Publications by authors named "C Henriquez-Felipe"
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- About 19% of COVID-19 patients develop severe symptoms, with a high mortality rate among those requiring significant oxygen support; in a study, 57.3% of critically ill patients died while hospitalized.
- A retrospective analysis of 398 patients in Brooklyn showed that 62.1% needed intubation, and those who survived had a longer average hospital stay compared to those who did not.
- Factors like older age, intubation, and elevated LDH levels were linked to higher mortality, while diarrhea appeared to lower mortality risk; other common conditions like diabetes and hypertension did not show a significant impact.
Background: COVID-19 is an ongoing threat to society. Patients who develop the most severe forms of the disease have high mortality. The interleukin-6 inhibitor tocilizumab has the potential to improve outcomes in these patients by preventing the development of cytokine release storm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLocal anesthetics are routinely used in the field of medicine during many procedures, to alleviate acute pain. Although they are relatively safe, they have the ability to produce undesirable neurotoxic and cardiotoxic symptoms when administered intravascularly. Examples of cardiotoxicity include myocardial depression, cardiac arrhythmias, and cardiovascular collapse.
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