population: A population‐based registry study in Iran

ED Esmaeili, A Fakhari, B Naghili… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We aimed to investigate COVID‐19 case fatality rate (CFR), mortality, and screening in the
older population of East Azerbaijan Province. We conducted a population‐based registry …