Acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy in COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A meta-analysis conducted to gain clarity regarding AKI incidence and renal replacement therapy (RRT) use in COVID-19 patients. We searched for COVID-...

Sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic by population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

No systematic review or meta-analysis has yet been conducted to examine the impact of the pandemic on the prevalence of sleep problems. Patients with...

Use of a Humanized Anti-CD6 Monoclonal Antibody (Itolizumab) in Elderly Patients with Moderate COVID-19

In Cuba, the first case of COVID-19 was reported on March 11, 2020. Elderly individuals with multiple comorbidities are particularly susceptible to ad...

COVID-19-related medical research: a meta-research and critical appraisal

Since the start of the outbreak, a large number of COVID-19-related papers have been published. Concerns about the risk of expedited science have been...

COVID-19 Prevalence of liver injury in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) : a systematic review and meta-analysis

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a public health emergency of international concern. Of 793 included patients, 22.17% had liver dama...

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Systematic Review of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in 199 Patients

Myocarditis is the most common diagnosis, with mapping abnormalities and edema on T2. Kawasaki-like involvement with myocardia without necrosis/LGE wa...

Inflammatory and hematologic markers as predictors of severe outcomes in COVID-19 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Study: Patients with severe COVID-19 infections have higher procalcitonin, CRP, D-dimer, and LDH and decreased albumin but lower levels of albumin. Me...

Effectiveness of Convalescent Plasma Therapy in the Treatment of Moderate to Severe COVID 19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The evidence is still equivocal, so we carried out a study to evaluate the currently available data. RCTs and observational studies with a sample size...

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