.... No research in the Middle East has previously examined acid–base imbalance in COVID-19 patients. The present study aimed to describe the acid–base imbalance in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, determine its causes, and assess its impact on mortality in a Jordanian hospital. The study divided patients into 11...

... BY) . coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) inflammation sTREM-1 mortality The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has, to date, led to almost three million deaths (World Health...

... mortality (ACM; P< 0.001), cardiac mortality (CM; P< 0.001), major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs; P= 0.038), and major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs; P= 0.037). Multivariate Cox regression analyses revealed MAR as an independent prognostic factor for ACM and CM...

... on the association between hyperglycemia at admission and the development of COVID-19. Method: Four databases namely, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and Cochrane Library, were screened for eligible studies. STATA software was utilized to pool data for this meta-analysis. The primary outcomes included mortality...

...Hong-liang Zhang; Guang-yuan Song; Jie Zhao; Yu-bin Wang; Mo-yang Wang; Yan-lu Xu; Bin-cheng Wang; Guan-nan Niu; Zhi-hong Liu; Yong-jian Wu Background: Galectin-3 may predict mortality for patients with aortic stenosis (AS) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). However, the results...

... to their MHR values. The primary outcome was long-term mortality after PCI. The main secondary endpoints were stroke, readmission, and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), defined as the combination of cardiac death, recurrent myocardial infarction, and target vessel reconstruction. The average follow...

...Tao Wang; Yang Li; HaiBo Wu; Hua Chen; Yan Zhang; HuiMin Zhou; Hang Li Blood pressure (BP) is a known prognostic marker for mortality in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). However, definition of the BP and its optimal values vary essentially among different MHD populations. Our purpose...

... article published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY) . Beta-blocker Breast cancer Meta-analysis Mortality Recurrence The association between BB use and breast cancer recurrence...

... of cohort studies to evaluate the association between PPI use and mortality in cirrhotic patients. Methods: Relevant studies were obtained via search of PubMed and Embase databases. A randomized-effect model was used to pool the results. Subgroup analyses were performed to evaluate the source...

... studies were included. Overall, statin use was associated with a reduced all-cause mortality in HCC patients (risk ratio [RR]: 0.81, 95% CI: 0.74–0.88, P < 0.001; I 2 = 63%). Subgroup analyses showed similar results for patients with stage I-III HCC (RR: 0.83, 0.79, and 0.90 respectively, P all...

...Juxiang Peng; Jukun Song; Jing Han; Zhu Chen; Xinhai Yin; Jianguo Zhu; Jinlin Song Background: The association of tooth loss with mortality from all causes, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and coronary heart disease (CHD) has been studied for many years; however, the results are inconsistent. Method...

... patients with vitamin D deficiency, 75 patients were defined as poor functional outcomes, giving a prevalence rate of 50% (95% confidence interval (CI): 42–58%). In multivariate analysis models, for vitamin D deficiency, the adjusted risk of poor functional outcomes and mortality increased by 220% (odds...