COVID-19 and the pituitary

S Frara, A Allora, L Castellino, L di Filippo, P Loli… - Pituitary, 2021 - Springer
Background Despite COVID-19 being identified as severe respiratory viral infection,
progressively many relevant endocrine manifestations have been reported greatly …

Glucocorticoids and COVID-19

S Bruscoli, PG Puzzovio, M Zaimi, K Tiligada… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) is associated with high morbidity and mortality
rates globally, representing the greatest health and economic challenge today. Several …

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections in COVID-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care unit

A Russo, F Gavaruzzi, G Ceccarelli, C Borrazzo… - Infection, 2022 - Springer
Objectives Superinfections in patients hospitalized in intensive care unit (ICU) are an
important and challenging complication, also in COVID-19. However, no definitive data are …

Teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: A topic modeling study

R Vijayan - Education Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused significant disruption to
teaching and learning activities at all levels. Faculty, students, institutions, and parents have …

Predictors of mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients and risk score formulation for prioritizing tertiary care—An experience from South India

N Gopalan, S Senthil, NL Prabakar, T Senguttuvan… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background We retrospectively data-mined the case records of Reverse Transcription
Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) confirmed COVID-19 patients hospitalized to a …

Comparing efficacy and safety of different doses of dexamethasone in the treatment of COVID-19: a three-arm randomized clinical trial

N Toroghi, L Abbasian, A Nourian… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Springer
Background and objectives Corticosteroids are commonly used in the treatment of
hospitalized patients with COVID-19. The goals of the present study were to compare the …

COVID-19 and hypopituitarism

S Frara, P Loli, A Allora, C Santini, L di Filippo… - Reviews in Endocrine …, 2022 - Springer
Besides the pulmonary manifestations caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
(SARS) coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), an emerging endocrine phenotype, which can heavily …

Corticosteroids in COVID-19: pros and cons

A Bahsoun, Y Fakih, R Zareef, F Bitar, M Arabi - Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The wide and rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has placed an unanticipated burden
on the global healthcare sector. This necessitated a swift response from the international …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of glucocorticoids treatment in severe COVID-19: methylprednisolone versus dexamethasone

S Hong, H Wang, S Li, J Liu, L Qiao - BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 - Springer
Objective The preferred agent of glucocorticoids in the treatment of patients with severe
COVID-19 is still controversial. This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of …

2021 update of the EULAR points to consider on the use of immunomodulatory therapies in COVID-19

A Alunno, A Najm, PM Machado… - Annals of the …, 2022 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To update the EULAR points to consider (PtCs) on the use of immunomodulatory
therapies in COVID-19. Methods According to the EULAR standardised operating …