Bariatric surgery in patients with previous COVID-19 infection

Nutrition and Infection with COVID-19

RETN Gene Polymorphisms as Risk Factor in Diabetic Patients with Covid-19 Infection

People with diabetes mellitus (DM) represent a population group that is at high risk of developing a poor prognosis for COVID-19. Having diabetes increases the risk of serious illness, ICU stay, and death from COVID-19. The current study included 150 participants with diabetes, 100 patients of whom had COVID-19 (46 male, 54 female), and 50 had diabetes only (28 male, 22 female), aged between 37...

Clinical Case Series of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients with Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Infection

IMPORTANCE: Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), various digestive symptoms have been frequently reported in a significant portion of patients infected with the virus. It is well established that most patients with COVID-19 have fever along with respiratory signs and symptoms, such as cough and dyspnea. We present 36 cases with chief complaint of gastrointestinal (GI) symp...

Leukocytes Parameters, CRP, and Ferritin in Iranian Patients with COVID-19 Infection; A Cross-sectional Study

Background and Objective: Coronavirus disease known as COVID-19 pandemic is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is affecting over 200 countries all over the world. This study was aimed to identify simple and swiftly available laboratory biomarkers to help facilitate effectual triage to categorize suspected COVID-19 patients. Materials and Methods: Acco...

Acute Kidney Injury in Adult Iraqi Patients with COVID-19 Infection

Results: The incidence of AKI was 23.2%.  AKI had significant correlation with older age (p-value 0.006) and hypertension (p-value 0.034) . Chest pain and abdominal pain were more common in patients with than those without AKI. Also Mean serum concentration of inflammatory markers ( D-dimer and C-reactive protein (CRP)) in patients with AKI was 1863.6±1599 ng/ml and 66.65±60.81 ng/ml, compared ...