Publications by authors named "Hendro"
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- A study aimed to assess how thyroid disease impacts outcomes for COVID-19 patients, revealing significant associations with worse health effects.
- The analysis included data from over 31,000 patients across 21 studies, showing thyroid disorders led to increased risks of severe disease, ICU admission, high mortality, and prolonged hospitalization.
- The findings suggest that older patients with thyroid abnormalities—especially hypothyroidism—face a higher risk of poor COVID-19 outcomes, while hyperthyroidism was not linked to these negative effects.
As the seventh pandemic of cholera is caused by V. cholerae biotype El Tor, the former criteria for endemicity of cholera need to be reconsidered as regards their applicability in areas that are infected with cholera. As the mortality rate of cholera nowadays can be reduced to a very low level due to modern methods of treatment, it is suggested that the infection rates of cholera should be taken into consideration as criteria of cholera endemicity, i.
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