Publications by authors named "D I Tanasie"
Management of thyroiditis in the context of Covid-19: cause-effect and beyond.
Acta Endocrinol (Buchar)
June 2024
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic hit the world in late 2019, and by 2020, everyone was affected. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) belongs to the beta-coronavirus genre and uses the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor to penetrate cells. Thyroid cells are rich in such receptors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh mortality risk among women with acromegaly still persists.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
March 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzed mortality rates in patients with acromegaly over the past few decades, finding an overall improvement and identifying factors related to mortality before and after the implementation of treatment protocols.
- A total of 399 patients were reviewed, with 31.07% cured and a significant but low mortality rate (0.017%) during an average follow-up of 13 years, indicating that factors like hormone levels and surgical treatment are crucial to survival.
- Sex differences were observed, showing higher mortality risks for females (SMR = 1.63) compared to males (SMR = 0.99), with females diagnosed earlier having the highest ratios.
We established a medical education website to deliver real-time, clinical case-based education to sites in Somaliland from the UK. The website was based on a web 2.0 social networking concept in order to recreate, as nearly as possible, the clinical bedside teaching experience.
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